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After their shady dealings and meeting with Alba, the trainers take a job to kill time and earn some money, but things are even shadier. They go to discover the facts, the love, the powers of creation and solitude behind a very old deal, and a new one that might take its place.The cast: Chartreuse (Charlie) Pine - played by Paul (also @AlakazamGanda) Liliana Shadowgarden - played by Lydia Professor Rudimentus Sneaze - played by Michael And our Game Master - Nick Eyeli - Eyeli Join our Facebook Group, where you can meet and chat with the cast and other fans! We'll approve everyone's request to join (unless you're a Rotom; we don't like Rotom). Also, join us on Discord! And watch us on Twitch! Donate to our Patreon, and earn sweet rewards by becoming a part of the Pokemon Rollout! family. MUSIC & SFX: Theme Music "Electric Donkey Muscles” by RoccoW. Used under an Attribution-ShareAlike License. Poor Man's Groove by Mr Smith is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.Sleepwalker V by Sergey Cheremisinov is licensed under a Attribution License.Spiny Urchin by Unthunk is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0.“Bipolarity” by Poor Alexei. Used under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.“We Can Do It! [Loop]”, “Battle“, and “Welcome Player“ by Visager.Other music by Peter Lonnquist. Used by permission.

On the 179th episode of Audioface:REVIEWS: "Justice" by Justin Bieber, "Chemtrails Over The Country Club" by Lana Del Rey, "Hidden Gems" by The Blue Stones, and "Now Is A Long Time" by OtzekiNew singles: "Addicted" by Jorja Smith, "Rainforest" by Noname, and the "Lout"  EP by The Horrors.A story about Kanye West's supposed net worth exposed a glaring issue with business journalism. The Justice review. The EDM duo Justice sues Justin Bieber. RIP Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape. The Weeknd's debut mixtape hits streaming services with original samples intact. The Chemtrails review. In Lana Del Rey fashion, her next album is announced and promises "revenge." The Hidden Gems review. Spotify's new transparency website leaves more questions than answers. Demi Lovato opens up about her experiences with sobriety and assault. The Now Is A Long Time review. West Coast OGs unite, and Quavo and Saweetie's relationship ends with shear audacity.Subscribe to Audioface wherever you're listening so you always get new episodes. Follow @audiofacepod on Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube for extra Audioface.  Check out Syndicate 23's semi-monthly news and politics show Power Report if you haven't already (and catch videos on the Dan From The Internet YouTube channel).  We appreciate it, and you.

Season 4 begins in style, with the delectable Lagavulin 16yo single malt! The season kickoff Mongo book this time around is Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham, and it’s a truly hot topic. Which of our hosts loved the book, and which one hated it? Find out exclusively on this episode!In this episode:Oedipal admissions and fantasies.New rules!Michael forgot his copy.Ethan conducts an interrogation.They keep pronouncing the author’s name in different ways.They start at the very beginning. A very good place to start.Ethan gets hung up on mother-figures. But it’s a thin line, so he didn’t lose over it.Pop-psychology-cast!The Oedipal Foundation isn’t real. But apparently this is.They have their signature longer-than-necessary Harry Potter digression.Ethan cites Hezekiah 11:17.The whole book is about economics.Michael turns out the lights.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.Donate to our Patreon!Buy a Nihilism Blanket!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Artist Phil Shaw discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find out more about his work at https://www.rebeccahossack.com/artists/72-phil-shaw/overview/. Jeffrey Edwards prints https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jeffery-edwards-1050 The Big Three live at the Cavern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfQ-hm3APs Musica Prisca Caput by Nicola Vicentino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0akGtDPVRxk The Face on the Wall by EV Lucas https://web.iiit.ac.in/~nirnimesh/Literature/The%20Face%20on%20the%20Wall.htm Unthinking, Unthoughts and Unthunk by Les Coleman https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9903438/Les-Coleman.html Rhum baba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_baba

