Episode 27: I'm Not a Lady, I'm a Witch!

On this episode of Be the Serpent, we're talking about witches! Our tentpoles this week are I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett, “In Which Lettie Makes Demands” by ryfkah, and the movie Practical Magic.

What We’ve Been Reading

The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)
The Underwater Ballroom Society by Stephanie Burgis and Tiffany Trent
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles
“Monologue by an unnamed mage, recorded at the brink of the end” by Cassandra Khaw
“Darling and the Cinderella Club” by emilyenrose
For Real by Alexis Hall

 

Other Stuff We Mentioned

Skies of Wonder, Skies of Danger, ft. our very own Macey
A Sword on Two Fingers by Freya Marske
The Hugo Awards 2019 Nominations
Female-presenting Nipples (Thanks, Freya)
The Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
The Immortals series by Tamora Pierce
Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce
Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce
Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
The Scottish Play by Shakespeare
The Spanish Inquisition
The Salem Witch Trials
The Adventure Zone
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books [website]
Smart Podcast, Trashy Books [podcast]
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
The Damore Memo
The Wizard of Oz
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Tournament of Minds
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Bewitched
Check Please
“sundown starts at half-past six” by halfdesertedstreets
The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
“Cornerwitches” by charmingly antiquated

 

For Next Time

The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang

 

Transcription

The transcript of this episode is available here! If you see a scribe, give them a high five and thank them for their hard work!