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]