Shownotes:This week, Matt and Cameron actually finish War and Peace by covering both epilogues. Did you want to find out what happened to the characters? Too bad! Its time for more argumentation about history. Well, okay, theres a little bit of characte

Shownotes:This week, Matt and Cameron finish War and Peace!! Well, minus the epilogue. Tune in to hear about the meeting of old acquaintances, the passing of old friends, and the quiet night at the end of a war. Book 4, Part 4. Its the end of a true epi

Hi all,Unfortunately our lives got a little wild this week so we had to push recording forward a bit.You'll hear from us again next week with Part 4, Book 4 of War and Peace.Until then!Matt & Cameron

Shownotes:This week, Matt and Cameron continue Napoleons invasion into Imperial Russia into its final phase: a slow, deadly retreat accompanied by irregular warfare in War & Peaces Part 3 of Book 4. This is what Cameron studied for a potion of his

Shownotes:This week, Matt and Cameron move away from particular characters and start talking about the long arc of history in Book 4, Part 2 of War and Peace. As the French army retreats from Moscow, its the perfect time to ask the question: hey, wait,

Shownotes:This week, Matt and Cameron start on Book 4, Part 1 (after diverging from our original plan to combine parts 1 and 2) and do a deep dive on how we can really analyze wisdom, on the horror of war collapsing into peace, and whether self-sacrifice

Shownotes:This week, Matt and Cameron fiddle while Moscow burns. They finish Book 3 of War and Peace by finally engaging with the direct interaction of war and society. Unfortunately for the population of Moscow, that comes as their city burns. Why that

Show Notes:This week, Matt and Cameron continue Part 2, Book 3 of Leo Tolstoys War and Peace. Get your sabers ready, were about to head into one of the defining battles of 1812. Well - at least as Tolstoy would have you believe. And - for once - Marya

Show Notes:This week, Matt and Cameron continue their slog through Book 3 of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, covering part 1. Get ready for more teen marriage plots, a little elucidation on Tolstoys thoughts on doctors, and the funniest section for Pierre

Show Notes:This week, Matt and Cameron dive into Parts 4 and 5 in Book 2 of War and Peace. If you read Anna Karenina and thought, I like these hunting scenes 500 pages in but I wish they were more brutal and had more undertones about the aristocracy - do