An Irishman and a Swede walk into a bar, what resulted was a conversation about Magic Systems, Betting, and Ethnic Cleansing.  We also had a chat about Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir; Detective Novels by Michael Connelly and Stephen King; The Good Country Equation, by Simon Anholt; and The Sword of Fire, by Katharine Kerr

Time Stamp:

00:02:01, Ethnicity

00:08:30, Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

00:18:02, Michael Connelly & Stephen King, Harry Bosch & Mr. Mercedes

00:26:12, Simon Anholt, The Good Country Equation

00:35:05, Katharine Kerr, Sword of Fire

00:42:20, Magic Systems

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