Kurt Vonneguys

Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new nonfiction book 'The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'! If this isn't nice, what is? The book is written by Tom Roston, and published by Abrams Books: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/writers-crusade_9781419744891/ Vonneguys news: this is our last episode of this new run. Thank you all so much for re-forming this karass for another round of Vonne-joy. Enjoy Michael's new show 'Like Razorblade Pie' at Small Beans: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Enjoy Alex's show 'Secretly Incredibly Fascinating': https://linktr.ee/sifpod SEGMENTS: Franken-Time (00:02:35) Summary Time (00:13:10) The Meat (00:36:15) Tom Rosto-grades (01:07:25) Related Reading (01:10:30) Vonnegut News (01:17:35) LINKS for Related Reading: 'The Things They Carried' by Tim O'Brien: https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/nea-big-read/things-they-carried "Ahab's gift: Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the meaning of pain" by Xi Chen: https://hekint.org/2020/06/23/ahabs-gift-herman-melvilles-moby-dick-and-the-meaning-of-pain/ The Autobiography Of Mark Twain: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520267190/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-1 LINKS for background about this book: 'Kurt Vonnegut: Letters', edited by Dan Wakefield: https://bookshop.org/books/kurt-vonnegut-letters/9780385343763 Tom Roston's website: https://tomroston.com/ 'The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York' by Tom Roston: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/most-spectacular-restaurant-in-the-world_9781419737992/ 'I Lost it at the Video Store: A Filmmakers' Oral History of a Vanished Era' by Tom Roston: https://books.google.com/books/about/I_Lost_it_at_the_Video_Store.html?id=TpzmsgEACAAJ Review from Kirkus Reviews: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tom-roston/the-writers-crusade/ Review from Publishers Weekly: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4197-4489-1 Full spreadsheet of Alex & Michael's "Vonnegrades" plus other grades: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F2juhwV4ia1MzdQC8krE0yiV9e7rdrpkbMguGL037uo/edit?usp=sharing Homepage for the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library: http://kvml.org/ Their next annual 'Night Of Vonnegut' is April 10th, 2022. Kurt Vonnegut's 100th birthday would've been November 11th, 2022.

Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new documentary 'Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time'! If this isn't nice, what is? The documentary is by co-directors Robert B. Weide and Don Argott. Here's its website and how to watch: https://www.vonnegutmovie.com/ Vonneguys news: we're still returning once more, in 2022, for an episode about 'The Writer's Crusade' by Tom Roston. Find out more about that book here: www.abramsbooks.com/product/writers…_9781419744891/ SEGMENTS: Franken-Time (00:02:15) Summary Time (00:26:00) Highlight Reel (00:37:57) Vonne-MEH (00:56:30) The Meat (01:03:55) Robert B. Weide-grades (01:17:15) Related Reading (01:22:45) Vonnegut News (01:35:07) LINKS for Related Reading: 'Life Itself' documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382298/ 'Meeting People Is Easy' documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195909/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 'Too Funny To Fail' documentary, streaming on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/too-funny-to-fail-the-life-death-of-the-dana-carvey-show-c6c29995-0c40-4442-aed6-156bd11e2d9e 'The Brothers Vonnegut' by Ginger Strand: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374536534 'The Century Of The Self' documentary series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/ LINKS for background about this documentary: Library Of America interview with Robert B. Weide: https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1917-kurt-vonnegut-at-100-with-robert-weide transcript of the "Why a duck?" scene in 'The Cocoanuts' (1929): https://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/info/movies/scenes/whyaduck.htm IMDb listings for Robert B. Weide: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004332/?ref_=tt_ov_wr IMDB listings for Don Argott: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034531/?ref_=tt_ov_dr 'Kurt Vonnegut: Letters', edited by Dan Wakefield: https://bookshop.org/books/kurt-vonnegut-letters/9780385343763 'The Brothers Vonnegut' by Ginger Strand: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374536534 Review from RogerEbert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-movie-review-2021 Review from Variety: https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-review-robert-b-weide-1235115093/ Review from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1056477983/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-remains-faithful-to-the-authors-spirit Review from the Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-11-18/review-kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-robert-b-weide-don-argott

Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new 'Slaughterhouse-Five' graphic novel! If this isn't nice, what is? The graphic novel is by writer Ryan North and artist Albert Monteys. Publisher page: https://shop.boom-studios.com/collections/slaughterhouse-five Also here's a link to a *VIDEO VERSION* of this podcast episode (it's the same audio, plus some photos of what we're talking about): https://youtu.be/5BghQzkY0iE Vonneguys news: we're returning once more, in 2022, for a new episode about 'The Writer's Crusade' by Tom Roston. Find out more about that book here: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/writers-crusade_9781419744891/ SEGMENTS: Franken-Time (00:03:55) Plot Time (00:24:55) Kurt Blurt Redux (00:43:45) Recurring Characters Redux (00:51:45) Kurt Cameo Redux (00:58:05) VonneWHAT Redux (01:00:30) The Meat (01:04:20) Ryan North and Albert Monteys-grades (01:17:25) Related Reading (01:21:25) Vonnegut News (01:26:00) LINKS for Related Reading: 'Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth' by Chris Ware: https://bookshop.org/books/jimmy-corrigan-the-smartest-kid-on-earth/9780375714542 'Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards' by Jim Ottaviani and Big Time Attic: https://bookshop.org/books/bone-sharps-cowboys-and-thunder-lizards/9780966010664 Quote from Tennessee Williams: https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/07/30/tennessee-williams-love/ 'Synedcoche, New York' (2008 movie): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383028/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 LINKS for background about this graphic novel: ComicsBeat.com interview with Ryan North: https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-adapting-slaughterhouse-five-with-ryan-north/ Publisher interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys: https://youtu.be/BU5xv4AhoCc Article about Albert Monteys leaving 'El Jueves' over censorship: https://www.thelocal.es/20140606/spanish-comic-censored-jueves-king-joke/ Image Comics page for the 'Solid State' graphic novel by Jonathan Coulton, Matt Fraction, and Albert Monteys: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/solid-state Vox.com article citing new Dresden statistics: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/31/18287062/slaughterhouse-five-50th-anniversary-kurt-vonnegut January 2018 'Dinosaur Comics' strip that quotes 'Slaughterhouse-Five': https://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=3236 August 2021 news from Deadline.com on Noah Hawley's adaptation of 'Cat's Cradle': https://deadline.com/2021/08/noah-hawley-cats-cradle-not-moving-forward-at-fx-tca-1234814354/ Review from The AV Club: https://www.avclub.com/slaughterhouse-five-is-a-near-flawless-adaptation-that-1845419158 Review from Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/comics/2020/9/15/21438090/slaughterhouse-five-comic-graphic-novel-kurt-vonnegut-ryan-north-albert-monteys Review from MonkeysFightingRobots.co: https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-slaughterhouse-five-is-a-perfect-graphic-novel-adaptation/ LINK to a Google Sheet with all of Alex and Michael's past Vonnegrades: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F2juhwV4ia1MzdQC8krE0yiV9e7rdrpkbMguGL037uo/edit?usp=sharing

Franken-Time (00:01:20) Essay Time (00:04:25) VonneART (00:05:10) Ad Time (00:40:25) Kurt Blurt (00:54:05) Recurring Characters Update (01:09:40) Kurt Cameo (01:09:55) VonneWHAT (01:10:15) The Meat (01:13:25) VonneGRADES (01:18:45) Related Reading (01:21:25) Vonnegut News (01:26:25) Related readings and other links: https://goo.gl/KfLCMV

