Kindred - Episode 1 (e) 
2023-05-10
Chris Hamm, Chris Jacobsen, Travis Rowe
Wherein we talk about the first section of Kindred and we also discuss: bygone bookstores and the death of memory, Reactions to the book, Casual brutality in a casually brutal time, Time travel pranks, Biblical names as plot hints, and the cunning use of not-yet-ancient coins.
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Things of note in this episode:
- Intro Clip: Tactical Waterboarding
- Bygone bookstores and the death of memory
- Initial reactions to the book
- Casual brutality for a casually brutal time
- Economical Storytelling method
- Time Travel Pranks
- Biblical names as plot hints
- Navigating in the dark (without Apple Maps)
- The gig economy back in the day
- Cool-ass conspiracies
- Cunning use of not-yet-ancient coins
- A portrait of the lady of the house in plantation times
- Predictions for the rest of the book
- Social media was a mistake
- Homework for next time: Read the rest of the book
- "What Else Is Good?"
- On Second Thoughts
- After Credits: Sports parents
What Else Is Good?:
Chris:
- This book & other life events
An automatically generated transcript of this episode is available here