Michael and Ethan continue their discussion of Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francois Rabelais, as translated in one case by Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteaux and in the other by M.A. Screech, while drinking Benriach distilliery’s The Smoky Twelve.

In this episode:

Yes, we implied Rachel Barrie was a demi-god last time, so godmother may seem like a demotion, but consider this: we love her.

Three hours of waiting

Obligatory digression into Diogenes:

Ethan gets it wrong, Oscar the Grouch is (OF COURSE) the one based on Diogenes

This podcast stans Diogenes, just in case that’s unclear

Some close reading, which is always exciting

Rabelais is both marvelous and infuriating

Nothing is delightful

If the observer wants there to be causation, then there’s causation

A late-episode Coen Bros digression

Someone please write the paper about Rabelais fools vs. Shakespeare fools

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