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 stuff

Curation vs collage vs other art stuff

We GOTTA talk about the metadrama

Vertumnus, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1591) (another trap for a date-pilled boy)

At least two topological surnames

All (or at least some) about Margaret

College is the time when men become deterministic

Margaret in this book is the scholars from Marlowe, Margaret from Goethe, Zeitblom from Mann, and also Horatio from Hamlet

Two-thirds of this podcast think the book is an anime

The 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.

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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.

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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:

Accusations of cuckoo-bird-ery

Is this book Faust? Is this book Alastor? Is Alastor Faust?

Having a stroke, falling into a singularity: pretty much the same thing

The Contexts of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Faust Translations, by Mathelinda Nabugodi

Determinism leads to free will leads to determinism leads to free will, etc

Have you ever heard of a piece of music starting with a prologue???

Ethan scoops Josiah, but at least he gives Josiah credit for it

Lots of mountain stuff

The music of the spheres? THAT’s provocative

Ethan loses but is only called out for it the second time

Nepenthe, the drug of forgetfulness

Some extremely cool and not at all completely nerdy discussion of different types of genitive

We are not doing any kind of linking or backgrounding of the punishment song. We’re all suffering together

Note: 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 reason

Next 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.

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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 devil

Faust scoreboard so far: 2 damned, 2 saved, 1 (?????)

Honesty and deeper honesty

God terms, devil terms, and Deadpool terms

Rules, rules, we want more rules

Hey 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 14:12

The Devil and Daniel Webster — 1941 film

Next 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.

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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.)