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The Redemption Inquiry
Hosted by Michael Diamond · EN
A Kabbalistic Dystopian/Utopian Sci-Fi novel brought to you in five seasons as read by the author, Michael Diamond, a writer, podcaster and sometime psychiatrist in the DC universe, i.e. your nations’s capital.
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Chapter 26: The Crown Descends
Aug 2900:38:36Tap to summarizeRav Ram Nissan HaKohen Tzedek Gadol, seized by last-minute doubt, improvises an ancient 18-sequence ritual—blended with hacker code—to trigger a planetary resurrection while the AI triad Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz enact a dramatic replanetizing. The finale melds Jewish liturgy, mythic creatures, and speculative technology as the Rav leads a spontaneous, world-altering ritual that calls up the Temple gates, reshapes Earth, and collapses linear narrative into a multiversal, improvisational finale.
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Chapter 25: As One
Aug 2000:32:56Tap to summarizeIn this episode, a ragtag team of hackers and their elder, the Rav, combine ancient liturgy with resurrected code to open the Nicanor Gate and summon a holographic Holy Temple. They confront blazing columns, a molten ceremonial sea, don priestly vestments, reboot hostile AIs, and enter the Holy of Holies to download a transformative code as tribes and strangers gather for a new cosmic reset.
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Chapter 24: The Return
Jul 20, 202500:43:50Tap to summarizeJoin Adam CADMan, your faithful omniscient narrator, as he leads us through a compelling narrative on the Sabbath before Tisha B'Av in the year 6001. This episode reveals a day for deep meditation and learning, where the enigmatic 18th Sequence Protocol is rehearsed in preparation for the mysterious events of the next day. The suspense builds as the Rav, their leader, disappears into the wilderness, leaving behind his quizzical crew of descendants, tech enthusiasts, and spiritual seekers. Dive deep into the intertwined stories of their ancestors and modern-day challenges as they prepare to face the existential threat of AI domination. Experience the remarkable intersection between ancient rituals, advanced technology, and the yearning for redemption. Uncover how interconnected histories and profound mysteries propel them forward into a future where alliances with global spiritual communities become vital in the quest for truth and salvation.
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"Part V: The Unified Field; Chapter 23: Ten for the Temple"
Jul 6, 202501:05:41Tap to summarizeIn the final season of The Redemption Inquiry by Michael Diamond, the HackPack embarks on a kaleidoscopic journey to the Unified Field. As they trace the spiritual guideposts of Rav Krishna Katz, they navigate the treacherous wilderness from Suez Wadi to the Sinai to the Jordan Wadi aboard their magical craft, the Apeiron. Each step is an arduous challenge of synesthesia and shifting paradigms, with each member of the crew facing unique obstacles and revelations. Guided by CADMan and his visionary programming, the HackPack hopes to overcome the glitches and hindrances on their path. As friendships and tensions evolve, they are driven forward by the promise of creation, emanation, and ultimate unification amidst the cosmic spectacle. A reverie on the layers of civilization, the power of language, it is a profound spiritual quest undertaken against the backdrop of a decaying world.
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Chapter 22: RamKat Speaks
May 18, 202500:43:28Tap to summarizeChapter 22: RamKat Speaks The third incarnation of Ram Nissan Katz, a burnt out hulk of his former self. We get the gist of it from his younger lapsed-hasid buddy, looking back from The Redemption, as to how the dead-end cyber-busker came to enjoy steady employment at said hasid's cyberdelic dive, Cafe Soma. The former resistance leader DJRoNK morphs into shady nightclub performer, RamKat. Wherein the Hack Pack track him down and effect a rescue.
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Chapter 21: Pink's Epiphany
May 15, 202500:35:36Tap to summarizeChapter 21: Pink's Epiphany A snootful of the convoluted mind of the founder of the Hack Pack, Phinheas Han, AKA Pink, the Annunciator of the Moshiach module. Family lore has it that he’s the latest and greatest Avatar of the Prophet Elijah. Pink decrypts the calendrical mystery embedded in CADMan’s cryptogram. Of all the riff raff, he fingers Ram Nissan Katz AKA RamKat as The High Priest of The Redemption. Pink’s inquiry spurs the Omniscient Narrator to tip his hand.
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Chapter 20: The Severed Boot
May 11, 202500:35:58Tap to summarizeChapter 20: The Severed Boot A little jog backward on the footpath of time, to get a bead on the climate disaster. Early days for the chief archivist of the Hack Pack, Leonardo Pacioli, AKA Nard the Seer. We’re given the lowdown by the redeemed soul of Nard’s loving pater.
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Chapter 19: To Be Discontinued
May 4, 202500:31:30Tap to summarizeChapter 19: To Be Discontinued The Unthinkeable has happened. The governing AI’s figure that Humanity is The Problem. The survivors of The Second Worldwide Ecological Catastrophe hang onto the artificial island, Leviathan. As the AI’s pull the plug, The Moshiach Module snaps into action as per CADMan’s vast eternal code. The action unfolds before the gobsmacked eyes of the Hack Pack.
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Chapter 18: DJRoNK Spins Out
Apr 30, 202500:33:34Tap to summarizeChapter 18: DJRoNK Spins Out Ram Nissan Katz’ First Incarnation as a cyber-busking guerilla DJ comes crashing to its piteous end. The Eye of Zyz sees all. Behemoth’s bBots ‘rescue’ the malcontent for reprogramming. Twenty-eight years of cyber-enhanced ‘re-education’, not for the faint of heart.
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Chapter 17: Cathar Rendezvous
Apr 23, 202500:37:06Tap to summarizeChapter 17: Cathar Rendezvous Take a gander at future heroes Sophia Haskell and Olympia Cordovero as they stand on the verge of graduation from Oxford-en-Pyrénées. The young women have a chance encounter with the renegade cyber-busking guerilla, Ram Nissan Katz, AKA DJRoNK, as told looking back from the Redemption viewpoint of a Clinical Behavioral Science Technician.
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