The Seven Strings of the Lyre, by George Sand, and Craigellachie 13yo - Part 1

Michael and Ethan discuss The Seven Strings of the Lyre, by George Sand (also known as A Woman’s Version of the Faust Legend), while drinking Craigellachie 13yo Speyside Single Malt..

In this episode:

The title of this play is annoying, not George Sand’s fault

A lot about fan fiction

GK Chesteron’s “A Defense of Penny Dreadfuls”

Madame de Stael, by Maria Fairweather

The point is not to win the argument, the point is to have the argument

What’s a polite way of saying “knocked around like a hockey puck”?

Narrowcasting: when we engage specifically with the “Half-Blood Prince” who marked up Michael’s copy

That said, the notes are potentially extremely bad (or at least highly debateable)

The ur-text Ethan is thinking of is the Nag Hammadi Library, whose original English translation was published in 1978 (so Ethan was at least 12 years wrong)

Magnetism

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MUSIC & SFX:

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

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