Oct 6, 2026 · 35 min · 9 segments
Marshall J. Moore may have just written the most perfectly timed piece of horror/comedy literature for our chaotic times. “The Henchperson’s Guide to Unionizing” hits the mark as a snapshot of the…
Sean O'ConnorHost
Marshall J. MooreGuest
Uh, so on the one hand, I am a, a spiritual person, person of faith, but also I feel like the, um, there are more things in heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio.
I think that it's, uh, equal parts arrogance to claim that we know everything that there is to know about the universe, and that it's, uh, as it is to claim that we, uh, know everything there isn't in the universe.
I think that, uh, the plane of material existence is broad and vast, and that occasionally we do receive glimpses, uh, of something beyond, uh, that which is explainable in the material, in the everyday world
worldI couldn't have said it better myself, and if I live to be a million years y- m- million years old, I don't think I could.
Talking with Josh Malerman just the other day, and I asked him the same question.
And we kinda landed on the, we haven't necessarily had, um, the experience, the definitive experience, but we're open to it.
And, and to your point, there's just, there's too much in this vast world, galaxy that we live in that can easily be explained, so it leans into the fact that there's something other, and I, I love everything about that, you know? More of that.
And, you know, authors like yourselves lean into that and produce incredible works.
Uh, so on the one hand, I am a, a spiritual person, person of faith, but also I feel like the, um, there are more things in heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio.
I think that it's, uh, equal parts arrogance to claim that we know everything that there is to know about the universe, and that it's, uh, as it is to claim that we, uh, know everything there isn't in the universe.
I think that, uh, the plane of material existence is broad and vast, and that occasionally we do receive glimpses, uh, of something beyond, uh, that which is explainable in the material, in the everyday world
worldI couldn't have said it better myself, and if I live to be a million years y- m- million years old, I don't think I could.
Talking with Josh Malerman just the other day, and I asked him the same question.
And we kinda landed on the, we haven't necessarily had, um, the experience, the definitive experience, but we're open to it.
And, and to your point, there's just, there's too much in this vast world, galaxy that we live in that can easily be explained, so it leans into the fact that there's something other, and I, I love everything about that, you know? More of that.
And, you know, authors like yourselves lean into that and produce incredible works.
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