The Absolute at Large
An inventor has created a machine, a "carburator," which consumes matter entirely. It destroys it on an atomic level, releasing massive amounts of energy, and leaving nothing behind—at least, nothing physical. It turns out that pantheism (the idea that God is present in everything) is true, and the carburator not only releases energy, it releases God—or "the Absolute." As carburators are installed throughout the world, more and more instances of miracles occur, and the people near the carburators grow more and more spiritually fanatic. The Absolute is at large, and mayhem ensues.
Translation by David Wyllie.
Narration by Francis Bass
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2016
Chapter 30 - The End
In an inn in Damohorskych, many years after the war, Brych, Binder, Jošt and Rejzek all gather for a fry-up.
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00:08:17 |
Sun 24 Jul 2016
Chapter 29 - The Final Battle
As the war drags to a messy, underwhelming conclusion, it is difficult to determine where the final, and supposedly decisive, battle takes place.
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00:08:37 |
Sun 24 Jul 2016
Chapter 28 - Seven Chalets
In the Czech countryside, Mr. and Mrs. Blahouš and their neighbor Mrs. Prouza speculate about the Greatest War, and who and what started it.
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00:07:21 |
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Chapter 27 - A Pacific Atoll
The world war reaches the little island where Mr. Bondy has been hiding out, and he discusses the phenomenon with a captain who has stopped by.
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00:07:52 |
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Chapter 26 - The Battle of Hradec Králové
The chronicler uses the Battle of Hradec Králové, where the forces of General Hampl gathered to overthrow Mayor Skočdopole, as a reflection of world events on a smaller scale.
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00:08:50 |
Sun 17 Jul 2016
Chapter 25 - The Greatest War Ever (as they called it)
The chronicler explains why this war "really was, I swear it, quite easily the greatest war ever."
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00:08:28 |
Sun 17 Jul 2016
Chapter 24 - Napoleon of the Mountain Brigade
In the mountains of southern France, Lieutenant Toni Bobinet declares war on the Absolute, and begins a campaign of sprawling conquests.
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00:08:43 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Chapter 23 - Conspiracy in Augsburg
In the course of two months, all the nations of the world plunge headlong into war.
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00:11:07 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Chapter 22 - An Elderly Patriot
As Czech reporter Cyril Kéval and his fellow journalists wade through endless reports of minor conflicts, skirmishes, and riots from around the country and the world, Kéval happens upon a letter from…
00:10:39 |
Sun 10 Jul 2016
Chapter 21 - A Dispatch
A postman makes his way through a blizzard to deliver a telegram to a Mr. Marek.
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00:08:43 |
Tue 05 Jul 2016
Chapter 20 - St. Kilda
As tension rises around the world, a global summit is convened to maintain peace and order.
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00:12:31 |
Tue 05 Jul 2016
Chapter 19 - The Canonisation Process
The Catholic Church goes through the long, unprecedented procedure of welcoming the Absolute into the church as its God.
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00:08:31 |
Sun 03 Jul 2016
Chapter 18 - Night Time in the Editing Room
As religions and governments all over the world embrace the Absolute, Bishop Linda berates the editor of a Catholic Journal for continuing their invective against Him.
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00:11:13 |
Sun 03 Jul 2016
Chapter 17 - The Hammer and the Star
The brothers of the Hammer and Star lodge of the Free French Masons meet to discuss their response to the recent activities of the Absolute.
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00:08:17 |
Tue 28 Jun 2016
Chapter 16 - In the Mountains
Mr. Bondy and Marek meet in Marek's house in the mountains, where the Absolute's influence has yet to reach.
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00:10:16 |
Tue 28 Jun 2016
Chapter 15 - Upheaval
The chronicler explains the disastrous affects of the Absolute's overproduction, and how humanity was saved from total starvation.
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00:10:43 |
Sun 26 Jun 2016
Chapter 14 - Land of Plenty
The chronicler describes the obscene abundance created by the Absolute.
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00:11:45 |
Sun 26 Jun 2016
Chapter 13 - The Chronicler Apologises
The chronicler apologizes for his inability to describe every story and character caught up in the worldwide influence of the Absolute.
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00:08:44 |
Sun 26 Jun 2016
Chapter 12 - The Private Tutor
The learned Doctor Balhouš sets out to write an academic paper regarding recent episodes of religious fervor and fanaticism, and does so all day long, and through the night.
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00:08:49 |
Tue 21 Jun 2016
Chapter 11 - The First Conflict
A carousel fitted with a carburator becomes a divine sanctuary, and its owner a spiritual leader, but there is friction when the carousel starts touring near the holy dredger.
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00:10:46 |
Sun 19 Jun 2016
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