About the Episode
In this mini-episode, Daniel and Jeremy explore their personal reflections, tips, and thoughts on travel. This week's read was “Flights” by the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, a fascinating book in the way that mysterious, chin-scratching things are fascinating. It is sometimes a work of fiction, but also a treatise in her theories on anatomy, philosophy, and human nature, all centered around the experience of traveling, both through the world and over time in the body. 

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Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Sometimes even traveling to a place doesn't permit you to see it for how it really is for those who live there. Fiction, on the other hand, can. And thus, season 3 is about widening our perspective. We hope you're coming along can help do the same. Be sure to check out the Episode Cheat Sheet for an overview.

 We hope you enjoy this discussion about 'Flights' by  Olga Tokarczuk.

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You don’t always need a plane ticket to travel; sometimes, all you need is a book. Fiction allows us explore worlds beyond our own, taking us out of life’s everyday tangles, and allowing us to move forward with a wider perspective. So rather than travel physically, Good Scribes Only is traveling to Europe, Africa, Central America, North America, Oceania, the Middle East, and Asia by way of literature. First stop, Poland! 

“Flights” by the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk is fascinating in the way that mysterious, chin-scratching things are exciting….It is sometimes a work of fiction, but it is also a treatise in her theories on anatomy, philosophy, and human nature, all centered around the experience of traveling, both through the world and over time in the body. 

The narrator, an unnamed Polish writer is a modern-day hunter-gatherer: she has an unending need for exploration, picking up ideas and filling them into a book of many strange parts: there are mini-essays on airports, hotels, travel psychology, guidebooks, ruminations on language, excursions into historical figures like Chopin. Some less than a page, while the fictional tales stretch 20 plus pages, all over the world and time periods. Flights is a book unlike any we've read, and if you can make it through this episode, it’s definitely worth your time.

About Good Scribes Only

Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Sometimes even traveling to a place doesn't permit you to see it for how it really is for those who live there. Fiction, on the other hand, can. And thus, season 3 is about widening our perspective. We hope you're coming along can help do the same. Be sure to check out the Episode Cheat Sheet for an overview.

 We hope you enjoy this discussion about 'Flights' by  Olga Tokarczuk.

Episode Notes

0-5 min — Intro

5-10 min — Movie Casting

10-15 min — On Flights’ form and structure

15-20 min — Fragmentation, exploring cultures, and the human body

20-25 min — Authenticity in travel

25-30 min — Plot discussion

30-35 min — Network state and technological confusion

35-40 min — Discussion of the author

40-45 min — Anatomy and the human body

45-50 min — The spiritual side of travel

50-55 min — Favorite passages

55-60 min — Conclusion and rating

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Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Season 2 focuses on the cardinal vices and virtues: Lust and chastity, gluttony and temperance, greed and charity, sloth and diligence, envy and kindness, wrath and patience, pride and humility.

Oftentimes, fiction books can take us out of life’s everyday tangles and help us see reality with new eyes. To further explore your own relationship with all Virtues and Vices, look no further than Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. We hope you enjoy!

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0-4 min — 😂

4-10 min — Romanticism, “westerns”, and introductory thoughts

10-18 min — Casting the TV Series

15-20 min — Plot summary

20-25 min — Realism in the novel

25-30 min — What sets this book apart

30-35 min — Can we read the author’s intentions?

35-40 min — Gnosticism and Evil in Blood Meridian

40-45 min — Discussing an important passage

45-50 min — Thoughts, metaphysics, and the human mind

50-57 min — Is there redemption?

57-64 min — Story’s conclusion

64-67 min — Jeremy and Daniel’s rating

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In this mini-episode, Daniel and Jeremy explore takeaways, tips, and how Joyce Carol Oates' novel, Blonde, relates to everyday life. Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Season 2 focuses on the cardinal vices and virtues: Lust and chastity, gluttony and temperance, greed and charity, sloth and diligence, envy and kindness, wrath and patience, pride and humility. Oftentimes, fiction books can take us out of life’s everyday tangles and help us see reality with new eyes. To further explore your own relationship with Envy and  Charity, look no further than Joyce Carol Oates' novel, Blonde. We hope you enjoy.

