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A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
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Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Episode 22: Out of Cheese, Error, Redo from Start
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
On this week's episode we're talking about Groundhog Day AUs! We're discussing the original trope-namer, the 1993 movie Groundhog Day; the Yuri!! On Ice fic "Maelstrom" by feelslikefire, and the flash fiction piece, "The First Stop Is Always the Last" by John Wiswell.
What We’re Reading
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Possessed by Elif Batuman
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
Freya’s Yuri!!! in Space fics
Torn by Rowenna Miller
Other Stuff We Mentioned
A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland
National Novel Writing Month
Spiders Georg
Person of Interest
The Pineapple festival in Fort Pierce, Florida
The Sandy Shoes festival, Fort Pierce, Florida
Friday fest, Fort Pierce, Florida
The Groundhog Day musical
The official broadway recording of “If I Had My Time Again”
Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Naruto
Chunin Exam Day by Perfect Lionheart
Time Braid by ShaperV
“Quickening Days” by Fahye
Freeport by Maldoror_Chant
Embers by Inkgirl and Vathara
Lightning on the Wave
“The First Stop is Always the Last” by John Wiswell
Sliders
“Purple Days” by baurus
Edge of Tomorrow
All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Victory Condition by astolat
Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling
“Dark Prince” by LoveMyRomance
Final Fantasy VII
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
World Without End by Sorted
Aesop’s fables
Steven King’s Dark Tower series
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
Serpentcast Discord
Merlin
For Next Time
Drastically Redefining Protocol by rageprufrock
Transcript
The transcript of the episode is available here. As always, thanks to our glamorous and wonderful scribes: Neharika, Millie, Sara, and Magali, who were also joined this week by Kelly!
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Episode 21: Believing the Little Lies
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
On this episode, we're back on our bullshit to talk about worldbuilding with mythology. Our tentpoles this week are Alexandra Rowland's A Conspiracy of Truths, Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds, and KJ Parker's "Let Maps to Others".
What We’re Into This Week
In the Vanisher’s Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Kakashi/Iruka fic by, particularly, Maldoror and thehoyden
Teetering on the brink of Venom fanfic
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Terry Pratchett
Pliny’s letters
Graffiti in Pompeii
Memes
Incomplete by astolat
The Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
Alana by Tamora Pierce
Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Buffy
Charmed
Doctor Who
Dragon Ball Z
Supernatural
Black Sails
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
“Icebreaker” by Cesare
“Motion Parallax” by Laughsalot3412
Community
The My Life as a Background Slytherin comics by Emily McGovern
For Next Time:
"The First Stop is Always the Last" by John Wiswell
Transcription:
The transcript of this episode is available here. Thanks to our wonderful and brilliant scribes: Sara, Millie, Neharika, and Magali!