We Defy Augury

By Professor G. Truck

Thoughts and theories (loosely) inspired by literature, life, and all the rest.

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The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.

We Defy Augury episodes:

September 24, 2023 Hey Sheeple! Powerful Eyes are Watching You
Thoughts (loosely) based on Colin Dickey's book Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy."
Special Guests: Oedipa Maas, The Beastie Boys, Richard Nixon, Geraldo Rivera, The Who, and The Simpsons.
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58min
September 01, 2023 Spenser, Morality, and the Jock Ethic
Thoughts (loosely) based on Robert B. Parker's novel Mortal Stakes.
Special Guests: Miss Education, Coach D'Amato, Coach Taylor, Falstaff, God, Walter, Donny, and the Dude.
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52min
August 23, 2023 Colleen Hoover and the Art of the Inner Monologue
Thoughts (loosely) based on the novels of Colleen Hoover.
Special Guests: Miss Education, God.
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44min
August 21, 2023 Slouching Towards Something
Thoughts (loosely) based on J. Bradford DeLong's Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century.
Special Guests: Milton Friedman, Gordon Gekko, and Bill Cosby.
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1h 1min
August 13, 2023 The 1970s . . . Characterized by Four Crime Novels
Thoughts (loosely) based on four crime novels set in the 1970s:
The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
The Godwulf Manuscript and God Save the Child by Robert B. Parker
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Special Guests: Frank Serpico, the A-1 Guy, the Crying Indian, Crazy Eddie Antar, Fred Sandford, Officer Swanhauser, Officer Smith, Chuck D, Dutton Peabody, Tom Doniphon, Uncle Rico, Napoleon Dynamite, Frank the Tank, Blutarski, and Flounder.
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1h 7min
August 02, 2023 Ringworld: Get Down with Some 70s Sci-fi
Thoughts (loosely) based on Larry Niven's 1970 sci-fi novel Ringworld and Katie Williams' 2023 sci-fi novel My Murder.
Special Guests: Joel, Clementine, God, Han, Chewie, and Zardoz.
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50min
July 21, 2023 1215 AD: Terrible Music But Great Charters
Thoughts (loosely) based on Danny Danziger and John Gillingham's history book 1215: The Year of Magna Carta.
Special Guests: King Arthur, Denis, The Almighty Lord, Matthew Broderick as David, Al Pacino as Tony Montana, The Choir of Gonville, and Clark Griswold.
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58min
July 15, 2023 Boil and Bubble, The Irish Troubles
Thoughts (loosely) inspired by Stuart Neville's thriller The Ghosts of Belfast.
Special Guests: The Hasbro Pop-O-Matic, Detective Sean Duffy, Adrian McKinty, Sinead O'Connor, Indiana Jones, Erin Quinn, Grandpa Joe, The People's Front of Judea, and U2.
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49min
July 03, 2023 Donna Tartt + Poisonous Snakes = Hell Yes!
Thoughts (loosely) based on Donna Tartt's novel The Little Friend.
Special Guests: Drive-by Truckers, George Wallace, and Samuel L. Jackson.
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1h 18min
June 23, 2023 Autopocalypse Now (Carmageddon Later)
Thoughts (loosely) based on Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It by Daniel Knowles.
Special Guests: Laura Ingraham, 100 gecs, and The Boss himself.
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1h 4min

FAQs about We Defy Augury:

How many episodes does We Defy Augury have?

The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.