{"id":435262,"date":"2020-10-15T10:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=435262"},"modified":"2020-10-15T10:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:32:51","slug":"tmr-13-6-star-rats-and-space-aces-ada-or-ardor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2020\/10\/15\/tmr-13-6-star-rats-and-space-aces-ada-or-ardor\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 13.6: &#8220;Star Rats and Space Aces&#8221; [ADA, OR ARDOR]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chad and Brian wrap up Part One of\u00a0<em>Ada, or Ardor<\/em>\u2014which features a duel, multiple deaths, an existential diatribe, and canes\u2014and move onto Part Two, which is very Pynchon-esque. They get to dive into Van&#8217;s &#8220;philosophical novel,&#8221; ideas of time, questions about Terra, and much more. This episode is as fun and wild as the book itself!<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s music is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dnz8iRmmaww\">Riding Solo<\/a>&#8221; from the Spanish indie rock band Hinds.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to <em>watch<\/em> the conversation, you can find it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ao5igCysBso\">YouTube<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCicUncIFZZEdqt8pka0U05g?view_as=subscriber\">all our past episodes<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0CfZx3BUrVA\">watch episode 7 live next Wednesday<\/a> where you&#8217;ll also have the opportunity to ask questions, make comments, or correct inaccurate statements.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/open_letter\">Open Letter,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadwpost\">Chad Post,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWood_\">Brian Wood<\/a> for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to order Brian&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/products\/joytime-killbox\"><em>Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is now officially available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions.<\/p>\n<p>You can also support this podcast and\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>of Open Letter&#8217;s activities by making a tax-deductible donation through the <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1676\/giving19\/giving19.aspx?sid=1676&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=712&amp;cid=1541&amp;appealcode=15U2Y\">University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16415474\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad and Brian wrap up Part One of\u00a0Ada, or Ardor\u2014which features a duel, multiple deaths, an existential diatribe, and canes\u2014and move onto Part Two, which is very Pynchon-esque. 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