Really True Fiction - Ep. 63 - Missing Everybody - (The Catcher In The Rye)

Ep. 63 - Missing Everybody - (The Catcher In The Rye)

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10/04/20 • 127 min

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We dive into everyone's favorite high school assigned reading and the Salinger classic. Both David and Luke were pleasantly surprised at how much they enjoyed this book. We talk about insecurities, depression, rage, theological whimsies, gift giving and receiving, a Promethean vs. a hero, and much more. Hope you enjoy!

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Ep. 62 - The Civilizational Impulse - (The Stand)

An RTF first! We welcome our friend Billie as our first ever guest on Really True Fiction! We discuss the Stephen King novel The Stand in this episode. We discuss the world of The Stand, and how it might be similar and different from our COVID world. We also discuss leadership, reflected decision making, remember the world before a tragedy, learning and growing from a global catastrophe, goodness being small but persistent, the dangers of teleology, how propaganda works in this world, and how protracted adolescence clouds potential. You can also find Billie and Luke on the Nothing To Fear podcast where, with their friend Alex, they watch a discuss horror movies. https://anchor.fm/nothingtofear

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Gladiator 1:40:05

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IT 2:16:00

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Pinocchio 2:40:30

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Ep. 64 - Ariadne's Thread - (Blade Runner)

In this episode we dive into the 1982 Ridley Scott classic Blade Runner (based on the Philip K. Dyck novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?). We talk about the nature of personhood, the Turing Test, where we think Plato got things wrong, and what it means to treat another being as a person. This is one of our more philosophically heavy episodes; so be forewarned! Enjoy!

Additional Spoilers:

There are several spoilers for the movie Ex Machina and the show Westworld in this episode.