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Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Each episode we'll be discussing what we're reading, listening to, looking at, viewing and tasting. For links, playlists, previews and photos of everything thing we talk about, visit our substack page, The Epicurean Vagabonds (https://epicureanvagabonds.substack.com)
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WildStar, the leader of TunaClan! He loves to read warrior cat books and animals by Erin Hunter! Yeah, he always ask the questions of the day and you can talk to me about it! See you later!! I’ll add more to my bio soon~
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Circle Gherkin

AaronLeigh, Kid Charisma & M0D3Rn

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Circle Gherkin started out as a joke guild in the space-themed MMO, Wildstar. The name was popular among it's guild members for its hilarious and not-so-subtle innuendo. Ultimately the name has stuck with the group ever since, even as they departed the world of Nexus at an attempt to regain their social lives. The founding fathers of the group; AaronLeigh, Kid Charisma and M0dern now have their eyes set on a different goal. To create entertaining and somewhat informative videos, podcasts and ...
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Sales, marketing, breaking the rules, life lessons, and poetry inspired by me making mistakes and living abroad, but not in that order Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/salesandstanzas/support
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Plus Bamako*Chicago Sound System, Ashley Suszczynski, Angela Saini & Penny Siopis! This Week’s Apéritif: Domaine Tselepos Amalia Rosé Reading: Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (translated by Andrew Hurley) & The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality by Angela Saini Listening: Caracoles by Orquesta Akokán & Bamako*Chicago Sound System…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We actually finally get around to having the Age of Sigmar discussion, and more specifically talk at length about Warhammer Fantasy and the new Spearhead game mode which feels a bit like a Magic the Gathering Format. From there Kodra talks about his recent experience attending th…
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Plus Edward P. Jones, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Alexandre Cabanel & Killer of Sheep! This Week’s Apéritif: Anastasia Fragou “Old Vines” Retsina (100% Savatiano), Attica, Greece Reading: Giovanni’s Room (Deluxe Edition) by James Baldwin (introduction by Kevin Young) & The Known World by Edward P. Jones Listening: Night Reign by Arooj Aftab & Rectangles & …
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! After taking a week off from it, we are returning to our Dawntrail full spoiler show. This week we say hi to Tam and Kodra… before they boop out of the show given that neither has actually played FFXIV recently. We pick up where we left off with the coronation of t…
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Plus Pedro Lemebel, Marisol (Escobar), Lee ShinJa & Athenian Tragedy! This Week’s Apéritif: “Mama’s Tired” - Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Scotch, Mandarine Liqueur, Sour Cherry Juice & Greek Honey Simple Syrup with a Gummi Bear Garnish! Reading: The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides& Reading: A Last Supper of Queer Apost…
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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we are taking a break from the Dawntrail topic because Ammo was not available. As a result we dive into a normal topic load starting with Grace talking about their experience playing Diablo IV Season 5. From there we dive into a mega topic of Kodra and his recent t…
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Plus David Malouf, Simphiwe Mbunyuza, Akseli Gallen-Kallela & Dinner at ParkBench! This Week’s Apéritif: Moschofilero from En Fiala Wines & Spirits in Athens, Greece Reading: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker & Ransomby David Malouf Listening: The Music of Toumani Diabaté (August 10, 1965 — July 19, 2024) & No More Water: The Gospel of James B…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen Hey Folks! For years we have had this tradition of recording a full spoiler show once all of the folks who are actively playing Final Fantasy XIV have completed the content. We knew this would be an epic undertaking given that we never got around to recording a post-Endwalker show. This is ab…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen This week we dive into the brand new Path of Exile league as we assist the Settlers of Kalguur. We talk about our experiences with the exceptionally detailed league mechanic so far. Tam contrasts his experience with this league with his experience playing Last Epoch. We talk a bit a…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen Good Morning Folks! I am going to give you fair warning… this is