August 28, 2025

142: A Lot of Double-Sided Bra Tape

1 hour 11 minutes

John is going to have lunch, Lori is going to brunch, and Liz is not hungry?

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Content warnings this episode: Mispronounced names (chapter 4), class structures (chapter 7)

Worldcon 2025: Seattle

Hugo Awards

The ceremony

Pronunciations

Grigory Lukin

Nisi Shawl on Bluesky: first, second

K Tempest Bradford on X in 2020: first, second

K Tempest Bradford on Bluesky

The winners

Billy on the Street

“For a dollar, name a woman!”

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

Worldcon 2030: Edmonton bid

Picks

John: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia

The Wall and The Horizon

Andrew Openshaw’s review

Lori: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Liz: The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho

Credits

Cover art: “Ceremony Script Revealed” by Alison Scott

Alt text: A picture of a book entitled “Hugo Award Pronunciation Guide” written by George R R Martin. The cover design is in the style of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, with an Iron Throne made of Hugo Awards. The words “Octothorpe 142” are at the top in a Game of Thrones-y typeface.

Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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