Ep 177: Alice & Elijah vs. the Abyss, ft. Versecraft, Pt. 1

 

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

Versecraft starter episodes: Elijah's interview with Tim Steele and his episode on Shane McCrae's Eurydice On the Art of Poetry

Uncut Gems (2019)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

"The Four Horsemen" roundtable with Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens

Ben Shapiro

Joe Rogan

Jordan Peterson

You are not serious people

Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens

Matthew’s poem Creed for Atheists

Bertrand Russell

Topic of Cancer by Christopher Hitchens

Spinoza

Bill Hicks

Frequently mentioned names:

Joshua Mehigan

Shane McCrae

A. E. Stallings

Ryan Wilson

Morri Creech

Austin Allen

Jonathan Farmer

Zara Raab

Amit Majmudar

Ethan McGuire

Coleman Glenn

Chris Childers

Alexis Sears

JP Gritton

Alex Pepple

Ernie Hilbert

Joanna Pearson

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:

Poetry Says by Alice Allan

I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall

Versecraft by Elijah Blumov

Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed

Alice: Poetry Says

Brian: @BPlatzer

Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com

Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

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