Episode 145 – Machines Like Me

The Worst Bestsellers

Worst Bestsellers

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.5 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

We've been reading too much frivolous lady fiction around here, so we had to make time to read a Serious Book by an Important White Man. Our guest Amy used her human skills of persuasion to get us to read Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan, Finally, someone has dared to ask the questions: what if robots could have emotions and also working penises and also what if the UK had lost the Falklands War?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers, where we read about robot penises so you don't have to.
0:18.0	I'm Renata.
0:19.3	And I'm Kate.
0:20.6	And for this episode, we read Machines Like Me by
0:24.3	Ian McEwen. Joining us to discuss this pretentious piece of literary science fiction is Amy,
0:31.6	fan girl and robot enthusiast. Hello, hi. Thanks for joining us.
0:38.7	Oh, thanks for having me, long-time listener, first-time caller.
0:41.8	Thank you.
0:42.2	Thanks for classing things up with your British accent, you know.
0:46.7	Also, Amy, I would like you to know that I'm drinking my tea out of a Doctor Who mug this morning,
0:53.3	partially in your honor and partially because we haven't
0:56.6	unpacked all the mugs yet.
0:58.4	I couldn't find the one that I normally drink out of.
1:02.7	But it's good.
1:03.5	It's got a little top, so it keeps it warm.
1:06.2	Oh.
1:06.9	Well, Kate, I have decided to commemorate the fact that we are coming up on 10 years of being friends.
1:13.6	And so I made you read this.
1:15.5	I made you read this because I love you.
1:18.5	And I'm really sorry about that decision.
1:22.2	Past me is a real jerk.
1:24.2	And I hate her because she made me read it too.
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