01 - Chapters 01–03

Shaping Exercises 101

Perpetually eye-rolling... in his soul

Enjoy our first episode!

We discuss the first three chapters of Mother of Learning. (Check out our previous prelude/teaser episode if you want more information about what this is all about.)

This guy's internal experience is just a stream of long-suffering sighs.

Next week, we're discussing chapters 4–5:

4. Stars Fell
5. Start Over

You can read Mother of Learning in Royal Road and FictionPress.

You can chat with us on Discord. And leave us comments, questions, and suggestions on Github. 😅

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• Racewalking (Video)
• "Hard"(?) science fantasy story discussed: Ra, by Sam Hughes / qntm
  ([!] spoilers @44:51–45:34 (skippable by chapter markers))
  • Invisibility Theory appendix.
• Hard science fantasy recommendation from Griffin: Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss.
• Referenced Xvim Chao & Zorian fanart.

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Notes:

• Recommended playback speed is >1.3x 😅
• About half-way into the episode, you may notice a sharp increase in the amount and frequency of 'um's, 'uh's, stutters, pauses, and repetition. That would be the point where I gave up obsessing over every little detail. (This episode needed to come out this year. 😬) We intend for the next one to be better on that front.
• While discussing Chapter 3, recording had to be postponed multiple times for personal reasons. I tried to mask this on post, but we may not have done a perfect job picking up every thread we left hanging every time. My bad.

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:00:20 Welcome!
• 00:00:48 Chapter 1 - Good Morning Brother
• 00:54:57 Chapter 2 - Life's Little Problems
• 01:45:03 Chapter 3 - The Bitter Truth
• 02:27:03 Next week's chapters
• 02:29:50 Outro