Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch

This episode is kid-friendly, and recorded by kids! Wyatt, Samuel, and Isabell share two poems and a short spooky story to bring you some Halloween fun! In this episode:

“The Witches’ Song,” from Macbeth by William Shakespeare - read by Wyatt (6)

“Jack-o’-Lantern Song,” from The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe’en, and Thanksgiving - read by Samuel (6)

“Golden-Rod and Purple Aster,” by Flora J. Cooke (adapted), read by Isabell (10)

We’re in the midst of our “Year of Faust”: 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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"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

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Cover art by Sarah Lilienthal

Continuing the release of spooky stories and poems from classic literature, read by the hosts and friends, this episode:

The story “The Mystery of the Semi-Detached,” by Edith Nesbit. A young man in love sees the worst thing he could ever imagine - but was it what it seemed? Can he save those who seem marked by death?

We’re in the midst of our “Year of Faust”: 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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MUSIC & SFX:

“Eerie Village” by Arcane Anthems. Used by permission

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

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For the month of October, we’ll occasionally release some spooky stories and poems of classic literature, read by the hosts and friends. This episode:

The poem “The Kraken,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Drawing on imagery of the Leviathan from Scripture and other legends and mysteries, Tennyson draws a picture of the mythical Kraken which will sleep at the ocean floor until the world ends in fire.

We’re in the midst of our “Year of Faust”: 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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MUSIC & SFX:

“Guardian Spirit” by Arcane Anthems. Used by permission

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

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Michael and Ethan discuss Faust, by Goethe, both part 1 and 2, while drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt.

In this episode:

Dynamic in a pastoral way

Baffling talk of forms, mothers, material, and reality (and keys?)

The Apocalypse has been happening since 1789

This is roughly what Ethan is talking about regarding courtly love

In case the references to “Walpurgis Night” are confusing, this probably won’t help at all

Goethe as both Enlightenment poet and Romantic poet

Since when has this podcast gone in straight lines?

Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht

There is no striving in Elysium after drinking the waters of Lethe

The GK Chesterton quote that Ethan mangles: “The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.”

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann! 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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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"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.

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Michael and Ethan discuss Faust, by Goethe, both part 1 and 2, while drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt.

In this episode:

Self-flagellation

Translation

Abridgement

Bets vs bargains

Lost in the weeds vs taking the scenic route

Striving vs Gretchen

This podcast (Michael) casually speaks German, nbd

Goethe wasn’t JUST a creepy old man

Excellent lecture by Dr Michael Sugrue on Goethe’s Faust

Inevitable comparison to The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Poetry as excess and as exploring the space, but not jokes

Homunculus

Faust is a dare

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Goethe’s Faust, Parts 1 and 2! 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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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"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.

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Michael and Ethan, along with special guests Maren Boucher and Benji Inniger, discuss The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Michael and Ethan are drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt; Benji is drinking Oban Little Bay; Maren is drinking Lagavulin 11. What a mess.

In this episode:

Bethany Lutheran College Production of Doctor Faustus! (Director and assistant director = our guests!)

Faustbuch

Faustus: The Horror Film

Philip Melancthon might have studied with Faust, an anecdote that’s fun for maybe just the four people on this podcast

Faustus: The Real Guy, or, why does he matter?

Disappearing side characters (and disappearing main character???)

Hell is a pyramid scheme, or, Faustus as lululemon rep, or, Cornelius and Valdez are Dead

Did the devil appear on-stage, or is it Puritan propaganda?

Doctor Fauthtuth

Sympathy vs pity

Origins of the Shakespeare race, irrelevant to the episode but we’re keeping it

Check out Benji’s music and photography!

Check out Benji’s OST to Bethany’s production of The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus!

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Goethe’s Faust, Parts 1 and 2! 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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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"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.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan, along with special guests Maren Boucher and Benji Inniger discuss The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Michael and Ethan are drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt; Benji is drinking Oban Little Bay; Maren is drinking Lagavulin 11. What a mess.

In this episode:

Bethany Lutheran College Production of Doctor Faustus!

Good Kronk vs Bad Kronk

“I think I lost the thread”: the motto of this podcast

Faust as addicted to power

Did Shakespeare invent the human… or did Christopher Marlowe???

Douglas Adams quoted!

Shenanigans

Faustus as all 7 deadly sins at once

Faustus declines, in more ways than one

Mephistopheles believes in God, but Faustus doesn’t believe in Mephistopheles

Next time Michael and Ethan and Maren and Benji will continue discussing Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe! 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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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.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss James, by Percival Everett, while drinking Glenfiddich 12.

In this episode:

Discourse on decade-old BBC show “Rev”

Duels/debates (aka, Nat tease)

If we didn’t already know, which we did, now we would know

The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone

James as atheist/agnostic Biblical prophet

The fragility of power, or, shotgun = virility???

Tarnation

For reference: the character Michael is talking about later in the episode is young George and NOT Easter

Notice

Heretical Fictions, by Lawrence I Berkove and Joseph Csicsila

Was Huck Black? by Shelley Fisher Fiskin

Is this a dagger which I see before me?

Next time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss James, by Percival Everett! 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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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.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss James, by Percival Everett, while drinking Glenfiddich 12.

In this episode:

Yanking the timeline 30 years into the future

It’s really hard to make a book

James’ style is either noirish, or journalistic, or both

We do give away the one real spoiler in the book

Prognosticating Twain’s reactions, ahistorically

Make sure to take Michael’s many manifold meanings

Excellent Electic Lit interview with Percival Everett

The goosebumpiest part of the novel

The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone

Next time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss James, by Percival Everett! 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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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.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak, while drinking Glenlivet 12.

In this episode:

It’s nice to be at the point in civilization where we know how all the letters should sound

First pages, first paragraphs, first lines: seems like a trap for Ethan

Pay attention to sound

Obligatory references to The Dying Earth (one) and Star Trek (many)

Michael is almost gotten, which he deserves, because he’s still talking about Star Trek

Simak is the missing link between Star Trek and CS Lewis

Thoughts on religions we don’t follow

We write fanfic of this book

This book is at least seventeen different novels

Jacob definitely loses but no one notices in the midst of discussing Hodags and ratsassins

Wisconsin has the custodian of the galactic talisman, so, Go Pack Go

Nothing else sports-related is said

Michael doesn’t hate the Packers, he hates himself

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss James, by Percival Everett! 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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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.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)