• Indie Intermission Ep. 16- Eating Scones Is Pretty Much Regal (The Fires of Treason)
    Nov 13 2024

    It's time for Indie Intermission!!! Hannah and Laura are covering the first half of The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke and trying to decide whether or not treason was in fact committed. They also discuss the latest entry in Jonathan Nevair's spy-fi series, Domingo, a great memoir, and Hannah's wedding.

    **This episode contains SPOILERS for The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke.**
    Spoiler section begins at 46 min and 5 sec.

    Media Mentions:
    The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke
    Fall Guy---Peacock
    Scream---Max
    Avengers: Age of Ultron---Disney+
    X-Men---Disney+
    SNL---Peacock
    The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
    The Office---Peacock
    Andor---Disney+
    Cosmic Widow by Jonathan Nevair
    The Wind Tide series by Jonathan Nevair
    Wingspan the board game
    Flamecraft the board game
    Board Game Authority
    Pride---Kanopy
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine---Peacock
    Educated by Tara Westover
    Hide by Kiersten White
    Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • BONUS EPISODE- "I wanted to put my heart into my story." The Forsaken Planet by Bryan Wilson WITH BRYAN WILSON
    Nov 6 2024

    Hannah and Laura are thrilled to be able to talk to science-fiction/fantasy author, Bryan Wilson, about his series, Power of the Stars! They chat about Bryan's publishing journey, writing fictional friendships and complex families, and navigating intergalactic politics.

    **This episode contains mild spoilers for The Forsaken Planet by Bryan Wilson.**

    Be sure to read Bryan's books (The Forsaken Planet and The Son of the Prophets) and request them from your local library!

    You can follow Bryan at:
    bryanwilsonauthor.com
    Instagram: @bryan.wilson.author
    Twitter: @BWilsonauthor

    Media Mentions:
    The Forsaken Planet by Bryan Wilson
    The Son of the Prophets by Bryan Wilson
    A Princess of Oldir by Bryan Wilson
    The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
    Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
    Star Trek---Paramount+
    The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
    The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Halo the videogame
    Red Rising by Pierce Brown
    Lightbringer by Pierce Brown

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    51 mins
  • Ep. 135- Harry Dresden Sees Karrin Murphy In A Different Light Now That He's Seen Her Panties (Blood Rites)
    Oct 30 2024

    Hannah and Laura wrap up The Year of the Dresden: 6A by discussing the characters and themes of Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. They miss Billy the werewolf, talk a LOT about vampires and discuss how there may just be a bit too much going on in this novel. Hannah and Laura also chat about some fun graphic novels, a book that gives Hannah vibes of 90's rom-coms, and awesome musicals/movie musical experiences.

    **This episode contains SPOILERS for Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 28 min and 50 secs.**

    **CW for the episode: discussions of violence, sexual assault, sex work, mental illness, death, gore, blood, toxic relationships, nudity, sexism**

    Media Mentions:
    Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
    Death Masks by Jim Butcher
    Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
    Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
    Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
    Storm Front by Jim Butcher
    Star Wars: Darth Vader, Vol. 4 by Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larroca, and Juan Gimenez
    Star Wars: Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 1: Imperial Machine by Charles Soule, Jim Cheung, and Giuseppe Camuncoli
    A Side Character's Love Story, Vol. 19 by Akane Tamura
    Star Wars---Disney+
    Dracula by Bram Stoker
    Arrested Development---Netflix
    Hacks---Max
    Agatha All Along---Disney+
    Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
    Beetlejuice the Musical
    Labryinth---Hulu
    Labryinth in Concert
    @britandherbooks on TikTok
    Shogun---Hulu
    The Thornbirds---Prime Video
    Vampire Diaries---Peacock
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer---Hulu
    The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke
    The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
    The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
    The Forever Desert series by Moses Ose Utomi
    Hills of Heather and Bone by K.E. Andrews

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Ep. 134- They've Been In Harry Dresden's Apartment For Two Hours (Blood Rites)
    Oct 23 2024

    Hannah and Laura finish covering the plot of Blood Rites by Jim Butcher and wonder when things went off the rails and why Karrin Murphy had to take her pants off. They also chat about an excellent independently published novella, a fun, fantasy series with lots of smut, and their new favorite spin-off TV show.

    **This episode contains SPOILERS for Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. Spoiler/plot section begins at: 32 mins.**

    **CW for the episode: discussions of death, grief, mental illness, violence, sexual assault, sex work, sex, abuse, toxic relationships, car accidents, sexism, incest, suicide, ableism**

    Media Mentions:
    Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
    Death Masks by Jim Butcher
    Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
    Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
    Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
    Storm Front by Jim Butcher
    English Teacher---Hulu
    A Necromancer Called Gam Gam by Adam Holcombe
    The Wishing Stone by Adam Holcombe
    FanFiAddict.com
    Agatha All Along---Disney+
    WandaVision---Disney+
    Ms. Marvel---Disney+
    Parks & Rec---Disney+
    The White Lotus---Max
    Scott Pilgrim VS the World---Netflix
    The Four Horseman series by Laura Thalassa
    Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
    Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
    The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
    The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
    A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
    The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Ep. 133- Harry Dresden Finally Has The One Thing He Always Wanted... (Blood Rites)
    Oct 16 2024

    Hannah and Laura are in the midst of Blood Rites by Jim Butcher, and friends, there are lots of vampires in this book. So many, in fact, that it is confusing. They also chat about Disney movie sequels with great songs, a book series that Hannah couldn't wait to finish, and feminist icon, Moo Deng.

