Cultured Swine
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ancillary Justice [20-Finale]
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In conclusion, the Radchaai is a land of contrasts. Find Octavia in various places! Again!https://twitter.com/slimepriestess https://voidgoddess.org/ ...
Ancillary Justice [16-19]
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Oh god there was more past, there was a lot more past.Next time we cover chapter 20 through to the conclusion of the book.Come chat with us on our dis...
Ancillary Justice [12-15]
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we learn what the hell was going on in the past. Hopefully the present and future come next!Next time we cover chapters 16-19Come chat with...
Ancillary Justice [8-11]
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Next week we'll be covering chapters 12-15.No, you had an unplanned hiatus!...sorry guys, work's been busy, and I've had trouble finding the time and ...
Ancillary Justice [1-11, I guess?]
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joined by a guest and tragically abandoned by GSV, Johnny hosts a discussion of the whole book up till chapter 11 with Octavia Nouzen.Next time, we'll...
Ancillary Justice 2 [4-7]
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our ratio of questions answered to questions raised is still looking a little wonky, but we're making progress!Next week, we'll be covering chapters 8...
Ancillary Justice [1-3]
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our most uncertain episode yet, Johnny and GSV cover a series that they’ve never actually read before. As a result, they’re undecided on a few ...
Algebraist [6]
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z )A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! ...
Algebraist [5]
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z )A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! ...
Algebraist [4]
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Links we mentioned: [ https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/011F6B31E4B9FF726F346228E631F727/S1477175600002013a.pdf/...
The Algebraist [3]
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHi9FvUPSdQ&t=1s True Factshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole-rathttps://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodc...
Algebraist [Parts 1 & 2]
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm afraid we're going to have to use... math.Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z )A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders ...
And Another Thing [7-Final]
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No links for this one.Next, on to the Algebraist! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to ...
And Another Thing [1-6]
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One left! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.subs...
Mostly Harmless [13-Final]
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-11-29https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...
Mostly Harmless [1-12]
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Salt circle: https://archinect.imgix.net/uploads/fe/fevhbt2v7w5028jf.jpegPatron: patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast This is a public episode. If you w...
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish [21-40]
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No, neither of us has died. I'm sorry about how long this took.Douglas Adams playing with Pink Floyd: https://youtu.be/g2D1XjBCj3MMeditations on Moloc...
The Preserving Machine
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Preserving Machine, online copy [ http://sickmyduck.narod.ru/pkd097-0.html ]Smooth Criminal, Japanese flute version [ https://youtu.be/MUWxHnEaBT8...
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish [1-20]
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On bird calls: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/springtimeGuinness ostrich: https://www.fulcrumgallery.com/product-images/P512492-10/guinness-ostrich...
Life, the Universe and Everything [18-Finale]
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, an early episode! (Trying to do these consistently as my editing process has improved greatly)Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJ...
Life, the Universe and Everything [1-17]
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJxDTGPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast This is a public episode. If you would ...
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [Chapters 18-34]
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/omniUncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJxDTGPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast T...
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [Chapters 1-17]
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-09-07Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJxDTGPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepod...
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Chapters 1-17]
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, how will this have gotten here?https://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=201https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/profoundhttps://qntm.org/destroy...
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Chapter 18-End of the first book]
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, what happened to episode 1?Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/dVRYJJxDTGPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/unculturedswinepodcast This is...
Interview with Peter Kenny
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The gang sit down with the many voices of the man who brought the books to life. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with othe...
The Hydrogen Sonata [21-25]
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 5 of 5: Chapters 21-25Three Worlds Collide chapters are here: https://hpmorpodcast.com/?page_id=1096Uncultured Swine Discord: https://discord.gg/...
The Lost Books of The Odyssey [Bonus Episode]
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What makes something "Science" Fiction? Is it the actual application of the scientific method in the plot? Is it a setting in which science has brough...
Hydrogen Sonata [16-20]
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 4 of 5: Chapters 16-20Images for ship scale:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/672430545078321183/826756517368954880/Untitled.pnghttps://cdn....
