Episode 171: Nahiri with Seanan McGuire

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! This week we met with Seanan McGuire [https://twitter.com/seananmcguire] to discuss her recently released Nahiri comic and her wider work on Magic story. How did Nahiri spend her years before her long sleep? How does one deal with the loneliness of being an old walker? Join us as we delve into the Lithomancer. Spoiler alert - we discuss the contents of the comic in detail. Go read it first!

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

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We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you're thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

* National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988

* Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line

* Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741

* International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.

* IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.

* TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text "Trevor" to 1-202-304-1200

* Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

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