Podcast Episodes
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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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago
![TMR 22.4: "Devotion to Off-Grid Religions" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385086/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.4: "Devotion to Off-Grid Religions" [Praiseworthy]
Emmett Stinson (Murnane) joins Chad W. Post and Kaija Straumanis this week to educate us about Australian culture and literature and things we should…
2 years, 3 months ago
![TMR 22.3: "Tommyhawk!" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385087/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.3: "Tommyhawk!" [Praiseworthy]
This episode could be titled, "Dead Bodies in Water," as Chad and Brian talk about the unfortunate situation in Rochester and the juxtaposition of Ab…
2 years, 3 months ago
![TMR 22.2: "God Donkey" [Praiseworthy]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/151385088/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 22.2: "God Donkey" [Praiseworthy]
From discussion of Ohio and disturbing news about everyone's favorite Australian export, this episode skirts talking too deeply about Alexis Wright's…
2 years, 4 months ago