John used to have a different face, Alison is going to Smofcon, and Liz is in disguise.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 discussion (chapter 2)

• We’re doing Octothorpe Live at Novacon on 1pm at Sunday!

• COVID: Jonathan Baddeley, Ali Baker, Bill Burns, Chris Garcia, Ang Rosin

• Dragonmeet’s COVID policy

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Cheap flights by Fascinating Aida

• Chris Garcia

• File 770

• Edited by friend of the show Dave Langford and John Clute, with Graham Sleight as managing editor and remembering the late Peter Nicholls as founding editor

• How to get from Thailand to London by train

• John: Lovecraft Country (on Now)

• Women

• Arrival (on Netflix)

• Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license