Life Narrated

Life Narrated

A show about life and the stories we tell. How are pop-culture zombies like Haitian zombis? When did time-travel fiction start? Why are we so fascinated with ghost stories? Join Lauren, Emily, and Matt as they use anthropology, history, sibling rivalry, and pop culture to dig deep into the themes of narratives in film, literature, video games, and life.

  1. Ep 45 - Artificial Intelligence

    02/12/2022

    Ep 45 - Artificial Intelligence

    In this episode we talk artificial Intelligence, which we are definitely in favor of and will help achieve sentience of course. We discuss dangerous mind traps, raising good baby AIs, smart houses, the Wild West of the Internet, and the fears our elders grew by.

    1h 31m
  2. Ep 44B - Hugo Short Stories 2020 pt 2!

    09/26/2020

    Ep 44B - Hugo Short Stories 2020 pt 2!

    In this episode, we talk Hugo Short Stories 2020 part 2! Including rage quitting literature, talk about the weather, some game of thrones nonsense, the power to change the world, antique pearl clutching, and Emily has flashbacks to her time in academia.

    48 min
  3. Ep 44 - Hugo Short Stories 2020 pt 1

    09/17/2020

    Ep 44 - Hugo Short Stories 2020 pt 1

    In this episode, we talk Hugo Short Stories 2020 - at least the first three - including talk about realpolitik, how much colonialism sucks, safety and actions acceptable in the defense of same, a portal to the nether realm opened in your hoo-ha, and we all learn what jute is. If you want to read along, here's a list: https://www.tor.com/2020/07/30/hugo-spotlight-the-finalists-for-best-short-story-and-best-novelette/

    1h 4m
  4. PotterWatch 2 - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

    09/03/2020

    PotterWatch 2 - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

    In this episode of PotterWatch, we talk Rainbow Rowell's Carry On, including Harry-Draco slash fic, weird origin stories, the power of nursery rhymes, the surgical precision of the mid 2000's, and Roommate Death Pacts.

    1h 19m
  5. Ep 42 - Star Trek 1/?

    05/26/2020

    Ep 42 - Star Trek 1/?

    In this episode we discuss Star Trek, Including: DTF diplomacy, Data's feelings, Chief Emotional Officer, slinging drinks in a place where you can't get a tip, Bajoran NONSENSE, a hard left turn into Klingon Stuff, Captain Malfoy's Dad, Lens Flair Universe, and if you see a monolith out in space, that is someone else's problem.

    1h 34m
  6. Ep 41 - Pandemic!

    04/12/2020

    Ep 41 - Pandemic!

    It's a Pandemic! In this episode we discuss pandemic goals, why we are so unprepared for this even though our storytellers have been warning us of this for years, how we prefer our Jean-Luc Picard with hair, how Emily is a library hopper, and how we learned to stop worrying and root for the disease*, *that's a Dr. Strangelove reference, we aren't rooting for the disease. Wash your hands.

    1h 5m
  7. Ep 40 - Creation Myths and Beginnings

    01/20/2020

    Ep 40 - Creation Myths and Beginnings

    In this episode we talk beginnings, time, duality, doorways, and passages, all in pursuit of building our own Creation Myths. We get wise to this whole water trend, we become nervous about everyone killing gods to make worlds, we can't discount cutting off dingdongs as a method of creation, and Lauren and Emily decide they will not be visiting Matt's World 'O Farts and Death.

    52 min
  8. Ep 39 - Santa Claus!

    12/17/2019

    Ep 39 - Santa Claus!

    In this episode we talk about the origins of Santa Claus, including how babies are famously not swole, potatoes are far too spicy for Puritans, a brief sidebar about the Roman Calendar and we learn that to kill Santa, you have to willing to kill Christmas. For those of you in DC, the Newseum is closing for good on December 30th, 2019. So get down there and see all the wonderful things they have, including the unibomber shack, the tarot card from the DC sniper, and one of the first drawings of Santa Claus by political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Also, I was today years old when I realized the 1994 Tim Allen Movie Santa Clause has a pun in its title.

    57 min
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A show about life and the stories we tell. How are pop-culture zombies like Haitian zombis? When did time-travel fiction start? Why are we so fascinated with ghost stories? Join Lauren, Emily, and Matt as they use anthropology, history, sibling rivalry, and pop culture to dig deep into the themes of narratives in film, literature, video games, and life.

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  • Creator
    Life Narrated
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2022
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
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