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The Socialist Shelf

Talking about the last year...also, "Hell is the Absence of God"

Jan 7, 2025
01:52:21

It's a year in review episode but also we do a short story because that's what we doooo, baby.

It's been a great year for the show (and in basically no other way). We celebrate it in this episode by the giving of dubious gifts, reflecting on our favorite episodes of the year, and being slightly disrespectful to Jimmy Carter.

We also discuss Ted Chiang’s 2001 short story, "Hell is the Absence of God." We get sad and philosophical about it.

Music by Solo Monk (@SoloMonk256 on Twitter, ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/solomonkart⁠⁠⁠,) episode art is us emerging to seize the new year!

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