471. Like Razorblade Pie: The Beast That Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World (Feat. Katy Stoll)
Added 2022-03-18 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
A new show!
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the short story “The Beast That Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World” and the guest is Katy Stoll.
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Comments
Making my way through the pods...this might be my favorite so far! Thank you for this weird shit!
drunkencoyote
2023-07-28 19:35:34 +0000 UTCso goddamn excited for more of this series. Thank you!
Van Veen
2022-04-01 03:46:33 +0000 UTCAwesome idea!
Seth Humphrey
2022-03-29 21:17:12 +0000 UTCWoo! Book club is back! That said, to maintain the Vonneguy balance, you should probably bring Schmitty back for Ray Bradbuddies
Dubious Citation Page
2022-03-26 22:43:41 +0000 UTCI absolutely loved this, I will be listening to all these as they come out for sure.
Mercurial_Oz
2022-03-25 11:55:59 +0000 UTCLoved it, please continue to do more speculative fiction stuff and you should have Robert Evans on for Santa vs. S.P.I.D.E.R so he can finally know whats behind the bastards.
Brandon Lanham
2022-03-23 04:23:06 +0000 UTCThanks for doing this, folks. Thoughts that I think need to be out there and thought about more. The idea that lessons from the past have to be repeatedly relearned and forgotten resonated with me as something I've been thinking about a lot lately.
John Ford
2022-03-20 17:50:38 +0000 UTCThis was great. I look forward to everything this series brings in the future, and I hope Katy comes back soon.
Drew Mancini
2022-03-20 17:41:40 +0000 UTCThis was great! And I loved that you brought Katy on here, I enjoy both even more news and worst year ever, but I really appreciated hearing Katy having the chance to expound on her thoughts, worldview, morality etc without having to relate it to specific news items. I feel like this will deepen my enjoyment of her other work, so thank you for that.
Tue HL
2022-03-20 12:52:20 +0000 UTCThis is the intersection of several things I greatly enjoy: a candid Katy, a deeply reflective Michael, and fiction that is all at once both incredibly out there and hugely indicative of broad swaths of the human experience.
Kasa
2022-03-20 01:28:57 +0000 UTCAbsolutely yes
Andrew Marinus
2022-03-19 22:47:14 +0000 UTCOne thing you and Alex did was the Kurt blurts, lovely linguistic gems that you wanted to share. Does Ellison's writing lend itself to that?
Scottie Wottie
2022-03-19 08:31:02 +0000 UTCI think this format works for heady speculative short stories. Other than summarize the plot, mainly what you are going to talk about are the major concepts the story addresses, and that will of course be a bit meandering. No one's expecting a doctoral dissertation, just an exploration of ideas.
Scottie Wottie
2022-03-19 08:29:22 +0000 UTC^Though I don't agree with Mark and Jez, I think of happiness like Michael and Katy described. The part I'm unsure of is whether or not sadness/grief/suffering deepens joy. I agree joy can be taken for granted but I don't know if we can really quantify one person's happiness vs another's? Like does a person who has had to suffer actual torture now have a greater capacity for happiness than someone who hasnt? That rings false for me. It will surely impact their future experiences and maybe they would take less things for granted but it just feels unintuitive and kind of glorifies suffering.
Lia
2022-03-18 21:25:11 +0000 UTCGreat convo, I really like hearing Michael's thoughts on these cosmic types of concepts so I'm really excited for more of these. I'm already a fan of Katy's, I think she's so thoughtful and it was nice to hear her speak in a different context than I usually do! Also the idea of emotions/happiness being finite reminded me of this peep show moment: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/15/85/301585aa9f80bccdb262562772cceb61.jpg "it completely is" gets me every time lol
Lia
2022-03-18 21:08:53 +0000 UTCOn top of genuine concern for you as a human being who needs to create or suffer, this is exactly the kind of content I subscribe for.
Anthony J Ridenour
2022-03-18 19:26:48 +0000 UTCThis was great and terrible and beautiful and heartbreaking. Michael, I can't speak for everyone, but ever since the early days of Cracked, I have always been a fan because of the deeper thought and insight your videos inspired, the pop culture fun was just the icing. Keep it up. Thank you, I am on board, let's do this.
Adam by the Birch
2022-03-18 15:50:27 +0000 UTC
