The Methods of Rationality Podcast
The Methods of Rationality Podcast is an audio production of the fan fiction novel 'Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality' by Eliezer Yudkowsky. It presents a rationalist reimagining of the Harry Potter story, where the protagonist applies scientific reasoning and logic to the magical world. The podcast is narrated by Eneasz Brodski and aims to be the first source for rationalist fiction in audio format.
Episodes
I Think Knot – 07
We learn just how messy this situation gets with a time machine in the mix and we don’t know who to trust!
Next week we’re covering chapters 14 and 15!
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It’s also on Royal Road for smoother reading experience
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I Think Knot – 06
The investigation is underfoot and the mastermind behind the reunion is revealed!
Next week we’re covering chapters 12 and 13!
Support Matt and Doof directly here! It’s also how you get to vote on the next chapter if you’re caught up.
It’s also on Royal Road for smoother reading experience
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I Think Knot – Bonus 01
Steven and Brian get to sit down with Matt Freeman (moridinamael) and discuss the awesome details of Matt’s writing process and the story’s origins!
Next week we’re covering chapters 10 and 11!
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It’s also on Royal Road for smoother reading experience
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I Think Knot – 05
We get a murder mystery in a sorta-mystical castle and a time machine?? What’s not to love?
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Ask Who Casts AI Audiobook
Come talk about the show on the Bayesian Conspiracy discord!
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I Think Knot – 04
This week John has a flashback to high school and his past hitches a ride back to the future!
We’re covering chapters 8 and 9 next week!
Support Matt and Doof directly here! It’s also how you get to vote on the next chapter if you’re caught up.
It’s also on Royal Road for smoother reading experience
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Come talk about the show on the Bayesian Consp
I Think Knot – 03
This week we get to Avalon and John bumps into some more old friends.
We’re covering chapters 6 and 7 next week!
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It’s also on Royal Road for smoother reading experience
Come talk about the show on the Bayesian Conspiracy discord!
I Think Knot – 02
This week we get some awesome background world building of our sci-fi setting and learn that John is either plagued by psychosis or possibly adrift in the many currents of time!
We’re covering chapters 4 and 5 next week!
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It’s also on Royal
I Think Knot – 01
Steven and Brian get acquainted with John and his interesting life as a possibly-famous, probably-successful writer. We’re off to a good start and having a blast!
These chapters are pretty short, so we’re covering 2 and 3 next week. We’ll probably do 2 chapters a week going forward.
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I Think Knot – 00
Steven and Brian are back, baby! We’re excited to embark on our next literary adventure – The Knot by Matt Freeman! This is just the announcement – we’ll be back next week with chapter 1!
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Kindness To Kin
Kindness to Kin, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Original text here
A Harried Meeting (audio)
A short story by Ben Pace. Original can be found here. Donate to the fundraiser here! Harry sings karaoke here. Happy New Year. :)
Unum 9: Carol’s Got a Nuke!
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about the season one finale of Pluribus. Rest assured that we can’t harm you without your consent (though we can look for loopholes to force you to join our club). Remember, your choices are your own. Thanks for […]
House elves are crystalized cosmic power
A short story by Prerat. Original can be found here. Merry Xmas!
Unum 8: Cuddle Puddle
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 8 of Pluribus. You’re welcome to join us in our giant cuddle puddle. Don’t worry, it’s way less sexy than it sounds. Remember, your choices are your own.
Unum 7: Chekhov’s Spiky Palm Tree
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 7 of Pluribus. Please don’t walk through 100 kilometers of deadly jungle – we’re happy to give you a ride. Remember, your choices are your own. This episode had some scheduling issues around recording and a […]
Unum 06: John Cena Said We Don’t Have to Eat People
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 6 of Pluribus. You’re welcome to consume human-derived protein, but we don’t think that’s likely. Remember, your choices are your own.
Unum 05: It’s Not You, It’s We
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 5 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own.
Unum 04: Can I Get My Heroin To Go?
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 4 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own.
Unum 03: Would You Like a Cup of Coffee With Your Nuke?
Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 3 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own.
