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Recent Episodes

Episode 76: Philip Marlow in Space or James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes Part 1

Posted February 3, 2025 • 01:10:22

Leviathan Wakes is cracking good solar system space opera, combined with very strong elements of noir. The lads think that at moments, the prose is...

Episode 75: “It Was Capitalism All Along!” or China Miéville’s The City and The City, Part II

Posted January 23, 2025 • 01:07:38

The lads continue to admire China Miéville's genius premise for this novel, but will the second half of the book escape the issues we've seen in the...

Episode 74: “Our Robot Friends (and Enemies),” with Leah Jones

Posted January 13, 2025 • 01:36:15

We invite podcast buddy Leah Jones from Finding Favorites to follow up on a recommendation she made to Dukes last year: to watch the film M3gan. We...

Episode 73: “Crosshatched,” or China Mieville’s The City and the City Part I

Posted January 2, 2025 • 00:56:14

The City and the City has a wholly original premise, and the pleasure of the book comes from the dawning realization of exactly what is going on between...

Episode 72: “Red Herringfest?” or Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest

Posted December 23, 2024 • 01:05:31

The boys hop to it, chum, and talk about Dashiell Hammett's 1929 debut novel Red Harvest. While the socialist connotations of the title never truly...