# TMR 29.2: "Our Proper Bliss Depends on What We Blame" [The Tunnel]

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Podcast: [Two Month Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-month-review-7095612)
Published: 2025-10-30T12:40:03+00:00
Episode link: https://threepercentproblem.substack.com/p/tmr-292-our-proper-bliss-depends
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## Resource

On this week’s episode, Ted Morrissey (author, creator of The Tunnel at 25 ) joins Kaija, Brian, and Chad to talk about “Koh Whistles Up a Wind” and how to approach The Tunnel overall. (He also unveils what he thinks is Gass’s real masterpiece—you’ll have to listen to the end to find out.) They talk about the “trap” Gass set for reviewers, enticing them to identify him with Kohler, about the “milk crate edition,” and other aspects of the making of this novel, about the realization Ted has about page 92, and much more. This episode’s music is “Sincere” by Roger Sellers. Next week we’ll cover the second section, “We Have Not Lived the Right Life” (pages 49–146). The complete schedule (if you’re reading along in real time) can be found here . You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review , Chad W. Post, Kaija Straumanis , and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And subscribe to the Three Percent substack for information about Open Letter Books and literature in translation writ large. Also consider subscribing to the Mining the Dalkey Archive substack and its respective podcast ( Apple , Spotify ) about all things Dalkey Archive. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit threepercentproblem.substack.com

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