Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Nov 11 2024 474 ep. 65 mins 8.3k
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This is an alternate universe story, where Petunia married a scientist. Harry enters the wizarding world armed with Enlightenment ideals and the experimental spirit.

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Man in the High Castle 04: Post-Knowledge Dystopia

Nov 11 2024 50 mins  
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their reading of Man in the High Castle. Couple of not too exciting chapters, but tension seem to be rising. Couple back next week for chapters 9 and 10! Continue reading

Man in the High Castle 03: Power Keeps Distorting

Nov 04 2024 86 mins  
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue our reading of Man in the High Castle. We get the name of the thing in this one and everyone loses their mind when the German Chancellor dies. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8! Continue reading

Significant Digits audio is here!

Oct 30 2024 2 mins  
AskWho is bringing Significant Digits into audio format via AI narration. The first episode is live today, and he’ll be doing one a week until completion. He’s using an AI-clone of my (Eneasz’s) voice for the bulk of it, which caused me some small amount of existential panic you can… Continue reading

Man in the High Castle: No New Episode

Oct 28 2024 2 mins  
No new episode this week, sorry folks. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Link to the John Stewart clip Continue reading

Man in the High Castle 02: Politics Kill Dreams

Oct 21 2024 54 mins  
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue our reading of Man in the High Castle. Lot’s of fun plot lines get started in these chapters. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Continue reading

Man in the High Castle 01: Parallel Kafkaesque Dystopia

Oct 14 2024 56 mins  
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven kick off our second book, Man in the High Castle! So far it’s lots of fun, even if the world is a complete nightmare. Continue reading

Ubik 06: Pondering Kafkaesque Dimensions

Oct 07 2024 81 mins  
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, we wrap up Ubik and talk about some of the cool, mind-bending stuff it makes you think about. Come back next week for the first… Continue reading

Ubik 05: Probing Known Dimensions

Sep 30 2024 55 mins  
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the weirdness keeps on coming! Come back next week for the last 4 chapters! Continue reading

Ubik 04: Perception Kaleidoscope Dimension

Sep 23 2024 58 mins  
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, things are getting super weird. Are they dead? Is everyone dead? Come back next week for chapters 11, 12, and 13! Note: I’m giving myself… Continue reading

Ubik 03: Phantasmal Kinetics Discussion

Sep 16 2024 49 mins  
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the crew gets to the moon and shit goes sideways right away. Come back next week for chapters 8, 9, and 10! Continue reading