The world is on hold and we are all going a bit stir-crazy. Strange things are happening in a tiny New York City apartment, where a young podcaster uses his isolation time to open a mysterious portal to the afterlife. This episode of “Beyond the Lecture” features a special recording of novelist Paul LaFarge’s fictive play “Ninth Beast.” LaFarge is the American Academy’s spring 2020 Holtzbrinck fellow and author of five novels, such as “The Night Ocean” (2017) and “Haussmann, or the Distinction” (2001). Host: R.Jay MagillProducer: Tony AndrewsScript: Paul LaFargeVoice Actors: Harvey Friedman, Anna Janusz, and Tara Bray SmithMusic: The Spring (Instrumental) by Chad Crouch; Talk to me by Loyalty Freak Music