Cosmologut (0:00:50) Vonne-Interviews (0:07:00) Kurt Vonnegut reading Mary Ainsworth interview (0:14:45) Vognettes (0:26:05) Kurt Blurt (0:59:50) Recurring Characters Update (1:05:50) Kurt Cameo (1:06:00) VonneWHAT (1:06:45) The Meat (1:09:00) VonneGRADES (1:15:45) Related Reading (1:17:20) The related readings and other links: https://goo.gl/3XjCHq

Franken-Time (00:01:10) Intro Time (00:08:15) Creative Writing 101 (00:13:45) Story Time (00:20:45) Coda Time (01:30:45) Kurt Blurt (01:40:35) Recurring Characters Update (01:41:05) VonneWHAT (01:42:40 VonneGRADES (01:46:45) Related Reading (01:51:10) Related Reading and other links: https://goo.gl/R2gbor

Plot Time (00:01:00) Kurt Blurt (00:26:30) Recurring Characters Update (01:15:20) Kurt Cameo (01:16:50) VonneART(01:18:30) Vonne-Amendments (01:23:00) VonneWHAT (01:28:10) The Meat (01:59:40) VonneGRADES (02:11:20) Related Reading (02:15:15) Related Reading links: https://goo.gl/QnxE2v

Franken-Time (00:01:15) Story Time (00:08:15) Kurt Blurt (01:19:05) VonneWHAT (01:37:15) The Meat (01:48:45) VonneGRADES (01:50:00) Related Reading (01:53:00) Vonnegut News (02:00:10) Related Reading and other links: https://goo.gl/fQYH3z

Plot Time (00:02:00) VonneART (00:09:30) VonneMATH (00:51:25) Kurt Blurt (00:55:30) Kurt Cameo (01:16:10) Recurring Characters Update (01:17:30) The Meat (01:20:00) VonneWHAT (01:28:45) VonneGRADES (01:40:30) Related Reading (01:45:25) Vonnegut News (01:53:50) Related Reading and other links: https://goo.gl/fbfKFM

Plot Time (00:00:50) Kurt Blurt (00:50:30) Recurring Characters Update (1:28:20) Kurt Cameo (1:30:00) VonneWHAT (1:31:15) The Meat (2:04:15) Vonnegrades (2:20:30) Movie Time (2:24:00) Related Reading (02:32:00) Vonnegut News (02:45:00) Related Reading: Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen): http://amzn.to/2ydCHJw The Hudsucker Proxy (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen): http://amzn.to/2wvP8hD Mad Men: The Gold Violin (Season 2, Episode 7): https://goo.gl/by3aY9 A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen): http://amzn.to/2xGX1pm The Homecoming (Harold Pinter): http://amzn.to/2x8ZebV Amsterdam (Ian McEwan): http://amzn.to/2x5rH0D They're Made Of Meat (Terry Bisson): https://goo.gl/9KFq The Drone King (Kurt Vonnegut): https://goo.gl/2J5g9U

Related Reading: - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams): http://amzn.to/2wC5jvw - They're Made Out of Meat (Terry Bisson): https://goo.gl/9KFq - Kurt Vonnegut in a Discover Card ad: https://goo.gl/fvwyVT - The Star (Arthur C. Clarke): https://goo.gl/n3ZTPC

Plot Time (00:01:00) Kurt Blurt (01:00:20) Recurring Characters (01:24:10) The Meat (01:24:50) VonneWHAT (01:47:00) Vonnegrades (01:54:50) Related Reading (01:57:20) Vonnegut News (02:09:20) Related Reading and other links: https://goo.gl/knW8io

Plot Time (00:01:00) The Meat (01:04:00) Kurt Cameo (01:19:45) Recurring Characters Update (01:24:20) Kurt Vonnafoods (01:27:40) Kurt Blurt (01:35:40) VonneWHAT (01:50:30) Vonnegrades (01:53:50) Related Reading (01:56:30) Vonnegut News (02:03:00) Related Reading: Novel: Thomas Wolfe: Look Homeward, Angel: http://amzn.to/2uYaYh2 Poetry Collection: The Best of Ogden Nash: http://amzn.to/2eOd6l6 TV: Better Call Saul: https://goo.gl/ygKTO9 Book: James Thurber: The Last Flower: http://amzn.to/2vJi1rD Comic: Dan Harmon: La Cosa Nostroid: http://amzn.to/2eOkBbu Original Cast Recording: God Bless You Mr. Rosewater: http://amzn.to/2h3O2Hg

