S1E3: Rummaging for Answers in the Pages

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk Podcast! In this episode of The Cluttered Desk Podcast, Colin and Andrew explore reading lists, serendipity, and prescriptivism in Ceridwen Dovey’s New Yorker piece, “Can Reading Make You Happier?” Next, our hosts investigate the construction of narrative voice while sharing their favorites voices. Finally, in the coda, Colin and Andrew discuss what they are drinking.

Here are links to some of the things we discuss in this episode:

Ceridwen Dovey’s “Can Reading Make You Happier?”

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

What We Saw From The Cheap Seats by Regina Spektor

-We sample a few seconds from the track “Open”

Sierra Nevada's Nooner Pilsner by Sierra Nevada

Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

Dark Bird is Home by The Tallest Man on Earth

kojonada’s video essay on Wes Anderson, “Wes Anderson: Centered”

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Episode 3 is available here through iTunes.