Octavia's Parables

Octavia's Parables episodes:

• 09.12.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 12 & Epilogue

  It can’t be postponed, can’t be avoided. Mary and Doro must face off. Mary tries to send the Patternists away, but she’s too late. She does not anticipate surviving. And yet, and yet. Can the power of the many confront...

  
• 09.05.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 11

  Mary tries to obey Doro, she does. But sometimes obedient intent isn't enough. Pausing the pattern is killing her. The showdown is inescapable. The patternists, once reluctant and resentful, refuse to leave Mary’s side. We are invited, again, to pressing questions....

  
• 09.03.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 12

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 09.02.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 11

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 11 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 08.31.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 10

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 10 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 08.29.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 10

  The original pattern members - the first family - spread out, then draw close. Mary and Karl unshield, meld, lose control, find themselves. They decide to have a baby, despite the Patternists struggling around children. But Doro is still seeking...

  
• 08.22.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 9

  A beast of a chapter. Two years have passed. The pattern is enormous, and still growing. Mary continues to weave and transition latents. She has taken over towns, and their non-telepathic residents - the patternists control the “mutes,” and use...

  
• 08.15.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 8

  After Mary’s show of force, the group cooperates - for the most part. But the biggest surprise is Clay, a life-long latent, who is now in transition. As Mary begins to bring other latents into the pattern, Doro feels his...

  
• 08.08.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 7

  Mary calls a meeting of the pattern members. Emotions are high: resignation, resentment, fear and anger. Some try to challenge Mary, and learn quickly just how much control over them she has. She is coming into her power, and likes...

  
• 08.01.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 6

  The telepaths in Mary's web begin to arrive. They try her, full of resentment, looking for weakness. The first to arrive finds it, but Mary learns fast. She studies the others before they arrive, and their shields can't keep her...

  
• 07.30.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 9

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 9 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 07.29.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 8

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 8 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 07.28.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 7

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 7 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 07.27.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 6

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 6 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 07.26.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 5

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 5 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 07.25.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 5

  We go deep with Mary and Doro. We learn of Doro's childhood, millennia ago, and the years after he came into his power. We learn more of his breeding programs, and his hungers. And we learn of Mary's power, as...

  
• 07.25.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 4

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 4 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 07.18.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 4

  We meet the other members of the pattern - children of Doro, varied, powerful, damaged, dangerous. Mary's tether hits them like a bolt of lightning, a command they cannot resist, but do resent. Angry and confused, they each begin their...

  
• 07.11.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 3

  Mary is in her transition, a perilous time. Others with her strength have not survived. Karl rushes home to support her - aid she rejects, at first. But as her transition peaks, she pulls his mind to hers. And then,...

  
• 07.04.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 2

  Doro introduces Mary to her soon-to-be husband, Karl, a rich white telepath with a fancy house and a partner. No one but Doro is happy. Mary flexes independence in her way, but the choices are few.  You can support Octavia’s Parables...

  
• 06.27.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 1

  We meet Mary, child of Doro, grandchild of Anyanwu, small and strong-willed. She is powerful, long-sought and nearing a challenging transition. She's in love with Doro, but he has other breeding plans.  You can support Octavia’s Parables on Patreon - we...

  
• 06.25.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 2

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 2 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 06.24.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Chapter 1

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 1 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were...

  
• 06.22.2022

  Mind of My Mind: Prologue

  We are once again with Doro and Anyanwu, who we left at the end of Wild Seed - but we are now in modern times. Doro has continued to breed his powerful offspring, with the same flawed results, full of...

  
• 01.24.2022

  Wild Seed: Chapter 14 & Epilogue

  Anyanwu and Doro find an uneasy peace. But Doro will not, cannot, understand or respect what is sacred to Anyanwu: those she loves. She is done. But yet again, Anyanwu chooses life. At the end, she draws boundaries and makes compromises....

