It's our favorite annual episode on the show, when we get to look back at the best of our year in reading with someone else who has read cool stuff. This time it's with Ben Diamond, a very keen listener and patron from London, who for three years running has sent us an annual best of his year recording, always full of interesting books, shows, music, and films. We had an awesome conversation with Ben that we hope you'll enjoy.
Stay tuned for the Patreon bonus episode in two weeks that covers all other things we liked this year in pop-culture.
As always, this episode comes with a playlist of our favorite songs of 2023:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/best-of-2023/pl.u-yZyVDNACYq2akv
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Uq1526MP5mLBVI4zM0e5j?si=59d0bc52f08e41aa
Quick reference Top Fives
Ben:
1. The Instructions by Adam Levin
2. Something Happened by Joseph Heller
3. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
4. Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton
5. Anything that Moves by Jamie Stewart
Dave:
1. THE MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
2. The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
3. The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
4. Magnetic Fields by Ron Loewinsohn
5. The Passenger & Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
Matt:
Contact Ben Diamond: ben.diamond@gmail.com
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Episode 75 - Diego Báez, Author of Yaguareté White
Episode 74 - David Lipsky, author of The Parrot and the Igloo
BONUS: DFW vs Martin Amis: Every Tennis Match is a Ghost Story
Episode 73 - Matt Bucher, author of The Belan Deck
Episode 72 - Sheila Liming, author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time
Episode 71 - Year in Review 2022 with Evan Stephens Hall of Pinegrove
Episode 70 - Peyton Thomas, author of Both Sides Now
Episode 69 - Michael O’Connell, editor of Conversations with George Saunders
Episode 68 - Adam Levin, author of Mount Chicago
Episode 67 - Christian TeBordo, author of The Apology (and DFW22 Conference Recap)
Episode 66 - Dario Diofebi, author of Paradise, Nevada
Episode 65 - Kyle Beachy, author of The Most Fun Thing
Episode 64 - 2021 Year in Review
Episode 63 -Deb Olin Unferth
Episode 62 - Phillip Freedenberg & Jeff Walton
Episode 61 - Steve Erickson (feat. Matt Luter & Mike Miley)
Episode 60 - Brandon Hobson
Episode 59 - Introducing....Concavity Show
Episode 58 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Chris Via of Leaf by Leaf
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