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 rule The Devil belongs in America American mythology creating arbitrary exclusions and inclusions… who would have thought? Landscape as character Making up theories out of whole cloth Everyone should know that shortcuts will go badly for them It’s a Wonderful Life as Reverse Faust Con men, flim-flam artists, and bunko Public Universal Friend’s wikipedia page is worth reading “Charity begins at home” SOUNDS very pious Lots and lots of playing Telephone, it’s fine There’s nothing unique about the postmodernists God’s Philosophers, by James Hannam Next 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… sorry REALLY REALLY REALLY helpful: A Reader’s Guide to Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, by Tobias Boes The 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 Germiniani Thomas 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 it We do get into the weeds on theology and with Latin and stuff, but for once it’s like straight from the text The devil’s objective may be the subjective On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder Hitler’s Monsters, by Eric Kurlander No 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 Boes There are at least two ways to assassinate someone with a piano Michael lies about his dogs Notes of realism The Devil Is in the Details: Neurological Diseases Presenting as Religious Hallucinations in Two Literary Works Gothic frames! Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act 1 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 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 Boes Lots of baffling passages in this one, sorry Musical forms in 1930s Germany were political (a thing that never happens today, obvs) Conservatives vs conservatives, another thing with absolutely no echoes now Ambiguity that goes both ways The Courage to be, by Paul Tillich Vampire? “Explicit” -Michael VAMPIRE “De Profundis”/Psalm 130 Icarus is symbloic of Faust 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 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 job Talking 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 way One or more frame stories AND several meta-layers Lots 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.)

This episode is kid-friendly, and recorded by kids! Wyatt, Samuel, and Isabell share two poems and a short spooky story to bring you some Halloween fun! In this episode: “The Witches’ Song,” from Macbeth by William Shakespeare - read by Wyatt (6) “Jack-o’-Lantern Song,” from The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe’en, and Thanksgiving - read by Samuel (6) “Golden-Rod and Purple Aster,” by Flora J. Cooke (adapted), read by Isabell (10) We’re in the midst of our “Year of 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. (Links to books & products are affiliate links.) Cover art by Sarah Lilienthal

Continuing the release of spooky stories and poems from classic literature, read by the hosts and friends, this episode: The story “The Mystery of the Semi-Detached,” by Edith Nesbit. A young man in love sees the worst thing he could ever imagine - but was it what it seemed? Can he save those who seem marked by death? We’re in the midst of our “Year of 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: “Eerie Village” by Arcane Anthems. Used by permission "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. (Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

For the month of October, we’ll occasionally release some spooky stories and poems of classic literature, read by the hosts and friends. This episode: The poem “The Kraken,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Drawing on imagery of the Leviathan from Scripture and other legends and mysteries, Tennyson draws a picture of the mythical Kraken which will sleep at the ocean floor until the world ends in fire. We’re in the midst of our “Year of 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: “Guardian Spirit” by Arcane Anthems. Used by permission "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. (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 way Baffling talk of forms, mothers, material, and reality (and keys?) The Apocalypse has been happening since 1789 This is roughly what Ethan is talking about regarding courtly love In case the references to “Walpurgis Night” are confusing, this probably won’t help at all Goethe as both Enlightenment poet and Romantic poet Since when has this podcast gone in straight lines? Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht There is no striving in Elysium after drinking the waters of Lethe The 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-flagellation Translation Abridgement Bets vs bargains Lost in the weeds vs taking the scenic route Striving vs Gretchen This podcast (Michael) casually speaks German, nbd Goethe wasn’t JUST a creepy old man Excellent lecture by Dr Michael Sugrue on Goethe’s Faust Inevitable comparison to The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Poetry as excess and as exploring the space, but not jokes Homunculus Faust is a dare 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! (Director and assistant director = our guests!) Faustbuch Faustus: The Horror Film Philip Melancthon might have studied with Faust, an anecdote that’s fun for maybe just the four people on this podcast Faustus: 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 Dead Did the devil appear on-stage, or is it Puritan propaganda? Doctor Fauthtuth Sympathy vs pity Origins of the Shakespeare race, irrelevant to the episode but we’re keeping it Check 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 podcast Faust as addicted to power Did Shakespeare invent the human… or did Christopher Marlowe??? Douglas Adams quoted! Shenanigans Faustus as all 7 deadly sins at once Faustus declines, in more ways than one Mephistopheles believes in God, but Faustus doesn’t believe in Mephistopheles Next 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 know The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone James as atheist/agnostic Biblical prophet The fragility of power, or, shotgun = virility??? Tarnation For reference: the character Michael is talking about later in the episode is young George and NOT Easter Notice Heretical Fictions, by Lawrence I Berkove and Joseph Csicsila Was Huck Black? by Shelley Fisher Fiskin Is 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 future It’s really hard to make a book James’ style is either noirish, or journalistic, or both We do give away the one real spoiler in the book Prognosticating Twain’s reactions, ahistorically Make sure to take Michael’s many manifold meanings Excellent Electic Lit interview with Percival Everett The goosebumpiest part of the novel The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone 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, 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 sound First pages, first paragraphs, first lines: seems like a trap for Ethan Pay attention to sound Obligatory references to The Dying Earth (one) and Star Trek (many) Michael is almost gotten, which he deserves, because he’s still talking about Star Trek Simak is the missing link between Star Trek and CS Lewis Thoughts on religions we don’t follow We write fanfic of this book This book is at least seventeen different novels Jacob definitely loses but no one notices in the midst of discussing Hodags and ratsassins Wisconsin has the custodian of the galactic talisman, so, Go Pack Go Nothing else sports-related is said Michael doesn’t hate the Packers, he hates himself Next 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.) In this episode: The witness is treated as hostile Finding the Hodag where the Way Station is in the Driftless region The dispelling of illusions The CIA defeated by a conversation Bible as metaphor for technology vs. technology as metaphor for Bible Science 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 happen English as a “grabby” language Lots 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 transitions The Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagall For context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English language Also, McGonagall IS Cthulu Midwest Immigration Bond Fund 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.)

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 hostile Finding the Hodag where the Way Station is in the Driftless region The dispelling of illusions The CIA defeated by a conversation Bible as metaphor for technology vs. technology as metaphor for Bible Science 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 happen English as a “grabby” language Lots 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 transitions The Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagall For context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English language Also, McGonagall IS Cthulu Midwest Immigration Bond Fund 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.)

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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 happen English as a “grabby” language Lots 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 transitions The Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagall For context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English language Also, McGonagall IS Cthulu Midwest Immigration Bond Fund 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.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Rivermouth, by Alejandra Oliva, while drinking Smokehead Twisted. In this episode: Interrogating Michael, linguistically and in other ways The Michael’s Translation Soapbox Podcast: a temptation Blindly table-setting Book baggage Crowds as statistics vs crowds as groups of actual humans The hermenutical principle of honesty, honestly Cantankerous faith The paradox of lack of description vs depth of described humanity Next 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 fiction Topics in Turtonology Schrodinger’s locked room mystery If you bend any genre too far, horror leaks out Pixar Extended Universe teasing Thinking about thinking about The Tempest DO THE WORK Detective fiction lightning round Names With Michael lightning round Next 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.)