Other Authors Episodes

Jack Vance
Sept. 22, 2017

Jack Vance

Intro - Metz and Phil talk about the low-brow popular culture they each love. Content - Discussion of Liane the Wayfarer and Guyal of Sfere from The Dying Earth, and The Sorcerer Pharesm from The Eyes of the Overworld, all b…
H.G. Wells' The Time Machine and Rudyard Kipling's With the Night Mail
Sept. 15, 2017

H.G. Wells' The Time Machine and Rudyard Kipling's With the Night Mail

Intro - Phil follows up with Metz after having read Nine Princes in Amber. Content - Discussion of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and With the Night Mail by Rudyard Kipling.
G.K Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday
Sept. 8, 2017

G.K Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday

Intro - Phil grills Metz on the games announced for the SNES Mini. Content - Discussion of The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton.
Lord Dunsany
Sept. 1, 2017

Lord Dunsany

Intro - Metz grills Phil on his experience at the Denver Comic-Con Content - Discussion of The Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men Chu-Bu and Sheemish, and The Three Sailors' Gambit by Lord Dunsany
Scene II.vii - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
April 21, 2017

Scene II.vii - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia

Intro: Metz gets Phil to discuss the decline of political cartooning in the US. Content (6:35): Discussion of Act II, scene vii of Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard.
Scenes II.v. and II.vi. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
April 14, 2017

Scenes II.v. and II.vi. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia

Intro: Metz and Phil argue about the value of the Muppets to society. Content (8:40): Discussion of Scenes II.v. and II.vi. from "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
Scenes I.iii. and I.iv. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
April 7, 2017

Scenes I.iii. and I.iv. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia

Intro: Phil and Metz discuss the videogame "Undertale." Content (8:54): Discussions of Scenes I.iii. and I.iv. of "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
Scene I.ii. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
March 31, 2017

Scene I.ii. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia

Intro: Metz forces Phil to play Jonathan Blow's "The Witness" at gunpoint. Content (8:11): Discussion of scene I.ii. from "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
Scene I.i - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
March 24, 2017

Scene I.i - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia

Intro: Phil teases Metz's opinions on Star Trek out of him. Content (6:01): Discussion of Act I, Scene i of "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
Introduction - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
March 17, 2017

Introduction - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia

Intro: Metz and Phil discuss Tom Stoppard's 1998 film, "Shakespeare in Love." Content (5:22): Historical, philosophical, and dramaturgical background on "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.