Unum 02: A Meeting of the Minds
Welcome back to Unum! Steven and Brian discuss the second episode, gush about their favorite parts, and have fun speculating wildly about what “reasonable” people might do in this situation. The format of this show will be full spoilers for the episode we’re covering and we’ll do an accelerated release schedule to catch up with […]
Unum 01: The Day The World Ended
Welcome to Unum! Steven loved Pluribus so much that he needed to talk about it and Brian was on board to join! The format of this show will be full spoilers for the episode we’re covering and we’ll do an accelerated release schedule to catch up with the show. We hope you have fun!
Blindsided 12: I Prefer a World Where Someone’s Home
Join Brian and Steven as we wrap up our journey through the awesome and thought provoking world of Blindsight. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. The starting quote for this episode is: “You cannot […]
Blindsided 11: Consciousness Is a Bug, Not a Feature
Join Brian and Steven as the scramblers and the vampire demon challenge the value of the very essence of of what makes us us. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. The starting quote for […]
Blindsided 10: Ow! What the Hell??
Brian and Steven continue their journey into space madness. Buckle up – this one gets nuts! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote for this episode is: “If I can but make […]
Blindsided 09: Is It Wrong to Torture a Roomba?
Join Brian and Steven as we put jumper cables on this roomba to see if it feels pain! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote for this episode is: “Why should man […]
Blindsided 08: We Got A Live One!
Join Brian and Steven as we wrangle up some aliens of dubious sentience so we can confine them and do some mad science at them! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote […]
Blindsided 07: Competitive Ecology
Hold on tight – Brian and Steven throw themselves back into the mysterious alien spacecraft after punching a hole in it with antimatter! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote for this […]
Blindsided 06: Madness-Inducing Meat-Grinder
Brian and Steven continue diving into the madness-inducing meat-grinder over and over. Come on and join the party! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote for this episode is: “Predators run for […]
Blindsided 05: Alien Space Ghosts!
Join Brian and Steven as they throw caution to the winds, don their Big Daddy costumes, and get ready to rumble with some space ghosts! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote […]
Blindsided 04: You Wanna Throw Down, Bro?!
Join Brian and Steven, who are maybe trapped inside of a Chinese Room. Or maybe banging on it from the outside. Who knows? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote for […]
Blindsided 03: Theseus, are you there? It’s me, Rorschach
Join Brian and Steven as we talk with some maybe-super-smart aliens in our discussion of part 3 of Blindsight! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote for this episode is: “They know […]
Blindsided 02: Smile! You’re on Camera!
Join Brian and Steven on their expedition to the edge of the solar system with part 2 of Blindsight! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. (I read the wrong quote at the top of the episode. Whoopsie!) Check out the awesome companion […]
Blindsided 01: Aliens, Vampires, and Children – oh my!
Steven and Brian take their first real dive into the strange world of Blindsight. I hope you are having as much as we are. :) The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote […]
Blindsided 00: Announcement
Steven and Brian announce their latest reading project – Blindsight by Peter Watts! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. The first week we’ll be reading up until: “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. — Emerson” Everyone should buy […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) perfection
A movie that somehow did it all. You can find Matt at his regular media-analysis podcast at Doof Media.
Cowboy Grak 5 pt2
Narrative about meta-narrative. Eneasz and Steven talk about the rest of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.