In the final episode of Season 3, Michael & Ethan dive into some creative nonfiction, sipping on this taste of the Midwest in essays by Bill Holm. Specifically: “The Grand Tour,” “Singing Latin in New Ulm,” and “The Music of Failure: Variations on an Idea.”In this episode:Michael is Queen Elizabeth I.Michael planted a beer seed in Minnesota.We are nothing if not willing to compromise everything about this show for profit.We read to feel dumb.Nihilism or something?Ethan knows people like that.We object to morals.Ethan eventually makes his point.We weren’t going to read theology. Oh well.We debate about the Mississippi.Their Mongo book kicking off Season 4 will be Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

As they converse about Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot, Michael & Ethan learn about themselves, and about each other. But most importantly, they learn about themselves.In this episode:Ethan renounces Michael. Michael kicks him out.The word “dumb” gets used a lot.Ethan giggles at the gutter his mind is in.They spend a lot of words on what they picture in this book.They’re not worried about the plot.All 18th-century Frenchmen are apparently alcoholics.Morals!They talk the finer points of robotics.Ethan goes to Middle School, then tries to bring it back intellectual.Jacques marries the author again.They wrap up, and keep talking.Their next book will be Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugam. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Now they’re reading Don Quixote again, but actually, it’s Tristram Shandy, or maybe, for real, it’s Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot.In this episode:Michael stuns Ethan into silence.Ethan translates Michael.Ethan baby steps forward in technology.The curtain is pulled back.Ethan doesn’t throw shade, or at least he claims not to.Some translation theory creeps in. But neither one knows enough French.Ethan’s theory get’s super meta.Michael & Ethan might not agree!Michael ignores Ethan making fun of him, and is a total nerd.They make fun of the editor of Michael’s copy.Robots in the 18th century!?Luther is mentioned, but not dwelt on.Their next book will be Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugam. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

In honor of the Death of the Author, Michael & Ethan thought it fitting to read one of the great stories by the man himself, and to talk about it. Come along on this journey of great appreciation for a writer who will prove to be a foundation for a generation to come. Let’s discuss “The Death of Dr. Island,” by Gene Wolfe.In this episode:Michael closes a curtain and gets the lighting right for the podcast episode.Ethan masks the sadness by humor.Michael makes Ethan mad.This is not the “Duck-Duck-Grey-Duck/Goose” Podcast.How can a third-person narrator be unreliable?They talk about women.Ethan almost takes over the entire podcast to talk about alchemy.Birds and eggs: connected. Whooda thunk?They end with the beginning.Ethan uses his grumpy old dumb professor voice.Michael gets onto words.Gene Wolfe is to be reread, and reread, and reread.Their next book will be Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)And Special Guest: Nicholas Lilienthal (@PokeRollNick)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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Michael & Ethan are joined by Michael’s brother, Nick, to discuss The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton.In this episode:Michael breaks the Scotch.Ethan is proven thoroughly wrong by our new Patron, Alexis!The podcast turns into a hostage situation.Alexis recommends: Caitlin R. Kiernan.Ethan gets in a wrestling match over two cups.They see just a shadow of a shadow of Plato’s cave and its shadows.Michael fits this novel into the Hunger Games universe.Ethan recommends LatinDIctionary.net.Michael gets Schroedinger’s Cat shoehorned in.Shout-out to the History of Philosophy without any gaps podcast.Ethan ties it back to Gerald Murnane. Again.Their next book will be Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)And Special Guest: Nicholas Lilienthal (@PokeRollNick)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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Now Michael & Ethan are talking about Soulless by Gail Carriger, with lots of frills and dresses and other dangerous things. It’s a challenge for Michael especially, because the subtitle of the book is literally against the rules for him to mention. Let’s see how he does.In this episode:They almost talk more about The Plains.They talk about stupid dog faces.They drink a human person.They attempt to be relevant.Apologies abound to Neil Gaiman and Gail Carriger.Michael & Ethan read themselves their Miranda rights.A lot of discussion is occupied with a brilliant blend of weird genres and worldbuilding.Ethan talks a lot to support his own uber theory.Pretty much this whole episode is them figuring out how to talk about this book.This is the book Michael mentions.Ethan makes predictions about the sequel, Changeless.Ethan spoils Captain Marvel for Michael.Next time: they stop teasing. They promise.Their next book will be The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton, and rumor has it there will be a guest on! 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

