On this week's episode, we're discussing celebrity culture, the cost of fame, and three brilliant tentpoles: A Knight’s Tale, Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade, and “#bakudeku” by rageprufrock.

What We’re Into Lately

The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold

Eager by Ben Goldfarb

live from new york by varnes

The Murder of Crows by cerbykerby

Hades

My Hero Academia

Other Stuff We Mentioned

Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri

The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold

Lots of Untamed fic

Saturday Night Live

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

AML preorders pinned tweet

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Jupiter Ascending

Bend It Like Beckham

Game of Thrones

Drastically Redefining Protocol by rageprufrock

Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

Boku No Hero Academia

No Less Unthinkable by rageprufrock 

Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston

Black Sails 

You’re Wrong About podcast

Hannibal

Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland (upcoming, 2022)

Notting Hill

Fame

Jaskier from The Witcher

For Next Time

Stay? by E. Jade Lomax (Interactive Fiction game)

Transcription

The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you to our wonderful team of scribes for their hard work!