Othersode #60: Girl Power! / Female Friendships and The Last Checkmate with Gabriella Saab

November 15, 2021 The Squad

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Horror, Empathy, and Faith in Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass

November 10, 2021 Kelli

If you are a regular listener to our podcast you probably know that BSG stans Mike Flanagan. We are #FlanaganHive. Just check out our episodes on The Haunting of Bly Manor and Doctor Sleep if you don’t believe me. Anyway, knowing this, you might have been wondering if we were going to talk about Midnight Mass. Herein lies your answer: I, Kelli, am going to be talking about Midnight Mass all by myself, because it’s November already and I can no longer wait for the other members of this operation to catch up with me. I watched this show the weekend it came out, and I have been thinking about it ever since.

(Very minor spoilers to follow)

Return of Todd's Fantasy Series Corner: Part 3

November 7, 2021 Todd Osborne

It has been a minute since we last talked fantasy, hasn’t it? Well, I have returned to talk all things fantasy, SF, and anything else I feel like talking about.

First: a quick rundown of series that I have already touched on: I finished Oathbringer, the 3rd book in Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive, and while I still enjoyed it, it did have the feeling of a middle act kind of book. The characters were a little more dour, a little less self-confident, but the book still had its hooks in me and I am excited to pick up Rhythms of War soon! Mary and I also recently got the first 3 Mistborn books, so I am looking forward to digging into some earlier Sanderson soon as well.

BSG #60: Big on Goodreads / Detransition Baby / Interview with SJ Sindu

November 1, 2021 The Squad

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YA Book Club: Mercury Boys

October 30, 2021 Mary & Emily

Come travel back in time with YA Book Club as we discuss Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad. The book follows Saskia, who just moved to a new state with her dad and is settling into a new school. She reflects that she hasn’t really had many genuine friends during her life, and she’s excited to become close with Lila, who seems very cool and level headed IMO. Lila works at a college library, where she has access to all sorts of archival daguerreotypes.

Dune Was Fine

October 27, 2021 Mary

I watched the new Dune adaptation, directed by Denis Villeneuve. It was fine. This isn’t as much of a review as it is me trying to unpack what I like about Dune, both as a novel and a film. I’ll say up front that if you like sci-fi at all, you might as well go see Dune, or at least watch it on HBO Max at home. However, it wasn’t quite what I wanted it to be.

The Wild Ride of The Way Down

October 20, 2021 Susan

The culty content keeps coming with HBO's The Way Down: God, Greed and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, a new docuseries that investigates the Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood, Tennessee, and its strange leader. The "church" evolves from a weight loss-focused workshop to an evangelical Christian spinoff to an full-fledged cult. The Way Down traces the rise and fall of Gwen Shamblin, the cult's body-obsessed leader, as she transforms Remnant Fellowship into the dangerous high-control group that it still is today. Some spoilers for The Way Down to follow.

Othersode #59: Is This Based On a Book? / Nine Perfect Strangers (The Show!) with Tirzah Price

October 18, 2021 The Squad

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Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman...

October 13, 2021 Kelli & Mary

Mary: Hello and welcome to HALLOWEEN SEASON, the most marvelous time of the year. Kelli I saw Candyman, the 2021 film directed by Nia DaCosta, and here we are to talk about it.

I’ll go ahead and say, as we have said on the podcast many times, we are just white women trying to be good allies, but please take our conversation with a healthy dose of salt. Obviously we should always listen to BIPOC communities on issues concerning race FIRST. With that out of the way, let’s talk Candyman.

Do you hate bees more or less after this film?

(Spoilers for Candyman to follow)