Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch

Michael and Ethan discuss The Playboy of the Western World, by JM Synge, with supplemental excursions into Synge’s Complete Works.

In this episode:

How much we listen to our wives

If you’re going to be pedantic, at least know why

Siobhan: not pronounced “sie-oh-ban”

Film version not available streaming. Maybe try your local library?

Literature on fire!

Wildly speculating about things we barely remember!

(That Victor Hugo thing WAS a thing, though.)

1000 years of context

Really it’s just a sexy peasant murder play

Next episode they’ll continue to talk about The Playboy of the Western World, by JM Synge, while also being unable to stop themselves from excursions into Synge’s Complete Works. 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.

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Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

In a special episode for the middle of winter, Michael and Ethan discuss A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but not the Shakespeare one!

In this episode:

Michael makes sacrifices for his art

We’re talking about the comic book, but not about the comic book

We pair our drinks with meat

There’s a lot of talk about Richard Burbage. Where else can you get that?

Stories are real.

This podcast is the highest form of comment.

A very long man. (And this is the other hill figure Ethan failed to find in real time.)

Ethan makes it grim at the end, but he does successfully rein it in.

Neil Gaiman’s brilliant “Make Good Art” speech.

Next episode they’ll talk about The Playboy of the Western World, by JM Synge. (Also worthwhile: Synge’s Complete Works.) 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.

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Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

Michael and Ethan conclude their discussion of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. They punish each other, but this one isn’t explicit.

In this episode:

The show must go on… I feel like we’ve had this bullet point before

We find out the moral of the show

There is emotional whiplash

There is talk about modeling, but not in an exciting way

We flirt with it being the Us Arguing Words podcast

Instead, it’s the Uncle Toby Podcast, and that is a VERY GOOD THING that WE ALL WANT

Ethan says “inversely parallel” and Michael lets him get away with it

But to be fair, Michael called the Ring of Power a Mcguffin

Advice for newlyweds

Ethan (mistakenly) cites Pavel’s The Lives of the Novel but then paraphrases Schmidt’s The Novel: A Biography. Both are worth reading.

Michael does, like, a weird… late night DJ thing? That Ethan didn’t get to hear until the edit? Sorry for leaving that in.

For reference: An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, by WB Yeats.

Next episode they’ll talk about The Playboy of the Western World, by JM Synge. (Also worthwhile/the volume Ethan gave Michael: Synge’s Complete Works.) 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.

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Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

In what might be their most coherent episode ever, Michael & Ethan continue to discuss The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. Keep in mind, that’s a pretty low bar.

In this episode:

We awaken from Michael’s dream

An *actually good* reading group guide???

No one on this podcast is a butt

Context!

When you try to talk about everything, you might end up with nothing

Ethan says “Ophelia” when he means “Cordelia,” and Michael LETS HIM GET AWAY WITH IT

Everything includes Uncle Toby (thankfully)

EVERYTHING IS SEX (sorry)

Everything is censorship, too

Gets real self-congratulatory right at the end, even though maybe we cheated

Next episode they’ll continue to talk about The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. 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.

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Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

Welcome back to whatever this is. Michael & Ethan do continue to discuss The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. The next one will be normal, we promise.

In this episode:

A tour of oddities

A moment of silence

Why Shakespeare was a socialist (according to Marx)

Some finger-pointing

Irrelevant is not the same as immaterial

The preacher rides a hobby-horse

You might be an agelast if…

Next time will be “normal”

Next episode they’ll continue to talk about The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. 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.

Donate to our Patreon!

BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET!

Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

Michael & Ethan discuss The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. The explicit tag is Michael's fault, but it's not VERY explicit.

In this episode:

This is Michael’s dream

A postmodern book, from 1760

Much talk of punctuation

It’s not VERY explicit, promise

The COOLEST references (Krysten Ritter, btw)

This book is poetry. Sort of.

No one is being conditioned.

Michael makes a point, asks a question, or both

Ethan’s revenge is complete/just begun

LSTSFNEWFN

Next episode they’ll continue to talk about The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. 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.

Donate to our Patreon!

BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET!

Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

Michael & Ethan continue to discuss Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler.

In this episode:

Michael continues his trend of troubling episode openings with maybe the darkest one yet

How to rate something 2 on a scale of 1-2 on a scale of 1-10

Ethan is sorry his prediction came true

Bon Iver is not pronounced Bon Iver

It’s the secret 3rd episode, but shorter!

Spoiler: everybody loses

Michael knows he will be corrected

Next episode they’ll talk about this year’s Mondo Book! That’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. 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.

Donate to our Patreon!

BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET!

Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

Michael & Ethan discuss Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler.

In this episode:

This is not the Maybeline Podcast!

Michael makes some VERY DARK JOKES

The definition of “explicit” is made very implicit

This note just says “shame,” and I forgot why

Michael complains

Ethan has tech issues, but they’re secret ones

Ethan tries to make this the Jane Austen podcast, and succeeds pretty well

We love Ronny, and so should you

Next episode they’ll continue to talk about Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler. 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.

Donate to our Patreon!

BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET!

Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.

Michael & Ethan continue to discuss The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin.

In this episode:'

Ethan is Pinnochio, or Pinnochio is on fire, but not both?

Michael took some wooden nickels.

Michael is friendly for the first time.

Some real solid burns

Amanda Coplin is very gracious

Shakespeare-baiting!

The rest is silence

New concept, right here at the end

Next episode they’ll talk about Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler. 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.

Donate to our Patreon!

BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET!

Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

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.