(00:00) The Sirens of Titan
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(50:30) Recurring Characters
(56:30) VonneWHAT?
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(1:44:00) Kurt News

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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

The Sirens of Titan

Bummed about the outcome of our recent presidential election? So is over half the country. Far be it from us to ever say it will be okay, but we will say this is no time to give up, though. On this episode, comic Josh Androsky and musician Danger Van Gorder discuss the things you can do to become an active participant in fixing our seemingly broken nation, including one thing you can do right now. It's important! Listen now!

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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)

Mother Night

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

Cat's Cradle

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)

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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

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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)

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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

Welcome to the Monkey House

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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)

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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

Jailbird

Franken-Time! (00:03:00)

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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)

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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

Palm Sunday (Live)

We're here to tell you about our favorite things (Books, Movies, and Television) from the year of our media lord: 2019.

Come talk to us on Twitter (@emilymaesar & @mountainsmarch) as we sort out what the next podcast is gonna be!

Music: Sufjan Stevens - "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!"

2019 Media in Review

A podcast between two friends (Emily & Megan) who tell each other the history of different fandoms every other week.

2019 Media in Review

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