Cowboy Grak 5 full audio available
Listen to the entirety of Cowboy Grak 5 over at https://askwhocastsai.substack.com/p/cowboy-grak-5-yet-another-fistful
Cowboy Grak 5 pt1
Not everything is a reference! Eneasz and Steven talk about half of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 06: Pondering Knowable Dreams
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven wrap up their adventures in the mind of Philip K Dick. We’re gonna keep this going with Blindsight! Come back in a week or two for … part of Blindsight. We’ll figure this out later. Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch: No New Episode
No new episode this week, y’all. We’ll be back to wrap up the show as soon as we can. In the mean time, check out some other awesome content like AskWho’s AI audiobooks and essays. Stay awesome and we look forward to chatting about the end of our PKD adventures. Also, did you happen across […]
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 05: Peculiar Kafkaesque Dimensions
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven chew on the Chew-Z madness. The next episode will be delayed by a week, so come back in two weeks for the final three chapters, 11, 12, and 13! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 04: Phantasmal Knowledge Discussion
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven discuss Barney’s trip down depression lane. Come back next week for chapters 9 and 10! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 03: Parallel Knowledge Dimensions
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their exploration the layers of madness that is the mind of Philip K. Dick. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 02: Psychedelic Kindred Dreams
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their exploration of the real and surreal while enjoying some psychedelic plants. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 01: Pioneering Key Discourse
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven dive deep into the Earth’s surface to survive the first two chapters of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch! Come back next week for chapters 3 and 4. Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
Man in the High Castle 07: Plunge into Kindred Dimensions
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven wrap up their reading of Man in the High Castle with the last 3 chapters. Things get exciting, then surreal, then weird, then even weirder, and everyone lives happily ever after. Come back in a week (or two) for the first two chapters of The Three Stigmata of […]
Man in the High Castle 06: Persistence Knows Defiance
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their reading of Man in the High Castle, chapters 11 and 12. Stuff is getting real, people are getting shot, the Nazis are coming! Come back next week for the last 3 chapters! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
Man in the High Castle 05: Postmodern Kafkaesque Drive
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their reading of Man in the High Castle. Tensions continue to rise, super secrets are hinted at, and Julianna is planning to visit the guy who’s name is the the name of the thing (she wants to visit the Man in the High Castle). Come back next […]
Man in the High Castle 04: Post-Knowledge Dystopia
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their reading of Man in the High Castle. Couple of not too exciting chapters, but tension seem to be rising. Couple back next week for chapters 9 and 10! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
Man in the High Castle 03: Power Keeps Distorting
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue our reading of Man in the High Castle. We get the name of the thing in this one and everyone loses their mind when the German Chancellor dies. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? […]
Significant Digits audio is here!
AskWho is bringing Significant Digits into audio format via AI narration. The first episode is live today, and he’ll be doing one a week until completion. He’s using an AI-clone of my (Eneasz’s) voice for the bulk of it, which caused me some small amount of existential panic you can read about here. But it’s […]
Man in the High Castle: No New Episode
No new episode this week, sorry folks. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Link to the John Stewart clip Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
Man in the High Castle 02: Politics Kill Dreams
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue our reading of Man in the High Castle. Lot’s of fun plot lines get started in these chapters. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
Man in the High Castle 01: Parallel Kafkaesque Dystopia
Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven kick off our second book, Man in the High Castle! So far it’s lots of fun, even if the world is a complete nightmare. Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
Ubik 06: Pondering Kafkaesque Dimensions
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, we wrap up Ubik and talk about some of the cool, mind-bending stuff it makes you think about. Come back next week for the first two chapters of Man in […]
Ubik 05: Probing Known Dimensions
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the weirdness keeps on coming! Come back next week for the last 4 chapters! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.
Ubik 04: Perception Kaleidoscope Dimension
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, things are getting super weird. Are they dead? Is everyone dead? Come back next week for chapters 11, 12, and 13! Note: I’m giving myself a pass for being less […]
Ubik 03: Phantasmal Kinetics Discussion
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the crew gets to the moon and shit goes sideways right away. Come back next week for chapters 8, 9, and 10! Also, did you happen across this looking for […]
Ubik 02: Big (PK) Dick Energy
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode we assemble the crew with chapters 3, 4, and 5. Next week we’ll see what this rag-tag group of meta humans gets up to in chapters 6 and 7! Also, […]
Ubik 01: Psychic Key Discussions
Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! We started off light with just the first couple of chapters to get our sea legs. Next week we’re reading chapters 3, 4 and 5. Also, did you happen across this looking for […]
PKD – Ubik 00
Welcome the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick. This is an introduction where Brian explains a bit about who PDK was and gets up prepped to start our first of three of his books. We’re starting with Ubik, chapters 1 and 2 next week! […]
Fallout 09 – Uranium Fever Aftermath
Buckle up as Eneasz and Steven discuss some of the feedback about this short series and then have an untamed discussion about how capitalism/capitalists are portrayed in popular culture full of all kinds of digressions and random thoughts. We hope you enjoy it! :)
Fallout 08 – Ad Victoriam
Steven and Eneasz wrap up their discussion on the Fallout TV show and plan out future content.
