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The internet’s first rationalist fiction podcast

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House elves are crystalized cosmic power Dec 25, 2025

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A short story by Prerat. Original can be found here. Merry Xmas!

Unum 8: Cuddle Puddle Dec 22, 2025
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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 Dec 15, 2025
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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 nicely timed tech problem. It’s not our best work. If somehow this happens to be your first episode, I encourage you to try another one. ;)

Unum 06: John Cena Said We Don’t Have to Eat People Dec 11, 2025
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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 Dec 08, 2025
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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? Dec 04, 2025
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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? Dec 01, 2025
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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 Nov 26, 2025
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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 the show. We hope you have fun!

Unum 01: The Day The World Ended Nov 24, 2025
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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 Aug 11, 2025
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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 prevent and prepare for war at the same time.” —Einstein

The end quote for this episode is… Nothing. Thanks for listening and thank you to Peter Watts for writing this wonderful mind fuck of a story!

Blindsided 12: I Prefer a World Where Someone’s Home Aug 11, 2025
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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 prevent and prepare for war at the same time.” —Einstein

The end quote for this episode is… Nothing. Thanks for listening and thank you to Peter Watts for writing this wonderful mind fuck of a story!

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