Month: August 2016

Literature: Myth Manners’ Guide to Greek Missology #1 by Harry Turtledove

Steven Ormosi hosts, and apologizes during, this discussion of Harry Turtledove’s parody on a Greek Myth with cultural references nearly as old as the original story itself.

With Katie Kelly, Veronica Hernandez, Scott Thurlow and Jonathan Ian Manczur.

Literature: Feliz Aniversário by Clarice Lispector

The Lost Signals crew discusses age, birthday cake and death at obligatory family functions in their discussion of Clarice Lispector’s short story “Feliz Aniversário.”

Veronica Hernandez hosting Katie Kelly, Jonathan Ian Manczur, Steven Ormosi and Scott Thurlow

AFI Top 100 #100: Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur had the largest budget for a movie at that time. I suspect it was mainly due to the fact that Charlton Heston was constantly chewing on the scenery. [Aggregate score: 6.6]

Literature: The Second Bakery Attack by Haruki Murakami

In this episode we discuss Haruki Murakami’s story of marriage, felony and fast food.

Guest Starring: Katie Kelly and Veronica Hernandez