Kurt Vonneguys

Episodes

1. 29

   The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five

   Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new nonfiction book 'The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'! If this isn't nice, what is? The book is written by Tom Roston, and published by Abrams Books:...

   Mar 22, 2022

   1h 22m
2. 28

   Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

   Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new documentary 'Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time'! If this isn't nice, what is? The documentary is by co-directors Robert B. Weide and Don Argott. Here's its website and how to watch:...

   Feb 8, 2022

   1h 37m
3. 27

   Slaughterhouse-Five (graphic novel)

   Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new 'Slaughterhouse-Five' graphic novel! If this isn't nice, what is? The graphic novel is by writer Ryan North and artist Albert Monteys. Publisher page:...

   Nov 11, 2021

   1h 33m
4. 26

   A Man Without A Country

   Franken-Time (00:01:20) Essay Time (00:04:25) VonneART (00:05:10) Ad Time (00:40:25) Kurt Blurt (00:54:05) Recurring Characters Update (01:09:40) Kurt Cameo (01:09:55) VonneWHAT (01:10:15) The Meat (01:13:25) VonneGRADES (01:18:45) Related Reading (01:21:25) Vonnegut News (01:26:25)

   Jan 23, 2018

   1h 30m
5. 25

   God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian

   Cosmologut (0:00:50) Vonne-Interviews (0:07:00) Kurt Vonnegut reading Mary Ainsworth interview (0:14:45) Vognettes (0:26:05) Kurt Blurt (0:59:50) Recurring Characters Update (1:05:50) Kurt Cameo (1:06:00) VonneWHAT (1:06:45) The Meat (1:09:00) VonneGRADES (1:15:45) Related Reading (1:17:20)

   Jan 2, 2018

   1h 25m
6. 24

   Bagombo Snuff Box

   Franken-Time (00:01:10) Intro Time (00:08:15) Creative Writing 101 (00:13:45) Story Time (00:20:45) Coda Time (01:30:45) Kurt Blurt (01:40:35) Recurring Characters Update (01:41:05) VonneWHAT (01:42:40 VonneGRADES (01:46:45) Related Reading (01:51:10)

   Dec 15, 2017

   1h 59m
7. 23

   Timequake

   Plot Time (00:01:00) Kurt Blurt (00:26:30) Recurring Characters Update (01:15:20) Kurt Cameo (01:16:50) VonneART(01:18:30) Vonne-Amendments (01:23:00) VonneWHAT (01:28:10) The Meat (01:59:40) VonneGRADES (02:11:20) Related Reading (02:15:15)

   Nov 21, 2017

   2h 24m
8. 22

   Fates Worse Than Death

   Franken-Time (00:01:15) Story Time (00:08:15) Kurt Blurt (01:19:05) VonneWHAT (01:37:15) The Meat (01:48:45) VonneGRADES (01:50:00) Related Reading (01:53:00) Vonnegut News (02:00:10)

   Oct 31, 2017

   2h 02m
9. 21

   Hocus Pocus

   Plot Time (00:02:00) VonneART (00:09:30) VonneMATH (00:51:25) Kurt Blurt (00:55:30) Kurt Cameo (01:16:10) Recurring Characters Update (01:17:30) The Meat (01:20:00) VonneWHAT (01:28:45) VonneGRADES (01:40:30) Related Reading (01:45:25) Vonnegut News (01:53:50)

   Oct 10, 2017

   1h 55m
10. 20

    Bluebeard

    Plot Time (00:00:50) Kurt Blurt (00:50:30) Recurring Characters Update (1:28:20) Kurt Cameo (1:30:00) VonneWHAT (1:31:15) The Meat (2:04:15) Vonnegrades (2:20:30) Movie Time (2:24:00) Related Reading (02:32:00) Vonnegut News (02:45:00) Related Reading: Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen):...

