Rape survivors and cruel connivers! The good doctor faces the dual threats of a duke's dastardly design and a longtime lover's sudden confidence! Urleyn faces a situation that would be very easily solved if he was just in the other narrative thread! DeWar faces some uncomfortable facts about the society he's in! At last, things are happening in this novel! http://livingwithinreason.com/ A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "O...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Murderer Investigations and Inheritors of fledgling nations! The good Doctor attempts to discover the culprit of a strange and inexplicable murder, while DeWar tries to improve the spirit of the ailing Lattens- perhaps protecting the Protector's mental wellbeing as well as his physical safety! Professor Layton and the big dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkkNpBjYkg A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Assassinations real and imagined! Johnny and GSV enter the third episode of Inversions with a shocking murder and a "Tragic Hunting Accident" that no one can be remotely blamed for! A special thanks to my older sister who got me a wonderful new mic! And also thanks to GSV, who insisted I record on a different platform so that anyone could actually tell the difference. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie,"...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 19 min
That which can be destroyed by proper literary criticism should be. Meditations on Moloch link: [ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ ] A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) Got a desire to...
Oct 18, 2020•2 hr 1 min
Kings and Clinics! Inversions begins with a setting unfamiliar to our dear readers, but one they may remember from stories told by mad old mercenaries! A Doctor tries to leave her mark on a changing world! A bodyguard tried to save his ward from his own stupidity! Oelf immidietely reveals his incurable horniness! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Ch...
Oct 04, 2020•1 hr 40 min
Entropy and Exposition! Ian M. Banks takes off his narratorial limitters and explains backstory at maximum power! Johnny and GSV, being careful readers, mostly know what's being discussed anyway! Join us in this thrilling one-part special! A link to today's text: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm The referenced post by Eleizer Yudkowsky discussing The Culture: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vwnSPgwtmLjvTK2Wa/amputation-of-destiny A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for prov...
Sep 19, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Warships and Wonderment! As the affront ships close in on the excession, our heroes close in on romantic conflict resolution! Which explosion will happen first?! Will one preempt the other!? The format of this show suggests that you should already have read the sections in question and know the answers, but if not, listen and find out! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain ...
Sep 05, 2020•2 hr 14 min
Aliens attack! Ships seccede! Rogues reminisce! And Johnny says Morvin f***ing Skell again! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Also, the music used while GSV read the good ship's last thoughts was, "But in the end, it's still just cleaning a table" off the same album Also al...
Aug 22, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Covering Excession parts 6 and 7. GSV feels hate, which may some day lead to anger! Johnny confuses characters with characters from previous books! A discussion about fallout goes on so long that most of it gets cut! And there's something going on with some weird space rock. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://termi...
Aug 09, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Alien A******s and Muddling Minds! Tension builds as Johnny and GSV cover parts 4 and 5 of Ian M. Banks' Excession! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this ...
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr 52 min
Plots and prognostications! Trouble brews in the culture as forces from beyond, forces from within, and forces from the forgotten list of unresolved disputes rear their ugly heads! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our intro and outtro music is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music In this episode we cover the first three parts of ...
Jul 11, 2020•2 hr 23 min
Featuring Hobodemon! Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 26 min
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Jun 13, 2020•19 min
Covering the beginning of the short story "State of The Art" to the end of chapter 4. State Of the Art radioplay --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRl9D_agLbU The art is finally stated Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com...
Jun 06, 2020•1 hr 48 min
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May 31, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Featuring State of The Art from the beginning of The Road of Skulls till the end of Piece. Maniacal mobsters strongarm sadsack shooters! Perfunctory plants pluck probing people! Feckless factories facilitate freaky facts! And Ian M. Banks writes about religion for a while. Find out more on today's episode! Link to Meditations on Moloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ Link to our Discord: https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z This is a public episode. If you would like to discu...
May 24, 2020•2 hr 15 min
Covering Numeral 2 through the conclusion of Use of Weapons frazoj = [ "Souls do exist. " , "Souls do not exist. "] firstbook = '' secondbook = '' i = 0 while i < 140000 : firstbook = firstbook + frazoj[ i % 2 ] secondbook = secondbook + frazoj[ ( i + 1 ) % 2 ] i = i + 1 print(firstbook) print(secondbook) https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20130129.gif Link to our Discord: https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...
May 10, 2020•2 hr 37 min
Covering the beginning of part 3 up till chapter 12 https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/30/the-invention-of-moral-narrative/ Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com...
Apr 26, 2020•2 hr 17 min
Covering chapters word-five to numeral-seven. Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com
Apr 12, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Covering the beginning of part two up to the end of chapter word-seven. Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com
Mar 29, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Covering the start of the book up to the beginning of part 2 Warlords topple from on high onto orgies of decadence as The evidently omnibenevolent Culture clashes once more with the forces of primitive aristocracy! Central to the machinations of the Minds on high is a death-obsessed soldier named Zakalwe, and a skilled diplomat named Diziet Sma. Johnny and GSV can't wait to unpack this! Also we mention an XKCD at one point, here's the link to it: https://xkcd.com/525/ Come chat with us on our di...
Mar 13, 2020•2 hr 15 min
The thrilling conclusion of Player of Games! Divine Debates! Belittled Battles! Foul pornography! Everything you crave! Feel free to come chat with us on our discord This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Gurgay learns to interact with the Empire without getting killed- it only takes him two gunfights to do it. Johnny however still can't learn to call the little flying robots "drones". Ah well, as long as GSV remains unarmed we should all make it episode three. Feel free to come chat with us on our discord This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com...
Feb 16, 2020•1 hr 26 min
GSV and Johnny introduce themselves then get straight to what's important: Calling our protagonist mean names and diving deep into questions that we can't answer. Feel free to come chat with us on our discord This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com...
Jan 31, 2020•1 hr 19 min
