Kurt Vonneguys

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The Meat! (01:55:45)

Vonnegrades! (01:57:00)

Movie Time! (02:01:40)

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Vonnegut News! (02:17:10)

Related Reading:

Film: Grave of the Fireflies: https://goo.gl/V6xGcF

Film: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story : https://goo.gl/gWFjlH

Film: Arrival: https://goo.gl/c8DmrG

Short Story: Ray Bradbury: "Tomorrow's Child" (in I Sing the Body Electric!): https://goo.gl/zQuv1B

Album: Roger Waters: Radio Kaos: https://goo.gl/x1rx05

Graphic Novel: Yoshihiro Tatsumi: The Pushman and Other Stories: https://goo.gl/nTpYca

Short Story: Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: https://goo.gl/NBaa18

Preface: George Saunders: "Introduction to Huckleberry Finn" (in The Braindead Megaphone): https://goo.gl/mr1ydG

Short Story: Elie Weisel: "Night": https://goo.gl/jsGqyg

Novel: Thomas Pynchon: Gravity's Rainbow: https://goo.gl/0s9wEW

Graphic Novel: Art Spiegleman: Maus: https://goo.gl/VqiDe6

Article: Nautilus Magazine: The Exotic Matter States Behind PCs, Visual Displays, and the Future of Water: https://goo.gl/2W5exV

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: https://goo.gl/xZgOGF

Film: Who Am I This Time?: https://goo.gl/h9sdju

Podcast: Limetown: https://goo.gl/z2p59C

Music: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Musical Demos: https://goo.gl/RNGnwU

Radio: Dimension X: Report on the Barnhouse Effect: https://goo.gl/Srrcyl

Novel: Jerry Spinelli: Maniac Magee: https://goo.gl/N0IpjK

Novel: Lois Lowry: Gathering Blue: https://goo.gl/EmRjI9

Short Story: Cordwainer Smith: "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" (in The Rediscovery of Man): https://goo.gl/MJqiwx

Book: Kurt Vonnegut: Drawings: https://goo.gl/CV7oTM

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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: https://goo.gl/tu8S4W

Book: Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man: https://goo.gl/ihH8r9

Book: George Saunders: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: https://goo.gl/01l2O8

Book: Charles Yu: Sorry Please Thank You: https://goo.gl/JJ9AAG

Book: Eric Puchner: Music Through the Floor: https://goo.gl/S5YgOY

Short Story: Harlan Ellison: "The End of the Time of Leinard" (in Dream Corridor): https://goo.gl/QZWi1H

Short Story: Harlan Ellison: "How's the Night Life on Cissalda?" (in Shatterday): https://goo.gl/b1koGV

Short Story: Michael Swaim: "Cost of Living": https://goo.gl/LLivV0

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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! (02:28:20)

Related Reading:

Book: Theodore Sturgeon: Microcosmic God: https://goo.gl/tTYkXd

Essay: James Black: What in Hell Is He For?: Vonnegut's Avatar & the Need to Sneak Sci-Fi in Under the Radar: https://goo.gl/cKvjq2

Short Story: Ray Bradbury: The Taxpayer (in The Martian Chronicles): https://goo.gl/uA719G

Short Story: Harlan Ellison: On the Slab (in Angry Candy): https://goo.gl/zWBtm3

Short Story: David Brin: "The Giving Plague": https://goo.gl/e6bXug

Book: David Brin: The Practice Effect: https://goo.gl/3zFce6

Graphic Novel: Warren Ellis: Transmetropolitan: https://goo.gl/nQr6sT

Book: Robert Lynn Asprin: The Cold Cash War: https://goo.gl/MxVZI7

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Kurt Blurt! (11:40)

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Recurring Characters! (1:54:40)

VonneWHAT! (1:57:15)

The Meat! (2:07:15)

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Movie Time! (2:16:00)

Related Reading! (2:26:10)

Vocab Quiz! (2:33:50)

Vonnegut News! (2:37:00)

Related Reading:

Article: Scientific American: Let's Colonize Titan: https://goo.gl/KP4dx0

Song: 10cc - Sand in My Face (Dynamic Tension): https://goo.gl/S0UbEP

Movie: Synecdoche, New York: https://goo.gl/h6AV1Z

Book: Ginger Strand - The Brothers Vonnegut: https://goo.gl/zIYN0X

Short Story: Ray Bradbury - The Fire Balloons (in The Illustrated Man): https://goo.gl/ihH8r9

Book: Will Self - The Book of Dave: https://goo.gl/ApmVV4

Song: Ambrosia - Nice Nice Very Nice: https://goo.gl/m6xlA3

Short Story: Harlan Ellison - The Deathbird (in Deathbird Stories): https://goo.gl/neeVyS

Short Story: Harlan Ellison - The Executioner of Malformed Children (in Shatterday): https://goo.gl/b1koGV

Book: Robert Heinlein - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag: https://goo.gl/fdU6RM

Book: John Brunner - The Traveler in Black: https://goo.gl/unBNQG

Book: Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale: https://goo.gl/Sf4rdn

Book: Lois Lowry - The Giver: https://goo.gl/1PPIWv

Music: Ice-9 Ballads: https://goo.gl/CQc5jS

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)

(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 Lloyd: https://goo.gl/yYGwhM

Speaker for the Dead -- Orson Scott Card: https://goo.gl/QUiIA5

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed -- Ray Bradbury: https://goo.gl/xFKAeA

Mozart in Mirrorshades -- Bruce Sterling & Lewis Shiner: https://goo.gl/BCNgfs

The Stranger -- Albert Camus: https://goo.gl/ppBtSI

Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein: https://goo.gl/S1vr3K

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 disease of loneliness by going on a K.V. appreciation deep dive with a friendly karass of your fellow listeners.

(00:00) Player Piano

(12:20) Kurt Blurt

(20:20) 1984?

(36:45) Kurt Cameo

(42:50) Recurring Characters

(59:30) Image-O-Rama

(1:05:00) VonneWHAT?

(1:11:50) Related Reading

Related Reading:

The Silver Corridor & "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman -- Harlan Ellison: https://goo.gl/7NK9Pu

Knox -- Harlan Ellison: https://goo.gl/NlwI03

The Veldt -- Ray Bradbury: https://goo.gl/ihH8r9

The Caves of Steel -- Isaac Asimov: https://goo.gl/8uA6TQ

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