Sorry for the short episode again, health and mental health are pretty low right now. Hopefully things will pick up in a few weeks!Things Discussed: Straight culture, Umamusume, vtuber stuffSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 3, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)
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Around the Long Fire 116: The Iliad, Book 1
A shorter episode this week as we begin the Iliad and have a bunch of podcast work to do after we record, we manage a nice solid hour on both the book and other stuff. Mostly horse girls and food. Y’know, the basic needs. Things Discussed: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Wuthering Heights, Umamusume, Vodka, Green Yuri, Cooking Talk, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 2, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)
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Around the Long Fire 115: The Iliad, introduction
We begin our largest book yet as we read the overly long introduction to The Iliad and talk a little bit about our time with this book before the podcast. Then, the usual yapping. Em has gotten increasingly horse-pilled. Niamh’s seen the heart of the cards.Things Discussed: bookmark habits, day off activities, Gundam Build Fighters, movie recommendations, Pokemon cards, mental health, book update, new gaming horizons, Persona 5 The Phantom X, Umamusume (game and Beginning of a New Era), Arknights, Infinity Nikki (if you point out Em mixed this up with Yume Nikki she’s going to time you out for an entire day in the discord) See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 1, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)
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Around the Long Fire 114: The Lesser Key of Solomon
A one and done for this small book of magic and esoterica, but we manage a pretty good discussion out of it anyway! This was a pleasant break of an episode before we climb the mountain for our final book this season.Things Discussed: ritual and magic/spirituality, Hololive chess, scheduling, Gundam X, robots, K-Pop Demon Hunters, A Safe Girl to Love, trans stuff and feminism, Wuthering Heights, GarfieldSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, introduction, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)
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Around the Long Fire 113: Táin Bó Cúailgne, parts X to The End!
We finish the saga, reflect on some books, compare horses and mermaids, and much more on this action packed episode. Things Discussed: Nodame Cantabile, Umamusume, A Safe Girl to Love, Guinea Pig 4: Mermaid in a Manhole, Do You Know Who Jackie Is?Opening music for this book is Ferdia’s Song and Gae Bolga by HorslipsSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia, The Book of Evil Spirits, L. W. De Laurence (Martino Fine Books)
A weekly quest by Niamh to guide Em and the listeners through the Icelandic sagas fae loves so much, as we all sit in the dark and feel mortal and small.
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