Tapestry Radio Network

By Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch

Join Michael & Ethan each month as they drink Scotch and talk about books, movies, pop culture, and everything under the sun, everything but Scotch. Join the conversation!... more

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October 13, 2025 "The Mystery of the Semi-Detached," by Edith Nesbit, read 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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11min
October 01, 2025 "The Kraken," by Alfred Lord Tennsyon, read by Michael G. Lilienthal
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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...more
4min
September 29, 2025 Faust Parts 1 & 2, by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, and Balvenie 12yo, Part 2
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.
(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)
...more
1h 24min
September 18, 2025 Faust Parts 1 & 2, by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, and Balvenie 12yo, Part 1
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.
(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)
...more
1h 17min
September 01, 2025 Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, and Balvenie 12yo and Oban and Lagavulin 11, Part 2
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.)
...more
1h 20min
August 18, 2025 Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, and Balvenie 12yo and Oban and Lagavulin 11, Part 1
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.)
...more
1h 9min
July 28, 2025 James, by Percival Everett and Glenfiddich 12, Part 2
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.)
...more
1h 20min
July 14, 2025 James, by Percival Everett and Glenfiddich 12, Part 1
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.)
...more
1h 8min
June 27, 2025 Way Station, by Clifford Simak, and Glenlivet 12, Part 2
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.)
...more
1h 32min
June 03, 2025 Way Station, by Clifford Simak, and Glenlivet 12, Part 1
Michael, Ethan, and special guest Jacob discuss Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak, while drinking Glenlivet 12.
In this episode:
The witness is treated as hostile
Finding the Hodag where the Way Station is in the Driftless region
The dispelling of illusions
The CIA defeated by a conversation
Bible as metaphor for technology vs. technology as metaphor for Bible
Science fiction basllica!
Rat assassin! (Ratsassin?)
Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! 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.)
In this episode:
Language, Migration, Faith, Treachery, Faith, and the Great River: a Star Trek analogy that only Michael caused to happen
English as a “grabby” language
Lots of talk about God and faith and vulnerability, a lot of it not very fun to be sassy about in a bullet point (thanks guys)
De-validating pedantry (for perhaps the first time in this podcast’s history)
Deeply uneasy fart-based transitions
The Battle of Waterloo, by William McGonagall
For context, because the boys fail to give ANY, McGonagall was a Victorian poet who is often considered the worst poet in the English language
Also, McGonagall IS Cthulu
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Way Station, by Clifford Simak! 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.)
...more
1h 5min

FAQs about Tapestry Radio Network:

How many episodes does Tapestry Radio Network have?

The podcast currently has 183 episodes available.