Alzabo Soup
Hosted by Metz and Phil · Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth
4.9from 427 ratings
- 530
- Episodes
- 83
- Transcribed
- 427
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Alzabo Soup
Alzabo Soup is a literary analysis podcast where we literally become our favorite authors by devouring portions of their brains. We do chapter-by-chapter analysis of our favorite speculative fiction, researching the details and discussing the implications.
- Publisher
- Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth
- Category
- arts · fiction
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 2 Sept 2016
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
83 of 530 episodes have a transcript.
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chapter 4 - Gene Wolfe's Pirate Freedom
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Chapter 3 - Gene Wolfe's Pirate Freedom
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Chapter 2 - Gene Wolfe's Pirate Freedom
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Chapter 4 - Gene Wolfe's Pirate Freedom
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I think that that's an important parallel to what Chris is experiencing. Right. Just like these birds who want to get out of the cage but don't quite know how to say it. Here he is on shore leave in Spain. And let's remember the context. Basically, at about age 10 to 12, we're not sure exactly when, his father put him into school at a monastery. He stayed cloistered at that monastery, taking on the role of a novice until he was sometime in his late teens or maybe as old as 20. It's hard to imagine him even that old. And when he finally got out of the Abbey, the first thing he had to do was beg and scrounge and steal in order to feed himself and have the barest meager existence until he got aboard this merchant ship. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 213 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 214 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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Metz and Phil host the show. Published by Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth.
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