Episode 41: The Democratic Republic of Serpents

On this episode, we're talking about politics! It's gonna get.... kind of weirdly emotional. The tentpoles this week are “Corridors of Power” by blythely, “Hand in Unlovable Hand” by Annakovsky, and Cheesecake and the Art of Political Warfare by Sakana Sara.

 

What We’re Into Lately

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Semiosis by Sue Burke

Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

“Lie Back and Think of Dinner” and “Still My Heart Has Wings” by jessthereckless

“By Definition” by idiopathicsmile

Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

 

Other Stuff We Mentioned

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Rogue One

WorldCon (Dublin 2019)

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

A Choir of Lies and A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland

The West Wing

House of Cards

“Spin!” by weatherfront. 

Inception

Veep

Lean In 

Fernand Braudel

Jupiter Ascending

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Leverage

The Thick of It

Yes Minister

House of Cards, the UK TV mini-series

House of Cards by Michael Dobbs

Madam Secretary

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold

A Deeper Season by lightgetsin, sahiya

What Passing Bells by lightgetsin, sahiya

Gentleman Bastards

Republic of Thieves 

Merlin

Discworld

 

For Next Time

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

 

Transcription

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