They will never not be talking about The Plains by Gerald Murnane. That’s because, The Plains is life, which means everything and nothing all at once.In this episode:Ethan is not a 14-year-old girl waiting for her date. Well, he’s not one of those things.They take the “No Girls” sign down from the door.With Ethan’s wife, they all get very dramatic.Michael gives Ethan an epiphany about the book’s religion(?)They talk about The Rules of the Game, which they talked about before.If we create a revolution, we didn’t mean to. (But seriously, Michael has no qualms with the psychological field.)Everyone knows how slot machines work. But they digress from slot machines to talk about women.They delete their 1/2-hour conversation on “Library of Babel.”Michael doesn’t want to talk about this book anymore.(The book mentioned at about 52:45 is Other Kingdoms by Richard Matheson.)(It’s Arthur, not Richard: Arthur Lessac. And yes, Michael knows he modified this exercise.)Their next book will be Soulless by Gail Carriger. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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.“Old Knight” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Check out what Michael & Ethan think of The Plains by Gerald Murnane. There is actually a lot to be said about this book, although to look at its cover, you wouldn’t think so.In this episode:Michael pushes a button in the air.They’ve been writing/performing an absurdist play for the last 3 years.They get sidetracked by the Strange Planet comic strip.Ethan starts them off on a very biographical note, but it’s not necessary. Then he asks a very bad question.Someone needs to play a Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch drinking game.Ethan discovers how weird the world of homeschooling is.Michael invents a word, something about the opposite of nihilism.They talk about the finer points of geometry, in the differences between arcs and slides.It’s Midwestern, and Downton Abbey, and something else, all rolled together.Their next book will be Soulless by Gail Carriger. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

They were given a homework assignment by Nathaniel Rhein:Book/Story/Poem/Essay Assigned: Tobias Wolff’s short story “Smokers”available online athttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1976/12/smokers/306060/Homework Assignment: What *really* happens in the story? Is the narrator reliable?(Context: This is an assignment I was given many years ago in an undergraduate logic/English class. In the ensuing debate, I disagreed with my professor (and his favorite student), and he gave me a poor grade as a result. I want to see if you guys come up with my answer or my professor's answer.)The guys come up with about 84 different interpretations, but read and let them know what you think! At the end of the episode, they respond to some more listener feedback, also from Nat.In this episode:They pretend to know what the Purge is.Michael’s drink is wrong.They analyze the professor and assignment before they do the assignment.Ethan doesn’t read books.Ethan talks about dogs, from experience.Michael gives a principle of literary interpretation.Ethan brings up Schroedinger’s Cat.As usual, Ethan isn’t willing to be tied down.Ethan gives us A’s on the homework.Michael quotes Aladdin.#GameofThronesCastSurprise, surprise, Michael & Ethan are basically the same person.Their next book will be The Plains by Gerald Murnane. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

The pair finishes they’re discussion of Things not Seen by Andrew Clements. Ethan threatans to take his toys and go home, but he can’t quit the podcast, Michael, or you, the gentle listener. So he sticks it out to give you his thoughts on this YA Sci-Fi adventure.Bonus: at the end, they talk about Jonathan Franzen’s “10 Rules for Novelists.”In this episode:Nothing of value is said in the first 5 minutes.They debate the finer points of interrogatives and declaratives.There’s also a long debate about the classic dilemma: Invisibility or Flight?Michael wants to make things as ambiguous as possible.Spoilers for The Fault in Our Stars.They have abundant theories about why antiquated internet technologies failed.They prove they’re as hip as the cool kids….Michael shows his age.There is a wife-intrusion, and they don’t talk about MBMBaM.We learn why it took Ethan so long to read Harry Potter.Ethan mangles the Bible, and Michael fixes it. Hebrews 11:1.Look up Sean Patrick Little.Ignore the 10 Rules for Novelists.Their next book will be The Plains by Gerald Murnane. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Those Poison-types were sure icky, and apparently they’re a sign of problems with a Slowpoke herd nearby. These Psychic janitors have somehow gotten distracted, and they’re on the loooooooooong trail north to who knows where! Join the trainers as they delve into mysterious secrets in the wilderness!The cast:Chartreuse (Charlie) Pine - played by PaulLillianna Shadowgarden - played by LydiaProfessor Rudimentus Sneaze - played by MichaelAnd our Game Master - NickEllie - EllieJoin our Facebook Group, where you can meet and chat with the cast and other fans! We'll approve everyone's request to join (unless you're a robot; we don't like robots).Donate to our Patreon, and earn sweet rewards by becoming a part of the Pokemon Rollout! family.MUSIC & SFX:Theme Music "Electric Donkey Muscles" by RoccoW. Used under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.“Journey with Russ” by TRG Banks. Used under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. “Night Owl” by Broke for Free. Used under “We Can Do It,” “Welcome Player [Loop]” and “Battle! [Intro]” by Visager. Used under an Attribution License.“Space Good Fellow” by Komiku. Used under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. “Intent” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

