Forgive Me (Kafka's "A Hunger Artist")
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{{Episode_Infobox | title = Forgive Me (Kafka's "A Hunger Artist") | caption = | episode_number = 320 | release_date = November 11, 2025 | length = 01:29:19 | listen = [[File:episode-320-forgive-me-kafkas-a-hunger-artist | quote_source = | opening_subject = | beat_break_song = | main_subject = | guests = | previous_episode = The Shadow of the Object (Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia") | next_episode = The Journey Begins (Plus Blind Ranking Philosophers) }}Forgive Me (Kafka's "A Hunger Artist") is the 320th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on November 11, 2025.
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Show Notes
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]