On this week's episode, we are pondering the nature of mortality -- and immortality! We're discussing demigods and other sorts of very, very long lived folks. The tentpoles for this week are The Old Guard, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson, and “The god of scraped knees.” by spqr.
What We’re Into Lately
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield
Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Feminine Pursuits series by Olivia Waite
Alice Payne series by Kate Heartfield
Alice Payne Rides by Kate Heartfield
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Episode 39 of Be the Serpent
Claire Rousseau’s Youtube channel
Finding Faeries by Alexandra Rowland
The Witcher television show
Star Wars prequels
Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
Yoon Ha Lee’s books
Good Omens TV adaptation
The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Keanu Reeves definitely Not being immortal
For Next Time
"Favorite" by astolat
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you as always to the eternal beloveds of our hearts: the team of scribes who made this possible!