"If anyone’s doing the heavy lifting, it’d be us... Hey! Manager Bud! More incoming!"In this episode, I take a look at suffering and redemption in The Metamorphosis, philosophical pessimism, and how Gregor in Limbus Company might be Georg Bendeman, the happiest Gregor yet, or even Kafka himself. Reincarnation is a heck of a thing.Plus of course the traditional (I've done it three, now it's definitely a tradition) interlude dub!Narrated and produced by Thomas BarkerIf you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful.https://ko-fi.com/tttReferences:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimismRyan, M. P. (1999). Samsa and Samsara: Suffering, Death, and Rebirth in “The Metamorphosis.” The German Quarterly, 72(2), 133–152. https://doi.org/10.2307/408369Kafka: The Metamorphosis,  translated by Willa and Edwin Muir https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Gregorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafkahttps://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-translating-kafkas-the-metamorphosisQueries, comments? Write to me at: [email protected] this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi