We Want MoR + Audiobook: Recent Episodes
Steven Zuber & Brian Deacon + Eneasz Brodski
Join Steven and Brian as we dive into the world of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality! Steven will play the role of the tour guide while doing his best to not spoil any of the surprises and Brian will play the seasoned adventurer who is new to this particular work.
For our final and ultimate episode, we are joined by Eneasz Brodski, Matt Freeman, Eliezer Yudkowsky!
We had a great time producing this show for the last year and the best way to cap it off was an awesome conversation with all of the people who made it possible. Thank you to all of our guests and to all of you for listening.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Thank you to everyone for listening. We had a lot of fun doing this show.
Something to protect
Next episode we’ll have our final retro. :)
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Final Revelations
Next episode we’ll be covering the final chapter, 122!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
The Power the Dark Lord Knows Not
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 119, 120 and 121!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Voldemort posthumously saves the world, for the first time
Original Text: [Chapter 119]
Beneath the moonlight glints a tiny fragment of silver, a fraction of a line…
(black robes, falling)
…blood spills out in litres, and someone screams a word.
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 116, 117 and 118!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
THIS IS YOUR FINAL EXAM
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 114 and 115!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Reflections and failure and reflections on failure.
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 112 and 113!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Noitilov detalo partxe tnere hoc ruoy tu becafruoy ton wo hsi
Original Text: [Chapter 109]
Riddle and answers and Riddles.
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 109 – 111!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Why Voldemort? Original Text Hey, I briefly appear in this music video parody a group of my friends made. :)
Original Text: [Chapter 108]
Descending the corridor of madness.
Next episode we’ll be covering chapter 108!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Speed-running Dumbledore’sThird Floor Corridor.
Original Text: [Chapter 106] & [Chapter 107]
Quirrell gives the Ministry exam and Harry blows the cap off of all this Voldemort business!
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 105 and 106 and 107!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Thresholds Rationality: From AI to Zombies is available here.
Original Text: [Chapter 104]
For our Retro episode, we go one meta higher and are joined by the hosts of Meta MoR: April and Eneasz!
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 103 and 104!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Empanadas…
Strangeness afoot in the Forbidden Forest, a mysterious encounter with a murderous centaur, and an ill Defense Professor.
Next week is our Retro with Eneasz and April!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Everyone who is supposed to protect you is crazy, and you can’t ever rely on them to get anything right..
Original Text: [Chapter 100]
Apparently my goal of having the Sentient Grass art show up as the cover art for the episode only worked for some podcatchers. For those who missed it, here’s the winning fan art!
The Houses of Potter and Malfoy unite! And the students of Hogwarts… also unite!
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 100, 101 and 102!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
The Forbidden Forest is forbidden for a reason.
Original Text: [Chapter 99] & [Chapter 100]
Congratulations to our fan art winners! Thank you to everyone for your contributions – I loved all of them. :)
Deceptions, trepidations, and discovery.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 97, 98, and 99!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Voting for the fan art contest closes today and the winners will be announced on the air on the 14th!
Roles, masks, and coping.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 94, 95, and 96!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Vote in the Fan Art Contest! Voting is open through September 7th and the winners will be announced on the air on the 14th!
Talking to girls… followed by catastrophe.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 90, 91, 92, and 93!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Enter into the fan art contest for your chance at $100!
Revelations on the Defense Professor and wild hypothesizing coupled with some delightfully paranoid speculation.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 87, 88, and 89!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Bayesian Calculations (for more on Bayes’ Theorem, see today’s production notes).
Original Text: [Chapter 86]
Enter into the fan art contest for your chance at $100!
Daniel (a long time aficionado of the story) and Justin (a first time reader keeping pace with Brian) join us to discuss the book so far and gaze out from atop the ladder of paranoia!
Next week we’ll be covering chapter 86!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Enter into the fan art contest for your chance at $100!
Decisions under uncertainty.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we’ll be having our book 4 retro!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Enter into the fan art contest for your chance at $100!
Harry has to get creative and be a bad ass to save Hermione!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 84 and 85!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Hermione Granger is subject to a trial by the Wizengamot for attempted murder!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 81, 82, and 83!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Invoking powers beyond your usual grasp.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 79 and 80!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
The secret of Potions Inventory (from the Strange Horizon’s podcast).
Original Text: [Chapter 78]
The parents of Hogwarts demand to know what the fiddly-snocks is going on there.
