Our shortest episode yet!

We read two short stories this month, The Eleventh Metal is pretty good, and HARRE (Heuristic Algorithm and Reasoning Response Engine) is pretty interesting from production standpoint.

Next month we'll be reading The Emperor's Soul and Legion, Episode Airs: Third Week of June.

Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, arranged marriages, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, gaslighting, genocide, hallucinations, homophobia, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, slavery, spousal death, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infection

Things Mentioned:

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu

Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

A Small Place by Jamaica Kinkaid

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang

How Long Until Black Future Month

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin

Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir

Absolute Wonder Woman

Absolute Martian Manhunter

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

We talk about the highs and lows of The Alloy of Law, our first foray into Mistborn Era 2.

Next month we'll be reading The Eleventh Metal and H.A.R.R.E, Episode Airs: May 31st

Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, arranged marriages, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, gaslighting, genocide, hallucinations, homophobia, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, slavery, spousal death, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infection

Corrections: Grant Morrison's pronouns are They/Them, many apologies for misgendering them.

Correction 2: Folks on the autism spectrum are moving away from the term "Asperger's Syndrome" for a multitude of reasons, one of which being the originator of the term was a nazi scientist.

Things Mentioned:

Grant Morrison's X-Men

A Game of Thrones

Grant Morrison's The Invisibles (Sympathy for the Henchman)

Necropolitics - Achille Mbembe https://muse.jhu.edu/article/39984

Society Must be Defended - Michelle Foucault (Biopolitics)

Dicipline and Punish - Michel Foucault

Rykers Island https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/nyregion/kalief-browder-held-at-rikers-island-for-3-years-without-trial-commits-suicide.html

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

We read two not very good stories and have 2 fantastic conversations about them with special guest Sophie Abromowitz!

Sophie Short Story: https://joylandpublishing.com/fiction/jan-is-important/
Sophie Substack: https://abromowitz.substack.com/
Sophie Website: https://sophie-abromowitz.com/


Next month we'll be reading Alloy of Law. Episode airs, end of April.

Content warnings for this episode: auditory hallucinations, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, child endangerment, conspiracies, death, duels, gender dysphoria, god kings, human sacrifice, mprisonment, insanity, lying, mental illness, mind control, murder, neglect, oligarchy, prisons, religion, royalty, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, undeath, wounds, xenophobia

Infinity Blade Screenshots https://www.epicgames.com/infinityblade/en-US/game-info/infinity-blade-i

Infinity Blade II Screenshots: https://kotaku.com/games/infinity-blade-ii/gallery

Infinity Blade II Opening Cutscene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSywlxTpqBA

Words of Brandon: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/169/#e8839

Books
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Piranesi
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Movies
Inception dir by Christopher Nolan
Paprika dir by Satoshi Kon

TV
Star Wars Andor

Other
Boss Baby Tweet https://x.com/afraidofwasps/status/1177301482464526337?lang=en

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)