On this episode of Be the Serpent, we're talking about historiography, propaganda, narrative control, Macey's misspent youth as a frozen meat salesperson, and some excellent pieces of fiction: "Written by the Victors" by Speranza, the Broadway show Hamilton, and The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin.
Things We Mentioned:
"Written by the Victors" by Speranza
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The House of Niccolò series by Dorothy Dunnett
Person of Interest fanfic
A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland
Ars Atlantiadae by multiple creators (usernames found in the link)
Podfic of Written by the Victors by multiple readers (usernames found in the link)
Steve Rogers at 100: Celebrating Captain America on Film by eleveninches, Febricant, hellotailor, M_Leigh, neenya, tigrrmilk
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
"Interlude (Rise Up)" by Fahye
Mark Oshiro reading "Interlude (Rise Up)"
Podfic of "Interlude (Rise Up)" by various narrators
Black Sails
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall
The Newsflesh Series by Mira Grant
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
What We’re Reading:
The Lymond Chronicles (specifically The Ringed Castle and Checkmate) by Dorothy Dunnett
The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
Still too much Dragon Age: Inquisition fanfic
Transcription:
The transcript of this episode is available here. Thanks as always to Sara, Neharika, and Magali!
Episode 101: Jumping the Shark
Episode 100: Superstravaganza
Episode 99: Detective Boyfriends
Episode 98: [SPOOKY NOISES]
Episode 97: A Symphony of Serpents
Episode 96: Changing Places
Episode 95: The Jasmine Throne
Episode 94: Into the Woods
Episode 93: The Glamorous Authorial Life
Episode 92: Podcasting: The Musical!
Episode 91: Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better
Episode 90: Extravaganza
Episode 89: A Particularly Heartless Wizard
Episode 88: Singing a Song of Angry Men
Episode 87: Let the Games Begin!
Episode 86: 9 to 5 (What a Way to Make a Living)
Episode 85: Girl Meets House
Episode 84: Not With a Bang...
Episode 83: Space Sweepers!
Epsode 82: On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink
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