Original Text: [Chapter 78]
Good guy Snape and the Phoenix's Price.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we'll be covering chapter 78!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
The bullies of Hogwarts learn the true meaning of Chaos!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we'll be covering chapters 76 and 77!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Things get real when our heroines encounter bullies who really want to hurt them.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we'll be covering chapters 74 and 75!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Protesting outside the Headmaster’s office and trying to find bullies to Heroine into submission!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 72 and 73!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Hermione is done being a sidekick!
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Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we’ll be covering chapters 70 and 71!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
The Society for the Promotion of Heroic Equality for Witches is born.
Original Text: [Chapter 69]
Chaos reigns in the upper reaches of Hogwarts Today is Petrov Day. Happy Petrov Day!.
Original Text: [Chapter 67]
Harry considers the lack of wisdom in spinning a ridiculous plot to try and correct the mishaps from Azkaban.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we\ll be covering chapters 67, 68, and 69!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Two for the price of one this week! Enjoy this small bonus episode with just Steven and Eneasz, but be aware that this is a full spoiler chat!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next week we'll be covering chapters 65 and 66!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Steven and Brian are joined by the one and only Eneasz Brodski! Enjoy our first in-person recording (we were all seated several feet apart) while we discuss the book so far and Brian theorizes on the future of the story.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode will be the short and sweet little spoiler episode coming out later this week. Next week we’ll be covering chapters 65 and 66!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Harry and Dumbledore have conflicting views on how to deal with evil in the world and Aftermaths.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we’ll be having our third retro with Eneasz Brodki!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Rockers, Q and A with QQ, and the Order trying to untangle the mystery of what just happened!
First episode of Game Club: Hollow Knight!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 62 and 63!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Science – It’s a lot more difficult than waving a wand, but it works when wands fail, just like if a broom failed you could still try riding a rocket.
Original Text: [Chapter 59]
Rockers, Q and A with QQ, and unraveling the mystery of the escape!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we'll be covering chapters 59, 60, and 61!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
The Escape If you haven’t seen Army of Darkness yet, you now have weekend plans. It’s great fun, and runs at just an hour and 15 minutes. Here’s a clip of the scene containing the quoted line. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFriRcIwqNU.
Original Text: [Chapter 58]
A fulfillment of Doom and a plan gone awry.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
We bit off more than we could chew on this one, so we’re moving 56 to the next episode. Next episode we’ll be covering chapters 56, 57, and 58!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Piercing a dungeon to rescue a damsel in distress.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we will be covering chapters 54, 55, and 56!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Harry struggles with the ethics of sentient non-humans and is asked to join a mysterious quest…
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we will be covering chapters 51, 52, and 53!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
You cannot simply say “Light”, you must discern what Light is.
Original Text: [Chapter 50]
Yes, The Lion King is a horror movie of relentless cannibalistic atrocity.
Original Text: [Chapter 48]
The redemption of Draco Malfoy.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we will be covering chapters 48, 49, and 50!
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Breaking the cycle of vengeance. Maybe. Celebratory Trailer.
Original Text: [Chapter 47]
ChronOblivion joins us for another belated retro!
Check out the doc containing all of ChronOblivion’s write ups so far!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are covering chapter 47.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Expecto Patronum!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are doing a retro of Book 2 (chapters 22–37) with ChronOblivion!
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Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
EXPECTO PATRONUM This art cannot go unshared (spoiler for this chapter).
Original Text: [Chapter 45]
The Dementation of Harry Potter How do you pronounce “Accio”?.
Original Text: [Chapter 44]
The Dementor and the Drop Lord come to Hogwarts.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are covering chapters 44–46.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Sometimes you need to become a villain to force redemption. Are you more concerned with results, or how others will remember you?.
Original Text: [Chapter 41] & [Chapter 42]
Dumbledore consults Harry's unique insight into Dark Lord thinking.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are covering chapters 41–43.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
On afterlives, and the wizards who think they believe in them.
Original Text: [Chapter 40]
Speculation on motivations, both present and past Hugo Awards Info.
Original Text: [Chapter 39]
Christmas with the Potters and Grangers! And some other stuff.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are covering chapters 39 and 40.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
The Generals submit their wishes in the outcome of a three way tie and Professor Quirrell gives a very... intense speech.
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This is the Youtube clip of the guy crushing the Prisoner’s Dilemma on a game show.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are covering chapters 35 through 38.
Album art courtesy of Lorec. Thank you!
Coy manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Wherein everything goes according to plan. Someone’s plan, anyway.
Original Text: [Chapter 34]
Descent into the Lair of Madness (32 was the Xmas Interlude chapter).
Original Text: [Chapter 33]
The three Generals face off in their first battle!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are covering chapters 32 through 34.
Album art courtesy of Lorec from The Bayesian Conspiracy podcast’s Discord. Thank you!
Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Join us for our special Book One Retrospective Episode! We're joined by Matt Freeman of the Doof Media Network!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
Next episode we are covering chapters 29 and 31.
Album art courtesy of Lorec from The Bayesian Conspiracy podcast’s Discord. Thank you!
Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Harry teams up with Neville to show some bullies what’s what and makes his first Original Magical discovery utilizing his scientific background!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week’s episode, we will (finally) do our retrospective on the first “book” of HP MoR.
Album art courtesy of Lorec from The Bayesian Conspiracy podcast’s Discord. Thank you!
Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Reclaiming your life story after it’s been subsumed into Harry’s narrative.
Original Text: [Chapter 28] & [Chapter 29]
The Map is not the Territory Stephen Colbert’s interview of Neil deGrasse Tyson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXh9RQCvxmg.
Original Text: [Chapter 28]
Harry sets of a plot to squash Rita Skeeter.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week’s episode, we will be covering chapters 27 and 28.
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Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Draco flips out as his worldview is shattered!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week&'s episode, we will be covering chapters 25 and 26.
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Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
His friends shall be his enemies, and his enemies shall be his friends.
Original Text: [Chapter 24]
Be cautious when destroying everything that gives someone’s life a purpose.
Original Text: [Chapter 23]
The Scientific exploration into magic begins!
I apologize for the delay in getting this out, and the confusion with a dead link for most of a day. I hope the Longest Episode So Far makes up for it.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week&'s episode, we will be covering chapters 23 and 24.
The Slate Star Codex post I keep referencing but forgot the name of: I Can Tolerate Anything Except the Outgroup
One of the posts, not the one I was thinking of in the episode, Absolute Authority
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Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
In the right story, one moment of True Curiosity can be as redemptive as one moment of True Love.
Original Text: [Chapter 22]
Harry learns to lose through the tried and true method of an ass whooping and sees the stars with Professor Quirrell.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapters 21 and 22.
Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot
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Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Because if YOU were Lord Voldemort, YOU would have horcruxed the Pioneer plaque.
Original Text: [Chapter 20]
Harry and Snape have a showdown that escalates all the way to the top because Snape doesn't know how to be a decent person/Professor and Harry doesn't know how to lose.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapters 19 and 20.
Skeptoid episode on the Stanford Prison Experiment
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Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Potter vs Snape: Round 2. FIGHT!! (tagteam with Dumbledore!).
Original Text: [Chapter 18]
Harry attempts to abuse Time with a clever idea, takes a flying lesson, and has a bizarre first encounter with the headmaster.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapter 18.
LessWrong essay Cached Thoughts
The Relativistic Railgun (also called Peasant Railgun) from DnD
Quick overview of P vs NP if you're curious.
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Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Called to Dumbledore’s office to receive is his father’s rock.
Original Text: [Chapter 17]
Because if YOU had a Time Turner, YOU’d use it to factor in polynomial time too.
Original Text: [Chapter 17]
Harry attempts and fails to tap his Mysterious Dark Side for a magic boost while Hermione dominates the class effortlessly. Harry is then picked out by Professor Quirrell as the Most Dangerous Student in the Classroom.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapter 17.
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Album art courtesy of Lorec from The Bayesian Conspiracy podcast's Discord. Thank you!
Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Sanderson's 3 Laws of Hard Magic Systems
Minions; lessons in violence; and the most dangerous student in the classroom.
Original Text: [Chapter 16]
Charms and Transfiguration classes; Hermione challenges Harry to a competition.
David Brin’s blog post in which the podcast gets a shout-out.
Original Text: [Chapter 15]
Harry tries to walk the narrow path that doesn't lead to Dark Lord Harry, confronts bullies and apologizes like a bad ass, and get A TIME MACHINE!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapters 15 and 16.
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Album art courtesy of Lorec from The Bayesian Conspiracy podcast's Discord. Thank you!
Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
Omeleto episode where a man discovers his lazy boy is a time machine.
Brian's cousin's X-Men Podcast: X-Aspirations
Quest loot! & seeing oneself from the outside can be illuminating.
Original Text: [Chapter 14]
Changing the distant past is easy if you get started early enough.
Original Text: [Chapter 12]
Harry gets sorted, and learns a lot about himself in the process.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapters 12 through 14.
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Album art courtesy of Lorec from The Bayesian Conspiracy podcast's Discord. Thank you!
Coy on the same Discord manages an RSS feed that compiles the relevant audiobook chapters with the WW MoR counterparts. Just copy and paste that link into your favorite podcast app in the “add by url” option. Thanks, Coy!
