read/write the podcast: Recent Episodes

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read/write is a biweekly book club featuring hosts Brendan and Sam with a rotating cast of guests. Join us, here, as we have converse about the books we read.

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Episode 15:

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Moby Dick

Or, The Whale

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Herman Melville

Guest Host:

Erica

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Episode 14:

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Moby Dick

Or, The Whale

by

Herman Melville

Guest Host:

Erica

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Episode 13:

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Sapiens:

A Brief History of Humankind

by

Yuval Noah Harari

Guest Host:

Rob

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Episode 12:

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Sapiens:

A Brief History of Humankind

by

Yuval Noah Harari

Guest Host:

Rob

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Episode 11:

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by

David Sedaris

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Episode 10:

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by

David Sedaris

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This week, hosts Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@AccdntlOrigin) talk about giant robots which cause traffic problems, evils geniuses who plan to solve traffic problems, and how often one should retweet their brand.

We stream our other podcast, The READ/WRITE book club, every three weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

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Episode 9:

"Quality Content, part 2"

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by

Robert M. Pirsig

Quality.... quality never changes. Sometime in the late twentieth century a man rode a motorocycle across America with his son. He also complained about academia.

Join Sam (@MCPepperpockets), and Brendan (@Accidental Origin) on this deep dive into Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every three weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

Theme music by Stefan Jurewicz (@StefanJurewicz) and Ellen Daly (@Ellendawnd)

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Episode 8:

"Quality Content, part 1"

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by

Robert M. Pirsig

Quality.... quality never changes. Sometime in the late twentieth century a man rode a motorocycle across America with his son. he also complains about academia.

Join Sam (@MCPepperpockets), and Brendan (@Accidental Origin) on this deep dive into Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every three weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

Theme music by Stefan Jurewicz (@StefanJurewicz) and Ellen Daly (@Ellendawnd)

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Episode 7:

"Ontario Gothic"

Roughneck

by

Jeff Lemire

Special Guest:

Justin

This week, hosts Sam (@MCPepperpockets), Brendan (@FreakLabMishap) and our friend Justin talk about Jeff Lemire's "Roughneck", a great Canadian graphic novel.

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every three weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

The video version of this podcast is available on the READ/WRITE YouTube Channel.

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

Theme music by Stefan Jurewicz (@StefanJurewicz) and Ellen Daly (@Ellendawnd)

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This week, hosts Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@AccdntlOrigin) talk about E3 (the Darksouls of conventions), CanGames (the Darksouls of the Ottawa RPG community), and Darksouls II (the Darksouls of Darksouls).

We stream our other podcast, the READ/WRITE book club, every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

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This week, hosts Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@FreakLabMishap) talk about future projects, creature acting, and our brand.

We stream our other podcast, the READ/WRITE book club, every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

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Episode 6:

"Storytelling via card games and bickering"

The Black Company

by

Glen Cook

This week, hosts Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@FreakLabMishap) talk about the second half of Glen Cook's novel The Black Company. The the action picks up and the characters become more interesting as our heroic mercenary Croaker plays cards with his friends, practices archery, and fantasizes about the villain's childhood. Al

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

The video version of this podcast is available on the READ/WRITE YouTube Channel.

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

Theme music by Stefan Jurewicz (@StefanJurewicz) and Ellen Daly (@Ellendawnd)

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This week, hosts Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@AccdntlOrigin) talk about escape rooms, not politics, and the most beautiful game, PUnkBat.

We stream our other podcast, the READ/WRITE book club, every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

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Episode 5:

"Comically Large Morion"

The Black Company

by

Glen Cook

This week, hosts Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@FreakLabMishap) talk about the first half of Glen Cook’s The Black Company. We do not have a guest this time, so you listeners will have to settle for just our two sultry voices. We cover the first three chapters and try to figure out what the hell is going on.

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

The video version of this podcast is available on the READ/WRITE YouTube Channel.

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

Please tune in for our next READ/WRITE book club episode on 22 May 2017, at 8pm EST. We’ll be discussing the last half of The Black Company.

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Welcome to INPUT/OUTPUT, a podcast where Sam and Brendan have a stream of consciousness chat about whatever's been interesting them that week. This is a special episode recorded in front of a live audience on Twitch. This time, we talk talk about the true nature of Christmas, muppet gulags, and them thar Volition boys.

Don't forget to catch Brendan and Sam's book club podcast live, at 8pm EST on 8 May at Twitch.tv/accidentalorigin.

