98: Immersive Theatre with Caleb Zane Huett15 June 2023Put on your mask and let's get into itThis week, Caleb Zane Huett, children's author, and one of the founders of Haunted Table Games - the company behind the ultra successful Triangle Agency, sits down with Ally and Nigel to discuss the world of immersive theatre. In this episode we discuss creating...01:16:20
97: Earthsea with Nick08 June 2023It's time for some slept on fantasyTrigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of racism, misogyny, transphobia, NazisThis week, Nick joins Ally and Nigel to talk about Ursula K. Le Guin's classic series Earthsea. In this episode we discuss daoist philosophical influences, the dif...01:07:16
96: Drag Race with Jenny Maguire01 June 2023If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody elseTrigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, arson, negligence, drowningThis week, Jenny Maguire sits down with Ally and Nigel to dive headlong into the insane worl...00:58:26
95: Dragon Age with Ella Watts25 May 2023It's Christian allegory at its ham-handed bestTrigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of religious abuse, religious trauma, historical religious abuse, sexism, ableism, homophobia, racism, genocide, sexual trauma, sexual abuse, rape, Islamophobia, slavery, child death, child s...01:43:11
94: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog with David Devereux13 April 2023Sonic is dead and we have killed himTrigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of Adolf Hitler, queerphobiaDev joins Ally and Nigel for a murder mystery investigation. Who's dead, you ask? Sonic the Hedgehog! In this episode, we discuss the game's surprising links to the philosop...01:29:00
93: Fairy Tales with Ellen Farr06 April 2023There is no such thing as the canonTrigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of sexual assault, misogynyEllen returns to the pod to discuss her passion: fairy tales. We talk about iterative cycles of myth, being terrified as children, how there is no one true version of myths an...01:35:46
92: Child Acting with Ansley Kopp24 March 2023Our frontal lobes aren't even fully developedTrigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of labour exploitation, child exploitation, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, medication, psychosis, predatory behaviour towards children, method acting, Jared Leto, Harvey Weinstein, sexism, misogyn...01:42:48
91: Superliminal Latency with Phoebe A. Xavier17 March 2023There are only a finite amount of story ideas, but infinite permutations.Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of drug use, alcohol use, sex and porn, gorePhoebe A. Xavier is a sci-fi comic book writer, and today joins Ally and Nigel to discuss her recently released short st...01:00:57
90: Animorphs with Floyd Blaikie10 March 2023Have I read Animorphs? Yes yes yes yes.Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of lgenocide, war, child soldiersLet it never be said we can't be both serious and silly. Floyd brings us Animorphs to discuss this week, and what starts off as a fairly innocuous chat about some ch...01:08:29
89: A Day of Fallen Night with Samantha Shannon03 March 2023Return to the world of Priory...Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of racism, sexismSamantha Shannon is the author of the bestselling The Bone Season series, and the smash-hit Priory of the Orange Tree, and joins Ally and Nigel to discuss its upcoming prequel, A Day of Fa...01:22:38