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And here you thought that the Twitter announcement on April Fool's Day about our upcoming shark episode WAS the joke! No! The joke is on us because we had to watch Sharknado for this prank! Also Jaws and Deep Blue Sea.
What We’re Into Lately
If They Haven’t Learned Your Name by silentwalrusSuccessionThe Big Bad Wolf series by Charlie AdharaThe Absolute Book by Elizabeth KnoxThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinSorrowland by Rivers Solomon“A Cornstalk Fiddle” by notbecauseofvictories“To Call the Darkness Home” by scioscribeThe Heir to the House of Prince by Ada_Lovelaced & elph13“Aurelius (to be called) Magnus” by Victoria Goddard“Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander” by Victoria GoddardBlack SailsOther Stuff We MentionedCaptain America: The Winter SoldierThe Thick of ItDiana Wynne Jones (author)Dan Brown (author)The Devil Went Down to Georgia (And Then Went Down on Johnny) series by notbecauseofvictoriesJustifiedThe Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardThe Chant series by Alexandra RowlandAlienOverinvested podcastOverinvested’s Jaws episodeTitanicJurassic WorldJurassic ParkStar WarsWatergate scandalFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Day After Tomorrow2012Sharks In VeniceThe MegThe “Cows With Guns” YouTube videoFreya’s Twitter: @freyamarkse A Marvellous Light by Freya MarskeA Restless Truth by Freya Marske (sequel to A Marvellous Light, coming out Nov 1st, 2022)Pre-order for A Restless TruthMacey’s Twitter: @englishmace“heat death” poem by Jennifer Mace “Silk & Steel” short story anthology (featuring Jennifer Mace & Freya Marske)Alex’s Twitter: @_alexrowlandA Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland (coming out Aug 30th, 2022)Alex’s website store: alexandrarowland.net/store.The infamous “sharks are smooth as hell” shitpost
Content Warnings
Gore (in every tentpole & throughout episode discussion)Body horror (in episode discussion) Sexual harassment (in Sharknado) Misogyny (discussed)
Transcription
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On this week's episode, we have a two-hour special to answer questions sent in by our darling listeners! Thank you to everyone who has been with us through the last four years! The Great Hiatus begins now, but we will return for at least one more episode next year! Get hype!
What We’re Into Lately
My Name
Beyond Evil
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
All the Feels by Olivia Dade
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets
The Courtier’s Love Affair (and Other Stories) by tridenture
Harlots
Bridgerton
The Living and the Dead
Macey’s NaNoWriMo Project: The Resurrection Chalice
In the Realms of Gold by Victoria Goddard
Sword Dance trilogy by AJ Demas
Plum Duff by Victoria Goddard
Alex’s NaNoWriMo Project: Some by Virtue Fall
Other Stuff We’ve Mentioned
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Supernatural
Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty
Merlin
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
Silk and Steel Our Opinions Are Correct Tales from the Trunk Fated MatesHeaving BosomsSmart Bitches, Trashy BooksFansplainingThe Fantasy InnBreaking the Glass SlipperOverinvestedCampaign SkyjacksTor.comThe Rec CenterPinboardDragon Age: InquisitionFantasia in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAllegro by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBtS episode 6 “Cross Your Stars and Hope to Bi”BtS Special EpisodeStrange HorizonsMiss CongenialityBtS episode 80 “Extravaganza”My Hero AcademiaYesterday Upon the Stair by PitViperOfDoomBtS episode 98 “[SPOOKY NOISES]”“Bakugou and Todoroki’s Foolproof 5-Step Plan to Fuck with Mineta Minoru” by Anubis_2701NarutoThe Witcher (video game)The Witcher (TV)Person of Interest (2011)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Ones Who Stay And Fight by N.K. JemisinSinging my Sister Down by Margo LanaganThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonYuri!!! in Space series by FahyeChoir of Lies by Alexandra RowlandA Sword On Two Fingers by Freya Marske (unpublished) Viable Paradise (writers’ workshop)Sam Hawke (Australian author)Jenn Lyons (Author)E. Jade Lomax (Author)The Hunger Games series by Suzanne CollinsWelcome to Night Vale podcastThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonThe Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardastolatMacey’s Frozen Meat Salesman SegmentMacey’s misspent youthSutton cottage (from A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske)Stars in the marsh (from A Choir of Lies by Alexandra Rowland)
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. We'd like to take this moment to give an extra-special thank you to our team of scribes, who are amazing and meticulous and dedicated and extremely hard-working. Scribes, thank you, thank you, thank you. You're all amazing.
