On this week's episode we're a lil loopy from quarantine, but we're still having fun! We're talking about non-human protagonists this week, with the tentpoles for discussion being The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood, All Systems Red by Martha Wells, and the film Ratatouille.

What We’re Into Lately

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

Birarley by Aster Glenn Gray

The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore

perhaps even friends by hirokiyuu

The Great Pottery Throw Down

Even more Untamed fic

Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

Stardew Valley

Other Stuff We Mentioned

Pikelets

Dream Daddy

Persona 5

The Great British Bake Off

Homestuck

Farscape

Person of Interest

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

Kushiels’ Dart by Jacqueline Carey

WALL·E (2008)

The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers

Zootopia (2016)

“Bright: The Apotheosis of Lazy Worldbuilding” by Lindsay Ellis

The Redwall books by Brian Jacques

Robin Hood (1973)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

The Aristocats (1970)

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

The Good Place

Teaching empathy to engineers

Star Trek

Babylon 5

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Cats (2019)

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Unnatural Order by Alyssa Wickramasinghe and Alis Franklin 

Victory Condition by astolat

Shrek (2001)

Draco is a veela

Harry is raised by X

The Witcher

For Next Time

Nothing! It's the Episode 60 Extravaganza!

Transcription

The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you once again to our priceless, invaluable scribes! You're the best