Fallout 07 – Gettin’ Some Head
Enjoy the 7th episode of Uranium Fever! Everyone’s always trying to get some head. In this case it’s more literal.
Fallout 06 – The One-Eyed Monster
Our heroes get trapped by evil mutants! Plus we get some ghoulishly awesome flashbacks from before the end of the world. Don’t forget to check out AskWho’s awesome Substack. Eneasz recommended this reading of a book review of the Old Testament and it’s awesome.
Fallout 05 – Lying Isn’t Nice
Eneasz and Steven chat about the fifth episode of the Fallout tv show. Remember when we thought we’d keep these around 15 minutes each? Ha!
Fallout 04 – Golden Rule, Motherfucker
This episode gets us back into awesome character stuff and we had a blast (bomb pun intended).
Fallout 03 – Getting a Head in Life
This was more of a plot moving episode and less of a deep diving conversation starter, but we still found some stuff to talk about. I hope you enjoy the transition between the main episode and the last few minutes – the sophisticated among you will get it. ;)
Fallout 02 – Luck of the Draw
Eneasz and Steven continue the discussion about the Fallout tv show and digress hard about the role of luck in our life circumstances. The outro song is from The Righteous Gemstones sung by Walton Goggins. :)
Fallout 01 – Okie Dokie!
Eneasz and Steven wanted to chat about the new and awesome Fallout tv series. We were under the delusion we could keep this to like 15 minutes but you know us and that was never going to happen.
Oscar Catch-Up 2023 – Not Everything Bad Is A Satire – The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse
Is the 2023 winner for animated short a brilliant work of satirical performance art, or just bad, or just good? Eneasz, Matt, and Jen have different opinions, and fortunately we totally decide which one is right. Watch it here
We Got Dreams! – Eneasz Brodski
Steven and Jennifer continue the dream in a discussion with the story’s author, Eneasz Brodski. The book is What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here. The short story this is an expansion of is Of All Possible Worlds. Check out that story and everything else he’s published here.
We Got Dreams! – Joah
Steven and Jennifer continue the dream to talk about Joah, one of the protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here.
We Got Dreams! – Andreas
Steven and Jennifer continue the dream to talk about Andreas, one of the protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here.
The Real Fanfic Is The Friends We Made Along The Way
The Real Fanfic Is The Friends We Made Along The Way, by Eneasz Brodski Original Text at my blog This audio version was produced by AskWho, using awesome new AI tech. It cost him money to produce this, and his Patreon is always open to people who’d like to fund more of this sort of […]
We Got Dreams! – Marcus Verus
While Eneasz is away, Steven and Wes sit down to talk about Marcus Verus, one of the three protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Steven finally got off his ass and picked up a whole book without a podcast to motivate him. Then, not only could he not put it down, he couldn’t resist […]
Barbie – It Makes Sense If You Understand Cinemanarrative Dissonance
Sneaking massive feels under the woke radar. Full spoilers for Barbie Links: America Ferrera’s full monologue Written post – Cinemanarrative Dissonance – The Subversiveness of Barbie Lindsey Ellis on Megan Fox in Transformers Short story – One of the Good Ones Patron-only post with over 9 minutes of additional discussion (edit: Meghan Daum’s version of […]
IMSIYUDT 12 – “if he just wants to snuggle, him just snuggling is fine”
It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory – a podcast literary analysis of Planecrash/Project Lawful Episode 12 – Eneasz Breaks The Future Will Be Hyper-Local Eneasz on Chuck Tingle The Official IMSIYUDT Weekly Reading Table of Contents, created and maintained by Cakoluchiam The Project Lawful audiobook (help fund it here) Epub versions of Planecrash
IMSIYUDT 11 – “She doesn’t want to give him time to dwell on it, so she kisses him”
It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory – a podcast literary analysis of Planecrash/Project Lawful Episode 11 – Things Start To Happen Get To The Fucking Monkey For Next Week, reading goes to: “if he just wants to snuggle, him just snuggling is fine.” The Official IMSIYUDT Weekly Reading Table of Contents, created and maintained […]
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