When you distill meanness down into a glass, what do you get? We’re discussing Things not Seen by Andrew Clements, a classic from Michael’s youth.Michael tells only some of the listeners to go suck an egg. That’s not you.Ethan quotes Hezekiah 16:4.Michael makes an Alzabo Soup transition.Michael confesses, he hasn’t finished this book.Ethan whispers secrets, while Michael goes to get books.How many horrible ways can Ethan mispronounce “Sophocles”?They talk about a stack of other books.Ethan offends Andrew Clements.This is what Ethan was trying to pronounce.Their next book will be The Plains by Gerald Murnane. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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.“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

In literature, as in life, sometimes you find yourself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where if you’ve survived the pandemic, there’s probably a reason - and that reason may be that the prophet of the new age needs you to be his wife. Or maybe you’re destined to be something else entirely. Or maybe destiny’s got nothing to do with it, and you’re just going to build a museum to your own definition of humanity. Let’s see what Michael & Ethan think of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. In this episode:Michael digs to get at Ethan’s true feelings.Ethan don’t need no man.Ethan forgot everything.Civilization or Death! Or both!Michael gets all the hosting points and is winning.This is gonna be the Shakespeare podcast!Ethan reminds us that fictional characters are fictional.Ethan brings it back to Don Quixote.Also Lolita.Michael brags about how smart he is.Ethan stops talking about literary terms and starts talking about salsa.Michael connects it to The Last Man on Earth.Michael gives a preview to the next book.If you’re annoyed, what if that’s the point?After they finish this gigantic beast of a book, they'll next be reading and discussing Things not Seen by Andrew Clements. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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."Intermission" and “Intent” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Having completed their analysis of Part I, the duo takes on Part II of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, and having crested the hill, it’s all headed downward from here. In this episode:The Priest and the Barber in a Room with ScotchEthan claims “we” sound sluggish, but it’s really just him.Ethan will just say words.This is the most lethargic they have ever been.Michael reads Ethan’s mind.This is the most mellow they’ve been. It’s a good place.Lots of spoilers.Michael coughs up a hairball.Ethan proves he’s an idiot.So does Michael.Michael is totally confused.It’s all fake.Ethan can enunciate.There are a lot of reasons this maybe should have gotten the “Explicit” tag…. Nah.Both the hosts are teachers’ pets.Analysis Tally This Episode: 12After they finish this gigantic beast of a book, they'll next be reading and discussing Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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."Intermission" and “Intent” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

With their guests Justin & Larry from the Here’s Johnny! horror review podcast, Michael & Ethan discuss Edgar Allen Poe’s classic short story: “The Tell-Tale Heart”. In this episode:The guests bite quickly at the opportunity to impose a new rule on Michael & Ethan.Ethan dumps on his wife - but what else is new?Michael & Justin in a Room, but We’re Not Mentioning What They’re DrinkingEthan makes a Freudian but not necessarily Freudian analysis.When you protest something loudly enough, it makes it that much more believable.They’re all crazy and it all takes place in a mental institution.We analyze the Simpsons a bit.Our guests pick up on the rules-game frighteningly quickly.The word “copyright” occurs to Ethan.Larry has a few things in common with Mr. Poe, we discover….Larry brings up a touchy subject from the last episode of Here’s Johnny!Ars gratia artis without being given the right.Michael manages to get Schroedinger’s Cat in there.Next time, Michael & Ethan will continue their discussion of the gargantuan Don Quixote, this time diving into Volume II. 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.On Halloween, Michael & Ethan will be guests on the special Halloween episode of Here’s Johnny! discussing the film, Trick ‘r Treat.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)Your Special Guests: Larry (@beaverla) andJusting (@picklething)of the Here’s Johnny! podcast!"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.“Intent” and “Old Knight” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

