

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.
Episodes
Mentioned books

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.

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

Jan 15, 2024 • 1h 29min
We Got Dreams! – Eneasz Brodski
Steven and Jennifer continue the dream in a discussion with the story’s author, Eneasz Brodski. The book is What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here.
The short story this is an expansion of is Of All Possible Worlds. Check out that story and everything else he’s published here.

Nov 20, 2023 • 28min
We Got Dreams! – Joah
Steven and Jennifer continue the dream to talk about Joah, one of the protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here.

Nov 14, 2023 • 24min
We Got Dreams! – Andreas
Steven and Jennifer continue the dream to talk about Andreas, one of the protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here.

Oct 3, 2023 • 57min
The Real Fanfic Is The Friends We Made Along The Way
The Real Fanfic Is The Friends We Made Along The Way, by Eneasz Brodski
Original Text at my blog
This audio version was produced by AskWho, using awesome new AI tech. It cost him money to produce this, and his Patreon is always open to people who’d like to fund more of this sort of thing. :) https://www.patreon.com/AskwhoCastsAI

Aug 30, 2023 • 28min
We Got Dreams! – Marcus Verus
While Eneasz is away, Steven and Wes sit down to talk about Marcus Verus, one of the three protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Steven finally got off his ass and picked up a whole book without a podcast to motivate him. Then, not only could he not put it down, he couldn’t resist the urge to talk about it. Read this book and buy it here.

Jul 28, 2023 • 1h 2min
Barbie – It Makes Sense If You Understand Cinemanarrative Dissonance
Sneaking massive feels under the woke radar.
Full spoilers for Barbie
Links:
America Ferrera’s full monologue
Written post – Cinemanarrative Dissonance – The Subversiveness of Barbie
Lindsey Ellis on Megan Fox in Transformers
Short story – One of the Good Ones
Patron-only post with over 9 minutes of additional discussion
(edit: Meghan Daum’s version of Ferrera’s monologue but for men. I encourage everyone to do one for themselves.)
You can support this podcast at our Patreon. We have a Discord as well.

Jul 10, 2023 • 1h
IMSIYUDT 12 – “if he just wants to snuggle, him just snuggling is fine”
It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory – a podcast literary analysis of Planecrash/Project Lawful
Episode 12 – Eneasz Breaks
The Future Will Be Hyper-Local
Eneasz on Chuck Tingle
The Official IMSIYUDT Weekly Reading Table of Contents, created and maintained by Cakoluchiam
The Project Lawful audiobook (help fund it here)
Epub versions of Planecrash

Jul 3, 2023 • 1h 14min
IMSIYUDT 11 – “She doesn’t want to give him time to dwell on it, so she kisses him”
It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory – a podcast literary analysis of Planecrash/Project Lawful
Episode 11 – Things Start To Happen
Get To The Fucking Monkey
For Next Week, reading goes to: “if he just wants to snuggle, him just snuggling is fine.”
The Official IMSIYUDT Weekly Reading Table of Contents, created and maintained by Cakoluchiam
The Project Lawful audiobook (help fund it here)
Epub versions of Planecrash
You can support this podcast at our Patreon. We have a Discord as well.