a very Path of Exile episode. We pushed that topic to the very end of the show but once you hit it… it is pretty much an hour of talk about the upcoming Settlers of Kalguur League. We start off the show with some discussi…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back in fighting form with the entire crew. We start off discussing SGDQ or Summer Games Done Quick a massive speedrunning community event. From there we talk a bit about the Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalgur spoilers and some of the changes that are bei…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Last night we recorded a show in which we attempted to thread the most delicate needle. Ammo, Bel, Grace, and Thalen have all finished the Dawntrail MSQ and only really want to talk about that. Tam however has not even started it, nor has he finished any of the post-Endwalker con…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back to a full crew this week. We start off with a discussion about Fallen Aces which leads into a larger discussion of games that feel like spiritual successors to other games. From there we talk about Kodra’s experiences with Origins and taking his kiddo t…
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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are down essentially half our folks and as a result we have a bit shorter show than our normal fare. We start off with some discussion about Grace’s return to Final Fantasy XIV and how Bel “influenced” them into coming back. From there we talk a bit about Four Job Fiesta and how the Whi…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Kodra Hey Folks! We are down a few folks who are travelling this week. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there. We start off with Bel talking about the recent controversies surrounding New World Aeternum and the general marketing self-own of that announcement and seemingly ignoring the current …
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Bel crash lands the introduction by completely managing to skip over Thalen. We have a pretty packed show as several things got bumped from the previous show. We start off the show with some discussion of Luck Be A Landlord, a game that was compared to Balatro. Fro…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Apologies for another missed show last week but Bel very narrowly missed some Twisty Weather. This week we start off the show with a discussion of Grace’s recent experiences in Diablo IV and how the game has changed for the better. From there we talk about Final Fantasy XI…
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Plus Minor Notes, Emily Cheng, Osman Hamdi Bey & Brian Wilson's Smile! This Week’s Apéritif: Rebuli Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Brut, “Zerogrammi" Reading: The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare & Minor Notes, Volume 1 (edited by Jesse McCarthy & Joshua Bennett, foreword by Tracy K. Smith) Listening: Filthy Underneath by Nadine Shah …
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Plus Isamu Noguchi, Yone Noguchi, Rachel Khong, Clarissa Munger Badger & Mango Shrikhand! This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Summer Sangria! (red wine, brandy, cherries, mango pits/seeds with pulp, oranges, lemon, peach juice, cinnamon, clove, star anise, simple syrup) Reading: Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) & Real Americans by Rachel Kho…
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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start off the show talking about some of the recent updates to Pathfinder adding a number of player background options including build your own animal race. Kodra talks about his experience finishing up Animal Well, and Ash talks about playing a game that mimics raiding in Final…
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Plus Madhur Jaffrey, Dylan Thomas, Omar Victor Diop and Josep Tapiró Baró! This Week’s Apéritif: The Bitter Pompelaretto (Amaretto, Schweppes Pompelmo, Schweppes Bitter Lemon) Reading: The Forgetters: Storiesby Greg Sarris & A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994 by Alice Munro (July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024) Listening: Under Milk Woodnar…
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Featuring: Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen We have a pretty big show which is surprising given we are down a few folks. Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there who might be listening to this show. We start talking about Bluey Surprise! Episode, and then dive into Kodra’s thoughts about Guild Wars 2 Season 1. Bel talks a bit abo…
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Plus Henry Louis Gates Jr., Yuja Wang, Wangechi Mutu & Arnold Böcklin This Week’s Apéritif: Peroni Gran Riserva Rosso Reading: The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood & The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Listening: Kimono My House by Sparks (50th Anniversary!) & The Vienna Recital by Yuja Wang Looking: The Art of Arnold Böcklin (18…