Hydrogen Sonata [11-15]
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 of 5: Chapters 11-15Johnny’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnthinkableOGSV’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GSVBemusementPkSMBC: https://www.s...
Hydrogen Sonata [6-10]
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SMBC Comic: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-11-07 Huge thanks to Login for her musical accompaniment! Check her out here: https://soundcloud.c...
Hydrogen Sonata [1-5]
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Huge thanks to Login for her musical accompaniment! Check her out here: https://soundcloud.com/user-316394201A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders ...
Surface Detail [Finale]
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The one that's the finale of Surface DetailA huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is...
Surface Detail [21-25]
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The one prominently featuring Yime Nsoke.A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "...
Surface Detail [16-20]
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is less editted than the previous ones. If you have thoughts on that, I welcome feedback on the discord. If you didn't notice, I'll take ...
Surface Detail [11-15]
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The one not featuring Yime Nsoke.A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our opening theme is "Oh, they...
Surface Detail [6-10]
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have now set up enough pieces that we can start REALLY getting into the setup.A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used...
Surface Detail [1-5]
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Next up we'll be covering chapters 6-10.Death traps! But death alone doesn't intend to entrap anyone for as long as they've been captured in the first...
Look to Windward [14-Conclusion]
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny and GSV witness a few additional ways of dying.A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this episode! Our openi...
The Egg (By Andy Weir)
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This time we're joined by our Lord and Savior Wes to talk about The Egg, by Andy Weir!Jeruselem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGKdkf0viMA huge tha...
Look to Windward [Chapters 9 through 13]
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny and GSV learn about a few ways of dying.The music used to accompany GSV's reading was Terminal Khaos Builders' wonderful piece, "All you ever ...
Look to Windward [5-A Memory of Running]
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ziller is snarky and Quillan is sad. Our hosts are both!Caveman Sci-fi A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music used in this ...
Look to Windward [Prologue-Airsphere]
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Caste wars and Dinosaurs! We begin what's probably the most emotional book in The Culture series this week in the first episode of Look to Windward.Th...
Player of Games [Part 1] REMASTERED!
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After all this time, we thought it might do some good to re-release episode 1 with some better editting and our distinctive music (and by 'our', we of...
Matter [25-Finale]
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Death decides it's done being part of my metaphorical descriptions and gets to work.That Symphony we mentioned: { https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2C7...
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first guest appearance since the last one, Liam and Waweru from the 2 Rash 2 Unadvised podcast (Find them { https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/175598...
Matter [20-24]
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wanderers giving chronicles and waxings on the philosophical! Next episode we'll be finishing Matter.A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for pr...
Matter [Chapters 15-19]
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hoals gets smarter! Anaplian gets readier! Auromen gets stupider! The trends continue!A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all music...
Matter [10-13]
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Economic Parasites face off against the more standard Biological kind.Next episode, we'll cover Chapters 15-19.A huge thanks to Terminal Khao...
The Road Not Taken
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
And that has made all the difference.https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken.pdfhttps://rootsofprogress.org/A huge thanks to Terminal Kha...
Matter [5-9]
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which death takes a moment to linger appreciatively at the throne before continuing its grim business.A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for ...
Matter [1-4]
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which war is very pointedly avoided by all involved for at least the present moment.A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing all musi...
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The classic moral philosophy problem in the form of a short story! Or that's the popular perception anyway; GSV examines that reading, and Johnny pres...
Consider Phlebas [13-Finale]
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which war is hell and it all works out fine in the end.https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2302https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
Consider Phlebas [10-12]
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Attempting (and beautifully executing) an apparently rapid recovery from the pyschological problems one would expect Horza to suffer in this situation...
Consider Phlebas [7-9]
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A cast to downsize and a presence of demise! Horza makes his way back to the railroad that fate built for him and makes every effort to reach the deat...
Consider Phlebas [5 - Interlude in Darkness]
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coprophagic Cults and ill-equipped adults! Horza continues his adventures aboard the Clear Air Turbulence, and finds himself encountering tales seemin...
