Robert

This is Behind the Bastards, a podcast in which Sophie misses the mysterious robot woman who I believe was murdered and Sophie believes was never a person but was instead just a program that Zoom used to have and they replaced it with a thing that tries to get you to use AI whenever you record.

Have you thought that maybe she misses you?

I never think that, James.

Not James.

You're Joe.

Joe Kasabian, our guest for today.

Host of the Lions Led by Donkeys podcast.

Author of numerous works of fiction and at least one work of nonfiction, The Hooligans of Kandahar.

Joe, what else do you got to plug for us here?

My newest gunpowder fantasy novel, The Highlands Burn, comes out May 29th.

It'll probably be out by the time this episode comes out.

So, yeah, pick that up.

It'll be available e-book, audio book, paperback, wherever you get your books.

Awesome.

Well, check that out.

And check out, you know, Joe, you can't have gunpowder fantasy without...

both gunpowder and people who are willing to lie.

And you know who always has a gun and also lies a lot?

Uh, cops?

Yeah, cops, exactly.