    Sep 19, 2017

    2h 48m
11. 19

    From The Group: 'Slaughterhouse-Five' to 'Galápagos'

    Related Reading: - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams): http://amzn.to/2wC5jvw - They're Made Out of Meat (Terry Bisson): https://goo.gl/9KFq - Kurt Vonnegut in a Discover Card ad: https://goo.gl/fvwyVT - The Star (Arthur C. Clarke): https://goo.gl/n3ZTPC

    Sep 5, 2017

    33m
12. 18

    Galápagos

    Plot Time (00:01:00) Kurt Blurt (01:00:20) Recurring Characters (01:24:10) The Meat (01:24:50) VonneWHAT (01:47:00) Vonnegrades (01:54:50) Related Reading (01:57:20) Vonnegut News (02:09:20)

    Aug 29, 2017

    2h 13m
13. 17

    Deadeye Dick

    Plot Time (00:01:00) The Meat (01:04:00) Kurt Cameo (01:19:45) Recurring Characters Update (01:24:20) Kurt Vonnafoods (01:27:40) Kurt Blurt (01:35:40) VonneWHAT (01:50:30) Vonnegrades (01:53:50) Related Reading (01:56:30) Vonnegut News (02:03:00) Related Reading: Novel: Thomas Wolfe: Look…

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    Aug 1, 2017

    2h 09m
14. 16

    Palm Sunday (Live)

    Franken-Time! (00:03:00) Story Time! (00:05:30) Kurt Blurt! (00:50:10) VonneART! (01:00:50) VonneWHAT!? (01:10:45) Vonnegrades! (01:30:15) Related Reading (01:14:40) Vonnefriends! (01:18:00) Related Reading: Article: io9: The Universal Shapes of Stories, According to Kurt Vonnegut:...

    Jul 11, 2017

    1h 28m
15. 15

    Jailbird

    Plot Time! (00:02:30) Kurt Blurt! (01:17:00) The Meat! (01:31:15) Recurring Characters Update! (01:42:10) Kurt Cameo! (01:45:50) VonneWHAT! (01:46:50) Vonnegrades! (01:56:20) Movie Time! (2:00:50) Music Time! (2:15:50) Related Reading! (02:24:30) Related Reading: Short Story: Guy De Maupassant…

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    Jun 20, 2017

    2h 35m
16. 14

    Slapstick

    Plot Time! (00:40) Kurt Blurt! (01:14:15) VonneArt! (01:31:30) Recurring Characters Update! (01:34:25) Kurt Cameo! (01:37:45) VonneWHAT! (01:38:35) Movie Time! (01:45:45) The Meat! (01:55:00) Vonnegrades! (02:05:15) Related Reading! (02:07:55) Vonnegut News! (02:16:25) Related Reading: Book:...

    May 23, 2017

    2h 22m
17. 13

    Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons

    Segments: Story/Essay Time (00:00:30) Kurt Blurt (01:19:30) VonneWHAT (01:27:00) Kurt Blurt, Part II (01:34:30) The Meat (01:44:30) VonneGRADES (01:45:40) Related Reading (01:47:30) Kurt Vonnegut's Personal Library of Related Recommended Things For You to Read (01:52:10) Vonnegut News (01:59:20)...

    May 2, 2017

    2h 03m
18. 12

    Breakfast of Champions

    Plot Time! (02:00) Kurt Blurt! (1:14:00) Recurring Characters Update! (1:36:00) Kurt Cameo! (1:38:30) Related Reading! (1:39:15) VonneWHATMEAT! (1:49:45) Vonnegrades! (2:14:45) Movie Time! (2:17:22) Vonnegut News! (2:32:30) Related Reading: Short Story: Ray Bradbury: "The Earthmen" (part of The...

    Apr 11, 2017

    2h 36m
19. 11

    Happy Birthday, Wanda June

    Plot Time! (02:10) Fortitude Time! (01:01:20) Christmas Time! (01:12:20) Kurt Blurt! (01:18:50) Recurring Characters Update! (01:47:00) Kurt Cameo! (01:48:20) VonneWHAT! (01:50:00) The Meat! (01:58:15) Vonnegrades! (02:04:30) Drama Time! (02:09:30) Related Reading! (02:21:30) Vonnegut News!...

    Mar 14, 2017

    2h 36m
20. 10

    Vonne-chat: Marc Leeds

    In this special bonus Vonne-chat, Alex and Michael are joined by Marc Leeds, author of The Vonnegut Encyclopedia. They discuss what it's like being a character in one of Kurt's novels, whether his books are truly a shared universe and how Marc compiled his nearly 800 page tome, an A-Z database of...

