Inner Brooding & Over-Refined Sensibility
This one's got a new episode about the philosophy of translation, a kick in the pants from Hegel re your New Year's irresolution, + a little art, an Instax-outtake, and more!
Hitting The Links: 1/5/25
Planning 50 podcasts for 2025 after a mini-break, a whole ton of great links, some extracurricular reading and Musil's take on the mathematicization of the world, my workout craziness, & more
New Leash On Life
This one's got the year-end recap episode, the newest & fluffiest member of the Virtual Memories family, the final Instax pix for my book, and more
Hitting The Links: 12/29/24
A tarot tattoo brings about an epiphany, a scavenger hunt draws to a close, JFK meets MF Doom, and we hear a naive melody among the signs & portents, + a bunch of great links, a little fitness craziness, and a bunch of books I'm reading
Heaux-Heaux-Heaux
This one’s got holiday wishes from Cajun Country, the annual Guest List episode with LOTS of great book recommendations, some Instax from the weekend, and more
Hitting The Links: 12/22/24
Let's spend the longest shortest day of the year in the city of brotherly love, make virtual friends real, and celebrate summer hikes! Also, this one's got a whole ton of great links, my crumbling memory palace, and a little b/w beefcake
Taking a Breath
A new episode feat. Benjamin Swett, some great Instax, a Metropolitan Club photobomb, limping into 2025, finishing one reading project & starting another, and more
Hitting The Links: 12/15/24
This one's got a Brooklyn adventure with street parking, a whole bunch of great links for you to check out, my big ol' back, and more!
Station To Station
This one's got a new episode about Einstein in Prague, outtakes from Rome, MOAR INSTAX, a little daily art, & more
Hitting The Links: 12/8/24
This one's got unexpected joy on the NY Thruway, a kiss with a dog, a ton of links, some change-yer-life advice, a little workout-craziness & my Americana look, and more!
The Asterisk
A new episode with Eddie Campbell about Kate Carew, my thoughts on finishing Emily Dickinson's poems, a whole ton of Instax pix & the race to finish, an excuse for not drawing, + more
Hitting The Links: 12/1/24
A LOT of links, some post-Thanksgiving thoughts, the anxiety of influencers, the Cybertruck graveyard, some running-craziness, and good thoughts for the last month of 2024
Thanks, 2024 Edition
We've got a new episode, some things to be thankful for, including a gif I didn't embed, some gorgeous new Instax pix, & more
Hitting The Links: 11/24/24
Thoughts on laziness, open-ended projects & getting some perspective to recharge, + plenty of links, some coffee-beefcake, and a followup on losing Benny.
Good Boy
A new episode with Frances Jetter, thoughts on losing our dog-boy Bendico, a couple of Instax, rollerball art, & more
Hitting The Links: 11/17/24
We've got some strange resonances & travel dominoes, lots of links, a bourbon tasting, a dog who can flex, & more!
Bourbon and A Cigarette
We've got a new episode about notebooks & consciousness, an epiphany up on a rocky ledge, a classic Instax, and more
Hitting The Links: 11/10/24
We've got plenty of links, this week's episode, a couple of forest fires, my live podcast this Thursday in Princeton, another in my series of transformations, & more (incl. some abs)
Vigilance and Apprehension
This one's got my new episode w/Eric Drooker about the importance of on-the-ground activism, some thoughts from Calvino, a little art, & more
Hitting The Links: 11/3/24
I've got a whole ton of great links to (maybe) take your mind off of things, + my quick trip to the Hill, current books, workout-cycle, and whether I should offer some "Gil-curated guidance"
Stranger, On A Train
This one's got a great new podcast with Simon Critchley, my reflections on yet another train trip, an Instax dilemma, art that I forgot, and more
Hitting The Links: 10/27/24
My fake persona got shattered, but I still bring you plenty of great links to check out, some workout craziness, some books I need to get to, and one that I've read a half-dozen times already
Ghost in the Machine
A new episode about Anton LaVey, reflections on an autumn hike, an Instax breakthrough, some art, & more!