Franken-Time! (00:03:00) Story Time! (00:05:30) Kurt Blurt! (00:50:10) VonneART! (01:00:50) VonneWHAT!? (01:10:45) Vonnegrades! (01:30:15) Related Reading (01:14:40) Vonnefriends! (01:18:00) Related Reading: Article: io9: The Universal Shapes of Stories, According to Kurt Vonnegut: https://goo.gl/q2jpzc Full Text: Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi: https://goo.gl/EcTo40 Book: Dave Eggers: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: https://goo.gl/C5EodB Book: Stephen King: On Writing: https://goo.gl/U6bsLg Book: Harlan Ellison: The Other Glass Teat: https://goo.gl/W5yWbk

Plot Time! (00:02:30) Kurt Blurt! (01:17:00) The Meat! (01:31:15) Recurring Characters Update! (01:42:10) Kurt Cameo! (01:45:50) VonneWHAT! (01:46:50) Vonnegrades! (01:56:20) Movie Time! (2:00:50) Music Time! (2:15:50) Related Reading! (02:24:30) Related Reading: Short Story: Guy De Maupassant: The Necklace: https://goo.gl/Upnq Book: Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man: https://goo.gl/GHHXQs Play: Tony Kushner: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: https://goo.gl/vLVKdn Short Story: George Saunders: Escape from Spiderhead: https://goo.gl/I0ek3q Graphic Novel: Alan Moore, David Lloyd: V for Vendetta: https://goo.gl/E1FRQ3 Book: Neil Gaiman: American Gods: https://goo.gl/Wx2GiC

Plot Time! (00:40) Kurt Blurt! (01:14:15) VonneArt! (01:31:30) Recurring Characters Update! (01:34:25) Kurt Cameo! (01:37:45) VonneWHAT! (01:38:35) Movie Time! (01:45:45) The Meat! (01:55:00) Vonnegrades! (02:05:15) Related Reading! (02:07:55) Vonnegut News! (02:16:25) Related Reading: Book: Theodore Sturgeon: More Than Human: https://goo.gl/sfv6NG Short Story: Harlan Ellison: In Fear of K (in Strange Wine): https://goo.gl/Jm2dfP Book: Ray Bradbury: Something Wicked This Way Comes: https://goo.gl/n8h6HI Short Story: HP Lovecraft: The Outsider: https://goo.gl/86RReb Song: Frank Zappa: Bobby Brown Goes Down: https://goo.gl/OxOMAv

Segments: Story/Essay Time (00:00:30) Kurt Blurt (01:19:30) VonneWHAT (01:27:00) Kurt Blurt, Part II (01:34:30) The Meat (01:44:30) VonneGRADES (01:45:40) Related Reading (01:47:30) Kurt Vonnegut's Personal Library of Related Recommended Things For You to Read (01:52:10) Vonnegut News (01:59:20) Related Reading: ​Book: ​Sherman Alexi​e​:The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian​: https://goo.gl/prPzP4​ Speech: ​Mary Schmich​: Wear Sunscreen: https://goo.gl/zs12n Speech: David Foster Wallace: This is Water: https://goo.gl/XMEqj ​Kurt Vonnegut's Reccomendations: Full Text: Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology​: https://goo.gl/qBpVMv Book: USA (The 42nd Parallel, 1919, The Big Money): John Dos Passos: https://goo.gl/ofoFOi Full Text: Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary: https://goo.gl/JthcXb Full Text: King Henry VI, Pt III: https://goo.gl/5SlCET Book: Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: https://goo.gl/bWvTDN

