Cultured Swine

The gang sit down with the many voices of the man who brought the books to life. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com

Part 5 of 5: Chapters 21-25 Three Worlds Collide chapters are here: https://hpmorpodcast.com/?page_id=1096 Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJxDTG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com

What makes something "Science" Fiction? Is it the actual application of the scientific method in the plot? Is it a setting in which science has brought the world progress that goes beyond what we currently have? Is it a story where characters approach the world intelligently and try to seek out knowledge for its own sake? I don't care, we're talking about the Odyssey no matter what it is, joined b...

Part 4 of 5: Chapters 16-20 Images for ship scale: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/672430545078321183/826756517368954880/Untitled.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/672430545078321183/826756440110661642/unknown.png Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJxDTG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss thi...

Part 3 of 5: Chapters 11-15 Johnny’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnthinkableO GSV’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GSVBemusementPk SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2007-09-20 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast Well There’s Your Problem episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW48CIGuvZE Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJxDTG Schlock Mercenary: https://w...

SMBC Comic: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-11-07   Huge thanks to Login for her musical accompaniment! Check her out here: https://soundcloud.com/user-316394201 Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) Got a desire to give us money that can't be quenched by any salve other than giving us money? Here's our patreon: [ https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast ] Th...

Huge thanks to Login for her musical accompaniment! Check her out here: https://soundcloud.com/user-316394201 A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our disco...

The one that's the finale of Surface Detail A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) Got a desire to give us money th...

The one prominently featuring Yime Nsoke. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) Got a desire to give us money that...

This episode is less editted than the previous ones. If you have thoughts on that, I welcome feedback on the discord. If you didn't notice, I'll take your silence as approval. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://termi...

The one not featuring Yime Nsoke. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) Got a desire to give us money that can't b...

We have now set up enough pieces that we can start REALLY getting into the setup. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5Rwe...

Next up we'll be covering chapters 6-10. Death traps! But death alone doesn't intend to entrap anyone for as long as they've been captured in the first part of Surface Detail. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com

Johnny and GSV witness a few additional ways of dying. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) Got a desire to give...

This time we're joined by our Lord and Savior Wes to talk about The Egg, by Andy Weir! Jeruselem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGKdkf0viM A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: [ https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/mu...

Johnny and GSV learn about a few ways of dying. The music used to accompany GSV's reading was Terminal Khaos Builders' wonderful piece, "All you ever were was a little piece of the universe, thinking to itself." Off their album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks' Culture" The Closer: https://youtu.be/S6kPXH9HJvE A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our ope...

Ziller is snarky and Quillan is sad. Our hosts are both! Caveman Sci-fi   A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) Go...

Caste wars and Dinosaurs! We begin what's probably the most emotional book in The Culture series this week in the first episode of Look to Windward. This week we cover the Prologue up till the Airsphere subchapter; Next week, 5 till "The Memory of Running." A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the albu...

After all this time, we thought it might do some good to re-release episode 1 with some better editting and our distinctive music (and by 'our', we of course mean 'The Terminal Khaos Builders''). We don't say it very often (mostly to avoid being annoying) but we mean it now: If you know of anyone who might enjoy this show, then right now, with this episode, is the best time to spread the word. Tha...

Death decides it's done being part of my metaphorical descriptions and gets to work. That Symphony we mentioned: { https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2C7y51i_R8 } That blog post we mentioned: { https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Tv7WWhgbKMWzEnMmx/mere-messiahs } A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the albu...

In our first guest appearance since the last one, Liam and Waweru from the 2 Rash 2 Unadvised podcast (Find them { https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1755988.rss } here, they talk about the Terra Ignota series) join us to talk about Harlan Elison's classic story of AI gone horribly wrong, I have No Mouth and I Must Scream! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this epi...

Wanderers giving chronicles and waxings on the philosophical!   Next episode we'll be finishing Matter. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( h...

Hoals gets smarter! Anaplian gets readier! Auromen gets stupider! The trends continue! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg...

In which Economic Parasites face off against the more standard Biological kind. Next episode, we'll cover Chapters 15-19. A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with us...

And that has made all the difference. https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken.pdf https://rootsofprogress.org/ A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they never lie," off the album "12 Views of Iain M. Banks's Culture." Check out their music here: https://terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/music Come chat with u...