In Which Cato Builds a World: Recent Episodes
In Which...
I've been building a world for the better part of a decade now.
It's grown and grown and I haven't found a good way to put it all somewhere for people to see it. But then, a while ago, I did a podcast for my Latin class and had a lightbulb moment. And now, I'm doing a podcast talking about the history of that world.
This is a one-person show. Sometimes things get a little messy, and I only got a microphone partway through, but I really hope you all like it.
If you do, or don't, please let me know at catofriday@gmail.com.
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W00T! Season 2 is finally here! And... we're starting with a recap for those who haven't listened before. Episodes mentioned: Anything with In Which - IC cover art.
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Season 2 will begin in full on the First of October, 2020.
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No ads! I put this out so late that I don't deserve the ad revenue. On this episode, I discuss the evolution of circumstances in the wake of the Razing as they apply to the average individual through the lens of the history of a single village named Fahrenwalde.
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Sorry, but I need to slow down to 2 a week so as to not run out of content.
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The West Coast may have been stateless, but it's not like there wasn't some semblance of order. Where the state wasn't, black-market trading syndicates stepped in to provide some of the benefits of a state. On this episode, we hear about 3 of them, then look at the history of the region.
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Listen to Cato talk about International Commonwealth space travel for about an hour. We also have an instagram now, so that's @cato_friday_productions
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Cato goes back to the end of the First War to see how the USA fared post war. The short answer is not good. Aasya Highwind destroyed her country by pivoting from a World War to a Civil War.
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Have you ever wondered, "How the heck does the IC military organize itself being so big and all?" Probably not. However, this episode tells you all about how they do just that.
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Sorry about the title, I'm tired, ok... So, I figured I should cover the IC's government. Have fun.
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"What the hell are we even doing anymore? The world's fallen apart, and we can't fix it now. We shelled the survivors. Called them rebels. They were right. We abandoned them. We're supposed to be defending them and we just rained the high explosive down on them like they were enemies. Christ." - Kyra Warsawzawski, Journal, 31 AR, trans. from Polish. Cato couldn't do the mailbag because nobody emailed him. So, he's cooked up this episode for you, looking at one of his stories. On that note, please email him at catofriday@gmail.com
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"Aasya Highwind is a pretender to the Presidency. She is a known ally of the International Commonwealth. She will be punished for her crimes. We'll be the ones to do it." - Unknown, speech to a group of assassins, 22 AR. On this episode, the First War draws to a close with the US forces crushed and surrendering. America has a puppet government installed, leading to a countercoup. There's more, obviously.
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We take a break from the First War today to look at canon facts about Draconics. Cato, through a perfect storm of bad events ended up grounded from his phone on the day he needed to record, then didn't take his meds and wasn't able to focus on writing. facepalms So, you get this instead. Normal content will resume next episode.
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"I would urge you, Aasya, as your friend to reconsider submitting these plans. You will only prolong a war that your nation will lose. As one who has seen her share of wars, I will tell you that shedding more blood than is necessary ought to be avoided, especially if it is the blood of one's adopted nation." - Meluda Tenzingail, 21 AR, letter to Aasya Highwind, trans. from New Unified Draconic. The First War sees its first major upset as the US pushes the IC's line back to the border in the East on today's episode.
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"The President of the United States of America, with the full support of the Congress of the same seeks to codify her nation's aggressions against its foriegn enemies." - US declaration of war, January 4, 20 AR, English. Nobody wanted this war except the US. And now it's losing it. Today, Cato looks at how the USA got off to a bad start.
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"Why pay more for less? The TE-06 PC costs only 200 USD, while the Nerian TL-9 costs 875 USD, even though in independent tests, the TE-06 was found to perform consistently better." - Tenzingail Electronics Ad for the TE-06 laptop PC, 16 AR. On this episode, Cato talks about how one company destroyed an entire economy. It's an interesting story, at the least.