Plot Time! (02:00) Kurt Blurt! (1:14:00) Recurring Characters Update! (1:36:00) Kurt Cameo! (1:38:30) Related Reading! (1:39:15) VonneWHATMEAT! (1:49:45) Vonnegrades! (2:14:45) Movie Time! (2:17:22) Vonnegut News! (2:32:30) Related Reading: Short Story: Ray Bradbury: "The Earthmen" (part of The Martian Chronicles): https://goo.gl/uA719G Video: Connections: https://goo.gl/vixNYh Book: Ken Kesey: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: https://goo.gl/T2KOkT Book: Jonathan Safran Foer: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: https://goo.gl/HYl3ig Book: Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: https://goo.gl/jdpYMe Short Story: Harlan Ellison: The Region Between: https://goo.gl/57J4i9 Short Story: Michael Swaim: And It Goes Like This (A Fable): https://goo.gl/o5RZ8r Podcast: Revisionist History: The Satire Paradox: https://goo.gl/h7759e Take the Duke University Vonnegut Study: tinyurl.com/sciencevonneguys

Plot Time! (02:10) Fortitude Time! (01:01:20) Christmas Time! (01:12:20) Kurt Blurt! (01:18:50) Recurring Characters Update! (01:47:00) Kurt Cameo! (01:48:20) VonneWHAT! (01:50:00) The Meat! (01:58:15) Vonnegrades! (02:04:30) Drama Time! (02:09:30) Related Reading! (02:21:30) Vonnegut News! (02:32:30) Related Reading: Podcast: Revisionist History: The Satire Paradox: https://goo.gl/h7759e Film: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: https://goo.gl/1hi4nI Film: O Brother, Where Art Thou?: https://goo.gl/pexMGk Film: Sullivan's Travels: https://goo.gl/XdLINd Play: Suzan-Lori Parks: 'The Last Living Black Man in the Whole Entire World' & 'The America Play' (which Michael calls 'The Death of Abraham Lincoln'): https://goo.gl/LfeX6N The Neo-Futurists: https://goo.gl/87I0K3 Song: Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer: Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover: https://goo.gl/LdE5Bg Short Story: Ray Bradbury: The Kilimanjaro Device: https://goo.gl/YaUH2K Article: The National Law Review: Illinois Federal Judge Awards Treble Damages and Attorney's Fees in Kurt Vonnegut-Fueled Opinion: https://goo.gl/RqY6YY

In this special bonus Vonne-chat, Alex and Michael are joined by Marc Leeds, author of The Vonnegut Encyclopedia. They discuss what it's like being a character in one of Kurt's novels, whether his books are truly a shared universe and how Marc compiled his nearly 800 page tome, an A-Z database of Vonnegut characters, settings and themes. Related Reading: The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: https://goo.gl/J7HN1E Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library: Marc Leeds Bio: https://goo.gl/VO7VAp The Daily Vonnegut: Interview with Marc Leeds: https://goo.gl/Mqkus4

Plot Time! (01:10) Kurt Blurt! (55:30) Recurring Characters Update! (01:31:00) Kurt Cameo! (01:39:20) VonneWHAT?! (01:42:00) VonneART! (01:52:15) The Meat! (01:55:45) Vonnegrades! (01:57:00) Movie Time! (02:01:40) Related Reading! (02:07:50) Vonnegut News! (02:17:10) Related Reading: Film: Grave of the Fireflies: https://goo.gl/V6xGcF Film: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story : https://goo.gl/gWFjlH Film: Arrival: https://goo.gl/c8DmrG Short Story: Ray Bradbury: "Tomorrow's Child" (in I Sing the Body Electric!): https://goo.gl/zQuv1B Album: Roger Waters: Radio Kaos: https://goo.gl/x1rx05 Graphic Novel: Yoshihiro Tatsumi: The Pushman and Other Stories: https://goo.gl/nTpYca Short Story: Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: https://goo.gl/NBaa18 Preface: George Saunders: "Introduction to Huckleberry Finn" (in The Braindead Megaphone): https://goo.gl/mr1ydG Short Story: Elie Weisel: "Night": https://goo.gl/jsGqyg Novel: Thomas Pynchon: Gravity's Rainbow: https://goo.gl/0s9wEW Graphic Novel: Art Spiegleman: Maus: https://goo.gl/VqiDe6 Article: Nautilus Magazine: The Exotic Matter States Behind PCs, Visual Displays, and the Future of Water: https://goo.gl/2W5exV

