Episode 320: Forgive Me (Kafka's "A Hunger Artist")
Nov 11, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 320
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Episode description
David and Tamler return to one of their favorites, Frans Kafka, this time on his beautiful and distressing short story "The Hunger Artist," a story that brims with metaphorical possibilities but also implores us to accept it on its own mysterious terms. Plus gooning.
The Goon Squad by Daniel Kolitz [harpers.org]
"Gooning" definition [urbandictionary.com]
A Hunger Artist [wikipedia.org]
A Hunger Artist (full text) [kafka-online.info]
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