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Featuring: Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We have a bit of a “Smol” show at least when it comes to cast. Last week we had to take that off because Bel was in “duck and cover” mode do to the storm system tearing through the center of the country and producing over one hundred Tornados. This week we had a bunch of folks with other commitmen…
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Plus Judith Butler, Melissa Cody, Li Po, Alvin Langdon Coburn & a Helluva Halvah Tasting! This Week’s Apéritif: May Wine (White Wine, Sparkling Wine, Strawberries, Woodruff, Honey, Orange & Lemon) Reading: The Selected Poems of Li Po (translated by David Hinton) & Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler Listening: Letters from a Black Widow by Jud…
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Plus Sofia Samatar, Thandiwe Muriu & Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours Trilogy! This Week’s Apéritif: Qershi Cola Cocktails (Cherry Raki, Sour Cherry Juice & Coke Over Ice) Reading: The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain by Sofia Samatar & Celebrating the Life & Work of Poet, Translator & Anthologist Jerome Rothenberg (December 11, 1931 – April…
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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen We had a bit of a cursed show… Tam lost power and was essentially knocked out of the rest of the show and then Ash disconnects as well and takes a bit to get back in. We push through however as we always do. Bel talks about returning to Fallout 76 and all of the cool changes that have …
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! On April 13th of 2014, we recorded the very first episode of AggroChat so last night the stars aligned just perfectly for us to be recording on our ten-year anniversary. We start the show by discussing a few different AFK games, namely Gnorp Apologue and AFK Journe…
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Plus Émile Zola, Émile Savitry, Anton Prinner, Altera Vita and Hela Nokto! This Week’s Apéritif: Metaxa Grapefruit Fizz Reading: The Belly of Paris (Le Ventre de Paris) by Émile Zola (a new translation with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky) & I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé (February 11, 1934 – April 2, 2024) Listening: Hela Nokto …
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we are down a Kodra and a Grace but carry on with a short list of topics. First, we talk some more about playing Secrets of Grindea in its final form. Tam has ventured forth into Helldivers 2 and talks a bit about what makes the gameplay so infectious. Thalen introduce…
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Plus Pierre Gagnaire, Maria Martinez, Maria Sibylla Merian, Yeisy Rojas & the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble! This Week’s Aperitivo: Aperol Bicicletta Cocktails! Reading: Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson (from the The Mapp & Lucia Novels) & The Story of Film by Mark Cousins Listening: Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit by Kahil El’Zabar’s …
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Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Since this episode will be coming out on Easter, Happy Easter to all who celebrate. Last night we talked about Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs for that more approachable Gloomhaven experience. We took a trip over to the Switch and discussed Mario vs Donkey Kong and Princess Peach Showtim…
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Plus Lola Flash, A. E. Stallings & Highlights from Our Recent Trip to Athens! This Week’s Digestif: Mastika from Kosteas Distillery Reading: Medea by Euripides (translated by Charles Martin with an introduction by A.E. Stallings) & This Afterlife: Selected Poems by A. E. Stallings Listening: Audio Vertigo by Elbow & Real Power by Gossip Looking: No…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Thalen, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! Grace has returned to Stardew Valley and we spent some time discussing some recent changes… including the mayo meme. From there we talk a bit about Balatro as folks have had a chance to dive into it. Tam talks about his experiences with Pacific Drive and its unique blend o…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks we’re back! Sorry for the week off but we return with a full docket of topics. We start off with some more discussion of Last Epoch and how everyone is still enjoying the game. Bel dinged 100 for the first time and we talked a bit about buildcraft and approachability. From…
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Plus Isabel Wilkerson, Clara Sola, Marianne North, Bolesław Biegas & Daughters of Latin America! This Week’s Apéritif: 2021 Ruggeri Prosecco Superiore Brut “Vecchie Viti,” DOCG Conegliano Valdobbiadene, Italy Reading: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson & Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Lat…
