Episodes

  • More War
    Dec 12 2025

    Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Daniel A. Sjursen's book "A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism."

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • War, What IS It Good For?
    Nov 5 2025

    Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Seth Harp's military exposé The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Malcolm F$@king Gladwell!
    Sep 25 2025

    Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's book Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering (and everything else Malcolm Gladwell has written).

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Y'all Ready For This?
    Sep 5 2025

    Thoughts (loosely) inspired by S.A. Cosby's Southern noir novel The King of Ashes and Tana French's wild tale of undercover infiltration The Likeness.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Tana vs. Tony: How to Solve a Murder Mystery
    Aug 21 2025

    Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Tana French's "Dublin Murder Squad" series and Anthony Horowitz's "Magpie/Moonflower/Marble Hall Murders" series. You will be tested.

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    50 mins
  • Bungle in the Jungle, Salt Life at the Beach
    Aug 15 2025

    Thoughts (loosely) inspired by the Charles Portis novel Gringos . . . and living at the beach for a month. Salt life!

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    37 mins
  • From Sayreville to Sicily: The Effect of Setting on the Psyche
    Aug 1 2025

    Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's classic Sicilian novel "The Leopard."

    A meditation on how place influences psyche (with some help from Bon Jovi and Bruce).

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    44 mins
  • Trust No One: Unreliable Narration in Life and Art
    Jul 1 2025

    Thoughts about narration, reliable and otherwise, loosely inspired by the novels of Jim Thompson and the Richard Russo essay "In Defense of Omniscience."

    There is also a film quiz . . . see how you fare.

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    1 hr and 3 mins