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Michael, Ethan, and special guest Josiah discuss The Memory of Whiteness, by Kim Stanley Robinson while drinking Suntory Toki Japanese whisky.In this episode:The orchestra!Lots of tree stuff, also snake stuff and lizard stuffCuration vs collage vs other art stuffWe GOTTA talk about the metadramaVertumnus, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1591) (another trap for a date-pilled boy)At least two topological surnamesAll (or at least some) about MargaretCollege is the time when men become deterministicMargaret in this book is the scholars from Marlowe, Margaret from Goethe, Zeitblom from Mann, and also Horatio from HamletTwo-thirds of this podcast think the book is an animeThe score: 2 damned, 2 saved, 2 (????) (Enraging)Next time Michael, Ethan, and Josiah (still/again!) will discuss the Gounod opera Faust! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael, Ethan, and special guest Josiah discuss The Memory of Whiteness, by Kim Stanley Robinson while drinking Suntory Toki Japanese whisky.In this episode:Accusations of cuckoo-bird-eryIs this book Faust? Is this book Alastor? Is Alastor Faust?Having a stroke, falling into a singularity: pretty much the same thingThe Contexts of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Faust Translations, by Mathelinda NabugodiDeterminism leads to free will leads to determinism leads to free will, etcHave you ever heard of a piece of music starting with a prologue???Ethan scoops Josiah, but at least he gives Josiah credit for itLots of mountain stuffThe music of the spheres? THAT’s provocativeEthan loses but is only called out for it the second timeNepenthe, the drug of forgetfulnessSome extremely cool and not at all completely nerdy discussion of different types of genitiveWe are not doing any kind of linking or backgrounding of the punishment song. We’re all suffering togetherNote: Josiah did force the karaoke to go on MUCH longer, but the editors have cut it down purely for the sake of avoiding a copyright strike and for no other reasonNext time Michael, Ethan, and Josiah will continue to discuss The Memory of Whiteness, by Kim Stanley Robinson! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker,” by Washington Irving, while drinking Suntory Toki Japanese whisky.In this episode:Is Michael the devil?What gives Benet the right?Pedestrian deals with the devilFaust scoreboard so far: 2 damned, 2 saved, 1 (?????)Honesty and deeper honestyGod terms, devil terms, and Deadpool termsRules, rules, we want more rulesHey hey we talk about the Monkees! (Also The Devil’s Advocate, The Simpsons, and, inevitably, Star Trek)“Little brothers should always let their older brothers go first.” - Book of Hezekiah 14:12The Devil and Daniel Webster — 1941 filmNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss The Memory of Whiteness, by Kim Stanley Robinson! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker,” by Washington Irving, while drinking Suntory Toki Japanese (gasp!) whisky.In this episode:A not-too-presumptuous new ruleThe Devil belongs in AmericaAmerican mythology creating arbitrary exclusions and inclusions… who would have thought?Landscape as characterMaking up theories out of whole clothEveryone should know that shortcuts will go badly for themIt’s a Wonderful Life as Reverse FaustCon men, flim-flam artists, and bunkoPublic Universal Friend’s wikipedia page is worth reading“Charity begins at home” SOUNDS very piousLots and lots of playing Telephone, it’s fineThere’s nothing unique about the postmodernistsGod’s Philosophers, by James HannamNext time Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob will discuss the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster," by Stephen Vincent Benet! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend, by Thomas Mann, while drinking Jura 10yo single malt.In this episode:We do start off this episode very, very similarly to how we started at least Part 3, if not also Part 2… sorryREALLY REALLY REALLY helpful: A Reader’s Guide to Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, by Tobias BoesThe Devil Is in the Details: Neurological Diseases Presenting as Religious Hallucinations in Two Literary Works, by Matheus Kahakura Franco Pedro, Thiago Ferreira Simões De Souza, Francisco Manoel Branco GerminianiThomas Mann knows so many things AND can get so deep in the weeds (at least seemingly)When your hobbyhorse comes riding up, sometimes you just have to mount itWe do get into the weeds on theology and with Latin and stuff, but for once it’s like straight from the textThe devil’s objective may be the subjectiveOn Tyranny, by Timothy SnyderHitler’s Monsters, by Eric KurlanderNo one said “thank you”Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker,” by Washington Irving! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend, by Thomas Mann, while drinking Jura 10yo single malt.In this episode:REALLY REALLY REALLY helpful: A Reader’s Guide to Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, by Tobias BoesThere are at least two ways to assassinate someone with a pianoMichael lies about his dogsNotes of realismThe Devil Is in the Details: Neurological Diseases Presenting as Religious Hallucinations in Two Literary WorksGothic frames!Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act 1Next time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend, by Thomas Mann, while drinking Jura 10yo single malt.In this episode:REALLY REALLY REALLY helpful: A Reader’s Guide to Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, by Tobias BoesLots of baffling passages in this one, sorryMusical forms in 1930s Germany were political (a thing that never happens today, obvs)Conservatives vs conservatives, another thing with absolutely no echoes nowAmbiguity that goes both waysThe Courage to be, by Paul TillichVampire? “Explicit” -Michael VAMPIRE“De Profundis”/Psalm 130Icarus is symbloic of FaustNext time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend, by Thomas Mann, while drinking Jura 10yo single malt.In this episode:All digressions and fallings-apart are intentionally reflective of the novel under discussion and are not us doing a bad jobTalking about books by talking about other books (aka, this is actually us reading Tristram Shandy for at least the third time)The narrator that gets in his own wayOne or more frame stories AND several meta-layersLots about time, WWII, Germany, time, Germans, Nazis, and time (but not a lot that’s fun to make sassy bullet points about)In Marlowe, Faust is damned; in Goethe, Faust is saved; in Mann, Faust is(.)Next time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Faust, by Goethe, both part 1 and 2, while drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt.In this episode:Dynamic in a pastoral wayBaffling talk of forms, mothers, material, and reality (and keys?)The Apocalypse has been happening since 1789This is roughly what Ethan is talking about regarding courtly loveIn case the references to “Walpurgis Night” are confusing, this probably won’t help at allGoethe as both Enlightenment poet and Romantic poetSince when has this podcast gone in straight lines?Mendelssohn’s Die Erste WalpurgisnachtThere is no striving in Elysium after drinking the waters of LetheThe GK Chesterton quote that Ethan mangles: “The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.”Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Faust, by Goethe, both part 1 and 2, while drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt.In this episode:Self-flagellationTranslationAbridgementBets vs bargainsLost in the weeds vs taking the scenic routeStriving vs GretchenThis podcast (Michael) casually speaks German, nbdGoethe wasn’t JUST a creepy old manExcellent lecture by Dr Michael Sugrue on Goethe’s FaustInevitable comparison to The Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPoetry as excess and as exploring the space, but not jokesHomunculusFaust is a dareNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss Goethe’s Faust, Parts 1 and 2! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan, along with special guests Maren Boucher and Benji Inniger, discuss The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Michael and Ethan are drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt; Benji is drinking Oban Little Bay; Maren is drinking Lagavulin 11. What a mess.In this episode:Bethany Lutheran College Production of Doctor Faustus! (Director and assistant director = our guests!)FaustbuchFaustus: The Horror FilmPhilip Melancthon might have studied with Faust, an anecdote that’s fun for maybe just the four people on this podcastFaustus: The Real Guy, or, why does he matter?Disappearing side characters (and disappearing main character???)Hell is a pyramid scheme, or, Faustus as lululemon rep, or, Cornelius and Valdez are DeadDid the devil appear on-stage, or is it Puritan propaganda?Doctor FauthtuthSympathy vs pityOrigins of the Shakespeare race, irrelevant to the episode but we’re keeping itCheck out Benji’s music and photography!Check out Benji’s OST to Bethany’s production of The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus!Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Goethe’s Faust, Parts 1 and 2! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan, along with special guests Maren Boucher and Benji Inniger discuss The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Michael and Ethan are drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt; Benji is drinking Oban Little Bay; Maren is drinking Lagavulin 11. What a mess.In this episode:Bethany Lutheran College Production of Doctor Faustus!Good Kronk vs Bad Kronk“I think I lost the thread”: the motto of this podcastFaust as addicted to powerDid Shakespeare invent the human… or did Christopher Marlowe???Douglas Adams quoted!ShenanigansFaustus as all 7 deadly sins at onceFaustus declines, in more ways than oneMephistopheles believes in God, but Faustus doesn’t believe in MephistophelesNext time Michael and Ethan and Maren and Benji will continue discussing Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss James, by Percival Everett, while drinking Glenfiddich 12.In this episode:Discourse on decade-old BBC show “Rev”Duels/debates (aka, Nat tease)If we didn’t already know, which we did, now we would knowThe Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. ConeJames as atheist/agnostic Biblical prophetThe fragility of power, or, shotgun = virility???TarnationFor reference: the character Michael is talking about later in the episode is young George and NOT EasterNoticeHeretical Fictions, by Lawrence I Berkove and Joseph CsicsilaWas Huck Black? by Shelley Fisher FiskinIs this a dagger which I see before me?Next time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss James, by Percival Everett! