CW: Suicide, suicidal ideation
Skip ahead to 0:38:45 to avoid discussion of these topics

Call the wizard and the fireman- Ryn and Sam return to Minas Tirith where Denethor has succumbed to madness and despair from the palantir, and Pippin must rush to save Faramir from a terrible fate. Tangents include the ethics of physician-assisted suicide, hot gay nurses, and a good bass line.


If this episode brought up anything you would like to talk to anyone about, you can find resources here-
Suicide Crisis Lines (US and Canada): 988 (https://988lifeline.org/) or 1–800–273–8255
Crisis Text Line (US only): Text HOME to 741741
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 (US), 877-330-6366 (Canada) Run by and for trans people
The Trevor Project: 1–866–488–7386 or text START to 678678
National Suicide Prevention Line UK (UK only): 0800 689 5652
Telefonseelsorge (Germany): 0800 111 0 111, or 0800 111 0 222 or at http://www.telefonseelsorge.de/
Centre de Prevention du Suicide (Belgium): 080032123
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: https://suicideprevention.ca

If we did not include a crisis line here that is available in your country or preferred language, you can find more at the link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

Please keep yourselves safe.
With love,
Ryn and Sam


Covers Book V Chapter VII The Pyre of Denethor and Book V Chapter VIII The Houses of Healing