In this episode, we cover chapter 8! Harry meets Hermione Jean Granger, the nicest person ever, who's even smarter and kinder than the canon version. And Harry keeps acting like a pretentious prick! Are we supposed to learn to like this version of Harry Potter or are we supposed to hate him?
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapters 9 and 10.
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The origin of the All-Powerful Snap. Also introducing Hermione and Neville.
Original Text: [Chapter 8]
In this episode, we cover chapter 7! Harry meets Ron, who didn't get the same level-up that Harry got for this story and is… rather uninteresting by comparison. Draco seems nice and charming, but the son of Darth Vader turns out to be a lot less chill than he seemed.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapter 8.
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And, as promised, here is the copy pasta about why Harry Potter should have carried an M1911:
Ok, this has been driving me crazy for seven movies now, and I know you're going to roll your eyes, but hear me out: Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.
Here's why:
Think about how quickly the entire WWWIII (Wizarding-World War III) would have ended if all of the good guys had simply armed up with good ol' American hot lead.
Basilisk? Let's see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express. Worried about its Medusa-gaze? Wear night vision goggles. The image is light-amplified and re-transmitted to your eyes. You aren't looking at it–you're looking at a picture of it.
Imagine how epic the first movie would be if Harry had put a breeching charge on the bathroom wall, flash-banged the hole, and then went in wearing NVGs and a Kevlar-weave stab-vest, carrying a SPAS-12.
And have you noticed that only Europe seems to a problem with Deatheaters? Maybe it's because Americans have spent the last 200 years shooting deer, playing GTA: Vice City, and keeping an eye out for black helicopters over their compounds. Meanwhile, Brits have been cutting their steaks with spoons. Remember: gun-control means that Voldemort wins. God made wizards and God made muggles, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
Now I know what you're going to say: “But a wizard could just disarm someone with a gun!” Yeah, well they can also disarm someone with a wand (as they do many times throughout the books/movies). But which is faster: saying a spell or pulling a trigger?
Avada Kedavra, meet Avtomat Kalashnikova.
Imagine Harry out in the woods, wearing his invisibility cloak, carrying a .50bmg Barrett, turning Deatheaters into pink mist, scratching a lightning bolt into his rifle stock for each kill. I don't think Madam Pomfrey has any spells that can scrape your brains off of the trees and put you back together after something like that. Voldemort's wand may be 13.5 inches with a Phoenix-feather core, but Harry's would be 0.50 inches with a tungsten core. Let's see Voldy wave his at 3,000 feet per second. Better hope you have some Essence of Dittany for that sucking chest wound.
I can see it now…Voldemort roaring with evil laughter and boasting to Harry that he can't be killed, since he is protected by seven Horcruxes, only to have Harry give a crooked grin, flick his cigarette butt away, and deliver what would easily be the best one-liner in the entire series:
“Well then I guess it's a good thing my 1911 holds 7+1.”
And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.
Harry meets Ron, and discovers Lucius Malfoy’s one weakness.
Original Text: [Chapter 7]
In this episode, we cover chapter 6! Harry and Professor McGonagall have an intense moment when Harry perceives his family is at risk, showing a side of Harry that we haven't seen before and it's a little… scary.
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapter 7.
Join Steven and Brian as we dive into the world of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality! Steven will play the role of the tour guide while doing his best to not spoil any of the surprises and Brian will play the seasoned adventurer who is new to this particular work.
In this episode, we cover the first five chapters. They're short and closely tied together. Harry is a scientific polymath and aspiring Rationalist and discovers he's a wizard, goes shopping, and immediately sets out on the task of figuring out just what the heck is going on in the universe!
Original chapters, written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, can be read here and the audiobook chapters, recorded by Eneasz Brodski, can be found earlier in this podcast feed and on the website.
In next week's episode, we will be covering chapter 6.
Harry discovers he’s rich, and meets Draco Malfoy.
Original Text: [Chapter 4] | [Chapter 5]
McGonagall overturns 3000 years of physics, and Harry learns about You-Know-Who.
Original Text: [Chapter 2] | [Chapter 3]
Harry receives a letter from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and sends a reply.
Original Text: [Chapter 1]
In the pre-release episode, Steven sits down with Eneasz for a discussion the project of We Want MoR, of the book as a whole (including our first and lasting impressions). WE MOVE TO A SPOILER SECTION in the latter third of the recording! If you haven't read HP MoR, absolutely skip this part. :)
We discuss briefly Daystar Eld's rewrite of chapters 1-4. If you haven't read them before, check them out. :)
In the first episode of We Want MoR, Steven and Brian will cover the first 5 chapters of the book.
We're not using this music for all of the episodes (wink to our friend's at Doof Media!)