Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth

Alzabo Soup

Arts EN ↓ 516 episodes

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.

Author

Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth

Category

Arts

Podcast website

alzabosoup.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Number 23 (Part 2) - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 16.12.2016

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.

Number 23 (Part 1) - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 09.12.2016

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.com.

Numbers 21 and 22 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 02.12.2016

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 more at alzabosoup.com.

Halfway Discussion - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 25.11.2016

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 out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 19 and 20 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 18.11.2016

Intro: Phil discusses the state of newspaper comic strips Content (5:30): Discussion of Letters 19 and 20 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Number 18 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 11.11.2016

Intro: Metz talks about his recent trip to Meow Wolf and the House of Eternal Return. Content (6:45): Discussion of Letter 18 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 16 and 17 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 04.11.2016

Intro: Metz and Phil talk about the musicals they acted in during high school. Content (7:41): Discussion of Letters 16 and 17 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 14 and 15 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 28.10.2016

Intro: Metz reveals his opinion of Dr. Who. Content (5:30): Discussion of Letters 14 and 15 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 12 and 13 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 14.10.2016

Intro: Phil talks about the magic of the SNES game Earthbound. Content (7:25): Discussion of letters 12 and 13 of "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Number 11 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 30.09.2016

Intro: Metz suggests a couple of graphic novels for those looking to enter the art form. Content (13:00): Discussion of Letter 11 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 9 and 10 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 16.09.2016

Intro: Metz and Phil talk about their favorite books in childhood that did not age well with their tastes. Content (5:40): Discussion of Letters 9 and 10 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Number 8 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 07.09.2016

Intro: Metz talks about his experience seeing Finding Dory. Content (4:45): Discussion of letter number 8 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House" Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 6 and 7 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 02.09.2016

Intro: Phil attempts to crystallize the three act structure in film for our listeners. Content (3:34): Letters numbers 6 and 7 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 4 and 5 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 02.09.2016

Intro: Metz Talks about Jim Butcher Content (1:45): Discussion of letters number 4 and 5 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Numbers 2 and 3 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 02.09.2016

Intro: Phil talks about his turn as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Content (2:40): In this episode we make our way into The Sorcerer's House in letters number 2 and 3, plus some book recommendations because why not? Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Introduction and Letter 1 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House 02.09.2016

Welcome to the first episode of Alzabo Soup, a podcast about speculative fiction. Here begins our in-depth discussion of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." We introduce ourselves, the author, and the book in general, then dive right into Letter Number 1. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

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