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The State of the Art, 5, The State of the Art Chapter 4

August 3, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

The Culture thinks about HR, and Sma hangs out with Linter. We also have a chat about Sugar and Elon's interview with The Economist which takes The Culture's name in vain. If you haven't seen the interview it's at: htt…
The State of the Art, 4, The State of the Art Chapter 3

June 25, 2026 · 45 min

Get ready for a deep dive into the Paris and Berlin of the late 1970s, and relive the drunken holiday hookups of your youth.
The State of the Art, 3, The State of the Art Chapter 2

January 10, 2026 · 46 min

Sma takes a museum tour and we come to grips with the memory of our own past.
The State of the Art, 2, The State of the Art Chapter 1

December 15, 2025 · 22 min

The triumphant return of Diziet Sma and we're taking the show to Planet Earth folks!
The State of the Art, 1, A Gift From The Culture

October 30, 2025 · 42 min

One of the earliest Culture works, we get to know a world eerily like that of BladeRunner and a Culture renegade in more trouble than they can handle.

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Use of Weapons, 7, The Good Soldier, XI

August 27, 2023 · 25 min

Zakalwe goes to the beach, and we ask, is he a Gary Stu?
Use of Weapons, 6, The Good Soldier, Three

July 28, 2023 · 27 min

Skaffen and Sma go to a party on the Xenophobe and have a fight....
Use of Weapons, 5, The Good Soldier, XII

July 15, 2023 · 17 min

Zakalwe has a less pleasant visit to a castle and we ask if any aristocrat can be a good aristocrat?
Use of Weapons, 4, The Good Soldier, Two

July 11, 2023 · 21 min

Diziet gets out of bed and the Culture goes to the wild west to see just how scary a drone can be!
Use of Weapons, 3, The Good Soldier, XIII

June 16, 2023 · 28 min

In which we briefly meet an Ethnarch, and get a good look at just how stone cold cool this Zakalwe cat can be!
Use of Weapons, 2, The Good Soldier, One

May 29, 2023 · 39 min

We meet Diziet Sma and spend a lot of time on how exactly she likes to bone. And The Culture seems to be putting a lot more resources into this caper than we've seen before...
Use of Weapons, 1, Slight Mechanical Destruction, and Prologue

May 20, 2023 · 27 min

We start The Big One for Banks fans, a great whiskey is reviewed, and the scene is set for a wild ride with fortunately short chapters!