A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
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A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
On this week's episode, we're discussing jobs, occupations, and vocations, both fantastical and mundane despite the fantastical settings. The tentpoles for this episode are Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef by Cassandra Khaw, Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, and “Always Near” by afrai.
What We’re Into Lately
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Hiding in the Leaves by aventria & iluxia (Naruto fanfic)
Legend of Yun Qian
Scarlet Heart
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Jumanji
Labyrinth
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Naruto
After Working At Google, I’ll Never Let Myself Love A Job Again (Op-Ed, NYT)
My Life as a Background Slytherin (webcomic)
Avengers movies
Superhero Damage Insurance (TikTok)
Rogue One
Star Wars franchise
The Mandalorian
Be the Serpent Space Sweepers episode
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
Jessica Jones
October Daye series by Seanan McGuire
Lost Girl
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold
John Scalzi (author)
Honor Harrington series by David Weber
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
Catalyst by Jennifer Mace
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
My Next Life as a Villainess
“Period Piece” by thimblefullofdespair
for a hundred vision and revisions by aventria, iluxia
Merlin TV show
Macey’s Fun Facts Tech Job Corner
An Example of Bad Radio
The Story Engine storytelling game
For Next Time
Hikaru no Go (2020 live action Chinese drama)
Content Warnings
Slavery (in “Always Near” + episode discussion)
Medical trauma & body horror (in Hench)
Cannibalism and gore (in Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef + episode discussion)
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thanks as always to our fabulous team of scribes!
Be The Serpent
A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
