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#107: The Lost Episode Dec 05, 2015

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A couple weeks ago, Chad and Tom recorded a podcast about a slew of recent events, including ALTA 38, the Albertine Festival, the "New Literature from Europe Festival, Wordstock, and the Texas Book Festival. Unfortunately, that podcast--one of the best ever recorded--had to be tossed because of technical difficulties. So, this week they talked about some of the same stuff and some new stuff (like Jessica Jones).

As a bit of a tease, here's a list of all the books and stuff they discussed in the "lost epidose":

Knausgaard's review of Submission
My Struggle in You're the Worst.
The Pushkin Vertigo series
David Goodis
The Fata Morgana Books by Jonathan Littell
The Large Glass
Home
Radiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine
Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno
All the books from Chad's spring class
And this short film about Mario Bellatin

This week's music is "Seventeen" by Sjowgren.

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Tell all your friends and family to also subscribe--that's what can get us higher in that Top 200 lit podcasts list . . . And it's also amazingly helpful in getting the podcast seen by more eyes if you can take just a moment to stop by iTunes to give us a quick rating (and a little review, too, if you're an amazing overachiever!).

And, as always, feel free to send any and all comments or questions to threepercentpodcast@gmail.com.

#106: Some Women in Translation Stats Nov 14, 2015

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Chad's done a bit more number crunching since this was recorded (see the posts on his Twitter account, which is @chadwpost), but this is a good introduction to the ongoing conversation about women in translation. A lot of this discussion is based on this post from Three Percent.

This week's music is "Detachable Penis" by King Missile, which is sort of fitting.

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#105: Alexievich, Amazon, and Rights Oct 31, 2015

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This week's podcast features a discussion of Nobel Prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich (who Chad helped publish at Dalkey Archive), Amazon's recent announcement about investing $10 million into translations, and how rights work. There's a minor rant about Chase Utley ("worst human being on earth") and a little bit of baseball talk.

In honor of the Mets in the World Series (and Cubs making the post-season), this week's music is "Been So Long" by Win Win.

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The books discussed on this episode include:

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Zone and Street of Thieves by Mathias Énard
Summer of Hate by Chris Krause
Target in the Night by Ricardo Piglia
Rochester Knockings: A Novel of the Fox Sisters by Hubert Haddad

#104: Banned Books Week Sep 30, 2015

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This week Chad and Tom discuss Oyster shutting down, whether or not Serial Box makes any sense as a way to consume books, and this list of the top 10 most frequently challenged books. Additionally, they talk about My Struggle: Volume 2 by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila.

This week's music is "I'm Sorry" by John Denver (a choice that will make sense by the end of the podcast).

Also, just a reminder that because of some difficulties with iTunes, you may need to unsubscribe and resubscribe to the correct feed in iTunes at that link, or right here:

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And, as always, feel free to send any and all comments or questions to threepercentpodcast@gmail.com.

#103: Back from Vacation to Rip on Jacket Copy Sep 12, 2015

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So after a month away, Chad and Tom are back, discussing the books they read over the summer and breaking down jacket copy for a number of recent books. They're both astounded by how many meaningless phrases they come across (and references to how a book is "necessary"), and also talk about when and how to frame a particular author. Tom rants about how we're reaching the bottom of the barrel in list-making, and Chad gives some love to the Iceland Men's National Team.

Also, after some befuddling technical difficulties, the podcast is back up at iTunes, so please tell all your friends and family to subscribe and rate us. We're determined to break into the top 200 of literary podcasts . . .

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Finally, here's the (hopefully) complete list of books and authors discussed on this week's podcast:

Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas by Christian Kracht
Lovers on All Saints' Day by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
3 to Kill by Jean-Patrick Manchette
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Definitely Maybe by Arkady and Boris Sturgatsky
Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano
Ann Tenna by Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Oreo by Fran Ross
Submission by Michel Houellebecq
The Illogic of Kassel by Enrique Vila-Matas
Severina by Rodrigo Rey Rosa
The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink
How's the Pain? and A26 and The Front Seat Passenger by Pascal Garnier
Billy and Girl by Deborah Levy
Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks
Traitors to All by Giorgio Scerbanenco
Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaître
Savage Seasons by Kettly Mars

#102: Beach Books for the Jaded and Depressed Aug 11, 2015

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This week's episode starts with a question from a listener about how translation trends come about, then morphs into a discussion of which books Chad and Tom are bringing on their respective vacations and what makes a "beach book." Rants are raves are random as always.

