Around the Long Fire 112: Táin Bó Cúailnge, part IX
Somehow our boy Cu has managed to turn a gay story even gayer this week, but we soldier on undeterred. We’re just cool and strong like that.Things Discussed: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Poker Face season 2; ripping CDs; Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist; music scenes; Vive L’Amour; a trip to the zoo; Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies; vtubersOpening 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: Táin Bó Cúailnge, parts X to the end from The Táin, trans. Ciaran Carson (Penguin Classics)
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Around the Long Fire 111: Táin Bó Cúailnge, parts VII and VIII
A surprise week off due to medical stuff but we’re back with more murder, lots of books, horse girls, and vtubers! Things Discussed: Umamusume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top; Nodame Cantabile; Detransition, Baby; the ren faire; The Blue Fox, galloping ghost gaming, purses, card pack meta, Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood, Alien Autopsy, All For One, 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: Táin Bó Cúailnge, part IX from The Táin, trans. Ciaran Carson (Penguin Classics)
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Around the Long Fire 110: Táin Bó Cúailnge, parts V through VI
A long episode mostly because Em has started watching movies again. But we have a good time chatting about all sorts of stuff, including the Táin!Things Discussed: FFX metaphysics, DAPs (that’s MP3 players for normal people), Yo Gabba Gabba show, KPop Demon Hunters, The Double Life of Veronique, Red Rooms, Guinea Pig: Devil’s Experiment, Cece and Raora’s 3D debuts, manga corner, the circus!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: Táin Bó Cúailnge, parts VII through VIII from The Táin, trans. Ciaran Carson (Penguin Classics)
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Around the Long Fire 109: Post Surgery Free Talk
Em survived surgery so she’s getting back in front of a microphone again and talking about anime, vtubers, and other such ALF staples. Please enjoy this short but good episode. We’ll return with sagas next week!Things Discussed: Em’s surgery update, the story of the get well present, hopes on the other side of all this, Niamh’s scheduling woes, Gigi Murin’s 3D Live, other vtuber stuff, IDW’s TMNT comic and other Turtles talk, It’s MyGo!!!!!, Lycoris Recoil, Stairwells reactions about BoundSee 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 polarbearsummer.online and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Táin Bó Cúailnge, parts V through VI from The Táin, trans. Ciaran Carson (Penguin Classics)
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Around the Long Fire 108: Táin Bó Cúailnge, parts II through IV
The final episode before our little break, we talk about Cú Chulainn, some books, and the vtuber news of the week. Things Discussed: death and illness, Detransition, Baby, Tehanu, the Vshojo implosion, Nimi Nightmare is getting married!, Pootan 2 and 3Opening 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 polarbearsummer.online and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Táin Bó Cúailnge, parts V through VI from The Táin, trans. Ciaran Carson (Penguin Classics)
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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