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November 7, 2024 69 mins

Disclaimer: Episode is NOT Appropriate for children!

Thomas Maier and a roundtable of guests: Aharon Dubovin, Connor Sayger, and Sam Davis discuss the differences between a utopia of no surprises and no alarms vs the “possibility of mass destruction” (by fire) presented in Hawthorne’s ‘Fire Worship’. 

Sources: 

⁠No Surprises⁠’ lyrics by Radiohead

 ‘⁠Fire Worship⁠’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

⁠The Machine Stops⁠’ by E.M. Forester

⁠The Time Machine⁠’ by H.G. Wells

& ⁠Short Film⁠


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