The Crew of the Uhuru must act quickly to calm a horde of angry corsairs and figure out what the feather weave they captured from The Civility is glowing gold. With Orimar still unable to speak, the crew has to rely on the persuasive power of Travis Matagot. Jonnit finishes his meringo jaunt just in time to get caught up in this mess.

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Main Show: Political intrigue, you have to remember a lot of the early plot

Dear Uhuru: A reference to 80's cartoon PSAs, meat, a child in danger from a giant bird

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Jonnit goes cool teen dancing with Grace and Janni while trying to master a meringo. Meanwhile, the rest of the Uhuru crew begins the formal exchange with representatives of The Tempest Armada. Both of these activities surely go absolutely fine with no unforeseen problems.

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Main Show: teen social situations, mild teen romantic tension, extreme sport going wrong, scaling to react to a tense situation

Dear Uhuru: Phycadellics, Smurf bits, people making fun of someone for being short

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James invites game designer Jeeon Shim to chat about their upcoming setting work for Spéir: the City of Janchi. James refreshes Jeeyon on the basics of the setting and Jeeyon teaches James about food forests, diverse biomes, and thriving in environments where water is dangerous. This conversation will help Jeeyon build an amazing new piece of Spéir!

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Main Show: We make some jokes about the grim state of the world and the US especially.

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James invites Aaron Catano-Saez and Jeff Stormer to join him in discussing a little community on Spéir that throws rocks into the sea to send The Mariner a very clear message: Fuck around and find out.

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Main Show: Anger management, actual muppet Aaron Catano-Saez does a cuss

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James invites Aaron Catano-Saez and Jeff Stormer from the All My Fantasy Children podcast to join him for some worldbuilding in the world of Spéir. This week they take a look at the Selkie myth and what place it might have in Spéir.

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Main Show: Murder, discussions of myths that had elements of toxic relationships in them

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Gable discovers they have more in common with Cu than they'd like, and that challenging people to fights is not always the best idea. Travis takes an opportunity to make himself the center of attention. While Jonnit tries to unpack the things he saw about Grace.

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Main Show: Drinking, fighting, violence, mild body horror, reference to bodily fluids, James might have mixed up a snake with a type of lizard

Dear Uhuru: Nebulous canon positive future, dismemberment

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The Uhuru Captain's council is presented with an interesting problem: politically it would be convenient for them to make nice with the crew of The Glas, but they just don't like them! Also, there might be a pig butt involved. Gable tries to settle their score with Cú Chulainn, Travis makes some wagers, and Jonnit notices something that pulls his attention away from all the chaos.

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Main Show: Ill-advised pranks, implied underage drinking, vomit

Dear Uhuru: Horny old people, mild body horror (non-horny)

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Jonnit, Gable, and Travis take some time after their somewhat eventful conversations early in the day to clean more of Dref's office. They receive an unexpected invitation to an event that takes place just before the exchange in the evening.

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Main Show: We mention Dref and sometimes that makes people sad, sibling baggage, ruthless retcon because Tyler gets what Tyler wants, James needs some dialect coaching with Aly- that's just not an Ulster accent to stat but he's not trying very hard on a central/southern either

Dear Uhuru: we go off-book on the prompt almost immediately, drinking of blood, wearing of flesh

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Jonnit continues his brunch with The Bandit Queen and she gives him unexpected news about someone close to him after judging him worthy. Meanwhile, Gable follows through with a request Margaret made of them before she departed. Travis finally talks about the things that listeners have been screaming about for weeks.

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Main Show: Making choices and growing up, sibling stuff, guilt, feeling trapped by life, anxiety and insecurity-driven emotional breakdowns, existential dread

Dear Uhuru: Actor stuff, call back to another Dear Uhuru

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Orimar grills Gable, Travis, and Jonnit over their decision to use his body to mask his death and control his ship. Each one must explain what drove their deception and begin the task of trying to make amends. This calls for them to confront uncomfortable truths. Jonnit is called before, The Bandit Queen who seems just as curious about Jonnit's life aboard The Uhuru and his plans for the future.

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Main Show: Person struggling with motor control and communication, self-destructive behavior, guilt, adult being firm with a child

Dear Uhuru: Bird law, union fights

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