DEATH // SENTENCE Podcast
1) Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun
Ishiguro season is done now that we've reached 2022's Klara and the Sun, the heartwarming story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about Anime, for Satan. Music by https://20buckspi...Show More
2) The Multitude of Existence and North Continent Ribbon
This time around, Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!) Then, they take a look at Ursula K. Le Guin award nominee, Ursula Whitcher's ...Show More
3) The Futility of War and Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness
Langdon and Eden kick things off by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle? They also discuss the inherent futility and horror of war. Then, the...Show More
4) Kazuo Ishiguru - The Buried Giant
We made it - the podcast's personal favourite Kazuo Ishiguro book, The Buried Giant. It turns out a book about memory and genocide is kind of relevant to the world today, but we set it as part of Ishi...Show More
5) Everfair, Colonialism, and Better History Fiction
Gareth and Eden explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing better, less racist, and more "complete" historical fiction. Nuclear dirigibles, proto-socialist societies, cool k...Show More
6) Growing Up Weightless and the John M. Ford Revival
Eden flies solo on this episode, diving deep into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the criminally under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, a...Show More
7) Calypso and Topographical Verse
Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are. Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, ve...Show More
8) Kazuo Ishiguro - Nocturnes
The Kazuo Ishiguro season continues with maybe his least known, maybe his least liked work: Nocturnes. Sitting between the mega-hit Never Let Me Go and the critical blockbuster The Buried Giant, this ...Show More
9) Lyta Gold - Dangerous Fictions
Are books... dangerous? A lot of people think so, from Moms For Liberty to the mostly-imaginary internet spectre of the censorious Puriteen. Lyta Gold joins us to talk about which books are most dange...Show More
10) Red-tinted Pasts and Ursula Le Guin's Five Ways to Forgiveness
Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and with this snippet of existence, they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left and suggest a proper position (empathy) towards its hopes and f...Show More