• Ender's Game w/ Alexander McCoy (2013) | Bang-Bang Podcast Crossover | Ep. 216

  • Jan 14 2025
  • Length: 36 mins
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Ender's Game w/ Alexander McCoy (2013) | Bang-Bang Podcast Crossover | Ep. 216

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  • Just for the strategy nerds, sharing a free preview of the Bang-Bang Podcast episode covering Ender’s Game, the 2013 film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel of the same name. Neither achieving box office nor critical success, the movie still evokes a wide range of reactions. Especially when it comes to its ambiguous relationship to the original text. Van and Lyle have fellow vet and strategist Alexander McCoy on the show to debate their competing reads. Along the way, they come to agree that certain insights gleaned from the cinematic rendering might be at odds with Card’s politics. Ranging from the ultimate lovelessness of war to the emptiness of any strategy unharnessed from justice and peace.

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    Further Reading

    “A Primer on Orson Scott Card and the Ender’s Game Controversy,” by Anna Silman

    The Internationalists, by Alexander Ward

    “The Great Humbling,” by David Klion

    “Four Futures,” By Peter Frase

    Strategy and Conscience, by Anatol Rapaport
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