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Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch episodes
- Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham / Lagavulin 16yo - Part 4
Well, they finally finish talking about Of Human Bondage. Have Ethan’s tastes changed? Is Michael that influential? Can he find Ethan’s emotional core? Find out in this episode!
In this episode:
Ethan drinks scotch by himself.
“guest” “Michael Lilienthal”
Michael problematizes it, as he does.
Michael viciously punches the microphone.
As undergrads, we always read each novel at least twice if not thrice.
Michael takes the podcast into the ditch.
Ethan hopes to sneakily get the 50 Shades of Gray audience.
No offense to the Mildreds out there.
Ethan would be smart if he could remember that name.
Next episode they’ll talk about The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. 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.
1 hr 24 min - Of Human Bonadage, by W. Somerset Maugham / Lagavulin 16yo - Part 3
Yes, Michael & Ethan are still talking about Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham, and Ethan doesn’t know how he feels. Stay tuned for this emotional roller coaster!
In this episode:
Ethan tries to make this podcast intellectual.
It’s like The Gift of the Magi with traps.
Freedom - ?
The nature of experience is finite!
Ethan buys himself time. But gives up.
Never hit on someone in a service position, and other relationship advice.
Ethan vastly oversimplifies the Christian tradition.
Next episode will be the groundbreaking finale of Of Human Bondage! 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.
1 hr 6 min - 0 min
- Shakespeare Special - The Tempest
Michael & Ethan take a brief break from their discussion of Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham, and pursue an island vacation with William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Ethan drinks a Pimm’s Cup, and Michael a Brandy Cocktail.
In this episode:
Live and in person, Michael mixes a drink.
He also makes up a pop song on the spot.
The play is made up and the plot doesn’t matter.
Ethan uses the (real) word “nounal.”
John Dee was a wizard.
Prospero: Christ-figure or antichrist?
Next: The Sunday School Podcast!
Ethan almost tells a joke, then does.
Ethan recommends Approaching Shakespeare (which is the correct way to say it).
Ethan uses the past tense of “teacher.”
This isn’t the Christopher Marlowe podcast special.
They might write a book. Probably not.
Reductive things are stupid.
Was Shakespeare a postmodernist?
How real was the stuff happening onstage?
Lots of theatre history fits into this episode.
At the end, they talk Caliban.
Michael reveals how he’s going to scare his daughter’s boyfriends.
Next episode, Michael & Ethan will keep talking The Tempest, but specifically in the context of W. H. Auden’s poem, The Sea and the Mirror! After that, it’s back to Of Human Bondage! 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.
"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.
1 hr 12 min - Of Human Bonadage, by W. Somerset Maugham / Lagavulin 16yo - Part 2
Continuing their Mongo book Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham, Michael and Ethan get into the nitty gritty.
In this episode:
Our funny is all edited in.
Michael deletes all Ethan’s tail-related jokes.
They throw shade at Barnes & Noble.
Michael tries to go on a Nabokov parade. Ethan douses him.
They start out continuing the chronological order, then skip to the end.
Ethan says something that sounds very incestual.
Michael went ahead without Ethan, as per frickin’ usual.
SPOILERS for Up in the Air.
All female names look alike to Ethan.
The key to the podcast is in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.
Ethan references this song by accident.
The nude report will follow the episode.
Next episode will be a Shakespeare Special discussing The Tempest! 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.
1 hr 7 min - Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham / Lagavulin 16yo - Part 1
Season 4 begins in style, with the delectable Lagavulin 16yo single malt! The season kickoff Mongo book this time around is Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham, and it’s a truly hot topic. Which of our hosts loved the book, and which one hated it? Find out exclusively on this episode!
In this episode:
Oedipal admissions and fantasies.
New rules!
Michael forgot his copy.
Ethan conducts an interrogation.
They keep pronouncing the author’s name in different ways.
They start at the very beginning. A very good place to start.
Ethan gets hung up on mother-figures. But it’s a thin line, so he didn’t lose over it.
Pop-psychology-cast!
