Hyperfixations

It's time for some slept on fantasy

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of racism, misogyny, transphobia, Nazis

This week, Nick joins Ally and Nigel to talk about Ursula K. Le Guin's classic series Earthsea. In this episode we discuss daoist philosophical influences, the difficulty in adapting the series successfully, the long tradition of boy wizards, being moved by beautiful language, and we read scathing blog posts.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Nick cannot be found, but encourages you to read Earthsea

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, arson, negligence, drowning

This week, Jenny Maguire sits down with Ally and Nigel to dive headlong into the insane world of RuPaul's Drag Race. In this episode we discuss the staggering amount of Drag Race shows, the ways Drag Race sidelines minority groups, the difference between positivity and action. and we our amazing business idea lands us all in jail.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Jenny can be found on Twitter @jennymaguir, and on Instagram @jennymaguir

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

It's Christian allegory at its ham-handed best

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of religious abuse, religious trauma, historical religious abuse, sexism, ableism, homophobia, racism, genocide, sexual trauma, sexual abuse, rape, Islamophobia, slavery, child death, child sexual abuse, transphobia, slaughter of innocents, ultra-conservative Christian values, crusades, colonialism, religious grooming, magical versions of being stripped of your will and identity, sexual coersion, drug abuse, the Holocaust, acts of terrorism, torture, denial of necessary healthcare, stigmatisation of mental health, police brutality, state-sanctioned violence,

Warning: This episode contains spoilers for the entire Dragon Age series

Aaaaand we're back folks, hope you missed us. We're back with a bang, as our guest this week is the multi-talented Ella Watts.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Ella can be found on Twitter @gejwatts, and on Instagram @gejwatts

Download Zombies, Run!, the app Ella makes content for from the Apple App Store, or Google Play today

Buy Ella's game Upriver, Downriver from MacGuffin and Company today

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

Sonic is dead and we have killed him

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of Adolf Hitler, queerphobia

Dev joins Ally and Nigel for a murder mystery investigation. Who's dead, you ask? Sonic the Hedgehog! In this episode, we discuss the game's surprising links to the philosophy of Friedrick Nietzsche, whether games should be fun, the Sonic fans' relationship to the franchise, and the power of nostalgia.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest David can be found on Twitter @tincanaudio

Visit their website tincanaudio.co.uk for more information about their shows Anamnesis, The Tower, The Dungeon Economic Model, Middle:Below, Folxlore, and Love & Wards

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

There is no such thing as the canon

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of sexual assault, misogyny

Ellen returns to the pod to discuss her passion: fairy tales. We talk about iterative cycles of myth, being terrified as children, how there is no one true version of myths and fairy tales, and whether we have seen Snow White (and is that important)

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Ellen can be found on Instagram @bunnymoon77, and her art account can be found on Instagram @ellen_farr_art

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

Our frontal lobes aren't even fully developed

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of labour exploitation, child exploitation, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, medication, psychosis, predatory behaviour towards children, method acting, Jared Leto, Harvey Weinstein, sexism, misogyny

Ansley sits down (after half an hour of retail chat) for a longer than normal episode on the child acting business, and it's a pretty heavy episode. In it we discuss Coogan accounts, exposees of the acting business, the need for socialisation with kids, and just how fucked up everything is.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Ansley can be found on Twitter @bbqchicksalad, on Instagram @ansleykopp, and on Tiktok @ansleykopp

Listen to their podcast Wowie Zowie on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

There are only a finite amount of story ideas, but infinite permutations.

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of drug use, alcohol use, sex and porn, gore

Phoebe A. Xavier is a sci-fi comic book writer, and today joins Ally and Nigel to discuss her recently released short story collection, Superliminal Latency. We discuss where ideas come from, how they blend, the indomitable human spirit, Phillip K. Dick's strange beliefs, and we talk about Neil Gaiman for a long while.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

Our guest Phoebe can be found on Instagram @phoebe123go, and on Spoutible @PhoebeAXavier123GO

Buy Phoebe's book Superliminal Latency wherever books are found

Follow the 123 Go Publications Facebook page for information on upcoming projects and updates such as 13th Moon and Gunmetal BlackOps

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

The cover of Superliminal Latency is reproduced with permission from the author

Have I read Animorphs? Yes yes yes yes.

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of lgenocide, war, child soldiers

Let it never be said we can't be both serious and silly. Floyd brings us Animorphs to discuss this week, and what starts off as a fairly innocuous chat about some children's books rapidly spins out into one of the most insane conversations we've ever had, full of words which never appeared in the Bible. We discuss collecting the many editions of the series, what the best animal to morph into for stealth is (hint: water buffalo), just how intense kids' books can be, and the lengths to which a person is willing to go for a book.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Floyd can be found on Twitter @liveactionfloyd

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

Return to the world of Priory...

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of racism, sexism

Samantha Shannon is the author of the bestselling The Bone Season series, and the smash-hit Priory of the Orange Tree, and joins Ally and Nigel to discuss its upcoming prequel, A Day of Fallen Night. Can you tell how nervous we are? We discuss works needing titles to be written, how character names are created, taking on feedback, writing the parts of books you want, and who should be cast in a Priory TV adaptation.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Samantha Shannon on Instagram @say_shannon and view her Linktree for information on the special editions of A Day of Fallen Night, and the book tour destinations

Purchase A Day of Fallen Night (and all of Samantha's books) wherever books are sold

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339

We stand with all rail strikers everywhere

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of labour exploitation, transphobia, racism

We're a podcast about hyperfixations and we've somehow gone 87 episodes without one on trains. That's our bad, dog. But Episode 88? Hoo boy, we sure do get into it, with Gavin Gaddis helping us set things to rights. We really come out swinging on this one, if by swinging you mean talking about Thomas the Tank Engine, the mythology of the railroad, and personally challenging Elon Musk to a protracted legal battle. Surprise, this episode is also about the evils of capitalism.

If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf

You can can find our guest Gavin on Twitter @GavGaddis, or on Twitch @GavinGWhiz

And your hosts can be reached individually here:

Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

Nigel -  Twitter: @spicynigel

If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media.

Thank you so much for listening, you rock!

Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339