Gus, Aurora, Amy, and Abby finish discussing Lioness Rampant. We made it through a whole series! In this episode: Bird-Based Fantasy Gentrification! Those Crabs That Grab a Knife! Art for the Sake of Art! Bisexuality for the Sake of Bisexuality!

Programming note: We’re taking a short break before moving on to The Immortals quartet. We’ll be starting that discussion with Wild Magic in April, but in the meantime we have several bonus episodes lined up that will be coming out in March! (Get hype!)

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

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Gus, Aurora, Amy, and Abby begin their discussion of the final book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, Lioness Rampant. In this episode: Ambiguous Fruit! We Love Thayet And Buri (1/?)! The Return of the Old Ones! The Only Person With More Fantasy Eyes Than Alanna!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual violence (42:20 – 45:02). Additionally, there are mild spoilers at (56:10 – 57:14).

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

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Gus, Grace, Aurora and Abby wrap up their discussion of The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. In this episode: Every Corner is Linguistics Corner! Alanna’s Good Dads! Animal Enemies! Chosen-by-the-Gods Privilege!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of racialized violence.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and
Charm.

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Abby, Aurora, Grace, and Gus begin our discussion of The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. In this episode: Sword Time! Fun-but-not-fast Linguistics! The Tortall-Emelan Unification Theory! And: Priests gone rogue?

Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

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Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Grace finish discussing the second Alanna book, In the Hand of the Goddess. In this episode: The Yell Zone! Grace Says a Swear! Bad Ships, Good Friendship! Raoul vs. Human Raoul!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include:
Crunk Knight (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Oddities)
Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

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Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Grace yell about the second installment in Song of the Lioness: In the Hand of the Goddess!
In this episode: Alanna’s Beverage Preferences! The Ordeal Of Manhood! Faithful: What’s His Deal? Jonathan’s Emo Phase!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

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Abby, Aurora, Grace, and Gus conclude their discussion of Alanna: The First Adventure, which they remembered to name-drop this time.
More Racism And Imperialism Than We Remembered! Color-Coordinated Horses! Friends With The Godfather! Ali Mukhtab’s Cat Friends! Chivalry: Is It Toxic Masculinity?

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

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Abby, Aurora, Grace and Gus discuss the first book in the Alanna series. Unnecessary POV Shifts! Wizard Rods! The Old Ones: Who Are They? What Is It?

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

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Meet the panelists! Learn everything about ’em, if by “everything” you mean names, pronouns, Tortall experience, and who’s going straight to a literal cat circus as soon as this episode is over

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta.

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