Chapter 41: The Malthusian Trap

“Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.” -Thomas Malthus Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman Fiona - Tess Segal David - Quintin Jones, Jr. Teta - Aubrey Ferguson Kazi - Jessica Morris Libuza - Shelly Darrington Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Music: Dance of the Flutes - Tchaikovsky - Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Symphonie Pathétique- Tchaikovsky - New York Philharmonic Orchestra Reel Two Reel - Auxjack Support the show by Subscribing! Subscribe on Patreon (The one with the bells and whistles): https://www.patreon.com/midnightburger Subscribe with Supporting Cast (The simple one): https://midnightburger.supportingcast.fm/ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (The Apple one): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midnight-burger/id1537653218 For more information on our show, visit our website: https://www.weopenatsix.com How about some merch? https://www.midnightburgermerch.com Sign up for our newsletter: https://weopenatsix.beehiiv.com/ All scripts available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IXV0JIBFw_IgDJhVeaeqL4UPQngvXHoQ?usp=sharing For more information on our sponsors go to https://fableandfolly.com/partners/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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"A must-listen indie podcast." - The Guardian "A beautiful, kind, wonderful story." - BBC Radio When Gloria took a waitressing job at a diner outside of Phoenix, she didn't realize she was now an employee of Midnight Burger, a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. Every day Midnight Burger appears somewhere new in the cosmos along with it's staff: a galactic drifter, a rogue theoretical physicist, a sentient old-timey radio, and some guy named Caspar. No one knows who built Midnight Burger or how it works, but when it appears there's always someone around who could really use a cup of coffee. At the nexus of all things, there is a diner. We open at 6.