Synopsis
Welcome to Alzabo Soup, where we literally become our favorite authors by devouring portions of their brains. PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is intended to be listened to chronologically by release date. Please start with the oldest episode for the title you'd like to hear!
Episodes
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Pages 131-141 - Gene Wolfe's "A Story," by John V. Marsch
30/06/2017 Duration: 01h01minIntro: Phil tries to get Metz to explain the bad cinematography in Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them. Content: Discussion of Pages 131-141 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pages 115-131 - Gene Wolfe's "A Story," by John V. Marsch"
23/06/2017 Duration: 01h08minIntro: Metz and Phil talk about some of their favorite painters. Content: Discussion of Pages 115-131 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pages 100-115 - Gene Wolfe's "A Story," by John V. Marsch"
16/06/2017 Duration: 59minIntro: Phil gets Metz to discuss his favorite board game. Content: Discussion of Pages 100-115 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pgs 85-100 - Gene Wolfe's "A Story," by John V. Marsch
09/06/2017 Duration: 01h15minIntro: Phil talks about reading Redwall to his son. Content (8:17): Discussion of Pages 85 - 100 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Title Novella Discussion - Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus
02/06/2017 Duration: 01h05minIntro: Metz regales Phil with the time that his wife took their house cat to a cat show. Content (3:12): Post-read discussion of the title novella in The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pages 66-81 - Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus
26/05/2017 Duration: 01h02minIntro: Phil explains why he hates the term "World Building." Content (6:30): Discussion of Pages 66-81 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pages 51-66 - Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus
19/05/2017 Duration: 01h03minIntro: Metz tries to entice Phil into reading Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber. Content (9:18): Discussion of Pages 51-66 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pages 36-50 - Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus
12/05/2017 Duration: 01h14minIntro: Phil tells Metz about The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. Content (7:42): Discussion of Pages 36-50 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pages 22-36 - Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus
05/05/2017 Duration: 55minIntro: Metz asks Phil to describe the merits of interactive fiction. Content (10:30): Discussion of Pages 22-36 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Pages 11-22 - Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus
28/04/2017 Duration: 01h21minIntro: Phil asks Metz to go more in-depth about his interests in pattern-based comedy. Content (8:28): Discussion of Pages 11-22 of the First Orb Edition of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe.
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Scene II.vii - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
21/04/2017 Duration: 01h11minIntro: Metz gets Phil to discuss the decline of political cartooning in the US. Content (6:35): Discussion of Act II, scene vii of Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard.
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Scenes II.v. and II.vi. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
14/04/2017 Duration: 59minIntro: Metz and Phil argue about the value of the Muppets to society. Content (8:40): Discussion of Scenes II.v. and II.vi. from "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
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Scenes I.iii. and I.iv. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
07/04/2017 Duration: 57minIntro: Phil and Metz discuss the videogame "Undertale." Content (8:54): Discussions of Scenes I.iii. and I.iv. of "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
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Scene I.ii. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
31/03/2017 Duration: 01h05minIntro: Metz forces Phil to play Jonathan Blow's "The Witness" at gunpoint. Content (8:11): Discussion of scene I.ii. from "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
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Scene I.i - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
24/03/2017 Duration: 01h02minIntro: Phil teases Metz's opinions on Star Trek out of him. Content (6:01): Discussion of Act I, Scene i of "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
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Introduction - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
17/03/2017 Duration: 01h11sIntro: Metz and Phil discuss Tom Stoppard's 1998 film, "Shakespeare in Love." Content (5:22): Historical, philosophical, and dramaturgical background on "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard.
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Part 2 - Gene Wolfe's Forlesen
10/03/2017 Duration: 01h23minIntroduction: Discussion of the Terry Gilliam movie "Brazil." Content (6:15): Discussion of the second half of the short story "Forlesen" by Gene Wolfe.
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Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Forlesen
03/03/2017 Duration: 01h23minContent: Discussion of the first half of the short story "Forlesen" by Gene Wolfe.
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Gene Wolfe's The Hero as Werwolf
24/02/2017 Duration: 01h06minIntro: Metz and Phil talk about their favorite styles of comedy, and the differences between them. Content (6:44): Discussion of the short story "The Hero as Werwolf" by Gene Wolfe.
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Gene Wolfe's Under Hill
17/02/2017 Duration: 01h05minIntro: Phil and Metz discuss the upcoming relaunch of Disney's "DuckTales." Content (9:00): Discussion of the short story "Under Hill" by Gene Wolfe.