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Episode 95: “Don’t Catch Crabs,” or David Halbertstam’s The Amateurs, Part I
We continue Bagg’s “Revenge of the Jock-Nerds” series (the last series of Season Three!), with David Halberstam’s The Amateurs, which tells...
October 6th: Live Draft Coming Soon!
On October 6th, Dukes and Bagg invite you to join us for the Season 4 Live Draft. We will tape an episode live on a video call, and you can join as...
Episode 94: “Chewing Glass” or Tim Krabbe’s The Rider
Tim Krabbe's novel is barely a novel. It is a thinly veiled autobiogrpahical essay, with fictional details and composite characters, allowing the author...
Episode 94: “A Swiftly Flattening Universe,” or Cixin Liu’s Death’s End, Part II
The lads wrap up Cixin Liu’s sprawling and massive Three Body Trilogy, building something that somehow seems to transcend traditional literary structures...
Episode 93: “Post Humanity Blues,” or Cixin Liu’s Death’s End Part I
The final installment in Cixin Liu’s trilogy is long. And strong. We begin in the “deterrence” era, in which humans and Trisolarans enjoy a truce...
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