Noelie is an underrated genius and self-imposed outcast who rarely comes out of seclusion, so I paid him an overdue visit. As we sit together among the lush flora of Stately Jane Manor, Noel drops some serious god knowledge, exposes trivial human lore, and pugnaciously punctures your personal narratives with plot holes.
Episode Breakdown
0:00 ~ Opus Intro
2:16 ~ The Meaning of Memes
6:12 ~ “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
7:53 ~ “The map is not the territory.”
9:11 ~ 9/11
13:10 ~ Concentric Conspiracies
14:27 ~ Hitler's Power Move
16:41 ~ "I fuckin' hate motorcycles."
17:58 ~ Criticizing Obama
21:33 ~ Cosa Nostra ("Our Thing")
26:39 ~ Hypnotizing Turkeys
29:02 ~ The Trump Virus
33:43 ~ Infinite Hypocrisy
40:19 ~ Montezuma’s Revenge
47:36 ~ Victory and/or Death
52:55 ~ Who is like God?
54:19 ~ Santa Klaus, Conan, and Sherlock Holmes
56:45 ~ Fictionalities
58:19 ~ Literally Metaphorical
59:18 ~ Adjacent Narratives of Human Evolution
1:11:31 ~ It’s the Crew!
1:15:47 ~ "Make some more rose cuttings, and die."
1:16:23 ~ The Living Years
1:18:11 ~ Universal Guidelines
1:22:27 ~ Stately Jane Manor
1:31:18 ~ Alone, not lonely.
1:37:47 ~ The "Smart People Play Chess" Trope
1:42:19 ~ Dunkirk Review
1:47:00 ~ Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Shakespeare, All-Star Superman
1:50:10 ~ Carl Barks and Inception
1:54:37 ~ Spicy Trump Memes Action News Team
1:58:40 ~ From Stupidity to Immortality
2:02:49 ~ Frank Herbert, Alejandro Jodoworsky, Donald Westlake
2:08:41 ~ Rebooting Quantum Leap [SPOILERS]
2:15:54 ~ Shout-Outs
2:18:05 ~ Final Advice
2:18:46 ~ Progress on Panopticon
2:21:15 ~ ‘The Dark Ages’ (an excerpt from Panopticon) [Artwork and narration by Noelie]
2:24:23 ~ Opus Interlude
2:25:00 ~ ‘Archie the Robot’ (an excerpt from If You Don’t Give Me Heaven) [Narrated by Marcus]
2:35:14 ~ Opus Outro (42 Victory)
Theme Music: Awake to Sleep (Opus Marcus) by Daniel Hall
Related Links
New Sun Rising
(Noel's Writings Archive)
I Don't Belong Here
(Noel's Retired Blog)
It’s the Crew!
(Webcomic)
If You Don’t Give Me Heaven
(Noel's Book)
Heroes and Hierophants
(Our Book)
Welch 1st Triple, Drew University, 1998