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On this week's episode, we're celebrating the release of Freya's debut book by talking about detectives in love! The tentpoles are Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murders by Aliette de Bodard, A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, and the fanfic If Life Was A Movie We’d Have A Better Soundtrack Than This by galaxysoup.
What We’re Into Lately
Dark Rise by C. S. PacatThe Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisherthat ruthless love by alherathThe Warrior of the Third Veil by Victoria GoddardThe Sisters Avramapul series by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Captive Prince by C. S. PacatChant Universe by Alexandra Rowland"You Should Really Be Reading Victoria Goddard’s Nine Worlds Series" by Alexandra RowlandGuardian
BonesCastle
Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy L. Sayers
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra RowlandHouseThe Angel of Crows by Katherine AddisonDoctor WhoThe Memory of Souls by Jenn LyonsCaptive Prince series by C. S. PacatWinter's Orbit by Everina MaxwellA Memory Called Empire by Arkady MartineVorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster BujoldKomarr by Lois McMaster BujoldLeverageThe X-FilesHannibalRosemary & ThymePoirotHinterlandHot FuzzLady Sherlock series by Sherry ThomasTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Will Darling Adventures by K.J. Charles John le CarréJames Bond novels by Ian FlemingThink of England by K.J. CharlesAn iconic Doctor & Donna scene from Doctor Who Greenwing & Dart series by Victoria GoddardBe the Serpent Episode 33: Turn In Your Badge and Gun!A Private Reason for This by femmequixotic (aka mentioned Harry/Draco case fic)A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P. Djèlí ClarkGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil GaimanFor Next TimeNone, it's the Extravaganza!
Content Warnings
Minor fantasy violence in Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murders and A Marvellous Light.
Transcription
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Happy (slightly belated) spooky season, darling listeners! On this week's episode we're talking about afterlife career plans and... well, ghosts! Tentpoles this week are Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, the film Ghost, and the Inception fic, “The Boy Who Spoke With Ghosts” by AvocadoLove.
What We’re Into Lately Squid Game
The Discord of Gods by Jenn LyonsA Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn LyonsThe Library of the Dead by T.L. HuchuMy Words Will Be Your Light by Page161of180The Memory of Souls by Jenn LyonsMidnight MassNaruto self-insert ficthe name of the game by a_sassinthe sun don't shine underground by ultranosBar Cart BookshelfHow A Realist Hero Rebuilt The KingdomThe Bride of the Blue Wind by Victoria Goddard“You Should Really Be Reading Victoria Goddard’s Nine Worlds Series” by Alexandra Rowland
Other Stuff We Mentioned
SnowpiercerThe Hunger Games series by Suzanne CollinsThe MagiciansThe Queen's GambitAvatar: The Last AirbenderThe Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardBluebeardInceptionThe Sixth Sense
Dead Like Me (2003)
The Ghost of You by luchia
The Untamed
All that’s left of two hearts on fire by Lirelyn
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Crimson Peak Be the Serpent Episode 74: Darling, It’s Better Down Where It’s WetterInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantGhostbustersSupernaturalAsk a Mortician YouTube channela tempest, a cyclone, a goddamned hurricane by DialuxBoku no Hiro Akademia Yesterday Upon The Stair by PitViperOfDoomBlack Sailsthe aftershocks remain by pdameronA Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
For Next Time
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Content WarningsSome gore in Ghost.Depictions/discussions of death through all tentpoles and the podcast discussion
Transcription
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On this week's episode, we're discussing music! Musicians! Being gripped by the madness of creation! Selling one's soul for art! The tentpoles this week are the film Amadeus, the fanfic "String Theory" by toft, and Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars.