The Oedipal Foundation isn’t real. But apparently this is.
They have their signature longer-than-necessary Harry Potter digression.
Ethan cites Hezekiah 11:17.
The whole book is about economics.
Michael turns out the lights.
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 Nihilism 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.
“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
0 min - Bill Holm Essays Special
In the final episode of Season 3, Michael & Ethan dive into some creative nonfiction, sipping on this taste of the Midwest in essays by Bill Holm. Specifically: “The Grand Tour,” “Singing Latin in New Ulm,” and “The Music of Failure: Variations on an Idea.”
In this episode:
Michael is Queen Elizabeth I.
Michael planted a beer seed in Minnesota.
We are nothing if not willing to compromise everything about this show for profit.
We read to feel dumb.
Nihilism or something?
Ethan knows people like that.
We object to morals.
Ethan eventually makes his point.
We weren’t going to read theology. Oh well.
We debate about the Mississippi.
Their Mongo book kicking off Season 4 will be Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham. 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!
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.
“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
1 hr 21 min - Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot / Polly's Casks Double Barrel-Aged Single Malt Highland Scotch Whisky - Part 2
As they converse about Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot, Michael & Ethan learn about themselves, and about each other. But most importantly, they learn about themselves.
In this episode:
Ethan renounces Michael. Michael kicks him out.
The word “dumb” gets used a lot.
Ethan giggles at the gutter his mind is in.
They spend a lot of words on what they picture in this book.
They’re not worried about the plot.
All 18th-century Frenchmen are apparently alcoholics.
Morals!
They talk the finer points of robotics.
Ethan goes to Middle School, then tries to bring it back intellectual.
Jacques marries the author again.
They wrap up, and keep talking.
Their next book will be Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugam. 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!
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.
“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
1 hr 21 min - Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot / Polly's Casks Double Barrel-Aged Single Malt Highland Scotch Whisky - Part 1
Now they’re reading Don Quixote again, but actually, it’s Tristram Shandy, or maybe, for real, it’s Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot.
In this episode:
Michael stuns Ethan into silence.
Ethan translates Michael.
Ethan baby steps forward in technology.
The curtain is pulled back.
Ethan doesn’t throw shade, or at least he claims not to.
Some translation theory creeps in. But neither one knows enough French.
Ethan’s theory get’s super meta.
Michael & Ethan might not agree!
Michael ignores Ethan making fun of him, and is a total nerd.
They make fun of the editor of Michael’s copy.
Robots in the 18th century!?
Luther is mentioned, but not dwelt on.
Their next book will be Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugam. 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!
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.
“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
1 hr 9 min - The Death of Dr. Island - Gene Wolfe Commemorative Special
In honor of the Death of the Author, Michael & Ethan thought it fitting to read one of the great stories by the man himself, and to talk about it. Come along on this journey of great appreciation for a writer who will prove to be a foundation for a generation to come. Let’s discuss “The Death of Dr. Island,” by Gene Wolfe.
In this episode:
Michael closes a curtain and gets the lighting right for the podcast episode.
Ethan masks the sadness by humor.
Michael makes Ethan mad.
This is not the “Duck-Duck-Grey-Duck/Goose” Podcast.
How can a third-person narrator be unreliable?
They talk about women.
Ethan almost takes over the entire podcast to talk about alchemy.
Birds and eggs: connected. Whooda thunk?
They end with the beginning.
Ethan uses his grumpy old dumb professor voice.
Michael gets onto words.
Gene Wolfe is to be reread, and reread, and reread.
Their next book will be Jacques the Fatalist, by Denis Diderot. 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!
Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and
Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)
And Special Guest: Nicholas Lilienthal (@PokeRollNick)
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.
“Intermission” by Unthunk. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
1 hr 15 min
About Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch
From the publisher's feed
With their expertise in a grand total of 3 advanced degrees in English literature, as well as a lifetime of reading, Michael & Ethan get together every other week to drink Scotch and talk about…
books, but not about Scotch. You don’t need to listen in order, but just search for a book (story, play, poem, etc.) that interests you and follow along!