Way Station, by Clifford Simak, and Glenlivet 12, Part 1

from Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch · host Ethan Bartlett

Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak, while drinking Glenlivet 12.In this episode:The witness is treated as hostileFinding the Hodag where the Way Station is in the Driftless regionThe dispelling of illusionsThe CIA defeated by a conversationBible as metaphor for technology vs. technology as metaphor for BibleScience fiction basllica!Rat assassin! (Ratsassin?)Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)In this episode:Language, Migration, Faith, Treachery, Faith, and the Great River: a Star Trek analogy that only Michael caused to happenEnglish as a “grabby” languageLots of talk about God and faith and vulnerability, a lot of it not very fun to be sassy about in a bullet point (thanks guys)De-validating pedantry (for perhaps the first time in this podcast’s history)Deeply uneasy fart-based transitionsThe Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagallFor context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English languageAlso, McGonagall IS CthuluMidwest Immigration Bond FundNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

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Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak, while drinking Glenlivet 12. In this episode: The witness is treated as hostile Finding the Hodag where the Way Station is in the Driftless region The dispelling of illusions The CIA defeated by a conversation Bible as metaphor for technology vs. technology as metaphor for Bible Science fiction basllica! Rat assassin! (Ratsassin?) Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads! Get on our Substack! Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License. (Links to books & products are affiliate links.) In this episode: Language, Migration, Faith, Treachery, Faith, and the Great River: a Star Trek analogy that only Michael caused to happen English as a “grabby” language Lots of talk about God and faith and vulnerability, a lot of it not very fun to be sassy about in a bullet point (thanks guys) De-validating pedantry (for perhaps the first time in this podcast’s history) Deeply uneasy fart-based transitions The Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagall For context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English language Also, McGonagall IS Cthulu Midwest Immigration Bond Fund Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads! Get on our Substack! Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License. (Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

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