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Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Season 2 focuses on the cardinal vices and virtues: Lust and chastity, gluttony and temperance, greed and charity, sloth and diligence, envy and kindness, wrath and patience, pride and humility. In this episode, Daniel and Jeremy discuss Gluttony and Temperance in Joyce Carol Oates' Blonde.

Oftentimes, fiction books can take us out of life’s everyday tangles and help us see reality with new eyes. To further explore your own relationship with Gluttony and Temperance, look no further than Joyce Carol Oates's Blonde. We hope you enjoy!

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0-5 min — Introductory thoughts

5-10 min — Gluttony and Hollywood

10-14 min — Marilyn Monroe’s Life

14-21 min — Casting Our Actors

21-25 min — Initial Plot Summary

25-30 min — Norma Jeane ‘before’ Marilyn Monroe

30-35 min — Transformation of Norma Jeane

35-40 min — Manipulation of Marilyn by men

40-45 min — Monroe’s unappreciated skill, Joe Dimaggio

45-50 min — MM’s growth as an actress

50-55 min — Acting and mental deterioration, Arthur Miller

55-63 min — Fall from grace, John F Kennedy

63-70 min — Tragic ending and conclusion

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In this mini-episode, Daniel and Jeremy explore takeaways, tips, and how Madeline Miller's  Circe relates to everyday life. Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Season 2 focuses on the cardinal vices and virtues: Lust and chastity, gluttony and temperance, greed and charity, sloth and diligence, envy and kindness, wrath and patience, pride and humility. Oftentimes, fiction books can take us out of life’s everyday tangles and help us see reality with new eyes. To further explore your own relationship with Envy and  Charity, look no further than Madeline Miller's Circe . We hope you enjoy.

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Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Season 2 focuses on the cardinal vices and virtues: Lust and chastity, gluttony and temperance, greed and charity, sloth and diligence, envy and kindness, wrath and patience, pride and humility. In this episode, Daniel and Jeremy discuss Envy and Charity in Madeline Miller's Circe

Oftentimes, fiction books can take us out of life’s everyday tangles and broaden our perspective. To further explore your own relationship with Envy and Kindness, look no further than Madeline Miller's Circe. We hope you enjoy!

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0-5 min — Introductory thoughts

5-10 min — Recasting Greek myths in modern light

10-15 min — Actor Castings

15-20 min — Themes and Plot Summary

20-25 min — Characterization of irce

25-30 min — Why myth is important

30-35 min — On leaving home

35-40 min — Feminism in the novel

40-45 min — Circe overcoming obstacles

45-50 min — Miller’s recasting of Odysseus as a false hero

50-55 min — The Oddysey over the years

55-60 min — What we can learn from ancient myths

60-65 min — Concluding line and ratings

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In this mini-episode, Daniel and Jeremy explore takeaways, tips, and how Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart relates to everyday life. Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Season 2 focuses on the cardinal vices and virtues: Lust and chastity, gluttony and temperance, greed and charity, sloth and diligence, envy and kindness, wrath and patience, pride and humility. Oftentimes, fiction books can take us out of life’s everyday tangles and help us see reality with new eyes. To further explore your own relationship with Wrath and Patience, look no further than . We hope you enjoy.

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Hosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. Season 2 focuses on the cardinal vices and virtues: Lust and chastity, gluttony and temperance, greed and charity, sloth and diligence, envy and kindness, wrath and patience, pride and humility. In this episode, Daniel and Jeremy explore Wrath and Patience in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.

Oftentimes, fiction books can take us out of life’s everyday tangles and help us see reality with new eyes. To further explore your own relationship with Wrath and Patience, look no further than Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. We hope you enjoy!

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Episode Notes

0-5 min — Background on book and wrath

5-11 min — Casting the “movie”

11-15 min — Plot summary

15-21min — Control and what this book is ‘really’ about

21-29 min — Wrath and human nature

29-32 min — Plot summary continued

32-40 min — Colonialism and customs

40-43 min — Persuasiveness of western religion

43-49 min — Clash between missionaries and tribe

49-59 min — Tragic conclusion and cultural relativism

59-60 min — Book ratings

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