What We’re Into Lately
The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia WaitePeter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat SebastianThe Angel of the Crows by Katherine AddisonSymphony for the City of the Dead by M. T. AddersonThe Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach Compass of thy Soul by Umei_no_MaiCampaign Skyjacks Skyjacks: Couriers Call Hannah Gadsby: DouglasThe Wilds‘In the Company of Gentlemen’ by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Leverage The other two Feminine Pursuits books by Olivia WaiteSherlock Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettHollow and Honeycomb by antistar_eThe Old GuardLostThe Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy DunnettStargate: AtlantisShakespeare in LoveDoctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (“topless towers of Ilium” quote)Maskerade by Terry PratchettThe Phantom of the Opera“Requiem” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart“Requiem” by Gabriel Fauré"Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels BandThe Devil Went Down to Georgia (And Then Went Down on Johnny) series by notbecauseofvictories
Black Swan (2010)
Aria of the Sea by Dia Calhoun
Catalyst by Jennifer Mace (unreleased)
Scheherazade (character)
A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra RowlandHamilton (musical)Fall Out Boy (band)Crystal Singer series by Anne McCaffreySpace Opera by Catherynne M. ValenteSoul Music by Terry PratchettBeatlemaniaDef Leppard (band)The Velvet Underground (band)Isavalta series by Sarah ZettelThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenThe Goose Girl from Grimms’ Fairy TalesJack and the Beanstalk“Bonny Swans” traditional balladSistersong by Lucy Holland“The Bonny Swans” by Loreena McKennittHild by Nicola GriffithJohann Sebastian BachHarry Potter film scoreRamin Djawadi’s musical scores for Game of Thrones & WestworldThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
For Next Time
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Content WarningsAttempted suicide (in Amadeus and brief mention of it in the discussion)On-the-page sexual assault, on-the-page hate transphobia, child abuse both explicit and referenced (in Light From Uncommon Stars)
Transcription
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On this week's episode, we're discussing body swap fic! Swapping bodies! Trading meatsuits! It's all fun and comedy, right? ...Or is it? Anyway, the tentpoles for this episode are the anime film, Your Name, the fanfic Vinculum by Skadiseven, and the Farscape episode, "Out of Their Minds."
What We’re Into Lately
Bombshell by Sarah MacLean
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Schmigadoon! (on Apple TV)
Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells
Pressure Machine by the Killers
Campaign Skyjacks (podcast)
The Bachelor’s Valet by Arden PowellPetty Treasons by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonThe Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardThe UntamedStar Trek: The Next GenerationFarscape
The Dark CrystalJupiter AscendingFreaky Friday by Mary RodgersStar Trek: The Original SeriesLaughing Gas by PG WodehouseStranger Than FictionBabylon 5Jumanji: Welcome to the JungleSword Art OnlineStargateThe Scum Villain's Self-Saving SystemCaptain America: The Winter Soldierto memory now I can’t recall by EthareiHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesCastle in the Air by Diana Wynne JonesNight Watch by Terry PratchettGuardianFeet of Clay by Terry PratchettGood Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry PratchettGood Omens miniseries
For Next Time
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Content WarningsMention of molestation in the context of the bodyswap trope (in episode discussion)
Mention of dysphoria & trans erasure in the context of the bodyswap trope (in episode discussion)
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you to our stylish and fashionable team of scribes!
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On today's episode we're doing another deep dive on the marvelously sapphic fantasy novel The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri!
What We’re Into Lately
The Secrets of Charlotte Street series by Scarlett Peckham - book 2: The Earl I Ruined - book 3: The Lord I Left
Seducing the Sorcerer by Lee WelchThe Bachelor’s Valet by Arden Powell
Game of Thrones fanfic
Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells
cast your bitterness into the sea by Kilerkki
Campaign Skyjacks
Till Human Voices Wake Us by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Swordheart and The Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher Jeeves/Wooster fanfiction
Firefly
Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardThe Witcher“Hellfire” from The Hunchback of Notre DameGame of ThronesEmpresses in the PalaceThe Realm of AshThe Magpie Lord seriesA Cradle of Vines by Jennifer MaceSleeping Beauty‘Seasons of Glass and Iron’ by Amal El-MohtarRealm of Ash by Tasha SuriThe Twilight Zone themeThe Unbroken by C.L. ClarkShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanA Marvellous Light by Freya Marske For Next TimeYour Name. Content WarningsViolence against women, imperialist violence, semi-graphic death descriptions, references to torture and drugging in The Jasmine Throne
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On this week's episode, Macey is forcing us to put on our hiking shoes and dragging us out into the forest to look at some "really nice moss." The tentpoles we’re discussing are Princess Mononoke, Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s story ‘Vaster Than Empires and More Slow.’
