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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 17, 2021
Episode 99: Detective Boyfriends
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
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. Pacat
The Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisher
that ruthless love by alherath
The Warrior of the Third Veil by Victoria Goddard
The Sisters Avramapul series by Victoria Goddard
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat
Chant Universe by Alexandra Rowland
"You Should Really Be Reading Victoria Goddard’s Nine Worlds Series" by Alexandra Rowland
Guardian
Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy L. Sayers
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
House
The Angel of Crows by Katherine Addison
Doctor Who
The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons
Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
Leverage
The X-Files
Hannibal
Rosemary & Thyme
Poirot
Hinterland
Hot Fuzz
Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Will Darling Adventures by K.J. Charles
John le Carré
James Bond novels by Ian Fleming
Think of England by K.J. Charles
An iconic Doctor & Donna scene from Doctor Who
Greenwing & Dart series by Victoria Goddard
Be 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 Clark
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
For Next Time
None, it's the Extravaganza!
Content Warnings
Minor fantasy violence in Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murders and A Marvellous Light.
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. Thank you so much to our wonderful team of scribes for their hard work!
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Episode 98: [SPOOKY NOISES]
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
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 Lyons
A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons
The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
My Words Will Be Your Light by Page161of180
The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons
Midnight Mass
Naruto self-insert fic
the name of the game by a_sassin
the sun don't shine underground by ultranos
Bar Cart Bookshelf
How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom
The 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
Snowpiercer
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Magicians
The Queen's Gambit
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
Bluebeard
Inception
The Sixth Sense
Dead Like Me (2003)
The Ghost of You by luchia
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 Wetter
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Ghostbusters
Supernatural
Ask a Mortician YouTube channel
a tempest, a cyclone, a goddamned hurricane by Dialux
Boku no Hiro Akademia
Yesterday Upon The Stair by PitViperOfDoom
Black Sails
the aftershocks remain by pdameron
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
For Next Time
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Content Warnings
Some gore in Ghost.
Depictions/discussions of death through all tentpoles and the podcast discussion
Transcription
The transcript of this episode can be found here. Thank you to our wonderful team of scribes for their work!