Michael and Ethan continue their discussion of Ball Lightning, by Cixin Liu.

In this episode:

Michael could take ‘em

Ethan is a tease

How to fit Ireland into China, by way of Kansas

God, aliens, or not aliens

The real friends are the ideas you met along the way

A wild Nat appears!

Poor Emily Dickinson

It was A Dream of Perpetual Motion, duhhhh

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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.