Carrie can't stop talking about the second season of Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, K.W. is still digging the third season of Netflix's The Circle, and they chat about the new singing competition show on Fox, Alter Ego.

Carrie and K.W. discuss how the turn of the season affects creativity and influences choices of what pop culture to consume as well as methods of refilling your creative bucket.

Carrie gushes over the Peacock series Girls5Eva, K.W. gets her academic on with the Netflix series The Chair, and they both discuss women in horror films, specifically the trope of not being believed.

Writer Amanda Bales joins us for a talk on her new short-story collection, Pekolah Stories, and her writing process. Part 1 of 2.

Find Amanda on Twitter @amanda_bales and online at www.amandabales.com.

Listen to Amanda's playlist for her book on Spotify.

Writer Amanda Bales joins us for a talk on her new short-story collection, Pekolah Stories, and her writing process. Part 1 of 2.

Find Amanda on Twitter @amanda_bales and online at www.amandabales.com.

Jeff Hessell, GM of the actual-play RPG podcast The Cast Perilous, joins Carrie and K.W. for a chat on all things role-playing games!

Follow The Cast Perilous on Twitter @thecastperilous and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Carrie talks about the first novella in Martha Wells' The Murderbot Diaries series, All Systems Red. K.W. talks about the Marvel/Disney+ series Loki. And they discuss the new Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers.

K.W. talks about the movie A Quiet Place Part II, Carrie talks about the drama series Sacred Lies, and they discuss writing productivity, inspired by Kate Hall's A Book a Week. As K.W. says, "You're making clay, not a pot."

It's a television episode! Carrie talks about the AMC show Kevin Can F*** Himself, K.W. talks about the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, newly on Netflix, and they discuss the Amazon Prime show The Wilds.

Carrie talks about the movie Ophelia, based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, K.W. talks about the drama series The Americans, and they both talk about the comedy special Tig Notaro: Drawn.