Sections: Gettin' Social! (02:15) Emergency Situation! (27:20) Meet Space! (41:00) Related Reading: Novel: Jamaica Kincaid: A Small Place: https://goo.gl/jxJQCI Novel: Haruki Murakami: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: https://goo.gl/M4Eo8g Film: Harrison Bergeron: https://goo.gl/jtIVDt Film: 2081: https://goo.gl/xZgOGF Film: Who Am I This Time?: https://goo.gl/h9sdju Podcast: Limetown: https://goo.gl/z2p59C Music: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Musical Demos: https://goo.gl/RNGnwU Radio: Dimension X: Report on the Barnhouse Effect: https://goo.gl/Srrcyl Novel: Jerry Spinelli: Maniac Magee: https://goo.gl/N0IpjK Novel: Lois Lowry: Gathering Blue: https://goo.gl/EmRjI9 Short Story: Cordwainer Smith: "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" (in The Rediscovery of Man): https://goo.gl/MJqiwx Book: Kurt Vonnegut: Drawings: https://goo.gl/CV7oTM

Super Short Story Plot Time! (06:15) Recurring Characters Update! (01:54:30) Kurt Cameo! (01:55:55) VonneWHAAAT! (01:57:00) Kurt Blurt! (02:05:30) Vonnegrades! (02:11:00) Related Reading! (02:12:45) Vonnegut News! (02:21:00) Related Reading: Book: Marc Leeds: The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: https://goo.gl/tu8S4W Book: Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man: https://goo.gl/ihH8r9 Book: George Saunders: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: https://goo.gl/01l2O8 Book: Charles Yu: Sorry Please Thank You: https://goo.gl/JJ9AAG Book: Eric Puchner: Music Through the Floor: https://goo.gl/S5YgOY Short Story: Harlan Ellison: "The End of the Time of Leinard" (in Dream Corridor): https://goo.gl/QZWi1H Short Story: Harlan Ellison: "How's the Night Life on Cissalda?" (in Shatterday): https://goo.gl/b1koGV Short Story: Michael Swaim: "Cost of Living": https://goo.gl/LLivV0

From the Group! (01:00) Plot Time! (06:45) Kurt Blurt! (01:34:45) Recurring Characters Update! (01:52:00) Kurt Cameo! (01:59:30) VonneWHAT! (02:00:30) The Meat! (02:08:10) Altruism Olympics! (02:11:50) Vonnegrades! (02:15:15) Movie Time! (02:17:10) Related Reading! (02:21:00) Vonnegut News! (02:28:20) Related Reading: Book: Theodore Sturgeon: Microcosmic God: https://goo.gl/tTYkXd Essay: James Black: What in Hell Is He For?: Vonnegut's Avatar & the Need to Sneak Sci-Fi in Under the Radar: https://goo.gl/cKvjq2 Short Story: Ray Bradbury: The Taxpayer (in The Martian Chronicles): https://goo.gl/uA719G Short Story: Harlan Ellison: On the Slab (in Angry Candy): https://goo.gl/zWBtm3 Short Story: David Brin: "The Giving Plague": https://goo.gl/e6bXug Book: David Brin: The Practice Effect: https://goo.gl/3zFce6 Graphic Novel: Warren Ellis: Transmetropolitan: https://goo.gl/nQr6sT Book: Robert Lynn Asprin: The Cold Cash War: https://goo.gl/MxVZI7