Consider Phlebas [1 to 4 + State of Play 1]
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fascists and Feculence! Johnny and GSV begin the long awaited beginning to the culture series, as The Culture ramps up for its fight against the hated...
The Eye of Argon
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Orbs of sight, reader's delight! GSV and Johnny, aided by special guests Jace Dickey and Zeek Aran, read through the entire damnable text of the ancie...
Inversions [21-Conclusion]
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inversions episode 6: In which Johnny is right about goddamned everything. This episode is the first one edited by dear friend of the show GSV. If yo...
Inversions [17-20]
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rape survivors and cruel connivers! The good doctor faces the dual threats of a duke's dastardly design and a longtime lover's sudden confidence! Urle...
Inversions [13-16]
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Murderer Investigations and Inheritors of fledgling nations! The good Doctor attempts to discover the culprit of a strange and inexplicable murder, wh...
Inversions [9-12]
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Assassinations real and imagined! Johnny and GSV enter the third episode of Inversions with a shocking murder and a "Tragic Hunting Accident" that no ...
Inversions [5-8]
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
That which can be destroyed by proper literary criticism should be.Meditations on Moloch link:[ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-m...
Inversions [Chapters 1-4]
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kings and Clinics! Inversions begins with a setting unfamiliar to our dear readers, but one they may remember from stories told by mad old mercenaries...
A Few Notes on The Culture
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Entropy and Exposition! Ian M. Banks takes off his narratorial limitters and explains backstory at maximum power! Johnny and GSV, being careful reader...
Excession [10, 11, 12, and Epilogue]
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Warships and Wonderment! As the affront ships close in on the excession, our heroes close in on romantic conflict resolution! Which explosion will hap...
Excession [8 and 9]
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aliens attack! Ships seccede! Rogues reminisce! And Johnny says Morvin f***ing Skell again! A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Builders for providing al...
Excession [6 and 7]
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covering Excession parts 6 and 7.GSV feels hate, which may some day lead to anger! Johnny confuses characters with characters from previous books! A d...
Excession [4 and 5]
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alien A******s and Muddling Minds! Tension builds as Johnny and GSV cover parts 4 and 5 of Ian M. Banks' Excession!A huge thanks to Terminal Khaos Bu...
Excession [1, 2, and 3]
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Plots and prognostications! Trouble brews in the culture as forces from beyond, forces from within, and forces from the forgotten list of unresolved d...
State of The Art [Novella Conclusion]
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Hobodemon! Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this ...
Marain Rant (Bonus Episode)
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com
State of The Art [Novela Part 1]
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covering the beginning of the short story "State of The Art" to the end of chapter 4.State Of the Art radioplay --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR...
Warhammer 40,000 - Consequences
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com
State of The Art [Short Stories]
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring State of The Art from the beginning of The Road of Skulls till the end of Piece.Maniacal mobsters strongarm sadsack shooters! Perfunctory pl...
Use of Weapons [5 of 5]
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covering Numeral 2 through the conclusion of Use of Weaponsfrazoj = [ "Souls do exist. " , "Souls do not exist. "]firstbook = ''secondbook = ''i = 0wh...
Use of Weapons [4 of 5]
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covering the beginning of part 3 up till chapter 12https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/30/the-invention-of-moral-narrative/Come chat with us on our dis...
Use of Weapons [3 of 5]
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covering chapters word-five to numeral-seven. Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would ...
Use of Weapons [2 of 5]
29 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covering the beginning of part two up to the end of chapter word-seven.Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a publi...
Use of Weapons [1 of 5]
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covering the start of the book up to the beginning of part 2Warlords topple from on high onto orgies of decadence as The evidently omnibenevolent Cult...
Player of Games [3 of 3]
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The thrilling conclusion of Player of Games! Divine Debates! Belittled Battles! Foul pornography! Everything you crave!Feel free to come chat with us ...
Player of Games [2 of 3]
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gurgay learns to interact with the Empire without getting killed- it only takes him two gunfights to do it. Johnny however still can't learn to call t...
Player of Games [1 of 3]
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GSV and Johnny introduce themselves then get straight to what's important: Calling our protagonist mean names and diving deep into questions that we c...