By Nate Rudd and Ryan Smith
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Recorded February 12, 2024
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Or at least the end of the Stillness. This week Nate and Ryan reach the conclusion of the Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. In the lead up to their discussion on the book they talk about the start and stop lifestyle of their school and some surprise car expenses for Nate. Then, they turn to discuss some of their favorite post-apocalypses to live (vicariously) in. Finally, they talk about a longing for justice, supporting your children, and the difference between cilia and a cat-bus in their discussion of The Stone Sky by N.K Jemisin.
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Pick 2: Post-Apocalyptic Stories
Taste of Japan
The Stone Sky
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Recorded January 7, 2024
Goals, clubs, and the undead! This week Nate and Ryan talk about their new year, new goals (and themes) including the difficulty of normal bedtimes. Then, they discuss informal groups and clubs while having Matcha KitKats and yet another Lemon drink. Finally, as they talk about Terry Pratchett’s “Reaper Man” they discuss how the death of civilization is a shopping center, the differences between a man-wolf and a wolf-man, and Death’s abhorrence of drama.
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Goals/Themes
Christmas Break
Pick 2: Clubs or Organizations
Dredge
Taste of Japan
Reaper Man
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Recorded November 12, 2023
Time and tide wait for no one. And so, another year has passed. As is their tradition, Nate and Ryan look back on everything that has happened in the past year and remember their favorite things about it. Then, turning their eyes from their favorite things of the past year, the two discuss a fantastic book with a slightly more troubled world. Picking up from where The Fifth Season left off, Nate and Ryan discuss carnivorous insects, fraught mother-daughter relationships, and long distance murder in N. K. Jemisin’s The Obelisk Gate.
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Favorite Game
Favorite Movie
Favorite TV Series
Favorite Book Read
Favorite Event
Favorite Music
Favorite Thing
Taste of Japan
The Obelisk Gate
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Recorded October 1, 2023
This week Nate and Ryan talk about summer, events, and robots. Nate went on a trip to Okinawa and got a new Synology. Meanwhile, Ryan went to Tokyo Game Show and got sick on a mountain. Then, they talked all about their favorite robots (and robot adjacent beings). After trying a Fanta roulette and a chunky peanut butter KitKat, they turned to their main media where they discussed post-capitalism, what constitutes a human failure, and the importance of a good satchel in their discussion of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers.
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Synologys
Binged TV shows
Nature Excursion
Pick 2: Robots
Taste of Japan
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
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Recorded June 21, 2023
This week Ryan and Nate talk about vacations and trips and rocks. Specifically in that order. Nate tried to keep his children up later than the Tokyo government would allow and Ryan took a flight with a seat partner who was all elbows. After that, the two recall stories about rocks for all the geology nerds out there. Finally, the two discuss a beautiful, horrible world and the power of narrative in their discussion of The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin.
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Summer Activities, etc.
Zelda for the Switch
Taste of Japan
Pick 2: Rock Stories
The Fifth Season
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Recorded May 28, 2023
This week, it’s a listener pick episode. First, Nate and Ryan address the shotgun blast of mini topics: everything from bread points, recently read books, to graduation. Then, they try café au lait Kit Kats and… yet another Calpis. Finally, for the listener picked main media, they talk about monsters of the week, melding fantasy and realism, the mysteries found in America’s attic in their discussion of the TV show Warehouse 13.
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End of the School Year Activities, etc.
Dragon’s Dogma
Pick 2: Items of Value
Taste of Japan
Warehouse 13
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Recorded April 23, 2023
This week, Nate and Ryan have returned from a conference and on their return both engaged in some light consumerism. Then, after drinking a “milk and melon” drink and having some dark cacao Kit-Kats, they discuss the sequels that improved upon the original. Finally, for the main media they discuss cinematography, actors in airplanes, and where to find actual character development in Top Gun: Maverick.
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Final Fantasy Remaster I - VI Bundle
Pick 2: Sequels Better Than the Original
Taste of Japan
Top Gun: Maverick
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Recorded April 9, 2023
This week Nate talks sports and cameras and Ryan talks games (tabletop) and games (video). Then the two of them try some pomegranate juice and cassis KitKats before talking about places they’d like to visit and explore. Finally, for the main media of the day, they discuss immortality, identifying with characters, and what people need in the first Monk and Robot book, A Psalm for the Wild-built.
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Baseball and Cameras
The King's Dilemma
Octopath Traveler 2
Pick 2: Places to Go on a Journey
Taste of Japan
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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Recorded March 12, 2023
This week Nate and Ryan talk tech. They address LearnerBuild, Synology RAIDs, and of course FileMaker of all things. Then Ryan talks about his experience escaping from the underworld in Hades before they have another C.C. Lemon offshoot. Then, they bring up the present… or rather some memorable presents. Finally in the discussion of the main media The Hidden Place, they talk about father/daughter projects, (mis)understanding and how to just talk about your problems, people!
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Synology, Sakura and FileMaker
Hades
Pick 2: Gifts
Taste of Japan
The Hidden Palace
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Recorded February 12, 2023
This week, Nate tells Ryan about his adventures in the snow while Ryan hid indoors. One of them came out with all their bones intact. Hint: it’s exactly who you think. Then, Ryan tells Nate about magic parkour before the two of them dream of having money and what they would spend it on. After some “interesting” drinks, they turn to their main media of the day, where they discuss the necessity of outside reading, character evolution, and quotes to be remembered by, in their discussion of the final book of era two of Mistborn, The Lost Metal.
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Forspoken
Pick 2: Expensive Items
Taste of Japan
The Lost Metal
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The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.