Alzabo Soup
Arts
Fiction
Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth
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.
Part 2 - Gene Wolfe's Forlesen
Introduction: Discussion of the Terry Gilliam movie "Brazil." Content (6:15): Discussion of the second half of the short story "Forlesen" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:23:3210/03/2017
Part 1 - Gene Wolfe's Forlesen
Content: Discussion of the first half of the short story "Forlesen" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:23:3903/03/2017
Gene Wolfe's The Hero as Werwolf
Intro: Metz and Phil talk about their favorite styles of comedy, and the differences between them. Content (6:44): Discussion of the short story "The Hero as Werwolf" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:06:5924/02/2017
Gene Wolfe's Under Hill
Intro: Phil and Metz discuss the upcoming relaunch of Disney's "DuckTales." Content (9:00): Discussion of the short story "Under Hill" by Gene Wolfe. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:05:0217/02/2017
Numbers 42, 43, and 44, Compiler's Note, and Discussion - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil gives some practical drawing advice. Content (7:45): Discussion of letters 42 through 44 and the Compiler's Note of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Afterward, a discussion of the novel as a whole. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:09:5210/02/2017
Numbers 40 and 41 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil and Metz discuss the origin of their friendship. Content (9:55): Discussion of letters 40 and 41 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
59:2503/02/2017
Numbers 38 and 39 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: The inktober artwork of Erik He and his interpretation of "Book of the New Sun." Content (10:43): Discussion of letters 38 and 39 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
54:5527/01/2017
Numbers 35, 36, and 37 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil probes Metz on the musical Cats, and gets more musical theatre history than he bargained for. Content (14:20): Discussion of letters 35, 36, and 37 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
53:1820/01/2017
Numbers 32, 33, and 34 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil gets quizzed on his Shakespeare knowledge. Content (11:18): Discussion of letters 32, 33, and 34 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
55:0013/01/2017
Number 31 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil and Metz try and convince adult fans of literary speculative fiction that they should be watching Steven Universe, a cartoon show geared at tweens. Content (11:15): Discussion of letter 31 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
01:02:1106/01/2017
Numbers 27, 28, 29, and 30 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil thanks Metz for a lovely side of corned beef. Content (1:16): Discussion of letters 27, 28, 29, and 30 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
50:1930/12/2016
Numbers 24, 25, and 26 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
Intro: Phil talks about Dark Souls and their Wolfeian methods of storytelling. Content (11:56): Discussion of letters 24, 25, and 26 of Gene Wolfe's "The Sorcerer's House." Check out more at alzabosoup.com.
56:1723/12/2016
Number 23 (Part 2) - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
55:3916/12/2016
Number 23 (Part 1) - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
01:01:5009/12/2016
Numbers 21 and 22 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
56:4802/12/2016
Halfway Discussion - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
01:18:1925/11/2016
Numbers 19 and 20 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
45:4518/11/2016
Number 18 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
01:04:2811/11/2016
Numbers 16 and 17 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
56:3204/11/2016
Numbers 14 and 15 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
01:01:1428/10/2016
Numbers 12 and 13 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
55:1714/10/2016
Number 11 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
48:1830/09/2016
Numbers 9 and 10 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
01:00:3716/09/2016
Number 8 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
53:4307/09/2016
Numbers 6 and 7 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
48:1902/09/2016
Numbers 4 and 5 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
58:4002/09/2016
Numbers 2 and 3 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
59:4202/09/2016
Introduction and Letter 1 - Gene Wolfe's The Sorcerer's House
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.
46:1302/09/2016