HeyJaredMichael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch
With their expertise in a grand total of 3 advanced degrees in English literature, as well as a lifetime of reading, Michael & Ethan get together every other week to drink Scotch and talk about books, but not about Scotch.
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Eric, by Terry Pratchett, and Bowmore 12yo - Part 1 (opens the original)
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Michael, Ethan, and special guest Karen discuss Eric , by Terry Pratchett , while drinking Bowmore 12yo Islay Single Malt.. In this episode: Michael opens with a reference to a pre-show joke the editor doesn’t remember, AND doesn’t have Michael’s audio for, so Michael is extra bad this time Karen has the pallet of a sugar glider/hummingbird (also she’s here) Scoptions Ethan says he’s going to do a thing/did a thing and it’s a lie but editor Ethan knows it’s a lie so that’s okay If you listen clo
JLA #10, by Gardner Fox, and Captain America #107, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Craigellachie 13 (opens the original)
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Michael, Ethan, and special guest Josh discuss Justice Leage of America #10 , by Gardner Fox, and Captain America #107 , by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, while drinking Craigellachie 13yo Speyside Single Malt.. In this episode: Bet you didn’t know we had a full-time Silver Age Comic Books Expert! Bet you didn’t know it was possible to read a palimpsest! Bet you didn't know DC comics were also Lovecraftian! Bet I can’t keep this format up any longer without going a little wacky! The Discovery of Phosp
The Seven Strings of the Lyre, by George Sand, and Craigellachie 13yo - Part 2 (opens the original)
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Michael and Ethan discuss The Seven Strings of the Lyre , by George Sand (also known as A Woman’s Version of the Faust Legend ) , while drinking Craigellachie 13yo Speyside Single Malt.. In this episode: Strong start claiming to do a chiasmus but APPARENTLY, ACTUALLY doing an Antimetabole . A lot of sports talk from two guys who know nothing about sports Inappropriately asserted man mid-life crises; unenthusiastic Masters theses We gotta talk about the lyre, and the seven strings thereof Alastor
The Seven Strings of the Lyre, by George Sand, and Craigellachie 13yo - Part 1 (opens the original)
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Michael and Ethan discuss The Seven Strings of the Lyre , by George Sand (also known as A Woman’s Version of the Faust Legend ) , while drinking Craigellachie 13yo Speyside Single Malt.. In this episode: The title of this play is annoying, not George Sand’s fault A lot about fan fiction GK Chesteron’s “A Defense of Penny Dreadfuls” Madame de Stael, by Maria Fairweather The point is not to win the argument, the point is to have the argument What’s a polite way of saying “knocked around like a hoc
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