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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
Faust Parts 1 & 2, by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, and Balvenie 12yo, Part 2
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Faust Parts 1 & 2, by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, and Balvenie 12yo, Part 2
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.
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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.)
Tapestry Radio Network
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.)