Hitting The Links: 10/20/24
This one’s got book-culling anxiety, workout validation at my oncology check-in, Al Roker’s cookbook, a ton of great links, hot yoga, what lies beneath (my beard), & more
The Ring of Validation
This one's got my new podcast, a couple amazing emails I got during my Italy trip, the USPS' tacit condemnation of my emotional life, a Tolkien-comparison, some art, more!
Hitting The Links: 10/13/24
Catskills Fire Tower Challenge: Complete! Plus thoughts on atonement vs. communion, a bunch of great links, the benefits of zero exercise, and more
Americano
Some ruminations from Milan, a couple of Instax, some art, no new podcast (sob!); it's all part of The Gil Show!
Hitting The Links: 10/06/24
Some thoughts & drawings on the Boxer At Rest statue, occasioned by my visit to Rome, plus a ton of links
Party Like It’s 5785
A new podcast with Christopher Brown, some thoughts on resolutions & Rosh Hashanah, a genuine smile, & more
Hitting The Links: 9/29/24
Lots of links, my traipse through the minefield, some workout-craziness, whether I should be worried about not feeling bad, & more
Mainliner & Redeye
This one's got a new podcast, a crazy work-travel schedule, MOAR DEERLINQUENTS, and a steady stream of my drug of choice
Hitting The Links: 9/22/24
Two Towers, Three Sisters, The Empire of Defiance, and a whole passel of links for you
That Trembling Sun
This one's got my new podcast about JD Salinger & faith, some deerlinquents, my annual conference-frenzy, & more!
Hitting The Links: 9/15/24
This one's got a ton of great links, my thoughts on last Sunday's memorial and what community means, some fitness-craziness, and the end of My Struggle
Virtual Memoirs
This one's got my new conversation with Benjamin Dreyer, MOAR INSTAX, and a shocking question from a reporter that has me thinking of Another Big Project
Hitting The Links: 9/8/24
All aboard the Undiscovered Country Regional! This one's got some good links for your reading pleasure, a little art, the 30th anniversary of MUTTS, the Hunger Artist gone overboard, a Boxer At Rest, and making time to listen to the music.
Vanity and Obscurity
A new episode, some risqué art, my backyard neighbor, thoughts on vanity and Why I Do This To Myself, and more
Hitting The Links: 9/1/24
A question of influence, a whole ton of great links for your reading pleasure, an old drawing of Nick Cave, my pod-guest-turn, + some fitness-mania & a pic of me in a nice suit
Anime Bystander
New podcast! Lots of Instax! Some art! Some shelf-porn! A ferry ride into Anime-land!
Hitting The Links: 8/25/24
A 'poem' on relearning hunger, a ton of great links, my new episode, + a LONG drive, & some fitness-wackiness
Brutal(ist) Morning
This one's got my latest episode, a cute dog picture, and 40 days of craziness ahead, starting . . . now
Hitting The Links: 8/18/24
This one's got me going semi-analog and finding new writing spaces, + a ton of great links, one of my fave movies, running progress, various compulsions & more
Secret Library
This one's got my SIX-HUNDREDTH episode (!!!), feat. Joe Coleman, + my secret library, a postcard-Instax, & more
Hitting The Links: 8/11/24
This one's got Sunday thoughts on the Pope's letter about literature, an impromptu run, a TON of great links, and what it means to listen to someone
A Cobweb on the Soul
This one's got a new podcast about the Algonquin Round Table, some housekeeping, a couple pieces of art, one of my greatest Instax pix, the promise/menace of an Emily Dickinson poem, + more
Hitting The Links: 8/4/24
Books in the mail, lots of links, a green bear, Sunday unfunday, a new kitchen, & more!
Time and Towers
New episode with Anita Kunz, a bunch of art, a Catskills fire-tower hike with a friend, rumination on whether I'll listen to my past episodes when I'm old, + more!
Hitting The Links: 7/28/24
We've got a whole ton of links, new books by past guests, the weirdness of Heraclitus, my return to running, and more!
Self-Loathing Is A Choice
New episode feat. Shalom Auslander, a watercolor postcard, + what happens when I procrastinate for 5 minutes on a Saturday (it's a notepad massacre)
Hitting The Links: 7/21/24
Thoughts on losing a new old friend, but stick around for all the links (they make for lighter reading!), + a hike w/some turklets