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[Disclaimer: this was recorded in an extremely hot area and Cato did not have a drink with him so he becomes a bit loopy. However, this may be a glimpse into the strangeness of the mind that birthed this world.] "I've just broken the immersion. laughs" - The Host, 2020. On this episode Cato takes a detour to Canada to talk about its relationship with the IC.
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America was doing great. But Canada didn't align with them, and that made them worried. So they invaded, which brought the IC's army down on their heads. On this episode, we talk about the Canadian-American War.
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"Strange times make stranger bedfellows." - Proverb. America was a total mess in the wake of the Razing. However, the exodus of people from the East Coast and the beginnings of the Progress Movement showed that they were ready to rebuild in a positive way. On this episode: The Great March West and the Progress Movement.
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This is the In Which trailer episode! In Which is an effort by Cato Friday to establish the important bits of the canon of his world. Join him for a wild ride through a post-post-apocalyptic world where 3 nations encompassing huge swathes of the globe are in a constant state of war, Europe became politically unified, Las Vegas is a ghost town, New York was shelled, and much, much more.
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"Our mission is to assist the military in disorganizing terror groups by hunting down and killing their leaders." - Mission Statement of The Organization For Ballistic Philanthropy. In a nation as big as the IC, there's bound to be a few anti-government groups. This episode gives you an overview of some of the most important ones, and the citizen and government groups dedicated to fighting them.
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"Propaganda is the lifeblood of our country." - Anonymous Propaganda Department worker, 21 AR, English. The International Commonwealth runs on a propaganda machine and that's the focus of the first half of the episode but then Cato runs out of stuff to say about it and pivots to a different topic entirely.
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"No civilian will ever look down the barrel of an International Commonwealth gun. They will merely flee in terror as the two-ton shells rain down on their city." - Kyra Stanislaus, Battery Commander of the 112 Super-Heavy Artillery Battery, 30 AR, after the shelling of New York, New York by her battery, English. In this episode, Cato discusses the Academy system, how the IC fights, and the propaganda of the IC. The episode gets a bit dark at the end, and Cato's sure that the IC are some of the worst guys now.
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"My sympathies have always been with the socialists. One need only look at who I fought for in the Spanish Civil War to see that. But I am a capitalist by virtue of my economic holdings, and therefore I find myself in an awkward position, and must resolve to work to make capitalism as pleasant for the working man as possible." - Meluda Tenzingail, 20 AR, press conference, translated from French. The Tenzingail Corporation is a company that produces, well, everything. How they acquired this monopoly and what they did with it is the subject of this episode.
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"4856 soldiers dead. Most were barely 20, cut down by canister shot, bleeding out without medical care, alone as the screams of battle echoed around them. Why are we fighting in Ukraine? What do they have that we want? What could they possibly? Please, Delegate Mirsky, vote to end this war!" - Anonymous Russian, letter to Delegate Mirsky, 4 AR, translated from Russian. In this episode, Cato talks for nearly an hour about the wars in Europe, as well as the Ukrainian Compromises, negotiations with Russia that were supposed to be about getting her to accept a more liberal constitution, but quickly became about the eventual invasion of the Ukraine, then quickly became about random things that either side wanted.
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[Disclaimer] This was the first episode, before I got some advice about formatting. This episode just covers one event, The Razing. Suffice it to say that on January 1st, 2020, everyone over 18 and under 8 died instantly. The cause remains unknown. This event destroys the old order of the world, and the children left to rebuild must do what they can. [Original Description] "That was when everything shuddered to a stop. Instant societal collapse with the power infrastructure following soon after. The meltdowns. France was so irradiated. I've treated so many people with radiation sickness. Hundreds." - Anonymous Doctor, 5 AR. The Razing is a single event that changes everything, and it's the point where the world I'm talking about diverges from the one we're living in. In the first episode, Cato talks about it and a bit about the immediate aftermath in Europe.
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