We read two novellas this month, The Emperor's Soul is really good! Legion is the craziest thing we've ever read for the show (and maybe off the show too).

Huge thanks to Kirk for guesting on this episode, you can find all his information here. https://kirkhamilton.com/

Next month we'll be discussing The Rithmatist and the End of A Memory of Light

Content warnings for this episode: ableism, Abu Sayyaf, assassination, atheism, betrayal, bleeding, blood magic, body horror, body modification, bombing, braindeath, broken bones, Catholicism, Christianity, classism, death, discussion of sexuality, enemies to lovers, genocide, hallucinations, imperialism, imprisonment, Islam, Israeli/Palestinian war, insanity, kidnapping, maiming, mind control, misogyny, Mormonism, murder, mutation, mutilation, Navy Seals, necromancy, racism, religious conversion, religious extremism, religious wars, Richard Dawkins, self harm, settler colonialism, slavery, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation, suicide, suicide bombing, suicide by police, terminal illness, therapy, tokenism, undeath, wounds and infection

Things Mentioned

Dave (1993) dir by Ivan Reitman

The Princess Bride dir by Rob Reiner

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Gladiator (2000) dir by Sir Ridley Scott

The Matrix (1999) dir by The Wachowski Sisters

Your Name (2016) dir by Makoto Shinkai

Miniature Painting

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Quote Investigator Article about the Quote I attribute to Emerson https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/06/20/books/

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) dir by Mel Stuart

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Disco Elysium

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/)