Podcast Episodes
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TMR 23.4: “Homo A Se Coctum Esumque Crustum Est Hoc Fecit Separation” [Lanark]
Chad and Brian break down the loss of Duncan Thaw's mother, his entrance into art school, his reasons for creating art, religious imagery throughout …
1 year, 9 months ago
![TMR 23.3: "Normal Underworlds" [Lanark]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385077/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 23.3: "Normal Underworlds" [Lanark]
Come for the book discussion, stay for Thaw's unproven remedies for asthma! One of the most fun, and conventional, sections of the book so far, Chad,…
1 year, 9 months ago
![TMR 23.2: "Can He Help Lanark Out of Hell?" [LANARK]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385078/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 23.2: "Can He Help Lanark Out of Hell?" [LANARK]
As mentioned from the top, we had severe technical difficulties, so the sound quality on this is janky. (Mostly Chad's voice is quiet, which, for man…
1 year, 10 months ago
![TMR 23.1: "Book Three" [Lanark]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385079/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 23.1: "Book Three" [Lanark]
Mostly a set-up episode about Alasdair Gray and Lanark, in which Chad, Kaija, and Brian discuss the introduction (weird), the start of the novel (whi…
1 year, 10 months ago
![TMR 22.10: "Butterfly Coma" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385080/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.10: "Butterfly Coma" [Praiseworthy]
Praiseworthy ends with some praise, a bit of exhaustion, questions about satire and the ending, and a dirty phrase Chad can't quit competing. Then th…
1 year, 11 months ago
![TMR 22.9: "One Donkey at a Time" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385081/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.9: "One Donkey at a Time" [Praiseworthy]
Like a first time marathon runner, Chad, Brian, and Kaija are losing steam this season, but persist in talking about the book and their mixed feeling…
1 year, 11 months ago
![TMR 22.8: "Madder Than White Heat" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385082/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.8: "Madder Than White Heat" [Praiseworthy]
Little discussion of Priaseworthy in this episode. Instead there's a longer discussion about publishing, art, sales, how do these books get made?, fa…
1 year, 11 months ago
![TMR 22.7: "@CheapIllegalPeopleSmuggler" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385083/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.7: "@CheapIllegalPeopleSmuggler" [Praiseworthy]
Talk of Australian cartoons—and not just Bluey—morphs into a look at several specific passages in Wright's Praiseworthy, discussion what makes the bo…
2 years ago
![TMR 22.6: "Nuisance Bugger Donkeys" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385084/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.6: "Nuisance Bugger Donkeys" [Praiseworthy]
Chad and Kaija make up this week's panel as they play the "Slang Game," then discuss the elliptical meta-structure of the book and how this impacts t…
2 years ago
![TMR 22.5: "Maximum Superhero Cop-God" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385085/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.5: "Maximum Superhero Cop-God" [Praiseworthy]
"Who's Stronger?" is the game of the week in this episode about the Maximum Superhero Cop-God's arrival in Praiseworthy to quell the frantic search f…
2 years ago