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Plus Kwaidan, Leni Sinclair, Suniti Namjoshi & Albanian Sushi! Reading: Paris France by Gertrude Stein & The Good-Hearted Gardeners by Suniti Namjoshi Listening: Lo by Paula Cole Looking: The Photography of Edward Steichen & The Photography of Leni Sinclair (b. March 8, 1940) Viewing: Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity — directed by Chloë Sevigny, starring…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Tonight we are back with the whole crew. We start off the show talking about how Secrets of Grindea, a game that we did an early gameclub show about… has FINALLY launched out of Early Access. From there we talk about Last Epoch some more as Kodra was out last week and has muc…
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Plus Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, Kazim Ali and Lizzy Ansingh! This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Pomegranate & Walnut Raki Spritzer — made with Pomegranate Juice, Albanian Walnut Raki (Cobo Raki më Arra) and Club Soda Reading: When the Night Agrees to Speak to Meby Ananda Devi (translated by Kazim Ali) & Inquisition by Kazim Ali Listening:…
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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back after taking a break last week due to the limited number of folks available. This week we start off with a topic that has bounced around a bit on our docket. Namely, we marvel at just how balanced City of Heroes/City of Villians is and what a pinnacle of system design i…
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Plus Annette Peacock, Kazimir Malevich, Abdulrazak Gurnah & Sea Soul Restaurant! This Week’s Apéritif: Malamatina Retsina (Thessaloniki, Greece) Reading: Jane Grigson’s Fish Book by Jane Grigson & Admiring Silence by Abdulrazak Gurnah Listening: Slaughter on 10th Avenue by Mick Ronson (50th Anniversary) & I'm the One by Annette Peacock Looking: The…
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Plus Jennifer Packer, Ellen Day Hale, Cajun Deviled Eggs & See What You're Missing: New Ways of Looking at the World Through Art! This Week’s Apéritif: Agorà Bianco Frizzante, Valle d'Itria IGT Reading: Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang & See What You're Missing: New Ways of Looking at the World Through Art by Will Gompertz Listening: Sarah Vau…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we have a sick Bel that is trying to hold on during the show and a very long-distance Kodra, but it all works out in the end. We start off with some discussion about Marvel reprinting the Godzilla comic run that has been out of print for decades. From the…
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Plus Kathleen Collins, Lass, Ma Yuan & Radio Bar Tirana! This Week’s Apéritif: The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie #2, Electric Boogaloo (Hazelnut Rice Milk, Roasted Almond Milk, Blueberries, Avocado, Peach Juice, Carrot Juice, Wild Apple Juice, Orange Flavored Electrolyte & Collagen Powder and Ice) Reading: Housekeeping (Fortieth Anniver…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It has been a few weeks since we recorded a normal show and I think we had a bunch of conversation in us waiting to get out. As a result, we recorded a bit longer than we should have but that is okay! We talk about Celeste 64 and that sort of gameplay translates to…
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Plus Julie Mehretu, Abdullah Ibrahim, Aziza Brahim & Ahmed Yacoubi! This Week’s Apéritif: A Sour Jdid & A Champagne Cocktail à la Rick's Café in Casablanca, Morocco Reading: The Death of Sitting Bear: New and Selected Poems & House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (February 27, 1934 – January 24, 2024) Listening: Bubisher (new single)and Sahari (20…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It is that time again, time for our yearly Games of the Year show. Last year we learned that it was far better to record two weeks in a row instead of creating a marathon three-plus hour long show and cutting it in half. This week we dive into the second half of th…
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Plus Jean Delville, Hasui Kawase, Alejandra Pizarnik & The Lost Boys (Le Paradis)! This Week’s Apéritif: Leonard Cohen’s signature drink, The Red Needle Reading: Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen & Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 - 1972 by Alejandra Pizarnik (translated by Yvette Siegert) Listening: Auraby Kateri…
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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It is that time again, time for our yearly Games of the Year show. Last year we learned that it was far better to record two weeks in a row instead of creating a marathon three-plus hour long show and cutting it in half. So this week I bring you the first part cove…
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