# TMR 29.6: "Welcome to History" [The Tunnel]

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Published: 2025-12-04T21:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://threepercentproblem.substack.com/p/tmr-296-welcome-to-history-the-tunnel
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## Resource

Chris Via of Leaf by Leaf joins Kaija, Brian, and Chad on this episode to talk about “Why Windows Are Important to Me.” They discuss Chris’s ten-hour-long project on The Tunnel , why “Blackboard” is his favorite section, edges and nodes and architecture in literature, philosophy and metaphors, and much more. A very high-level, intellectual episode thanks in large part to Chris’s contributions! This episode’s music is “Das Verschwinden” by The Notwist. Next week we’ll cover “The First Winter of My Married Life” (pages 334–385). 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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