From the Group! (01:00) Plot Time! (07:45) Kurt Blurt! (11:40) Kurt Cameo! (1:53:20) Recurring Characters! (1:54:40) VonneWHAT! (1:57:15) The Meat! (2:07:15) VonneGrades! (2:12:20) Movie Time! (2:16:00) Related Reading! (2:26:10) Vocab Quiz! (2:33:50) Vonnegut News! (2:37:00) Related Reading: Article: Scientific American: Let's Colonize Titan: https://goo.gl/KP4dx0 Song: 10cc - Sand in My Face (Dynamic Tension): https://goo.gl/S0UbEP Movie: Synecdoche, New York: https://goo.gl/h6AV1Z Book: Ginger Strand - The Brothers Vonnegut: https://goo.gl/zIYN0X Short Story: Ray Bradbury - The Fire Balloons (in The Illustrated Man): https://goo.gl/ihH8r9 Book: Will Self - The Book of Dave: https://goo.gl/ApmVV4 Song: Ambrosia - Nice Nice Very Nice: https://goo.gl/m6xlA3 Short Story: Harlan Ellison - The Deathbird (in Deathbird Stories): https://goo.gl/neeVyS Short Story: Harlan Ellison - The Executioner of Malformed Children (in Shatterday): https://goo.gl/b1koGV Book: Robert Heinlein - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag: https://goo.gl/fdU6RM Book: John Brunner - The Traveler in Black: https://goo.gl/unBNQG Book: Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale: https://goo.gl/Sf4rdn Book: Lois Lowry - The Giver: https://goo.gl/1PPIWv Music: Ice-9 Ballads: https://goo.gl/CQc5jS

Mother Night (00:00) Kurt Cameo (03:50) Plot Time (11:45) Recurring Characters (32:30) The Meat (01:12:30) VonneWHAT (01:16:00) Kurt Blurt (01:21:15) Vonnegrades (01:27:50) Related Reading (01:29:50) Movie Time (01:36:30) Kurt News (01:45:30)

(00:00) The Sirens of Titan (07:00) Plot Time! (50:30) Recurring Characters (56:30) VonneWHAT? (1:04:00) Kurt Blurt (1:13:00) Related Reading (1:28:30) Movie Time (1:44:00) Kurt News Related Reading: Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons: https://goo.gl/Tuo0UJ V for Vendetta -- Alan Moore & David Lloyd: https://goo.gl/yYGwhM Speaker for the Dead -- Orson Scott Card: https://goo.gl/QUiIA5 Dark They Were and Golden Eyed -- Ray Bradbury: https://goo.gl/xFKAeA Mozart in Mirrorshades -- Bruce Sterling & Lewis Shiner: https://goo.gl/BCNgfs The Stranger -- Albert Camus: https://goo.gl/ppBtSI Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein: https://goo.gl/S1vr3K

Join reader-comedians Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim for a fun, digressive trip through the Kurt Vonnegut canon. It’s a book club, a comedy show, and a cavalcade of smart, entertaining segments. Discover Vonnegut works you’ve never read! Rediscover your Kurt favorites! And cure the terrible disease of loneliness by going on a K.V. appreciation deep dive with a friendly karass of your fellow listeners. (00:00) Player Piano (12:20) Kurt Blurt (20:20) 1984? (36:45) Kurt Cameo (42:50) Recurring Characters (59:30) Image-O-Rama (1:05:00) VonneWHAT? (1:11:50) Related Reading Related Reading: The Silver Corridor & "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman -- Harlan Ellison: https://goo.gl/7NK9Pu Knox -- Harlan Ellison: https://goo.gl/NlwI03 The Veldt -- Ray Bradbury: https://goo.gl/ihH8r9 The Caves of Steel -- Isaac Asimov: https://goo.gl/8uA6TQ

Stay tuned for the first two episodes of Kurt Vonneguys, covering 'Player Piano' and 'The Sirens of Titan', premiering soon.