Michael and Ethan, finally alone, finish the discussion of their Mondo Book for the year: Persuasion, by Jane Austen.

In this episode:

Finally alone except for a dog and cat

Persuasion Chapter 53

Persuasion is either Much Ado About Nothing or Parks and Rec or both

Our highest aim on this podcast is “possible legitimacy”

Jane Austen can’t have anybody naked, even in the 1990s

People have been really gross and done really gross stuff for a long time

Did Lee Harvey Oswald kill Kennedy using the butterfly effect?

Novel + satire + socialist(?) class critique = Jane Austen is a genius

Mrs Smith and Zombies

Community comes out through conversation

How much of community is persuasion?

We still need each other whether we like it or not

No community has ever flourished without the possibility of people you don’t like

Michael brag brag brags

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