UNSONG Audiobook Version

"Those who speak the Names of God aloud are called cantors and singers. Like everything, these terms have both overt and kabbalistic meanings."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/interlude-%D7%92-cantors-and-singers/

Episode 13

Duration 8:36

"And I remember the day Ana and I got married."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-5-never-seek-to-tell-thy-love/

Chapter 5 is 10 times as long as most chapters. Its 5 sections were recorded as individual episodes, of which this is the fifth.

Episode 12

Duration 9:46

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"I remember the day I asked Ana on a date."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-5-never-seek-to-tell-thy-love/

Chapter 5 is 10 times as long as most chapters. Its 5 sections will be recorded as individual episodes, of which this is the fourth.

Episode 11

Duration 5:17

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"I remember the day I first saw Ana in her element."

Here is a personal note to explain the unannounced hiatus which this podcast experienced over the last two months. Thank you to those who asked after me.

There's a happy reason and a sad reason. Let's get the sad out of the way. I no longer have access to the laptop which I was using to record this. It had several more episodes recorded on it, which I had not yet published, and which must now be re-recorded. That audio was the rest of Chapter Five, which is complex and surprisingly exerting to narrate for multiple reasons.

The good reason is that over the last two months, I switched from my 9-to-5 employment routine, and have been focusing my effort on some other passion projects that bring in money. I look forward to telling you about them when the websites launch. Until then, suffice it to say: I hope you like games.

I also run an annual convention, Penguicon, a combination of a science fiction/fantasy literature convention with an open-source software conference. Penguicon consumes most of my time in April every year. I had the pleasure to meet up with the author of UNSONG there. We got more than 1550 attendees. It was exhilarating.

Another piece of good news is that a fan of the podcast recently sold me a new laptop for really cheap. It appears to have decent USB ports which will not corrupt the sound quality as much as my regular laptop would do. You can expect the podcast to resume its regular schedule.

I would appreciate any tips you may wish to provide. As with all things related to UNSONG, this tip jar is provided with the explicit permission of the author. It's fast and convenient to send money through Square's Cash service. Here's my own Cashtag page:

http://cash.me/$MattArnold

While you have my thanks, of course tips are not necessary. And as always, here is a link to the author's site containing the original material narrated in this episode. Until next time.

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-5-never-seek-to-tell-thy-love/

Episode 10

"I remember my first morning there, the morning it all came together. The girls finally dragged me out of bed and insisted on making me breakfast."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-5-never-seek-to-tell-thy-love/

Chapter 5 is 10 times as long as most chapters. Its 5 sections will be recorded as individual episodes, of which this is the second.

Episode 9

Duration 15:48

"I remember the first time I met Ana Thurmond."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-5-never-seek-to-tell-thy-love/

Chapter 5 is 10 times as long as most chapters. Its 5 sections will be recorded as individual episodes.

Episode 8

Duration 11:14

"Even before Erica finished formally adjourning the meeting, I wove my way through the crowd of garrulous people and up the stairs into my bedroom. I grabbed my laptop from the desk, then knocked on Ana's door. She was there waiting for me."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-4-tools-were-made-and-born-were-hands/

Episode 7

Duration 9:00

"Ever since the sky cracked there has been a hurricane off the coast of Louisiana that never moves or decays. In its eye stands the Archangel Uriel."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-3-on-a-cloud-i-saw-a-child/

Episode 6

Duration 15:25

""The Code Of The World", by Aaron Smith-Teller, Published in the March 2017 issue of the Stevensite Standard

The Talmud says that God created the Torah nine hundred seventy-four generations before He created the world. Generations of who, I don't know. The Talmud is kind of crazy."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/interlude-%D7%91-the-code-of-the-world/

Episode 5

Duration 11:51

"Right down the road from Berryessa Station there's a big house with a hidden basement. The people who live there – usually six to eight of us, rarely the same from one month to the next – are the sort of artsy college students and aimless twenty-somethings who think that houses should have names. We call it Ithaca."

A serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. Here is the website on which he is publishing the text:

http://unsongbook.com/chapter-2-arise-to-spiritual-strife/

Chapter 4

Duration 21:02