Two tired dads gush about Hades and Hermes. They also sing a lot and theorize about thin mints.

"Underwold Ambience" sound effect for "Why We Build the Wall" obtained from: https://freesound.org/people/aria_of_winds/sounds/565051/

Eric and Hunter resume season 2 with part 2 of their discussion of Yu Hua's To Live, discussing the film adaption directed by Zhang Yimou.

Hunter's website: https://hdansin.writeas.com/about-me

Solus OS: https://getsol.us/

Eric and Hunter experience déjà vu as they introduce To Live by Yu Hua, a story that follows the struggle of Fu Gui to survive and take care of his family through war, famine, and the political upheavals of the Cultural Revolution in China. This will be the last episode before a brief hiatus.

Hate Crimes against Asian Americans: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684

Chinese dialects and Mandarin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH213QEckeg

In this potluck episode, Eric and Hunter surprise eachother and the laws of time with stories. Also includes an inconceivable performance of Vizzini from the Princess Bride by Eric.

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Eric and Hunter explore the vast reaches of Star Trek media, sharing their favorite shows and movies and how it has shaped themselves and culture. Hunter also mispeaks and says "Carlos Beltran" when he meant "Robert Beltran."

Human Trafficking Awareness: https://www.alliance87.org/interactive/modern-slavery-statistics/

How Pornography can Fuel Sex Trafficking:
https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-porn-can-fuel-sex-trafficking/

Donate to a non-profit dedicated to helping survivors: https://www.amirahinc.org/ 

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Hunter and Eric discuss how one of America's most important storytellers and public figures, Martin Luther King Jr, has shaped the country and more.

Works by King discussed:

Letter From Birmingham Jail

"I Have a Dream"

"Where Do We Go From Here"

"I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Books Cited:

A Call to Conscience

Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s

"I Have a Dream" Children's Book

Eric and Hunter kick off season 2 with one of Hunter's favorite writers.

Links:

Dawen 王大文

Virginia Woolf: "The Russian Point of View"

Virginia Woolf: "How Should One Read a Book?"

Hunter Dansin: "Move the Tree to the Middle"

In this vanity episode, Eric interviews Hunter about the writing process of his first book, Dawn Must Follow Night. They also conclude the first season and discuss hopes for next season.

Buy Hunter's book: https://hdansin.writeas.com/dawn-must-follow-night

Read for free on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/Follow-Night

Listen to the audiobook: YouTube Playlist

Support Hunter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hdansin

Hunter's social links: https://hdansin.writeas.com/about-me

In spite of the tennis, for reasons unknown, Eric and Hunter raise a glass to Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and the Library of Babel by Jose Luis Borges, musing on the meaning and meaninglessness of life and knowledge.

Lucky's tirade from Waiting for Godot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQToJ9RR-4

The Library of Babel: https://archive.org/details/TheLibraryOfBabel

Real life Library of Babel: https://libraryofbabel.info/

The Last Question by Asimov: http://www.thelastquestion.net/

Hunter's poem about writing in books: https://hdansin.writeas.com/in-the-margin

Eric and Hunter discuss Andrew Peterson's advent album, Behold the Lamb of God, get into the weeds with their complicated relationship with "Christian art", but bring it back around at the end.

Also includes a special cover of "Matthew's Begats."

Behold the Lamb of God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9CMF_co2fU&list=OLAK5uy_mNgLQcjnTtnrXNLYTJzUunMJI3adt_CTo

Hunter's website: https://hdansin.writeas.com/