Michael and Ethan begin their discussion of The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich, while drinking Jura 12yo single malt.

In this episode:

This podcast is a haunting

Other covid novels:

Sea of Tranquility

America Fantastica

Sentence Sentencing Sentences

Ethan is unprepared to answer a basic question about the text, but he affirms that there IS an answer

The grace of babies

Please tell us that Ethan is wrong

Michael does a bad thing right at the end

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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.