Episode 4- Thrawn (2017)

In this episode, Lou and Lenny begin their journey with the canon Thrawn books! Thrawn, published in 2017, explores Thrawn’s beginnings as an asset to the Galactic Empire. While Lou and Lenny are fascinated by Eli Vanto and Ahrinda Pryce, they also discuss the implications of femininity in fascist spaces and the process of reading about the Empire from the Imperial perspective.

Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty

Art: Lenny Apesos 

Music: Thomas Seibel

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Further reading:

The Fog is Coming 

Sun Tzu on The Art of War 

Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields - Wendy Lower 

Joe Hill, performed by Paul Robeson 

The World’s Most Dangerous Country for Trade Unionists (BBC)

Death of Stalin (2017)

Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in 19th-century Europe - Hayden White 

Death Stars and Democracy- Chris Kempshall

Maus - Art Spiegelman