In the first non-Eco book of the season, the boys tackle Herman Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund, a tale of two very different medieval figures. Karl and Friedrich, our Hessexperts, are perplexed by the book's relation to Hesse's other works, but plow on nonetheless. The boys talk about artistic creation, medieval verisimilitude, and the special bond between teachers and students.
Then, on a very special Postmodern Food Factory, the boys try not one, not two, not three, but FOUR different lab-created foodstuffs (Nitro Pepsi, Smartfood Doritos Popcorn, Taki's Meatsticks, and Carolina Reaper Cheetos). Plus an all time great Karl story about his fear of popcorn.
Theme Music: "Shostakovich" by Mucca Pazza.
The Palace of Supreme Purity (Gao Xingjian‘s Soul Mountain + Bud Light Fall Flannel Pack)
A Lizard Crapping on Socrates (Aristophanes‘ The Clouds)
How the Boys Cultivated a Garden, and What Species of Melons They Found Therein (Voltaire‘s Candide)
Stories of Great Men, Taken from Plutarch (Middlemarch Books VII + VIII)
A Guest Worthy of Finest Incense (Middlemarch Books V + VI)
A Peerless Pierglass Appears, Into Which We Peer (Middlemarch Books III + IV)
A New, Doubtless Very Different, St. Theresa (Middlemarch Books 1+2)
Season 2 Sneak Preview
Anthony Trollope's The Warden
Ian McEwan's Amsterdam
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed
John Fowles' The Collector
Euripides' The Bacchae
Samuel Delany's Trouble on Triton
Shūsaku Endō's Silence
Iris Murdoch's A Severed Head
The Watchers Karamazov - Toy Story (Full Episode)
James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
Medical Expertise and One Pound of Nuts (The Brothers Karamazov Pt. 4)
The Watchers Karamazov - Toy Story (Teaser - Full Episodes for Patrons Only)
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