Eric and Hunter infiltrate the N.I.C.E. and get into the ideas that shaped C.S. Lewis's third space trilogy book.

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.88346/page/n9/mode/2up 

The Inner Ring by C.S. Lewis: https://www.lewissociety.org/innerring/

Research and testimonial based information about the harmful effects of pornography and its links to sex trafficking: https://fightthenewdrug.org/

Quoting Sam Altman from this article [https://www.thetimes.com/us/business-us/article/pope-leo-is-clearest-voice-challenging-silicon-valleys-values-jj286xhwc]: "Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, has compared the need to build AI data centres to having to choose between curing cancer and improving public education. In a blog post last year, he said: “If we are limited by compute, we’ll have to choose which one [curing cancer or improving public education] to prioritise; no one wants to make that choice, so let’s go build.”

Raise a Glass to That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis (Space Trilogy Part 3)

In this episode a long time coming, Eric and Hunter get lost in the unfixed land of Perelandra.

The quote about the length of books is attributed to Abbè Terrasson in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4280/4280-h/4280-h.htm]:

"Abbé Terrasson remarks with great justice that, if we estimate the size of a work, not from the number of its pages, but from the time which we require to make ourselves master of it, it may be said of many a book—that it would be much shorter, if it were not so short."

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster in space: https://www.cnet.com/science/space/elon-musks-tesla-is-still-floating-in-space-after-7-years/

Poe's Imp of the Perverse: https://poestories.com/read/imp

New thumbnail by Andrew Mosher [https://www.andrewmosherart.com/]

Raise a Glass to Perelandra by C.S. Lewis (Space Trilogy #2)

Eric and Hunter get lost in the labyrinth with Piranesi, and lose their minds a little bit, but eventually find a way out.

Piranesi by Susanna Clark, The Library of Babel and The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges, That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis.

Jamie Dupuis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oWYfbjXa74

The Library of Babel: https://libraryofbabel.info/



Raise a Glass to Piranesi and the Labyrinth (Jorge Luis Borges, That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis)

Hunter shares one of his favorite writers with Eric.

Sonny's Blues: https://docdrop.org/ocr/download/SonnysBlues.Baldwin-bqzsx_ocr.pdfAu [https://docdrop.org/ocr/download/SonnysBlues.Baldwin-bqzsx_ocr.pdf]

Autobiographical Notes from "Notes of a Native Son." Pdf (Pages  18-22). Extra credit is "Alone in Paris," which starts on page 118: https://dn710006.ca.archive.org/0/items/notes-of-a-native-son_202101/Notes%20of%20a%20Native%20Son%20.pdf

Pages of Devil Finds Work (bottom left page number 508-504 + 576-580): https://archive.org/details/JamesBaldwinCollectedEssaysLibraryOfAmerica1998/page/n507/mode/2up

Raise a Glass to James Baldwin

The fourth and final episode of East of Eden by John Steinbeck! Eric and Hunter bring it home (finally). We hope you have enjoyed this read through!

https://www.abebooks.com/9780142004234/East-Eden-John-Steinbeck-Centennial-0142004235/plp

A dissertation about the word "Timshel:" https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/steinbeckreview.12.2.0190?read-now=1&seq=4



Raise a Glass to East of Eden by John Steinbeck Part 4

Eric and Hunter reprise their discussion of John's Steinbeck's East of Eden. All quotations and page numbers taken from the centennial edition of East of Eden: https://www.abebooks.com/East-Eden-Steinbeck-John-Penguin-Books/32327730762/bd

Article exploring John Steinbeck's interpretation of Hebrew: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/steinbeckreview.12.2.0190?read-now=1&seq=5

Levin, Daniel. “John Steinbeck and the Missing Kamatz in East of Eden: How Steinbeck Found a Hebrew Word but Muddled Some Vowels.” The Steinbeck Review, vol. 12, no. 2, 2015, pp. 190–98. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.5325/steinbeckreview.12.2.0190. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

Raise a Glass to East of Eden by John Steinbeck Part 3

Hunter shares how he is attempting to get off his mountain's plateau, and how he discovered Jeff Beck. 

Correction: the lick Jeff Beck uses to pay tribute to Jimi is from Little Wing, not Wind Cries Mary.

My favorite guitar solos:

Be My Friend Live (Paul Kossof): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00-KBLqPwI

Sweet Child O Mine (Slash): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35luFxHO5E0

Further on Up the Road (Clapton and Robbie Robertson): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gR3Dlj7l0

Hotel California (Don Felder and Joe Walsh): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09839DpTctU

Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCt8ssC7cs  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCt8ssC7cs]

Shine On you Crazy Diamond (David Gilmour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGE9Gi0bB0&list=RDcWGE9Gi0bB0&start_radio=1

Turn Blue (Dan Auerbach): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5a1Cl_JOJM&list=RDC5a1Cl_JOJM&start_radio=1

Scared for the Children (Jeff Beck): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88mb6yDeQoI

Where Were You (the whammy bar song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPgtreCwk8A

Please go watch Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott's, thank you.

Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBGm7gJtSZE



Raise a Glass to the Mountain: Hunter's Guitar Journey Part 2 (Slash, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Jeff Beck)

Hunter talks and plays about some of his favorite guitarists, and how they have shaped his guitar journey.

House of the Rising Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4bFqW_eu2I

All Right Now  by Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wiF6b4rxno

Be My Friend by Free (Hunter's favorite): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00-KBLqPwI

Joe Bonamassa on Paul Kossoff and Free: https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/joe-bonamassa-paul-kossoff

Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ_7nYEpkBo

Please don't take my word for it. Read and watch more about Robert Johnson and blues history: https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942

https://www.aaihs.org/the-historical-roots-of-blues-music/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_blues

Other guitarists important to the blues:

Muddy Waters, BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Son House, Leadbelly and many more.

Jimi Hendrix's effects and partnership with Roger Mayer (a sound engineer who designed the fuzz face and Octavia): https://reverb.com/news/nailing-it-achieving-the-tones-of-jimi-hendrix

Origins of slide guitar: https://www.byarcadia.org/post/the-hawaiin-roots-of-blues-slide-guitar

More on Slide guitar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar

Romans 8:26 "...the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words."



Raise a Glass to the Mountain: Hunter's Guitar Journey Part 1 (Tommy Shaw, Paul Kossof, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and more) Part 1

Eric and Hunter enjoy a tasty potluck meal with Kim's Convenience and Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Tolkien Reader: https://archive.org/details/tolkienreader0000jrrt (read for free) or https://www.abebooks.com/Tolkien-Reader-J.R.R-Rey/32208035121/bd (buy)



Raise a Glass to Kim's Convenience and Leaf by Niggle (Potluck May 2025)

Eric and Hunter get back into recording with a grab bag episode.

Raise a Glass to the Grab Bag (Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Wingspan, and more)

A show where two friends, Hunter and Eric, raise a glass (or pour one out) to the stories and storytellers that shape them. Each episode they pick a story or three and delve headfirst into how they have been shaped by it. They try to figure what makes the story or storyteller effective and why they love or don't love it.