Novel Ideas

Novel Ideas

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Novel Ideas episodes

  • It's About Corporatizing Christmas: Sara Raasch's "The Nightmare Before Kissmas

    Has your Dad ever manipulated the Joy market to ensure the longevity and reach of Christmas? Shouldn't surprise you that Kris and Coal's Dad, Santa is heavily invested in such a thing. Tough enough to have your Mom leave you and your brother behind, or later in life have your Dad force you into an arranged marriage with best friend to gain a cut of Easter's Joy shares; now this? Join in on a discussion of writing, overconsumption, and the thing that matters most this holiday, sex. Enjoy this week's episode! BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 17 min
  • It's About The Power of Sacrifice: O' Henry's "The Gift of the Magi"

    Happy Holidays! It's officially the start of the winter season, and what better way to start then with the lessons of cutting off your hair and selling your gold watch for your partner's gift? Buying traffic so your son can HOPEFULLY profess his love to his girlfriend? Shooting a kind stranger's possibly threatening neighbor who has a bad reputation? "The Gift of the Magi" offers interesting stories about the weight of decisions aiding others, and the consequences that come from such decisions. I hope you enjoy tonight's episode as much as I did! BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 11 min
  • It's About Cyborgs and Baseball: Lincoln Michael's "The Body Scout"

    Imagine you're in an age of cybernetics and cloning, and debt collectors are still hounding you about a measly two-million dollars you still? I can replace my body parts but I'm still beholden to a bank? Who knew a capitalist system would follow holographics and corporate-owned sports teams? The future sounds lovely, doesn't? Enjoy this episode through the eyes of Kobo and a future that whiffs of our present on the horizon in the worst, or most human, way. Your pick. BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 7 min
  • It's About a Life of Choice: Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange"

    In a modern world of ultraviolence, is it any wonder our fictional rumination of the future is contextualized by a world inundated with it? A 15-year old boy remarkably steeped and well-versed in its utility for pleasure, just as the State weaponizes it for their own means, the lines blurring amidst warranted scrutiny in Alex and the government own machinations that further the cycle of pain. Do humans deserve the ability to choose when observing such baseless violence or gluttonous pleasure and its effect on others? Sometimes I wonder whether we should, even though nothing will stop us from having the ability to decide for ourselves. I hope you enjoy tonight's episode! BYYEEE!!!!

    50 min
  • It's About Unknowing What You Don't Know: Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness"

    In a world where everyone presumes to know everything, reading a book about the implications of ignorance as an opportunity to understand reevaluates the paradigm we operate from, and encourages a new point of view if we are to imagine, or more appropriately surmise a new way of seeing the world to survive in the process. Enjoy the newest episode and I hope you have a wonderful day! BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 11 min
  • It's About the Spirit of Racism: Rivers Solomon's "An Unkindness of Ghosts"

    How do you navigate the cosmos in perpetuity? If you answered with the legacies of Antebellum South and chattel slavery in a futuristic, generation ship held up by a stratified caste-system, I would've thought you'd already read the book. Follow Aster and their relationships as they navigate secrecy, truth-seeking, and the cruelties of a system built against them. Hope your enjoy tonight's episode! BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 14 min
  • It's About Halloween: DCOM's "Halloweentown 2: Kalabar's Revenge"

    It's HALLOWEEN! Fall is officially here with the weather in the 60s and darkness descending as soon as it can. Of course that means I have to sit down and tuck in for another movie that didn't cost me purchasing another streaming platform. Continue listening to me live vicariously through Marnie as she deals with another enemy trying to separate her from her family and their magic. Hope you enjoy! BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 25 min
  • It's About The Terror of Man: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"

    Through my sleepy stupor, deep reflections are found underneath the "monstrous" visage of the creation forced to life. Victor Frankenstein is a tragic figure befalling consequences of his own hubris reflected back by a more tragic figure of his own creation. It's a story for all looking for the mirror to humanity's soul. Let's just say we aren't as good as we'd like to imagine. Enjoy tonight's episode! BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 5 min
  • It's About "SCREAM"! DUH!

    Neve Campbell, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Courteney Cox. Need I say more? It's a live recording this time and I enjoyed every second. Watch along and let me know what you think before I get got. BYYEEE!!!!

    1 hr 38 min

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