Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Eneasz Brodski; ty to JK Rowling
This is an alternate universe story, where Petunia married a scientist. Harry enters the wizarding world armed with Enlightenment ideals and the experimental spirit.
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Jul 18, 2024 • 1h 22min
Fallout 09 – Uranium Fever Aftermath
Buckle up as Eneasz and Steven discuss some of the feedback about this short series and then have an untamed discussion about how capitalism/capitalists are portrayed in popular culture full of all kinds of digressions and random thoughts. We hope you enjoy it! :) Continue reading
Jul 1, 2024 • 1h 21min
Fallout 08 – Ad Victoriam
Steven and Eneasz wrap up their discussion on the Fallout TV show and plan out future content. Continue reading
Jun 24, 2024 • 52min
Fallout 07 – Gettin’ Some Head
Enjoy the 7th episode of Uranium Fever! Everyone’s always trying to get some head. In this case it’s more literal. Continue reading
Jun 10, 2024 • 1h 10min
Fallout 06 – The One-Eyed Monster
Our heroes get trapped by evil mutants! Plus we get some ghoulishly awesome flashbacks from before the end of the world. Don’t forget to check out AskWho’s awesome Substack. Eneasz recommended this reading of a book review of the Old Testament and it’s awesome. Continue reading
Jun 3, 2024 • 51min
Fallout 05 – Lying Isn’t Nice
Eneasz and Steven chat about the fifth episode of the Fallout tv show. Remember when we thought we’d keep these around 15 minutes each? Ha! Continue reading
May 27, 2024 • 52min
Fallout 04 – Golden Rule, Motherfucker
This episode gets us back into awesome character stuff and we had a blast (bomb pun intended). Continue reading
May 20, 2024 • 40min
Fallout 03 – Getting a Head in Life
This was more of a plot moving episode and less of a deep diving conversation starter, but we still found some stuff to talk about. I hope you enjoy the transition between the main episode and the last few minutes – the sophisticated among you will get it. ;) Continue reading
May 13, 2024 • 1h 7min
Fallout 02 – Luck of the Draw
Eneasz and Steven continue the discussion about the Fallout tv show and digress hard about the role of luck in our life circumstances. The outro song is from The Righteous Gemstones sung by Walton Goggins. :) Continue reading
May 6, 2024 • 36min
Fallout 01 – Okie Dokie!
Eneasz and Steven wanted to chat about the new and awesome Fallout tv series. We were under the delusion we could keep this to like 15 minutes but you know us and that was never going to happen. Continue reading
Mar 10, 2024 • 34min
Oscar Catch-Up 2023 – Not Everything Bad Is A Satire – The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse
Is the 2023 winner for animated short a brilliant work of satirical performance art, or just bad, or just good? Eneasz, Matt, and Jen have different opinions, and fortunately we totally decide which one is right. Watch it here Continue reading
