Octothorpe

57: Back Bacon is Best

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John is a muppet bilby, Alison is actively drinking, and Liz MURDERS OWLS.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 3), animal hunting (chapter 7)

  • Letters of comment
    • Malcolm Hutchison: ‘Listening to the sound John makes at start of this episode made me visualise John as a Muppet (in a good way)’
    • Chris Garcia
    • Roman Orszanski
    • Jersey Gryphon: ‘The Hello Internet podcast did a vinyl edition episode before jumping the shark and doing a 4–5 minute wax cylinder episode.’
    • Reclamation 2022
      • 74 cases before tracing stopped,, all over the convention, lots of different fan networks
      • ‘One-woman superspreader event Alison Scott has absolutely no regrets’ – Shona (Prufrax)
      • Norwescon had case 3 and case 5 which will pass into fannish infamy
      • A journal article discussing Omicron attack rates
      • Fia Karlsson has won TAFF!
        • The announcement
        • The fanzine with the stats
        • Follow Fia on Twitter
        • Chicon 8
          • We’re all going!
          • Picks
            • John: Detroit-style pizza from Square
              • John also likes this Detroit-style pizza from San Francisco that he didn’t mention
              • Alison: Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
              • Liz: Horizon Forbidden West (digital, PS4 disc, PS5 disc)
              • Credits
                • Cover art: Alison Scott
                • Theme music: ‘Fanfare for Space’ by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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