GOOD OMENS, Part the First!

Hello, new friends! Welcome back, old friends! Meta Station is back and we've missed you, too! Summer is truly the best time of year for binge-watching television (some people will tell you it is the time of year for Going Outside and, like, Doing Stuff, in Nature, but those people are wrong and dangerous, stay in here with us where there's air conditioning and couches and snacks). So during July and August we're going to be podcasting on three different miniseries we love which we think you will enjoy too. First on deck is the delightful six-part Amazon Prime adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s 1991 apocalypse comedy GOOD OMENS, and we are here to tell you as fans of the book that the show gets just about everything right. Join us for a nerdy conversation covering everything from “Paradise Lost” to “Angels In America,” from Francis of Assisi to the end of the Cold War, from the holiness of sushi chefs to the dangers of dudes getting redpilled, with a whole lot of metaphysics, nature vs. nurture, and predestination thrown in. (Plus, obviously, shippy flails, because we can’t help ourselves.) Hop in your 1926 black Bentley, crank up that Velvet Underground (WHICH IS NOT BEBOP), and grab your flaming sword, because it’s time to stop the end of the world. You know what to do, do it with style. ------------------------------------------------------------ 0:00 – Welcome to Meta Station Summer Vacation! 0:02 – *Weary Sigh* No, GOOD OMENS Is Not "Anti-Religion," Calm Down Christians 0:13 – “Paradise Lost,” Angel Sex, and the Joy of Non-Canon Shipping 0:17 – Oh Right, We Should Probably Talk About the Plot 0:20 – "In the Beginning": Empathy, Ineffability, and Asking the Dangerous Questions 0:34 – Sushi Chefs, Francis of Assisi and Queen: Azirophale and Crowley's Attachment to the Human World 1:11 – A Brief Sidebar to Nerd Out About Craft: Acting, Casting, Adapting a Book for the Screen, and Why Everyone Loves Neil Gaiman 1:26 – 1991 In Cultural Context, Part I: Claire the Playwright on "Angels In America" and "Marisol" 1:36 – 1991 In Cultural Context, Part II: Erin the Academic on the End of the Cold War 1:49 – "Form Shapes Nature": Warlock, Adam and Dog 2:14 – Agnes, Anathema, and the Intersection of Prophecy and Free Will: or, FINALLY IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT SOME LADIES 2:33 – Shadwell, Pulsifer, and the Old Guard vs. the New 2:41 – A Brief Word on Horsemen 2:43 – Thanks For Joining Us! We’ll See You Next Week!