    **This episode contains SPOILERS for Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 41 min 35 secs. **

    **CW for the episode: discussions of abuse, sex, racism, mental illness, nudity, violence, death, murder, disease, pandemics, sexual assault**

    *Apologies for Laura's audio quality. She recently got a new computer and has not figured out the settings. *

    Media Mentions:
    Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
    Death Masks by Jim Butcher
    Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
    Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
    Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
    Scream---Prime Video
    Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast
    Significant Others podcast
    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    Station Eleven---Max
    The Stand by Stephen King
    Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
    Valentine's Day---AppleTV
    Love Actually---AppleTV
    New Year's Eve---AppleTV
    Mother's Day---AppleTV
    Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer
    How Did This Get Made podcast
    Spare by Prince Harry
    My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
    The Godfather by Mario Puzo
    Inside Out---Disney+
    Inside Out 2---Disney+
    Wreck It Ralph---Disney+
    Ralph Breaks the Internet---Disney+
    Moana---Disney+
    Frozen---Disney+
    Star Wars---Disney+
    Lion King 2---Disney+
    The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
    Only Murders in the Building---Hulu
    What We Do in the Shadows---Hulu
    Renfield---Peacock
    The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • TV Tuesday Ep. 17- "A flower is only a flower because it falls." (Shogun Season 1 with C.M. Caplan)
    Oct 15 2024

    Hannah and Laura join their friend, C.M. Caplan, in a quest to become samurai for a powerful daimyo and take down their political rivals. That's right! Shogun (season1) is the subject of today's TV Tuesday!!

    **This episode contains SPOILERS for Shogun, the television series, on Hulu/FX.***

    **CW for the episode: discussions of war, violence, blood, gore, sex, sexual abuse, domestic violence, colonialism, murder, guns, religion, death, suicide, fire, PTSD, mental illness, misogyny, sexism**

    Be sure to follow C.M. Caplan online at:
    Twitter: @cmcaplanwrites
    Bluesky: @cmcaplanwrites
    Instagram: @thecmcaplan

    And pick up their book, The Fall Is All There Is, or request it at your local library!

    Media Mentions:
    Shogun---Hulu
    Shogun by James Clavell
    The Fall Is All There Is by C.M. Caplan
    The Sword in the Street by C.M. Caplan
    A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
    Game of Thrones---Max
    Percy Jackson and the Olympians---Disney+
    Bridgerton---Netflix
    The Thorn Birds---Prime Video
    Jane Austen's works

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Ep. 132- Harry Dresden Can Barely Contain Himself (Blood Rites)
    Oct 9 2024

    Hannah and Laura are covering the first third of Jim Butcher's book, Blood Rites, and seeing Harry Dresden as a detective in a [fairly] straightforward murder mystery. They also chat about a show that Hannah is making part of her personality, depictions of chronic illness in books, and Laura's preference for learning about the histories of Middle Earth rather than histories of actual Earth...

    ***This episode contains SPOILERS for Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 49 min 40 secs.***

    ***CW for the spoiler section: discussions of murder, violence, sex work, sex, racism, sexism, internalized misogyny***

    Media Mentions:
    Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
    Death Masks by Jim Butcher
    Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
    Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
    Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
    Storm Front by Jim Butcher
    JRR Tolkien's works
    The Lord of the Rings trilogy---Max
    The Hobbit trilogy---Max
    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power---Prime Video
    The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
    The Uglies---Netflix
    Persuasion---Netflix
    Persuasion by Jane Austen
    Star Wars---Disney+
    The Wheel of Time---Prime Video
    Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
    Stephen Graham Jones's works
    Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
    Night of the Living Mannequin
    Megan Miranda's works
    The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
    The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
    Fargo---Hulu
    Ten Things I Hate About You---Hulu
    Pretty Woman---AppleTV
    Wild Robot
    Heartstopper---Netflix
    A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
    Arrested Development---Netflix
    The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • BONUS EPISODE- INDIE INTERMISSION #6 ANNOUNCEMENT
    Oct 2 2024

    Hannah is getting married soon! So that means Indie Intermission looks a little different this time around. Hannah and Laura have created a bracket of some independently published books that have been participants in previous Indie Intermissions and they use a random generator to choose the next Indie Intermission winner!! This is a shorter episode, but be sure to check out all of the books/authors mentioned and show them some support!

    Media Mentions:
    Shadow of a Dead God by Patrick Samphire
    Empires's Daughter by Marian L. Thorpe
    Fairy Godmurder by Sarah J. Sover
    Revenge Arc by Cat Voleur
    No Land For Heroes by Cal Black
    Last Memoria by Rachel Emma Shaw
    The Living Waters by Dani Finn
    The Cruel Gods by Trudie Skies
    Small Places by Matthew Samuels
    The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra
    The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke
    Phased by Victoria Tecken
    #iHunt by Olivia Hill
    The Marked Princess by E.P. Stavs
    Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson
    The Assassin of Grins and Secrets by K.E. Andrews
    Before the Shattered Gates of Heaven, Vol. 1 by Bryan S. Glosemeyer
    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend---Netflix
    The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

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    27 mins