What We’re Into Lately
‘a kind of dwell and welcome’ by leupagusReputation by Lex Croucher Seven Days in June by Tia Williamsorange_crushed ‘s Untamed fics (esp Pentimento.)And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee MohamedThe Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine ToblerVictoria Goddard’s books:Greenwing & Dart series (esp Love-in-a-Mist)Ask A Mortician Youtube Channel
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Ted Lasso Gundam WingPonyoRobin Hood legendsHannibalThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesThe Jungle Book by Ruyard KiplingThe Secret Life of the Forest by Richard M. KetchumThe Hidden Life of Trees by by Peter WohllebenPandoQISemiosis by Sue BurkeBrain coralGreen Man motifFor the Wolf by Hannah WhittenHild by Nicola GriffithThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingSpinning Silver by Naomi NovikInto the WoodsSorrowland by Rivers SolomonBlack SailsVikingsMagician by Raymond E. FeistThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWestworldStargate: AtlantisStar Wars: Return of the JediBlack Spot TV showAvatar Avatar: The Last AirbenderPocahontasAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMeerBTS Episode 16: A Bump In the Night, and Not the Sexy KindEntangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin SheldrakeMerlin Sheldrake’s YouTube video showing him eating book fungusBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. MannEager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben GoldfarbThe Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter WohllebenAround the World In 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori‘Colors of the Wind’ from PochahontasThe Biggest Estate On Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill GammageTomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
For Next Time
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Content WarningsRacism (in ‘Vaster Than Empires and More Slow’)Problematic portrayal of an autistic character (in ‘Vaster Than Empires and More Slow’)
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here! Thanks to our team of scribes for their great work!
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On this week's episode we're discussing the glamorous authorial life -- authors (and other publishing professionals) through the lens of how they're depicted in media. Tentpoles this week are the film Stranger Than Fiction, the K-Drama Romance Is a Bonus Book, the story “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” by Ken Liu and The Unstrung Harp by Edward Gorey.
What We’re Into Lately Under the Whispering Door by TJ KluneThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuSorrowland by Rivers Solomon Guardian fic Macey’s all-fandom OT3 feast Victoria Goddard books specifically the Greenwing & Dart series Ask A Mortician Youtube Channel
Other Stuff We MentionedThe Great British Bake-Off To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty ‘letters from the ides’ by Jennifer Mace (poet)The Witcher (TV show)Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonSpace Opera by Catherynne M. Valente Little Women by Louisa May AlcottSam HawkeYoungerThe Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch Moulin RougeUntitled Seminal Male-Focused Work by Jennifer Mace (Literary author)Seven Days In June by Tia Williams Emily Henry
For Next TimeSilver In the Wood by Emily Tesh
Transcription
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On today's episode, we're bursting into song at socially inappropriate times to talk about... musicals! Our tentpoles are the Bollywood musical Aaja Nachle, the first two episodes of Galavant, and the musical Wicked.
What We’re Into Lately
Battle Royal by Lucy ParkerSummer Sons by Lee MandeloPenric’s Demon by Lois McMaster BujoldHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirRed Azalea by CeNedraRivaThe Changeling by AnnerbThe Armistice series by AnnerbWorld Ain’t Ready by idiopathicsmilesurvival is a talent by ShanaStorytellerRotten Work by ShanaStorytellerCampaign SkyjacksWhiskeyjack by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Hadestown the musicalInto The Woods the musicalLes Misérables the musical“The Confrontation” from Les MisérablesCome From Away the musicalThe Fast and the FuriousVorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster BujoldThe DecemberistsWeekend at Bernie’sThe Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria GoddardWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory MaguireThe Wizard of OzThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumMaleficent“No One Mourns The Wicked” from WickedHamilton the musicalSingle Use Weapon by FahyeGleeLes Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary“Defying Gravity” from Wicked“Dancing Through Life” from WickedThe Princess Bride“Galavant” from Galavant“Belle” from Beauty and the Beast“Stand Up” from GalavantCrazy Ex-GirlfriendA Knight’s TaleShrek Camelot the musicalSpamalot the musicalIn the HeightsHigh School Musical 2“I Don’t Dance” from High School Musical 2Hairspray (2007)Footloose (2011)Bride & Prejudice (2004)A Chorus Line (1985)Cabaret (1972)Moulin Rouge! (2001)John Wick (2014)Peter Pan (AKA Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up; or Peter and Wendy)PantomimeEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire SagaBuffy the Vampire SlayerThe MagiciansScrubsFarscapeSixOliver! musical (based on Oliver Twist)Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatThe Prince of EgyptJesus Christ SuperstarJaskier’s theme from The Witcher‘I Dreamed A Dream’ from Les Misérables‘One Day More’ from Les Misérables‘You’ll Be Back’ from HamiltonThe BeatlesGroundhog Day the musicalGroundhog Day filmSwan LakePeer Gynt suitesCarnival of the AnimalsPeter and the Wolf‘Peter and the Wolf March’ from Peter and the Wolf'The Swan' from Carnival of the Animals
For Next TimeThe Unstrung Harp by Edward Gorey
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. Extra extra thank-yous to our team of scribes this week because YOWZA that was a lot of Other Things We Talked About to wrangle links for!