It’s the Second Sally of Part I of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Michael & Ethan deny everything, admit nothing, and analyze the heck out of this book, while making fun of each other and drinking scotch. But hey, what else is new? In this episode:We’re specific with our terms so that no one is confused.Michael gets Ethan with some harsh tsk-ing.This episode is dedicated to all of Ethan’s relatives.Ethan loses his Ny-Quil.Ethan is literally sorry to everyone.They talk genre theory, and then just about what “novel” even means. Ethan concludes that it’s a cocktail.We should all be glad that Ethan is not a judge.Ethan brings Schroedinger’s Cat into the discussion.Michael is a birch.Michael slaps the “Explicit” tag on Ethan.We don’t fact-check anything. Nothing is of quality.Ethan will only read this novel again after he has thoroughly researched the Spanish Inquisition.Analysis Tally This Episode: 6After they finish this gigantic beast of a book, they'll next be reading and discussing Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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.“Spooky Outro” by transient. Used under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.“Intent” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Michael & Ethan dive into the large and daunting Part I of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. In this episode:Ethan has a heat-stricken brain.Michael clicks only the French “explicit” tag.Ethan decided not to be a jerk, but won’t make that mistake again.Michael is really determined to talk about Nabokov.They don’t let anyone else talk.This isn’t going to become the How I Met Your Mother podcast.They talk about “hot chicks” for far too long.Picture them in bathrobes reading Don Quixote to one another while their wives drink beer and play Madden.Michael resists defenestration.Mass judging a bunch of people without qualification since 2016.Ethan says the most arrogant thing.Michael loses, but Ethan doesn’t notice. Shh, don’t tell him.Ethan forgets the author’s name.Shout out to Pete Bloedel.They both hold a book together, and it’s very precious.They don’t care about this podcast; they just do it.Analysis Tally This Episode: 16After they finish this gigantic beast of a book, they'll next be reading and discussing Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. 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.Donate to our Patreon!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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."Intermission" and “Intent” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Maybe they've discussed this book before, but maybe they haven't. Maybe they've found Huck Finn's dream girl and the nemesis of Holden Caulfield: It's Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons. In this episode:Ethan thinks Michael's butt is very good.Ethan is so angry.Michael controls your narrative.Michael & Ethan have been flipping a coin since episode 1.Michael & Ethan Create Fanfiction out of American Letters: The Best Podcast.They take turns complicating things.We never do anything out of order or rational structure.Our Authors, our Leaders, our Listeners: you are the unreliable narrator creating us.Next month they'll be reading and discussing Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. 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.Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)"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."Intermission" by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

The boys are very, very excited to talk about this one, one of their mutually favorite books by one of their mutually favorite authors: it's The Ocean at the End of the Lane by @neilhimself. In this episode:They're in a room they've never recorded in before.Someone's lying, and Ethan thinks it's this bottle of scotch.Michael is definitely a plebe.Neil Gaiman has probably read every book.They're both right, and they're both wrong.

[Cheyenne talks to two of the twelve artists in the Freeharmonic Orchestra.] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/68761

[Cheyenne talks to two of the twelve artists in the Freeharmonic Orchestra.] http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/68761

