The Problem with Irony - Television and David Foster Wallace

An overview of Wallace's critiques of excessive irony and postmodernism, and then a discussion of how we see the movement away from pure irony to new sincerity in contemporary television.

David Foster Wallace interview with Terry Gross (03/1997) NPR's Fresh Air

A deep, wide-ranging conversation between Wallace and Terry Gross.  They cover "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," parts of Infinite Jest and The Entertainment, and Wallace's thoughts on self-consciousness.