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Featuring: Lots of nerdery! Flame chats with S about the “finding” empire of findingstony, findingwinteriron, and findingstuckony, before Flerret chat about the history and mechanics of archiving. Then everyone’s favorite Grammar Mustelid is back with explanations of clauses, we hear about the Trope-Off final (!!), check in on Stuckony Summer Stockings, and get your events forecast.

Thanks to the-casual-cheesecake, S, and the PotsCast staff.

• Fics Mentioned in This Episode:
  • Four (or Five) Reasons for Kidnapping Tony Stark by scifigrl47
  • “Courting Conundrums” Series by Reioka
  • Two Point Perspective by FestiveFerret

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Featuring: Lots of conversations! Flame chats with tisfan and 27dragons and then ashes0909 and FestiveFerret about how they collab and work together. Then Flerret themselves talk about the process of creating the pod, before we head into minis. We hear from you on some kinks you thought you were out on but gave a shot to, before a Trope-Off Update, some Grammar Mustelid time, and your events forecast.

Thanks to baneme, tisfan, 27dragons, ashes0909, and the PotsCast staff.

• Fics Mentioned in this Episode: 
  • Winter is Coming by tisfan & 27dragons

Featuring: Some serious Flerret thirst on main. We’ve got a combination of Let’s Talk, Creator Corner, The Plug, and Kinksploration for almost the whole ep, breaking it down by talking vampires, werewolves, and tentacles. Then we check in with you all before Life of an Event, a Steve Tony Games update, and your Events Forecast.

Thanks to colonelrogers, WilmaKins, Lunatical, ladyshadowdrake, Cat, and the Potscast staff.

• Fic Mentioned in this Episode
  • Bite Me (please) by WilmaKins
  • (Not) A Lone Wolf by Lunatical
  • Happy Lights by ladyshadowdrake
  • Tidal Pull by Sabre
  • Blood Will Tell by thewaythatwerust
  • Whip Crack 

Featuring: A celebration of Steve from top to bottom (heyooo). We start with an interview with Bill_Longbow, then Flerret chat about the man with a plan himself, before turning the mic over to you all for some reasons you love Steve. We’ll wrap it all up with a Steve Tony Games update, your events forecast, and A NEW MINI!

Thank you to Bill_Longbow, hotdamnitskatelin, and our PotsCast team

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• Fic Mentioned in this Episode:
  • Edges by dirigibleplumbing
  • A History of Birds by OddityBoddity
  • Bridge Over Troubled Watersby vorkorsigan
  • Two Point Perspectiveby

Featuring: A whole lotta Flerret this episode – talking all about the mechanics of and their love of kidfic. Scifigirl47’s famous Tales of the Bots ‘verse serves as The Plug segment before we move onto Animal Corner, Professor Flame’s History Corner, and the Events Forecast, as well as a special update on the Steve Tony Games.

Thank you to kelslk, scifigirl47, cat, ironlawyer, and our PotsCast team

• Child Development:
  • Sound Acquisition Chart
  • Developmental Milestones
• Reasons My Kid is Crying
• Bedtime Stories and Nightmares – scifigrl47
• Stories Told with Silence – scifigrl47
• Zine History Resources
  • A Brief History

Featuring: Not a lot of Flerret, actually, and a whole lot of other voices in fandom. We’ll be hearing from TehRoseRose on Jewish representation, from Simi about her process and headcanons around desi Tony, from pendragon about demisexuality, and from avengersandco about neurodiversity. Then we’ll wrap it up with some Community Talks about how you’re celebrating Pride, an update on Trope-Off, and your Events Forecast.

Thank you to beir, tehroserose, Penndragon27, avengersandco, atheltiger, and our PotsCast team

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• Fics Mentioned in This Episode
  • Use Your Words ‘verse by smutlover

Featuring: Flame talks to Robin_tCJ about lingerie, Steve and Tony, and who wears panties the best. (Spoiler: the answer is both.) Then the party begins with some love letters from y’all to the man himself, before Flerret take the mic to talk about unreliable narration. We close in the usual way – with Community Talks and your Events Forecast.

Thank you to teammomtony, Robin_tCJ, and our PotsCast team

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• Just Another Tart (unfortunately the glass dildo gifs seem to have been deleted 🙁 )
• Fics Mentioned in this Episode
  • Celestial Navigation by sabrecmc

Featuring: Flame talks to SirSapling about fanart – creation, distribution, inspiration. Then Flerret have a discussion about the nature of storytelling – both why and how we do it as humans (Ferret is still investigating the mechanics for animals) – before we hear from you in Community Talks and check in with OnlyMoreLove and Marie for your Events Forecast.

Thank you to hundredthousands, SirSapling, and our PotsCast team

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• Fics Mentioned in the Ep
  • Simple Joys by thatsweetmysteryoflife
  • that it will never come again by s_haylor
  • Bound by Roses

Featuring: Flame talks to BladeoftheNebula about AUs and the power of creating our own universes – which leads Ferret and Flame to have their own conversation about alternate universes, and they focus on three specific ones to analyze: coffee shops, space, and modern/superhero. Then Flerret get personal with an honest conversation about feedback and validation before segueing into minis about Trope-Off, animal gossip, your feedback to us, and an announcement about Tony’s birthday!

Thank you to pineapplebreads, BladeoftheNebula, onlymorelove, and our PotSCast Team.

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• Blade Recommends…
  • The Hercules AU

Featuring: Flame talks to Alex of Fannish Podcast, Flame and Ferret discuss finding joy and protecting it, and we dive into our first segment on mechanics in Creator Corner, looking at Point of View. In minis, we tell you about our podfic reclist, hear from the community, Prof Flame gives a lecture on Sherlock Holmes and the origins of fandom, and you get your events forecast.

Thank you to dchanimation, Alex Jameson, onlymorelove, and our PotSCast Team.

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  • Alex’s recs: 
    • The Mandalorian and His Child by Yatzstar
    • Like It’s the Only Thing I’ll Ever