This episode we take on books about Spies and Espionage, which meant extra painful reading for Anna. We tackle topics like how to pronounce John Le Carré’s name, if the Cold War is necessary for the spy-espionage genre, how to use Novelist to read diversely, whether we need a “Badass Women” subject heading, if spy novels are fundamentally boring, what to do when authors don’t write their own books, and if it ever hurts to call officers “dude”. Your Hosts This Episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Amanda Wanner Recommended Clementine by Cherie Priest Your Republic is Calling You by Young-Ha Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley League of Unexceptional Children by Gitty Daneshvari (Middle Grade) The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton The Bletchley Girls by Tessa Dunlop (Non-Fiction) Women Heroes of World War II by Kathryn J. Atwood  (Non-Fiction) Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (YA on the younger side) Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (try the audiobook - it’s good) Corporate Spies: the Pizza Plot (article) Read By Tess Gerritsen: In Their Footsteps Call After Midnight Spy School by Stuart Gibbs (Middle Grade) Harriet Spies Again by Helen Ericson and maybe Louise Fitzhugh (Middle Grade) From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum Did Not Finish The Agency by Y. S. Lee Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (We can totally see why people like this one; it’s just not for Anna) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré Also read, not mentioned: Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (Recommended) Super Spy, and The Lost Dossiers by Matt Kindt (Comic) 2 Sisters by Matt Kindt (Comic) The Prisoner by Thomas M. Disch  Polar: Came from the Cold by Victor Santos (Comic)  Links/Other Queen and Country by Greg Rucka and various artists (Comic) Recommended Velvet by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (Recommended) Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Recommended) Ghost Money by Thierry Smolderen and Dominique Bertail Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Spying on Miss Muller by Eve Bunting A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick It’s awfully hard to figure out approximately how many titles are in NoveList, but you can learn more about it: What is Novelist Bible Verses Where “Behold” Has Been Replaced With “Look, Buddy” Article about browsing streams (For finding things like “Strong Female Characters”) Real life undercover police spies (depressing articles) Inside the lonely and violent world of the Yard's elite undercover unit Woman wins undercover officer case against Met Police Undercover policemen, undercover lovers Big Apple Takedown: Novel about “a new covert black-ops group using the Superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment”. The Worst Bestsellers podcast read Clancy The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies is an amazing and sad true story The appeal of spy fiction James Bond, spy fiction, and the decline of empire Questions Has anyone read any Corporate Espionage books? What's the appeal? What are your recommendations? How about books about hackers and/or social engineering? Is the stereotype of spy/espionage novels as male power fantasies unavoidable? Did we miss something on why spy/espionage novels appeal to readers? “John le Carre” sample from the audiobook version of Call for the Dead, narrated by Michael Jayston. The intermission music was Intermission by Unthunk from the Free Music Archive. And a super extra-big thank you to Amanda Wanner, who has moved continents and will no longer be appearing regularly on the podcast. We'll miss you! Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts for all the books about spies and espionage people in the club read (or tried to read), and follow us on Twitter! Join us again on Tuesday, October 4th, when we discuss Historical Fantasy!

Cathy Lin, Energy Manager for Arlington Public Schools, shares with us how one of her projects saved the school system $50,000. Putting money back where it's needed most. She also shares her personal experience achieving Net Zero electricity at home, and the importance of building maintenance. NOVA Regional Science Fair https://www.apsva.us/post/green-scene-showcases-nova-regional-science-fair/ How to Use a Programmable Thermostat - https://www.energystar.gov/products/heating_cooling/programmable_thermostats Music "Hurt Me" by Benjimanji is licensed under CC BY 4.0 "Dog and Pony Show" by Podington Bear is licensed under CC BY 4.0 "Telescope II" by Unthunk is licensed under CC BY 4.0 "How it Fades" by Scott Gratton is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Additional production assistance from Greg Dixon.

Some neighbors organize block parties. These neighbors organized solar installations. On this episode, we talk with Aaron Sutch from VASUN and learn more about solar co-ops, an innovative solution that helps average citizens access solar. More Info arlingtonenergy.us Solar Co-op - VASUN www.vasun.org/potomac/ Music "Hurt Me" by Benjimanji is licensed under CC BY 4.0 "Telescope II" by Unthunk is licensed under CC BY 4.0 "How it Fades" by Scott Gratton is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Was the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel by Islamic State militants an act of “absurd violence,” as Pope Francis suggests, or did it have clear religious motivations and implications? Matthew disagrees with First Things senior fellow Francesca Aran Murphy. Then, what are we to make of the two new vice-presidential nominees, each of whom is Catholic in his own way—Mike Pence the “Evangelical Catholic” and Tim Kaine the “Pope Francis Catholic”? Finally, Julia hosts a session of “Ask a Theologian.” Find out whether all dogs go to heaven, why the Pope Emeritus wears white, which way is liturgical East—and more! This episode features music by Sergey Cheremisinov, Scott Holmes, and Unthunk.