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Texts for Nothing

by Walkspot

Readings and rants.

Episodes

After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, Ch 8

16m · Published 21 Sep 00:00

Interrupting the Kafka novel for an Aldous Huxley interlude. This is a 1939 novel set in Los Angeles.

Chapter 7: "The Teacher"

21m · Published 06 Oct 02:01

The teacher offers K. a position as live-in janitor at the schoolhouse; Frieda pressures him into accepting. Starting salary: nothing a month. Talk about humiliating!

Chapter 6: "Second Conversation with the Landlady"

34m · Published 17 Jul 18:44

From her sickbed, Gardena the landlady explains to K. what a thrill it was to have been Klamm's mistress. Her "three mementos". How she met her husband, Hans, and opened the inn. K. resolves to confront Klamm as a "private individual".

Chapter 5: "At the Chairman's" (full)

43m · Published 12 Jul 18:02

K.'s audience with the bed-ridden but long-winded Chairman and his "insignificant" wife, Mizzi. Insight into the fascinating world of Kafka-esque bureaucracy at the Castle. The hyper-capable Italian clerk Sordini. K. gets flacked. "Nobody is keeping you here, but that still doesn't mean you're being thrown out."

Chapter 4: "First Conversation with the Landlady" (full)

29m · Published 12 Jul 17:31

K. and Frieda get busy; the landlady intervenes in their relationship and demands "assurances". What will Klamm say? K. makes a speech. (Finally joined the sound files together!)

Chapter 3: "Frieda" (part 2)

15m · Published 09 Jul 18:03

I made a mistake reading the last line of the previous part, so I re-read the line at the beginning of this part.

Chapter 3: "Frieda" (part 1)

6m · Published 09 Jul 17:35

K. scores a glimpse of the mysterious Klamm, as well as a sloppy hookup with Klamm's mistress, Frieda.

Ch 2 of THE CASTLE: "Barnabas" (full)

41m · Published 05 Jul 03:58

The plot of Franz Kafka's THE CASTLE (translated by Mark Harman)thickens in Chapter Two as we meet Barnabas, Olga, and Amalia, and K. starts feeling uncomfortable.

Ch 1 of The Castle, tr Mark Harman, part 3 of 3

8m · Published 05 Jul 02:30

Listen to those fireworks! Happy birthday, America btw -- this chapter has a name. It's called "Arrival". Enjoy!

Ch 1 of THE CASTLE, tr Mark Harman, part 2 of 3

11m · Published 05 Jul 02:10

Listen to the fireworks!

Texts for Nothing has 11 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 4:13:54. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 12th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on August 23rd, 2023 23:14.