Our episode this time is on Heavenly Tyrant, a novel about how Wu Zetian is the strangest priced sex worker you’ve ever met, and her price? The revolution of the working class.

Mechs discussed:

Yellow Dragon

Nine-Tailed Fox

White Tiger

Azure Dragon

Whale Bird

Plum Blossom Dear

Vermillion Bird

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Content warnings for this episode: Reproductive rights infringement, indirect sexual assault mentions, child death and endangerment, mass murder, fascism, bodily and gun violence, terrorism, and natural disasters.

This episode features audio ripped from a Cameo video which was paid for and gifted to OSG.

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