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On this week's episode we’re discussing classics rewritten by women! The tentpoles are Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, and Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley.
What We’re Into Lately
Subtle Blood by KJ CharlesFor the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten Luca “Choosing” by Susan Taitel The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes Victoria Goddard’s books:Tales of the Nine Worlds seriesGreenwing & Dart series
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Will Darling Adventures by KJ CharlesTimon of Athens by William ShakespeareThe Good Place (see Janet with a cactus behind her back)MoanaCarmina Burana (text)Carmina Burana (cantata by Orff)Hamilton“Saltwashed” by Jennifer MaceThe Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana HeadleyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Empresses in the Palace
The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carriger Rule 63 of the internetPersona 5 videogamePeter Darling by Austin ChantPeter Pan by JM BarrieLost in the Never Woods by Aiden ThomasThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisE. Jade Lomax’s fanfic reinterpretations of The Susan ProblemThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisGenderswap in fanfictionMad Max: Fury RoadAtomic Blonde
For Next TimeWicked the musical
Content WarningsDomestic abuse in The Chosen and the Beautiful Warfare and gore in Beowulf and Unconquerable SunDiscussion of trans and nonbinary erasure
Transcription
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On this week's episode, we are once again answering YOUR burning questions, dear listeners!
What We’re Into Lately
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Bareknuckle Bastards series by Sarah MacLean
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
The Untamed fanfic
“vinculum” by Skadiseven
Heaven Has A Road But No One Walks It by Silvestris
The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard
History Channel “documentaries”
Tim’s Vermeer
The Witcher
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Get Out
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Good Omens (TV show)
Nirvana in Fire
Famous Fanfic Author Fahye
Down to Agincourt series by seperis
Word of Honor
Isavalta series by Sarah Zettel
Naruto
Persona 5
Fic author Maldoror_Chant
Feminine Pursuits series (The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics) by Olivia Waite
The Covert Captain by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
Proper English by KJ Charles
Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
Once Ghosted Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
Codex Writers Forum
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Tremontaine series by Ellen Kushner et al.
”Glitter & Gold” by Barns CourtneyThe Queen’s GambitX-MenTeen WolfDragon Age: InquisitionRanma ½ Criminal Mindsyou wait and you wonder who’ll take on your odds by paperclipbitchA Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
For Next Time
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Content Warnings
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The transcript of this episode is available here. Highest of fives to our wonderful team of scribes!
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On today’s episode, we're finally getting around to doing our Diana Wynne Jones Episode! Well, sort of -- it's not exactly a deep-dive. Our tentpoles this week are Howl’s Moving Castle, Howl’s Moving Castle, and two Howl’s Moving Castle fanfics — “Hearts and Their Consumption” by setepenre_set and “Second Time Lucky” by labellementeuse.
What We’re Into Lately
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Persona 5 fanfic
Word of Honor
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
The Great British Bake Off
Imagine Me & You
“The Bonny Swans”
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The West Wing
Moana
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Ponyo
The Little MermaidSpirited Away
Snow White
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Children’s author Frances Hardinge
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre miniseries
Good Omens TV series
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne JonesFire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne JonesTam Lin Scottish balladCastle In the Air by Diana Wynne JonesAladdin folktaleTales of the Arabian NightsLord of the Rings trilogy by JRR TolkienLabyrinthDeep Secret by Diana Wynne JonesHouse of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Be the Serpent Episode 36: There’s No Place Like HomeChrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne JonesArcher’s Goon by Diana Wynne JonesEight days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones
For Next Time
Episode 90: Extravaganza!
