We are joined by friend-of-the-show John-Charles Holmes to talk about episodes 1–8 of Baccano! It’s a ruckus of an episode as we try to untangle the story and themes and goof off along the way.
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Topics discussed in this episode: The Ruckus of Episode 1; Orson Welles Despises Men Like Jacuzzi Splot; [extremely Jacuzzi Splot voice] The Rail Tracer!!; Doing a Handstand on the Edge of a Ship to Try to Stop a Demon, Somehow Still Impressing the Demon with Your Stupidity; Ronnie………; The First to Eat, The First to Share; The Themes of Knowledge and Truth, Heroism and Protagonists, The Constructed Nature of Narratives; The Static, Unchanging Sitcom Quality of Isaac and Miria; Is Maiza Boruto’s Dad or Hank Hill?; Truth in Fiction; The Mystery of Dallas; Light Novels; The Multiculturalism of the United States; The Western, the Train, and the Construction of Nation; Isaac and Miria and the American Fantasy; The Robot Girl Who Learns to be a Human; Isaac and Miria’s Worldview; The Tension Between Worldviews of Fantasy and Reality; Our Favorite Characters So Far.
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