Master Lecture Series

History of the 3rd Robot War

By: Recent Cutbacks

Narrated by: Nick Abeel, Becky Baumwoll, Lauren Berst, David Carl, Darian Dauchan, Cary Hite, Lindsley Howard, Evan Maltby, Sonia Mena, Natalie Rich, Kyle Schaefer, Richard Sears, Regan Sims, Matt Zambrano

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's Summary

Master Lecture Series: History of the Third Robot War is a future history lecture so epic it will knock your digital socks off! In this satirical Audible Original that turns The Great Courses on its head, Professor Tirannous Rexavier Shepard guides you through the multiverse-shattering events of the war, from the opening "pyew pyews" through Le Battle Finale. Master Lecture Series pays homage to the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres with gut-busting (and circuit-bending) whimsy. 

Recent Cutbacks takes parody and pop culture seriously. The company fuses humor, nostalgia, and lo-fi spectacle to create imaginative theatrical and digital comedy. Known for its hit shows Hold On To Your Butts; Fly, You Fools!; KEVIN!!!!! and Next Day Thrones, Recent Cutbacks has played to sold out audiences in New York City, Chicago, Indianapolis and more places across the US.                              

©2020 Recent Cutbacks (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC.

Very fun listen

Master Lecture Series ranks among the best audio dramas I’ve heard from Audible.

The story moves along quickly, frequently switching between a standard single narrator and full multi-cast sections. The story is funny and entertaining throughout, but its biggest strength is the pitch-perfect performance from an extremely talented cast.

The production features sound effects elements throughout, but not too much as to become a distraction.

Very enjoyable overall.

What a ride!

This had everything! Alien dinosaur professors awaiting tenure. A mystical aardvark. Sentient bowls of pudding. Digital ketchup. Everything! It was really big and really fun. And also kind of sweet? I loved it!

beautiful, awesome, scifi nonsense

i love all of this, the actors the story the sounds the fun charisma the little inside jokes for nerds, im keeping this one in my library

Silly but Important

Listen with your heart. You're going to say, "Wait, are they...?"

And the answe is yes each time.

Treat yourself.

Cheesy yet True

The world is somehow a collection of blatant knockoffs and sincere. Things connect in ways that seem organic, and while the story of Olivia is rather... normal. The presentation of the setting, and the depth in how the world works makes it still exciting. You dont need to roll your eyes at Chosen ones when you got a cosmic tuning fork.

I had so much fun listening to this

I laughed so many times in the middle of a three hour experiment thanks to this book. Much thanjs to the author for such a fun listen.

awkward and not funny

full of half baked pop culture parody, it combined all your favorite sci fi and fantasy stories and craps all over them in a boring and unfunny way. best thing about this audio content (I hesitate to call it book because I feel significantly dumber having listen to just the first half) is that it was free. don't waste your time

Can I give it zero stars?

I’ve taught 8th graders who could have written this only it would have been funnier.

I love sci-if. I love lecture series. I like satire. I’m okay with parodies if they are done right. I expected to find this at least mildly amusing. WRONG! Unrelentingly awful.

I hung in for about an hour, only because I was busy, listening wirelessly, and didn’t want to stop what I was doing to go find my phone and switch to something else. Finally got so disgusted I had to bail. Dead air was a vast improvement.

Oh, and the narration is amateurish.

A fun listen with laugh out loud moments.

I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. A fun few hours with great, some time ridiculous moments, that you can't help but laugh loud enough for every body around you to hear.

a solid and enjoyable listen

while not all the jokes land, the overall story and voice cast is amazing, highly recommend!