John is doing Discord, Liz is doing programme, and Alison isn’t working on the Worldcon.

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• Letters of comment

• Karen Schaffer

• Peach and bourbon pie

• Farah Mendlesohn

• The Great Paladin Hunt by Mike Brunton

• Glasgow 2024 Worldcon Community Group on Facebook

• Humble Bundle

• The Streisand Effect

• (I know I got it slightly wrong in the episode!)

• 2024 Locus Award winners

• Brisbane in 2028

• File 770 report (with details of their socials/mailing list)

• The 2024 New Zealand NatCon

• John: Alan Wake 2

• Saga Anderson’s sweater

• Cover art: “Massive Lizard” by Alison Scott

• Alt text: Three stick figures run from Godzilla, who is depicted in the style of Godzilla Minus One. The words “Octothorpe 113” used to be at the top of the art, but Godzilla has knocked off the letters “O C T O”, is holding “H”, and is trying to eat “T”.