A Bicephalous Old Tumater Woman (Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz)

The boys are back in the most explosive episode of The Readers Karamazov yet. They discuss a classic of dystopian sci-fi, Walter M. Miller Jr.'s nuclear wasteland novel A Canticle for Leibowitz. They discuss the book's thrilling, intricate structure, its view of the spirals of history, and its ideas about science and faith and art. Complete with references to Jacques Ellul, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Merton, and... Sisqo?

Theme Music: "Shostakovich," by Mucca Pazza.