Alzabo Soup
Alzabo Soup is a literary analysis podcast where we literally become our favorite authors by devouring portions of their brains. We do chapter-by-chapter analysis of our favorite speculative fiction, researching the details and discussing the implications.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 472
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Scenes I.iii. and I.iv. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
Intro: Phil and Metz discuss the videogame "Undertale." Content (8:54): Discussions of Scenes I.iii. and I.iv. of "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
00:57:06 |
Fri 07 Apr 2017
Scene I.ii. - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
Intro: Metz forces Phil to play Jonathan Blow's "The Witness" at gunpoint. Content (8:11): Discussion of scene I.ii. from "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:05:01 |
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Scene I.i - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
Intro: Phil teases Metz's opinions on Star Trek out of him. Content (6:01): Discussion of Act I, Scene i of "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:02:11 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
Introduction - Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
Intro: Metz and Phil discuss Tom Stoppard's 1998 film, "Shakespeare in Love." Content (5:22): Historical, philosophical, and dramaturgical background on "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. Check out more at …
01:00:11 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Part 2 - Gene Wolfe's Forlesen
Introduction: Discussion of the Terry Gilliam movie "Brazil." Content (6:15): Discussion of the second half of the short story "Forlesen" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:23:32 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Forlesen
Content: Discussion of the first half of the short story "Forlesen" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:23:39 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
Gene Wolfe's The Hero as Werwolf
Intro: Metz and Phil talk about their favorite styles of comedy, and the differences between them. Content (6:44): Discussion of the short story "The Hero as Werwolf" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more …
01:06:59 |
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Gene Wolfe's Under Hill
Intro: Phil and Metz discuss the upcoming relaunch of Disney's "DuckTales." Content (9:00): Discussion of the short story "Under Hill" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:05:02 |
Fri 17 Feb 2017
Numbers 42, 43, and 44, Compiler's Note, and Discussion - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil gives some practical drawing advice. Content (7:45): Discussion of letters 42 through 44 and the Compiler's Note of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Afterward, a discussion of the nov…
01:09:52 |
Fri 10 Feb 2017
Numbers 40 and 41 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil and Metz discuss the origin of their friendship. Content (9:55): Discussion of letters 40 and 41 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
00:59:25 |
Fri 03 Feb 2017
Numbers 38 and 39 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: The inktober artwork of Erik He and his interpretation of "Book of the New Sun." Content (10:43): Discussion of letters 38 and 39 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alz…
00:54:55 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
Numbers 35, 36, and 37 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil probes Metz on the musical Cats, and gets more musical theatre history than he bargained for. Content (14:20): Discussion of letters 35, 36, and 37 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House."…
00:53:18 |
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Numbers 32, 33, and 34 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil gets quizzed on his Shakespeare knowledge. Content (11:18): Discussion of letters 32, 33, and 34 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
00:55:00 |
Fri 13 Jan 2017
Number 31 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil and Metz try and convince adult fans of literary speculative fiction that they should be watching Steven Universe, a cartoon show geared at tweens. Content (11:15): Discussion of letter 3…
01:02:11 |
Fri 06 Jan 2017
Numbers 27, 28, 29, and 30 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil thanks Metz for a lovely side of corned beef. Content (1:16): Discussion of letters 27, 28, 29, and 30 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
00:50:19 |
Fri 30 Dec 2016
Numbers 24, 25, and 26 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil talks about Dark Souls and their Wolfeian methods of storytelling. Content (11:56): Discussion of letters 24, 25, and 26 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzaboso…
00:56:17 |
Fri 23 Dec 2016
Number 23 (Part 2) - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil tries to understand the hype behind Hamilton. Content (10:06): Discussion of the second half of letter 23 from Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
00:55:39 |
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Number 23 (Part 1) - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil and Metz discuss the classic cartoons of Hanna Barbera. Content (2:59): Discussion of the first half of letter 23 from Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.c…
01:01:50 |
Fri 09 Dec 2016
Numbers 21 and 22 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Metz and Phil discuss minority casting of traditionally white male superheroes in comics. Content (6:15): Discussion of letters 21 and 22 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out mo…
00:56:48 |
Fri 02 Dec 2016
Halfway Discussion - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Metz and Phil explore the concept of word mashups (and come up with a terrible patent) Content (3:15): What we know and don't know so far at the halfway point of The Sorcerer's House. Check o…
01:18:19 |
Fri 25 Nov 2016
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