  
• 01.17.2022

  Wild Seed: Chapter 13

  Conflict with Doro, and a suicide. Anyanwu, in her grief, returns to the sea to heal. And when she comes home, Doro is waiting. She finds strange comfort in this long-known being, and as always, danger. Toshi and adrienne break down...

  
• 01.10.2022

  Wild Seed: Chapter 12

  Doro left his son with Anyanwu, to marry her daughter. But the son, Joseph, is a sly, vicious, untenable danger. A murderer, a rapist. Only the leopard can respond. Toshi and adrienne break down chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler’s Wild...

  
• 01.03.2022

  Wild Seed: Chapter 11

  Forward in time. Doro has been hunting Anyanwu for decades. He finds her, her children, generations of her line. All she has built, he wants. Yet again, she compromises to keep her people safe. And yet again, there is so...

  
• 12.13.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 10

  A short but fierce chapter. Funerals for Nweke and Isaac. Doro’s emotions push him to change bodies. Anyanwu’s emotions push her to flee. As a dolphin, as a bird, she finds a new clarity, and finally, finally a new sense...

  
• 12.06.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 9

  We learn more about Doro’s childhood, and more about Anyanwu and Isaac’s love. Nweke’s transition continues with Anyanwu’s support. But Doro’s breeding program doesn’t go to plan. Isaac, Nweke, and everyone come to grief. Toshi and adrienne explore chapter 9 of...

  
• 11.22.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 8

  A specific trigger warning for this chapter, for abusive relationship. Anyanwu helps her daughter Nweke in her transition; Doro leaves them to it. We see anew the power of Anyanwu’s empathy, and Doro’s inability to understand it. We learn of Nweke’s...

  
• 11.15.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 7

  A specific trigger warning for this chapter, for child sexual abuse and incest. Fifty years have passed. Anyanwu is married to Isaac, and is mother to many. Her daughter Nweke is nearing her transition; Doro returns, called by the girl. When...

  
• 11.13.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 14

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 14 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.11.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 13

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 13 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.10.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 12

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.09.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 11

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 11 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.08.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 6

  Anyanwu, Doro, Isaac and the rest of the Silver Star’s passengers arrive at Doro’s land. Anyanwu is adapting to new language, new food, new customs and expectations. The extent and goals of Doro’s breeding program becomes clearer to us, and...

  
• 11.08.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 10

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 10 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.06.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 9

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 9 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.05.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 8

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 8 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.04.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 7

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 7 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.02.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 6

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 6 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 11.01.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 5

  Anyanwu reveals more of her capacities to Doro and her shipmates. Her danger, her hunger, her transformations. Isaac’s powers become more clear. And Octavia graces us with some of her most sensual writing, on the pleasures of being a dolphin. Toshi...

  
• 10.25.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 4

  Anyanwu shows her true, transformative self to Okoye, her grandson. Both become sea sick. Anyanwu heals herself, but feels the pull of the waves. We meet Isaac, learn his relationship to Doro, and get further hints of their deep danger. Toshi...

  
• 10.18.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 3

  Anyanwu and Doro reach the coast. She sees slavers for the first time, meets one of her kin. They board Doro’s boat, and set out onto the big water. Toshi and adrienne explore chapter three of Octavia E. Butler’s Wild Seed....

  
• 10.11.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 2

  Anyanwu leaves her village with Doro. Curiosity, fear, protection and attraction all in the mix. We learn more of Anyanwu’s healing powers, foraging skills, what she holds back. And learn more of Doro’s casual violence and power. Toshi and adrienne break...

  
• 10.11.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 1

  We meet Anyanwu. And we meet Doro. We learn of their abilities, their longevity, their strengths and their danger. They feel each other out, appraising, assessing. Wary, compromising. It begins. Toshi and adrienne break down the rich text of Octavia E....

  
• 10.04.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 4

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 4 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 10.03.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 3

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 3 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...

  
• 10.02.2021

  Wild Seed: Chapter 2

  Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 2 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down,...