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To prepare for Nosferatu, we're revisiting all of Robert Eggers' films. These are some of our favorite works of art of all time, so no pressure! We were lucky enough to see The Lighthouse in IMAX a few weeks ago, and it was a revelatory experience. Topics include: impressions five years later, Lovecraftian lust and homoerotic symbology, and a cascade of echoes leading us back through The Shining into Cam's beloved Doctor Faustus.

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The breaking of the Stark fellowship has paid dividends for our discussions. This chapter is a thematic echo chamber of the last four chapters, and we’re spotlighting eight of the most revealing echoes and distillations. After that, we’ll zoom out to reconsider the impressionistic theology of Westeros and make a bold claim about the true god of this story. 

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A behind-the-scenes exploration of Cam's latest audio drama / novel, Lemon Tarts in Space! In this interview, we break down the many wonders and miseries of the writing process.  

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00:00 Introduction: Three Interviews

02:06 A Four Year Origin Story

08:39 A New / Old Genre

12:51 Light Science Fiction

17:43 Creative Limitations

23:34 The Writing Process

26:26 Musical Inspiration

30:03 Audio Drama Forever

37:15 Novelization & Adaptation

42:40 The Cancer Allegory

51:03 Art Imitates Life

56:54 Closing Thoughts

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The Shining is a Doctor Faustus retelling, but that's not the headline here. In this brand new theory, Cam argues that The Shining is a wholly unique restaging of Marlowe's original that expands the spotlight to not just focus on Jack Torrance as the current Faustus-analogue, but the legion of 'caretakers' that have come before him. In this framing, Mephisopheles stops being a singular character and instead expands to become the Overlook Hotel itself, a place for him to horde all of his ill-gotten souls.

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It’s Episode 450, and the white walkers came back to celebrate. This action-packed chapter made us unusually reflective and contemplative. We’re looking beyond the Wall only to find Dante’s Purgatory looking back at us. The ranks of the narrative undead grow with every passing page. Arya, Benjen, Dany, and even the white walkers themselves have ascended into this messy and metaphysical realm. Cam thinks he’s finally found the “moral of the story” (if there is one). Maggie examines the unexpected virtue of children’s perspectives in an increasingly cruel world.

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Surprise! Cam's brand new audio drama / novel Lemon Tarts in Space! is available right now, right here!

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Diablo IV's sixth season is a mixed bag. The gameplay is great, the underlying systems are better than they've ever been - it's just that there's not that much to actually do beyond the standard endgame grind. Is this even a problem? How could things have been different? And how does the new Spiritborn class evolve through the paragon boards? Let's dive in!

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When in doubt, don’t leave a paper trail. Sansa’s treasonous letters are the latest in a long line of smoking gun documents that have incriminated and condemned our favorite characters. This chapter is all about books and songs and letters – and the stories we tell ourselves. Is Sansa’s idealism a naïve delusion or an aspirational faith in humanity? Is her self-interest par for the course in Westeros or uniquely treasonous? Can we condemn her? Can we forgive her? And what do we learn from this moral stalemate? 

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Cam had a lightbulb moment after our latest rewatch of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Franklin is Leatherface. This episode charts Cam's new theory from that initial germ of an idea through a series of Franklin's most conspicuous and recurring resentments before building to a brand new, revelatory reframing of the entire Sawyer family. Eureka!

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Can we ever escape our narrative expectations? Can a hero’s defeat ever feel satisfying? This chapter foreshadows an eight-season / seven-book arc for Arya Stark that cannot come to pass. We are forced to challenge our conception of heroes and unshakeable desire for happy endings. At the same time, this story’s central binary of life and death is transgressed and complicated half a dozen times. All of our big ideas and theories just got thrown into the blender. Let’s see what the smoothie tastes like!

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