Michael and Ethan discuss Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend, by Thomas Mann, while drinking Jura 10yo single malt.

In this episode:

REALLY REALLY REALLY helpful: A Reader’s Guide to Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, by Tobias Boes

There are at least two ways to assassinate someone with a piano

Michael lies about his dogs

Notes of realism

The Devil Is in the Details: Neurological Diseases Presenting as Religious Hallucinations in Two Literary Works

Gothic frames!

Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act 1

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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

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Michael and Ethan discuss Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend, by Thomas Mann, while drinking Jura 10yo single malt.

In this episode:

REALLY REALLY REALLY helpful: A Reader’s Guide to Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, by Tobias Boes

Lots of baffling passages in this one, sorry

Musical forms in 1930s Germany were political (a thing that never happens today, obvs)

Conservatives vs conservatives, another thing with absolutely no echoes now

Ambiguity that goes both ways

The Courage to be, by Paul Tillich

Vampire? “Explicit” -Michael VAMPIRE

“De Profundis”/Psalm 130

Icarus is symbloic of Faust

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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

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Michael and Ethan discuss Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend, by Thomas Mann, while drinking Jura 10yo single malt.

In this episode:

All digressions and fallings-apart are intentionally reflective of the novel under discussion and are not us doing a bad job

Talking about books by talking about other books (aka, this is actually us reading Tristram Shandy for at least the third time)

The narrator that gets in his own way

One or more frame stories AND several meta-layers

Lots about time, WWII, Germany, time, Germans, Nazis, and time (but not a lot that’s fun to make sassy bullet points about)

In Marlowe, Faust is damned; in Goethe, Faust is saved; in Mann, Faust is(.)

Next time Michael and Ethan will continue to discuss Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

This episode is kid-friendly, and recorded by kids! Wyatt, Samuel, and Isabell share two poems and a short spooky story to bring you some Halloween fun! In this episode:

“The Witches’ Song,” from Macbeth by William Shakespeare - read by Wyatt (6)

“Jack-o’-Lantern Song,” from The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe’en, and Thanksgiving - read by Samuel (6)

“Golden-Rod and Purple Aster,” by Flora J. Cooke (adapted), read by Isabell (10)

We’re in the midst of our “Year of Faust”: Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

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Cover art by Sarah Lilienthal

Continuing the release of spooky stories and poems from classic literature, read by the hosts and friends, this episode:

The story “The Mystery of the Semi-Detached,” by Edith Nesbit. A young man in love sees the worst thing he could ever imagine - but was it what it seemed? Can he save those who seem marked by death?

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MUSIC & SFX:

“Eerie Village” by Arcane Anthems. Used by permission

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

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For the month of October, we’ll occasionally release some spooky stories and poems of classic literature, read by the hosts and friends. This episode:

The poem “The Kraken,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Drawing on imagery of the Leviathan from Scripture and other legends and mysteries, Tennyson draws a picture of the mythical Kraken which will sleep at the ocean floor until the world ends in fire.

We’re in the midst of our “Year of Faust”: Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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MUSIC & SFX:

“Guardian Spirit” by Arcane Anthems. Used by permission

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

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Michael and Ethan discuss Faust, by Goethe, both part 1 and 2, while drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt.

In this episode:

Dynamic in a pastoral way

Baffling talk of forms, mothers, material, and reality (and keys?)

The Apocalypse has been happening since 1789

This is roughly what Ethan is talking about regarding courtly love

In case the references to “Walpurgis Night” are confusing, this probably won’t help at all

Goethe as both Enlightenment poet and Romantic poet

Since when has this podcast gone in straight lines?

Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht

There is no striving in Elysium after drinking the waters of Lethe

The GK Chesterton quote that Ethan mangles: “The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.”

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Michael and Ethan discuss Faust, by Goethe, both part 1 and 2, while drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt.

In this episode:

Self-flagellation

Translation

Abridgement

Bets vs bargains

Lost in the weeds vs taking the scenic route

Striving vs Gretchen

This podcast (Michael) casually speaks German, nbd

Goethe wasn’t JUST a creepy old man

Excellent lecture by Dr Michael Sugrue on Goethe’s Faust

Inevitable comparison to The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Poetry as excess and as exploring the space, but not jokes

Homunculus

Faust is a dare

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Goethe’s Faust, Parts 1 and 2! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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MUSIC & SFX:

“Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)