In The Land Of The PSYOPs

After a nearly two month hiatus, Our Struggle returns! Lauren and
Drew are back and spicier than ever, delivering for you our
timely review of KOK's new essay collection "In the Land of the
Cyclops" (which to be clear neither of us have read) before
getting on with struggle session 1.2 covering Karl Ove's My
Struggle book 1 reflections on his diaper-laden domestic life in
the aforementioned land of the cyclops (Sweden).


cheat sheet:


0:00 - Drew connects with a guy on Instagram


8:00 - We review KOK's new essay collection based off of one
excerpt of an NYT review that a listener sent to me. We also read
some correspondence from a Norwegian listener about an
anti-Knausgaard pamphlet entitled "The Knausgaard Code." Thank
you so much for writing in, would love to keep hearing from
listeners!


34:00 - Terri Gross drops in to interview Drew about his new
novel, "The Gay Quebecois"


41:20 - Finally getting into the meat of the struggle session, we
discuss KOK's attitude toward his children and his bold admission
that they "do not provide enough meaning to fill a whole life."
How does fatherhood and domestic life figure into the My Struggle
project? Does Knausgaard really wish he could go back to the
paradigm of the 19th-20th century male genius, free to pursue his
artistic passions and unburdened by family responsibility? Also,
we draw some very accurate and legitimate parallels between KOK
and Louis C.K. and propose a CBS thursday night-style sitcom
adaptation of My Struggle.