Extra Special: First Paragraph Challenge: Wife Edition

An extra-special, extra-troublesome-for-Ethan, First Paragraph Challenge, featuring Karen, the Voice of the Rules.

In this episode:

  • A special, pretty troublesome, guest!

  • Disclaimers from Ethan: Collect all 3!

  • They’re guessing what the title of the book is based on the first paragraph. Ethan at no point makes this explicit. Sorry.

  • Sorry to Neil Gaiman yet again

  • Michael, Ethan needs you

  • Karen undercuts Ethan by doing things like being right, being reasonable, and being good at math

  • Take that, Michael!

  • Karen gets the pronunciation of “Gloucester” deeply wrong, sorry to all our British listeners

  • Ethan does technically win, but he has the good sense not to mention that on the podcast

Next time Michael and Ethan will begin their discussion of Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy. Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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MUSIC & SFX:

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

Ethan Bartlett