Episode 60: Stacey's Choice

The episode for "Stacey's Choice" was originally released on April 17, 2017. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 58:24 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

Sorry Baby Nation, no room for notes this week. Too many works cited. But thanks for listening!

Works Cited:

* Martin, Ann M. Claudia and the Middle School Mystery. New York City: Scholastic, 1991. Print.
* Positive K. “I Got A Man.” The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, Island. 1992
* Star Trek: First Contact. Directed by Jonathan Frakes, performances by Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton and James Cromwell, Paramount Pictures, 1996.
* WarGames. Directed by John Badham, performances by Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, and Ally Sheedy, MGM/UA Entertainment Company, 1983.
* D.A.R.Y.L.. Directed by Simon Wincer, performances by Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, and Kathryn Walker, Paramount Pictures, 1985.
* Carson, Greer. “Peter: An Introduction” Stoneybrookite, 16 March 2016, http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2016/03/12/peter-an-introduction/.
* Vinge, Vernor. Fire Upon The Deep. New York City: Tor Books, 2006-present. Print. Abnett, Dan; Et Al.. The Horus Heresy. Black Library, 2004. Print.
* Rothfuss, Patrick. The Name of the Wind. New York City: DAW Books, 2007. Print.
* King, Stephen. Needful Things. New York City: Viking, 1991. Print.
* “Serenity.” Firefly. Fox, Joss Whedon, Los Angeles, 20 Dec. 2002.
* Mallory, Sir Thomas. Le Morte d’Arthur. London: William Caxton, 1485. Print.
* "The First Face-Off: Part 1.” Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series. ABC, Gordon Kent and David Wise, Los Angeles, 6 Sept. 1996.
* Martin, Ann M. Stacey's Choice. New York City: Scholastic, 1992. Print.

## Music Credits

* “In My Head” by Podington Bear
* “Space Station” by alxd
* “Bassjump” by Bryan Mason & Karner H
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Jack: Stacey goes over to Mal’s house (Tanner interrupts: “The pilot of Serenity, from Firefly?” Jack corrects him: “Captain of the Serenity.” They get distracted by a variety of references, including more Space Wolves, Le Morte d’Arthur, and George Mallory the Mountaineer.) “You already are disturbed!” Is the ultimate burn. (Tanner continues to find alternate references, such as Mallory McMallard.)

Tanner: the cab driver’s sign

###  Soileau You Into the Dark

Tanner describes the cover of the book (the girls sitting at a cafe/diner, snacking and laughing). Jack says this does happen. Tanner recites a passage from the book to demonstrate that this event didn’t actually happen, and proposes that the Scholastic lawyers required the addition of the chapter after the cover had already been painted. Jack asks why they are now covering for Hodges.

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner Googles the name of sentient robots in the Warhammer 40K universe.

## Jack's References

* Jack interrupts Tanner’s story with a story about Baby Boy Joel, who stopped listening to the podcast because Tanner claimed that “Star Trek name of guy who was in Babe” (Zephram Cochrane) invented the hyperdrive instead of the warp drive. There is a brief discussion on why Vulcans came to Earth. Jack then points out that “Excelsior” was the starship that Sulu gets to be captain of.
* Jack sold “Boy Scout cookies”, and then double-checks himself, popcorn.
* D.A.R.Y.L., a 1985 sci-fi movie
* A walk through theories of determinism: A Cartesian view - the question posed about the divorce. Dawn is Sartre, choosing neither. Jack then references Carnap. “Then I choose the right to remain silent,” which is Wittgenstein: “Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” Last discussed in Episode 33: Kristy and the Secret of Susan. “I should’ve said A. J. Ayer.”
* Ann’s irony: that Stacey is never allowed to make a choice
* This book reminds Jack of Needful Things

## Tanner's References

* Tanner’s rider hasn’t been met: he does have the obscure Japanese anime doll and the Sun Ray lamp, but does not have a coaster for his drink.
* Woodstock
* Tanner relates a story from his childhood in Excelsior, MN., where Prince also lived. Tanner went door-to-door selling things once, and relates a story of a neighbor who put up a “No Soliciting” sign in between visits.
* War Games, “the 1986 Ben Savage movie” (the 1983 Matthew Broderick movie), with a robot named WOPR. Tanner also looks up the fortune-telling robot from Big (Zoltar).
* J. D. Salinger is not the same person as Peter Lerangis, although Lerangis and Salinger are anagrams for one another.
* Secret names, like Patrick Rothfuss’ “Name of the Wind” re: Mrs. Pike’s first name

## Notes

* The boys note the inconsistency between the A and B plots and discuss how this is often a symptom of a ghostwriter, although this is an Ann-penned book.
* Don’t triangulate: Jack complains about the music at the bar beneath his apartment, and Tanner recites the address (all bleeped). “Heavenly days, bar that is directly below me and we don’t triangulate on this podcast!”
* Jack asks for the book where they discussed Ann’s theory of justice. (Episode 42: Claudia and the Middle School Mystery) He says that Episode 55: Kristy for President was about her political theories, and now this book is her theory about free will and determinism.
* The boys are vexed about the weirdness of Stacey dating Sam Thomas (Kristy’s older brother). Jack makes up a bad joke about Sam.
* ”I swan.”
* 90s rappers: Tone Loc, Will Smith, Positive K
* Jack likes to do “trolley problems” with Tanner; Tanner says the only way to win is not to play. (In the stinger, there is a sample trolley problem, featuring most of the people/properties referenced throughout the episode, as well as Poe Dameron).
* If the boys were ghostwriters for movie treatments:
	+ Jack would write about this concept, Stacey trying to escape the clutches of a malevolent author.
	+ Tanner would write about space wolves and space marines
		- Jack gets distracted by referencing a book called “A Fire Upon the Deep”(“good as hell” says Jack, “it’s barely about space wolves” says Tanner)
	+ Tanner’s pitch: it is 3050, and the girls are soldiers with magnificent weapons, led by Grand Inquisitor Rodowsky. This is a thinly-disguised Warhammer 40K reference. Tanner goes on to discuss the plot and characters of the game.

## References & Links

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive\_K
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star\_Trek:\_First\_Contact
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.A.R.Y.L.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 ”A Fire Upon the Deep” by Vernor Vinge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_Fire\_Upon\_the\_Deep
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Name\_of\_the\_Wind
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mal Reynolds is Captain of Serenity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm\_Reynolds. The pilot is Wash. Article contains spoilers: Wiki list of Firefly characters
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le\_Morte\_d'Arthur
9. ↑ https://mightyducks.fandom.com/wiki/The\_First\_Face-Off\_(Part\_1)
10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George\_Mallory
11. ↑ https://mightyducks.fandom.com/wiki/Mallory\_McMallard
12. ↑ USS Excelsior, the starship Sulu gets to be captain of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Star\_Trek\_Starfleet\_starships#Excelsior\_class
13. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9\_Descartes
14. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul\_Sartre
15. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf\_Carnap
16. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig\_Wittgenstein#Publication\_of\_the\_Tractatus
17. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.\_J.\_Ayer
18. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needful\_Things\_(film)
19. ↑ Rider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider\_(theater)
20. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.\_D.\_Salinger
21. ↑ ’I swan’ roughly means ‘I swear’: https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin\_board/21/messages/436.html
22. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone\_Loc
23. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will\_Smith
24. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley\_problem
25. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe\_Dameron
26. ↑ https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Space\_Wolves

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