Content Warnings
Gore / Violence - Hearts and Their Consumption by setepenre_set.
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. Thank you to our fabulous team of scribes for their hard work, as always :)
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On today's episode we are talking about dystopian stratified societies and "layered cities". Our tentpoles this week are An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, the Snowpiercer movie (the original one), and “To the Victor, The Spoil” by Annakovsky.
What We’re Into Lately
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan
Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
marigolds by colbub
Avatar: The Last Airbender fic
Rogue One fic
Hikaru no Go
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Imperial Coroner
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
“Dixit Dominus” by George Frideric Handel
Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan
Dragon Ball
Persona 5
Embers by Vathara
The Untamed
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Parasite
Space Sweepers
This post by missellewoods
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Lara Elena Donnelly’s Amberlough series
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Avatar
The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
“And Now His Lordship Is Laughing” by Shiv Ramdas
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
"Victory Condition" by astolat
Les Mis (musical)
Les Miserables (disambiguation)
For Next Time
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Content Warnings
Sexual assault, racism, and slavery in An Unkindness of Ghosts
Violence, child harm in Snowpiercer
Sex trafficking, attempted suicide, and adult/minor relationship in “To the Victor, The Spoil”
General warnings for discussion in the episode: the spectre of pedophilia, cannibalism, classism and prejudice (as well as all above listed warnings from the tentpoles)
Transcription
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On this week's episode, we're discussing those models of decorum and tranquility: Games, and game-adjacent narratives! The tentpoles this week are the C-drama version of Hikaru no Go, the film Jumanji: Into the Jungle, and the fanfic you wait and you wonder who’ll take on your odds by paperclipbitch.
What We’re Into Lately
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrum
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter
Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling
marigolds by colbub
The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett
Other Stuff We Mentioned
The Bachelor franchise
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
The Queen’s Gambit
Chess (musical)
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Jumanji
Aladdin
E.T.
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Labyrinth
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
DIE by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
Casino Royale
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Alex’s Fun Facts History of Games Corner
Kriegsspiel game
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People, and Fantastic Adventure from Chess to Role-Playing Games by Jon Peterson
Checkmate by Naadi
Yu-Gi-Oh
Battle Royale
The Hunger Games
League of Legends
Hercules
The Grandfather Clock by Anthony Hill
For Next Time
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Content Warnings
None
Transcription
The transcript for this episode can be found here. Thanks to our most excellent scribes for their hard work!
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On this week's episode, we're discussing jobs, occupations, and vocations, both fantastical and mundane despite the fantastical settings. The tentpoles for this episode are Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef by Cassandra Khaw, Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, and “Always Near” by afrai.
What We’re Into Lately
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Hiding in the Leaves by aventria & iluxia (Naruto fanfic)
Legend of Yun Qian
Scarlet Heart
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Jumanji
Labyrinth
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Naruto
After Working At Google, I’ll Never Let Myself Love A Job Again (Op-Ed, NYT)
My Life as a Background Slytherin (webcomic)
Avengers movies
Superhero Damage Insurance (TikTok)
Rogue One
Star Wars franchise
The Mandalorian
Be the Serpent Space Sweepers episode
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
Jessica Jones
October Daye series by Seanan McGuire
Lost Girl
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold
John Scalzi (author)
Honor Harrington series by David Weber
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
Catalyst by Jennifer Mace
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
My Next Life as a Villainess
“Period Piece” by thimblefullofdespair
for a hundred vision and revisions by aventria, iluxia
Merlin TV show
Macey’s Fun Facts Tech Job Corner
An Example of Bad Radio
The Story Engine storytelling game
For Next Time
Hikaru no Go (2020 live action Chinese drama)
Content Warnings
Slavery (in “Always Near” + episode discussion)
Medical trauma & body horror (in Hench)
Cannibalism and gore (in Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef + episode discussion)
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thanks as always to our fabulous team of scribes!
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On today's episode, we're getting unseasonably spooky as we talk about Gothic novels! The tentpoles for this episode are Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the film Crimson Peak, and the Untamed fanfic Imago by astrophyllite.