If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email us at threepercentpodcast@gmail.com

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And here's the enormous list of books and authors discussed in this episode, pretty much in order of appearance:

Steig Larsson
Jo Nesbo
Roberto Bolaño
Javier Marias
W. G. Sebald
Elena Ferrante
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Shadow of the Wind
The Da Vinci Code
Santiago Roncagliolo
Gabriel García Marquez
Andres Neuman
Camilla Lackberg
Rafael Chirbes, On the Edge
Hard Case Crime
Lawrence Block
Emmanuel Carrere, I Am Alive and You Are Dead
Lawrence Sutin, Divine Invasions
Enrique Vila-Matas, The Illogic of Kassel
Pascal Garnier, Moon in a Dead Eye
Virginie Despentes
Marguerite Duras, Moderato Cantible and Abahn Sabana David
Pierre Lemaitre, The Great Swindle
Laurie Weeks, Zipper Mouth
Deborah Levy, Swimming Home and Billy and Girl
David Peace, 1980 and GB84
Derek Raymond
Michel Houellebecq, Submission
Bei Tong, Beijing Comrades
Violette Leduc, Therese and Isabelle

#101: Awards for Authors versus Awards for Books Jul 10, 2015

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This week Tom and Chad discuss the merging of the Man Booker International Prize with the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the waning interest in Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Book Club, and the Women's World Cup of Literature. There are also rants about "Sevenevens," praise for the Minions movie, and more soccer talk, including the best video.

Since a number of listeners have asked for this, here's a complete list of books and authors that we mention on this episode:

The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood
Delirium by Laura Restrepo
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin
Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
All of the books in Zuckerberg's book club
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
50 Shades of Gray by E. L. James
Roberto Bolaño
Michel Houellbecq
The Mersault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
Hunter S Thompson
Tom Wolfe
W. G. Sebald
David Foster Wallace
Jonathan Lethem
Philip K. Dick
Miss Lonelyhearts & Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
Karl Ove Knausgaard
City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

#100: We Appreciate You Jun 25, 2015

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So, we actually made it to our 100th episode! To celebrate, this week Tom and Chad took questions from all our listeners, leading to discussions about how many books we each read (and how many are in translation), what one thing all translators should know, how censorship plays into our publishing decision, and much more. Of course, it ends with raves and rants--including a rant about rants--and is filled with other interesting side tangents.

Here's a list of all the books we talked about on this episode (although maybe not in this order):

Apocalypse Baby by Virginie Despentes
Mexico: The Great Theft by Carmen Boullosa
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Delirium by Laura Restrepo
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Last Lover by Can Xue
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli
The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño
That Smell by Sonallah Ibrahim
Ulysses by James Joyce
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email us at threepercentpodcast@gmail.com.

Or you can Tweet at Tom @RightHandOfMeh":https://twitter.com/RightHandOfMeh and Chad @chadwpost.

#99: Endless Cycle of Misery May 22, 2015

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This week's podcast is the latest in the ongoing Three Percent Book Club. Julia Berner-Tobin of Feminist Press joins Tom and Chad to talk about Virginie Despentes's fantastic Apocalypse Baby. (And to rant about Franzen, because, of course.)

*And a reminder:* Don't forget to send us your own questions, rants, and raves (about anything from the podcast to publishing to literature to translations to Tom to Chad to soccer to cocktails to etc.) for our big episode 100. Hit us up at threepercentpodcast@gmail.com.

#98: The 2015 BTBA Finalists! May 15, 2015

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For this week's podcast, we invited Best Translated Book Award Fiction Chair Monica Carter on to talk about the finalists for this year's awards. Monica graciously gave us some insight into the voting process, revealed which of the final ten was a "personal pick" of one of the judges, and managed to make us second guess who we thought would win the award.

Additionally, we talked about the differences between the UK vs. U.S. book scenes, and had some rants, raves, and sports talk.

REMINDER: Next week, Feminist Press editor Julia Berner-Tobin will be our guest to discuss Apocalypse Baby by Virginie Despentes, translated from the French by Siân Reynolds, the latest book in the Three Percent Book Club. Go out and get a copy! It's a fast, vicious read, and if you have any questions for the three of us, send them to threepercentpodcast@gmail.com by Tuesday morning.

ANOTHER REMINDER: Our 100th episode is coming up, and to celebrate, we'd like to do one that's all about "listener appreciation." So send any and all comments and questions to threepercentpodcast@gmail.com--we'll answer anything you'd like . . .

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