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Episode 4:

"True Journey is Return"

The Dispossessed

by

Ursula K. Le Guin

Guest Host:

Lucas

This week, host Sam, co-host Brendan, and guest, Lucas, discuss the conclusion of The Dispossessed, by Ursula k. Le Guine. We talk about the effect of strong alcohol on the unprepared, peer-pressure, and whether our guesses from last episode came true.

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

The video podcast version of this episode is available on our YouTube Channel, READ/WRITE Book Club, HERE.

Brendan also broadcasts his weekly writing stream every Sunday, at 12pm EST at Accidental Origin.

Find more of Sam’s writing on his blog, www.BurialAtC.com.

Please tune in for our next READ/WRITE book club episode on the 8th of May 20017, at 8pm EST. We’ll be discussing our next book, The Black Company.

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Welcome to INPUT/OUTPUT, a podcast where Sam and Brendan have a stream of consciousness chat about whatever's been interesting them that week. This episode we talk about webcomic, The White Board; crazy 90's TV show,  Art Attack; fake coffee cups, and Hellboy. Normally we alternate weeks between READ/WRITE and INPUT/OUTPUT, but this week is the Easter weekend, which means everyone is busy with family things. READ/WRITE returns on the 24th, when we conclude our reading of The Dispossessed. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and all those other social media things.

If you want to know more, follow Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@AccdntlOrigin) on Twitter.

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Welcome to INPUT/OUTPUT, a podcast where Sam and Brendan have a stream of consciousness chat about whatever's been interesting them that week. This week we talk about AIs cooking humans, Final Fantasy and outer space (plus lots more). This is also the first episode to include a musical intro, contributed by friend of the show, and guest on READ/WRITE episodes 1 and 2, Martin Vannier. Normally we alternate weeks between READ/WRITE and INPUT/OUTPUT, but next week is the Easter weekend, which means everyone is busy with family things, so there'll be another INPUT/OUTPUT episode on Monday, 17th of April. READ/WRITE returns on the 24th, when we conclude our reading of The Dispossessed. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and all those other social media things.

If you want to know more, follow Sam (@MCPepperpockets) and Brendan (@AccdntlOrigin) on Twitter.

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Episode 3:

"Investigate the Shitstool"

The Dispossessed

by

Ursula K. Le Guin

Guest Host:

Lucas

This week, hosts Sam and Brendan are joined by guest Lucas to discuss the first half of Ursula LeGuine's The Dispossessed,a complex exploration of society and self. Put on your anarchist hats, and tighten your belts, because things are going to get political.

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Find the video version of this podcast on YouTube HERE.

Watch Brendan’s weekly writing stream, every Sunday at 12pm, also at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Checkout Sam's blog at www.BurialAtC.com

Join us 24 April 2017 at 8pm EST for our next episode where we discuss the final half of The Dispossesed.

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Welcome to the first episode of Input/Output a podcast where Sam and Brendan have a stream of consciousness chat about whatever's been interesting them that week. This will be posted every second week. Along with READ/WRITE we'll be posting something every week. This week we take on such topical subjects as the movie Dredd (2012), the videogame Myst (1993) and the works of author Chuck Tingle (timeless). Take a listen!

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Episode 2:

"Shut up, Dandelion"

The Last Wish

by

Andrzej Sapkowski

Guest Host:

Martin

This week hosts Sam and Brendan are joined by guest Martin to discuss the final three short stories of The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowsky. Geralt takes a bath in A Matter of Price, meets a friendly satyr in The Edge of the World and goes fishing with his friend, Dandelion, in The Last Wish.

We stream the READ/WRITE book club every two weeks at 8pm EST at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Find our book club videos on YouTube HERE.

Don’t forget to check out Sam’s blog at www.BurialAtC.com,

and watch Brendan’s weekly writing stream, every Sunday at 12pm, also at www.twitch.tv/AccidentalOrigin

Join us 3 April 2017 for our next episode where we discuss Ursala le Guin's The Dispossesed with our guest, Lucas.

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Episode 1:

The Last Wish

by

Andrzej Sapkowski

Guest Host:

Martin

Welcome to read/write, a book club podcast. This month we are reading The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. We cover the first half of the book in this episode and will conclude our discussion in episode 2, on 20 March 2017. If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow for more. This was also recorded as a video podcast HERE. For more interesting discussion of books, writing and general literary nerd-dom, follow Brendan's channel, Accidental Origin, on Twitch, and Sam's blog, Burial at C, on Wordpress. Enjoy the show!