Use of Weapons, 1, Slight Mechanical Destruction, and Prologue

Episodes

Use of Weapons, 20, Remembrance, Ten
30 May· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe throws away his weapon, has a philosphical discussion, and fixes for a fight
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Use of Weapons, 19, An Outing, V
26 Apr· The Culture Books podcast
This is Zakalwe's brain on drugs!
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Use of Weapons, 18, An Outing, Nine
5 Apr· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe gets in a lot of fights, but his love of the old plasma rifle finally pays off!
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Use of Weapons, 17, An Outing, VI
17 Mar· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe tries his hand at writing poetry in an idyllic rural setting, but it's not as nice as he'd hoped.
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Use of Weapons, 16, An Outing, Eight
5 Mar· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe plays James Bond again, Diziet gets distracted, and our hero goes to an interesting party which he does not enjoy.
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Use of Weapons, 15, An Outing, VII
28 Jan· The Culture Books podcast
As a flashback from the worst day of Zakalwe's life we get the origin story!
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Use of Weapons, 14, An Outing, Seven
6 Jan· The Culture Books podcast
Agent Zakalwe makes a big splash while trying to play the part of James Bond.
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Use of Weapons, 13, An Outing, VIII
2 Jan· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe gets stuck in a storm, takes a long hard look at himself, argues with an idiot, and sees some very strange things.
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Use of Weapons, 12, An Outing, Six
7 Dec 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe spends a lot of time being rude to GSV minds, but does receive a lovely gift!
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Use of Weapons, 11, An Outing, IX
17 Nov 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe falls in love, and dreams about the ghost of the real Zakalwe.
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Use of Weapons, 10, The Good Soldier, Five
24 Oct 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe seems suspiciously happy to run away from his problems, but they have a nice time at the beach.
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Use of Weapons, 9, The Good Soldier, X
1 Oct 2023· The Culture Books podcast
We find out what happened to Zakalwe on Fohls. It was not nice.
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Use of Weapons, 8, The Good Soldier, Four
16 Sep 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Sma and Skaffen recover from a party and go for an island cruise.

Meanwhile The Culture goes nuclear around them!
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Use of Weapons, 7, The Good Soldier, XI
27 Aug 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe goes to the beach, and we ask, is he a Gary Stu?
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Use of Weapons, 6, The Good Soldier, Three
28 Jul 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Skaffen and Sma go to a party on the Xenophobe and have a fight....
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Use of Weapons, 5, The Good Soldier, XII
15 Jul 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Zakalwe has a less pleasant visit to a castle and we ask if any aristocrat can be a good aristocrat?
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Use of Weapons, 4, The Good Soldier, Two
11 Jul 2023· The Culture Books podcast
Diziet gets out of bed and the Culture goes to the wild west to see just how scary a drone can be!
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Use of Weapons, 3, The Good Soldier, XIII
16 Jun 2023· The Culture Books podcast
In which we briefly meet an Ethnarch, and get a good look at just how stone cold cool this Zakalwe cat can be!
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Use of Weapons, 2, The Good Soldier, One
29 May 2023· The Culture Books podcast
We meet Diziet Sma and spend a lot of time on how exactly she likes to bone.

And The Culture seems to be putting a lot more resources into this caper than we've seen before...
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Use of Weapons, 1, Slight Mechanical Destruction, and Prologue
20 May 2023· The Culture Books podcast
We start The Big One for Banks fans, a great whiskey is reviewed, and the scene is set for a wild ride with fortunately short chapters!
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Episodes

Use of Weapons, 20, Remembrance, Ten

Use of Weapons, 19, An Outing, V

Use of Weapons, 18, An Outing, Nine

Use of Weapons, 17, An Outing, VI

Use of Weapons, 16, An Outing, Eight

Use of Weapons, 15, An Outing, VII

Use of Weapons, 14, An Outing, Seven

Use of Weapons, 13, An Outing, VIII

Use of Weapons, 12, An Outing, Six

Use of Weapons, 11, An Outing, IX

Use of Weapons, 10, The Good Soldier, Five

Use of Weapons, 9, The Good Soldier, X

Use of Weapons, 8, The Good Soldier, Four

Use of Weapons, 7, The Good Soldier, XI

Use of Weapons, 6, The Good Soldier, Three

Use of Weapons, 5, The Good Soldier, XII

Use of Weapons, 4, The Good Soldier, Two

Use of Weapons, 3, The Good Soldier, XIII

Use of Weapons, 2, The Good Soldier, One