One Flesh, One End

In our penultimate Gideon the Ninth recap episode (yes, we're really almost there!!), we look at the last half of Chapter 36, in which the fight against Cytherea concludes with Gideon's sacrifice. We also covered the so-called Western Conference of the first round of our "most iconic lines from Gideon the Ninth" tournament bracket, and continued our discussion of the apocalypse and resurrection in the series, looking at the significance of a nuclear apocalypse specifically within a New Zealand context.

* SPOILER ALERT * We reference events from all three books in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who are caught up with the series.
If you like the episode, find us on Twitter, Tumblr, or TikTok @onefleshonepod or e-mail onefleshonepod@gmail.com with any questions or theories!

This episode was edited by Adam and transcribed by Katie.
References:
Brm-911: Cytherea sparing Gideon
etherealacademia & gideonisms: Gideon's last words
Tāmaki Herenga Waka / Stories of Auckland exhibit
Mururoa sculpture by the Pacific Sisters
sixth-light: NZ and nuclear disarmament
babylyctor: Energy Sources, Nuclear Waste, The Atomic Age, and Imperialism in The Locked Tomb
babylyctor: necromancy as a metaphor for nuclear energy
Intro/Segment Music: "Turismo" by Spaceinvader (Icons8 Music)
Outro Music: "Warm Vacuum Tube" by Admiral Bob (2019 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0))
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The battle with Cytherea errupts as we recap the first half of Chapter 36 in this episode, followed by a dive into a tournament bracket of the most iconic lines in Gideon the Ninth, since we're so close to the end of this book (!!). Then we're taking a step back in time to discuss the timeline of the nuclear apocalypse and resurrection ten thousand years before the events of GTN—the first part of what will be a multi-episode discussion. We're almost there!

* SPOILER ALERT * We reference events from all three books in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who are caught up with the series.
If you like the episode, find us on Twitter, Tumblr, or TikTok @onefleshonepod or e-mail onefleshonepod@gmail.com with any questions or theories!

This episode was edited by Adam and transcribed by Katie.
References:
thunderon: Gideon and Harrow
appsa: Gideon and Harrow
annabelle--cane: Ianthe as a villain
Vox: "Why Tamsyn Muir turned her fantasy trilogy into a quartet halfway through"
thewinterstale: Radiation and resurrection timeline
tanis-zed: Number of deaths
gothicenjoyer: John resurrecting New Zealanders
ohjimmy78: John resurrecting New Zealanders
Intro/Segment Music: "Turismo" by Spaceinvader (Icons8 Music)
Outro Music: "Warm Vacuum Tube" by Admiral Bob (2019 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0))
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In this episode, Gideon finds “her last two living allies” [citation needed] in the Canaan House sickroom, and Palamedes goes out with a bang. Baily then torments Kabriya with another word definitions quiz. We end with a long-awaited discussion of our favourite indoor kids, Pal and Cam!

A transcript of this episode is available here.

SPOILER ALERT: We reference events from all three books in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who are caught up with the series.

This episode was edited by Adam and transcribed by Katie.

Thank you so much to all our supporters on Patreon. If you would like to help us out, you can find us at patreon.com/onefleshonepod.

If you’d like to chat with us about this episode, we're on Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok @onefleshonepod, or you can e-mail us at onefleshonepod@gmail.com.

All references for this episode can be found on our website here.

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Outro Music: "Warm Vacuum Tube" by Admiral Bob (2019 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0))
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Uh oh, sisters! In this episode, we’re reconnecting with the world’s most normal twins. Chapter 34 finds us in the Seventh House’s lyctoral lab with Ianthe, Corona, and Babs’ dead body. Ianthe performs her villain monologue, reveals Corona’s “bad, sad, secret,” and commits a little light self-defence killing to follow up her main course of first-degree murder. We then take another Nine Houses sorting quiz and get a bit off topic, and wrap up with a discussion of the theory that Corona may have been Ianthe’s “true” cavalier.

A transcript of this episode is available here.

SPOILER ALERT: We reference events from all three books in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who are caught up with the series.

A huge thank you to our editor, Adam, without whom this episode would not be reaching you, and welcome to our new transcriptionist, Katie!

Thank you so much to all our supporters on Patreon. If you would like to help us out, you can find us at patreon.com/onefleshonepod.

If you’d like to chat with us about this episode, we're on Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok @onefleshonepod, or you can e-mail us at onefleshonepod@gmail.com.

All references for this episode can be found on our website here.

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Let's hear it for the horrors of love! This episode is the second part of our two-part discussion of the short story "The Unwanted Guest," from the paperback edition of Nona the Ninth. We're taking a deep dive into the implications of this short story for the entire series.

* SPOILER ALERT * We reference events from all three books in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who are caught up with the series

A huge thank you to everyone who helped us resurrect the pod with your Patreon support, and to our new audio editor, Adam! And to everyone who's simply stuck around through our hiatus and still wants to listen to us talk about these books. We're looking forward to putting out episodes reguarly again every two weeks.

If you want to become a patron, you can find us at patreon.com/onefleshonepod.

And if you just want to say hi or have any questions or theories to discuss, we're on Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok @onefleshonepod or you can e-mail onefleshonepod@gmail.com.

References:
All references for this episode can be found on our website here.

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Outro Music: "Warm Vacuum Tube" by Admiral Bob (2019 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0))
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