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss James, by Percival Everett, while drinking Glenfiddich 12.In this episode:Yanking the timeline 30 years into the futureIt’s really hard to make a bookJames’ style is either noirish, or journalistic, or bothWe do give away the one real spoiler in the bookPrognosticating Twain’s reactions, ahistoricallyMake sure to take Michael’s many manifold meaningsExcellent Electic Lit interview with Percival EverettThe goosebumpiest part of the novelThe Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. ConeNext time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss James, by Percival Everett! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak, while drinking Glenlivet 12.In this episode:It’s nice to be at the point in civilization where we know how all the letters should soundFirst pages, first paragraphs, first lines: seems like a trap for EthanPay attention to soundObligatory references to The Dying Earth (one) and Star Trek (many)Michael is almost gotten, which he deserves, because he’s still talking about Star TrekSimak is the missing link between Star Trek and CS LewisThoughts on religions we don’t followWe write fanfic of this bookThis book is at least seventeen different novelsJacob definitely loses but no one notices in the midst of discussing Hodags and ratsassinsWisconsin has the custodian of the galactic talisman, so, Go Pack GoNothing else sports-related is saidMichael doesn’t hate the Packers, he hates himselfNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss James, by Percival Everett! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak, while drinking Glenlivet 12.In this episode:The witness is treated as hostileFinding the Hodag where the Way Station is in the Driftless regionThe dispelling of illusionsThe CIA defeated by a conversationBible as metaphor for technology vs. technology as metaphor for BibleScience fiction basllica!Rat assassin! (Ratsassin?)Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)In this episode:Language, Migration, Faith, Treachery, Faith, and the Great River: a Star Trek analogy that only Michael caused to happenEnglish as a “grabby” languageLots of talk about God and faith and vulnerability, a lot of it not very fun to be sassy about in a bullet point (thanks guys)De-validating pedantry (for perhaps the first time in this podcast’s history)Deeply uneasy fart-based transitionsThe Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagallFor context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English languageAlso, McGonagall IS CthuluMidwest Immigration Bond FundNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan finish their discussion of Rivermouth, by Alejandra Oliva, while drinking Smokehead Twisted.In this episode:Language, Migration, Faith, Treachery, Faith, and the Great River: a Star Trek analogy that only Michael caused to happenEnglish as a “grabby” languageLots of talk about God and faith and vulnerability, a lot of it not very fun to be sassy about in a bullet point (thanks guys)De-validating pedantry (for perhaps the first time in this podcast’s history)Deeply uneasy fart-based transitionsThe Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagallFor context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English languageAlso, McGonagall IS CthuluMidwest Immigration Bond FundNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Rivermouth, by Alejandra Oliva, while drinking Smokehead Twisted.In this episode:Interrogating Michael, linguistically and in other waysThe Michael’s Translation Soapbox Podcast: a temptationBlindly table-settingBook baggageCrowds as statistics vs crowds as groups of actual humansThe hermenutical principle of honesty, honestlyCantankerous faithThe paradox of lack of description vs depth of described humanityNext time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss Rivermouth, by Alejandra Oliva! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan and special guest Nick conclude their discussion of Stuart Turton’s third novel, The Last Murder at the End of the World.In this episode:The ten commandments of detective fictionTopics in TurtonologySchrodinger’s locked room mysteryIf you bend any genre too far, horror leaks outPixar Extended Universe teasingThinking about thinking about The TempestDO THE WORKDetective fiction lightning roundNames With Michael lightning roundNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss Rivermouth, by Alejandra Oliva! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan and special guest Nick begin their discussion of Stuart Turton’s third novel, The Last Murder at the End of the World.In this episode:Thanks to JaredThe ten commandments of detective fictionMurder plots versus murder mysteriesBut like, what even is human, anyway, right?And what is supernatural, even?Clarke’s Third Law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”We must imagine Prometheus happySome bad news about ambiguity in novelsNext time Michael, Ethan, and special guest Nick will continue to discuss The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)