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WARNING: This episode contains frank talk about some of the gross sexual stuff from the book. It's nothing makes us think we need to mark this episode as "adult" or anything, but it may not be the best one to listen to with your kids in the car.

Anyhow, trouble was a-brewin' on last week's episode, as some of our heroes like Ernest Cline's Ready Player One and some of them did not. Today they are putting it on trial. Nathan is judge. Brandon is the prosecutor, and he is out for blood. And Jake "Atticus" Mentzel is the defense. If you listen really hard, you can hear some parts where our heroes are actually a little annoyed with each other, but it's okay. They're all still friends.

Table of Contents:

00:00 Preliminary Matter and Donor Shout Outs

03:34 The Trial Begins

04:07 Opening Statement of the Prosecution

09:44 Opening Statement of the Defense

14:16 Character matters?

16:35 Scenes that Tolstoy doesn't have

21:52 Approach the bench

27:12 A Perfect Validation Fest

29:54 A waste of time?

34:00 What makes a book worthwhile?

36:13 Jake the Lawyer

39:45 Popcorn that aspires to be steak

43:16 Poor Brandon

45:01 "This is actually getting real now"

47:25 Good trash

48:30 She got all my references

51:11 A great sandbox

55:21 What's at stake is stupid

57:00 Impartiality goes bye-bye

1:01:00 Closing Arguments - Jake

1:04:01 Closing Arguments - Brandon

1:10:00 The Verdict

Music: "The Pirate And The Dancer" by Rolemusic is licensed under an Attribution License.



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