    Mar 7, 2017

    21m
21. 9

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Plot Time! (01:10) Kurt Blurt! (55:30) Recurring Characters Update! (01:31:00) Kurt Cameo! (01:39:20) VonneWHAT?! (01:42:00) VonneART! (01:52:15) The Meat! (01:55:45) Vonnegrades! (01:57:00) Movie Time! (02:01:40) Related Reading! (02:07:50) Vonnegut News! (02:17:10) Related Reading: Film: Grave…

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    Feb 14, 2017

    2h 20m
22. 8

    From The Group: 'Player Piano' to 'Monkey House'

    Sections: Gettin' Social! (02:15) Emergency Situation! (27:20) Meet Space! (41:00) Related Reading: Novel: Jamaica Kincaid: A Small Place: https://goo.gl/jxJQCI Novel: Haruki Murakami: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: https://goo.gl/M4Eo8g Film: Harrison Bergeron: https://goo.gl/jtIVDt Film: 2081:...

    Feb 7, 2017

    47m
23. 7

    Welcome to the Monkey House

    Super Short Story Plot Time! (06:15) Recurring Characters Update! (01:54:30) Kurt Cameo! (01:55:55) VonneWHAAAT! (01:57:00) Kurt Blurt! (02:05:30) Vonnegrades! (02:11:00) Related Reading! (02:12:45) Vonnegut News! (02:21:00) Related Reading: Book: Marc Leeds: The Vonnegut Encyclopedia:...

    Jan 24, 2017

    2h 26m
24. 6

    God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

    From the Group! (01:00) Plot Time! (06:45) Kurt Blurt! (01:34:45) Recurring Characters Update! (01:52:00) Kurt Cameo! (01:59:30) VonneWHAT! (02:00:30) The Meat! (02:08:10) Altruism Olympics! (02:11:50) Vonnegrades! (02:15:15) Movie Time! (02:17:10) Related Reading! (02:21:00) Vonnegut News!...

    Jan 3, 2017

    2h 31m
25. 5

    Cat's Cradle

    From the Group! (01:00) Plot Time! (07:45) Kurt Blurt! (11:40) Kurt Cameo! (1:53:20) Recurring Characters! (1:54:40) VonneWHAT! (1:57:15) The Meat! (2:07:15) VonneGrades! (2:12:20) Movie Time! (2:16:00) Related Reading! (2:26:10) Vocab Quiz! (2:33:50) Vonnegut News! (2:37:00) Related Reading:...

    Dec 13, 2016

    2h 42m
26. 4

    Mother Night

    Mother Night (00:00) Kurt Cameo (03:50) Plot Time (11:45) Recurring Characters (32:30) The Meat (01:12:30) VonneWHAT (01:16:00) Kurt Blurt (01:21:15) Vonnegrades (01:27:50) Related Reading (01:29:50) Movie Time (01:36:30) Kurt News (01:45:30)

    Nov 22, 2016

    1h 55m
27. 3

    The Sirens of Titan

    (00:00) The Sirens of Titan (07:00) Plot Time! (50:30) Recurring Characters (56:30) VonneWHAT? (1:04:00) Kurt Blurt (1:13:00) Related Reading (1:28:30) Movie Time (1:44:00) Kurt News Related Reading: Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons: https://goo.gl/Tuo0UJ V for Vendetta -- Alan Moore & David...

    Oct 31, 2016

    1h 51m
28. 2

    Player Piano

    Join reader-comedians Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim for a fun, digressive trip through the Kurt Vonnegut canon. It’s a book club, a comedy show, and a cavalcade of smart, entertaining segments. Discover Vonnegut works you’ve never read! Rediscover your Kurt favorites! And cure the terrible…

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    Oct 31, 2016

    1h 22m
29. 1

    Episode 0 - The Kurt Vonneguys are Coming!

    Stay tuned for the first two episodes of Kurt Vonneguys, covering 'Player Piano' and 'The Sirens of Titan', premiering soon.

    Oct 24, 2016

    0m