What We’re Into Lately
Word of Honor
The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
Die, Volume 1 by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Don’t Look Back series by acuteneurosis
ShuoshuoChinese
Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management by Alexander Elder
Untamed fanfic, as always
Other Stuff We Mentioned
The Wicked + the Divine by Kieron Gillen
Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen
American Psycho
Tim Burton’s Alice movies
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Untamed
Under The Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Bluebeard folktale
Beauty and the Beast folktale
East of Sun and West of the Moon folktale
Eros and Psyche folktale
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Jane Eyre miniseries (with Ruth Wilson)
‘Restraint and Revelation: or, The Necromancer of Yiling’ (Erotic Gothic Novelist!Lan Wangji)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey TV movie
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Be the Serpent Episode 36: There's No Place Like Home
Addams Family Values
For Next Time
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Content Warnings
Violence, gore, and incest in all three tentpoles and the episode discussion.
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you to our beloved team of scribes for their hard work!
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On this week's episode, we're talking about postapocalyptic fiction, specifically stories set in the wake of a climate apocalypse. The tentpoles are Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse, the fanfic "Moebius" by AuroraNova and Mad Max: Fury Road.
What We’re Into Lately
The House of Niccolò series by Dorothy Dunnett
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Parks and Recreation
The World Figure Skating Championship
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
love, in fire and blood by cicer
Practical Creativity by Raph Koster
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Be the Serpent, Episode 3: Apocalypse Sometime, Maybe Next Tuesday
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Be the Serpent, Episode 38: A Hugo Award Special — The Novels of 2018
“Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.M. Szpara
The Old Guard
Atomic Blonde
Studio Ghibli movies
James Bond movies
“Peer Gynt” by Grieg
The first Mad Max movie
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Mass Effect games
The ending of Mass Effect 3
Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
The Day After Tomorrow
Who Should Live In Flooded Old New York? by Brooke Bolander
Embers by Vathara
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin
Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
The Sea and Summer (aka Drowning Towers) by George Turner
‘The Fall of Civilizations’ podcast
How We Get to Carbon Zero by Bianca Nogrady
The Expanse
Space Sweepers
Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
Macey’s Fun Facts Bronze Age Mediterranean Corner
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline
The most famous and meme-able trader to ever live, Ea-nasir
For Next Time
Crimson Peak film
Content Warnings
Gore and implied sexual assault in Mad Max: Fury RoadGore and (urban fantasy standard) violence in Trail of LightningTranscription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you as always to our brilliant team of scribes!!
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On today's episode we're buckling on our space shoes, picking up our space harpoons, and charging up our space laser guns, because we're doing a deep dive on the new South Korean scifi film, Space Sweepers.
What We’re Into Lately
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
The House of Always by Jenn Lyon
Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan
Word of Honor
The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno Garcia
Boku no Hero Academia fanfic of the Star Wars crossover variety
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On this week's episode, we're getting the gang back together to talk about girl gangs, teen squads, and spooky witchy girls! The tentpoles this week are The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke, Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark, and the fanfic “21st Century Girls” by springgreen.
What We’re Into Lately
Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Dawn by Octavia Butler
A Bouquet of Czech Folktales by Karel Jaromír Erben, trans. Marcela Sulak
Boku No Hero Academia fanfic
as day follows night by The_Eclectic_Bookworm
The Untamed fanfic
Word of Honor
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Men in Black
Society of Gentlemen series by K.J. Charles
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Guardian
Nirvana in Fire
20th Century Boys manga series
Sailor Moon manga series
My Little Pony
St. Trinians
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Stranger Things
Jennifer’s Body
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
Mean Girls
Sex and the City
Golden Girls
Ocean’s 8
Charlie’s Angels
Totally Spies
D.E.B.S
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Dark Angel
The Old Guard
Wonder Woman
Mad Max: Fury Road
Dollhouse
River Tam from Firefly
Steven Universe
For Next Time
Space Sweepers
Content Warnings
Very brief mention of sexual assault (and description of its fallout) in Foul Is Fair, one of the "What We're Into Lately" books.
Explicit depictions of racism (including the KKK) in Ring Shout.
Kidnapping, attempted assault in The Scapegracers.
Transcription
The transcript for this episode can be found here. Huge thanks to our scribe team for their excellent work, as usual!
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