The Heroine's Journey

This week, LC Brown is joined by Angela and Aubrey Webber, the musical YouTube sensation The Doubleclicks, to delve into why we’re so excited about 5th Edition D&D, including: How mechanics new to 5th ed reward roleplaying instead of min-maxing A childhood of playing the “girl character” Why we love the diverse body types, identities […]

LC Brown sits down with Jessica Price, project manager and Cleric of Time for Pathfinder’s Paizo Publishing, to talk about what it’s like being a woman in the tabletop industry, including: How do you make drow elves not racist? (no seriously how) Sexual assault as advertising and difficult women as “being on the rag”: horror […]

This week, LC Brown is joined by Jessica Price of Paizo Publishing to geek out over the show, the game, the lifestyle that is Battlestar Galactica, including: Gendered conflict, and why angry Roslin is much scarier than angry Adama How the Pegasus is like a Randian playground – with Cain as its terrifying “dark mother” […]

LC Brown sits down with SFF author N.K. Jemisin to pick her brain about writing and world-building, including: How late night tweeting led to a world of polyamorous diplomat fashion-conscious Vikings The gendering of genres, and why too many authors prioritize the “mechanics” of worldbuilding over character A sneak peek at Jemisin’s new book series, […]

This week, LC Brown and Jay reminisce about Fable III, the 2010 fantasy RPG from Lionhead Studios, including: How Fable forces you to make moral decisions that actually hurt Paige and the invisibility of the female revolutionary Our favorite scene in the game (don’t play it in the dark) The one spoiler that everyone needs […]

This week, LC Brown and Nadia dig into the Alien franchise (all four movies, back to back), including: Why the first rule of Prometheus is that you don’t talk about Prometheus Reproduction, birth, and why is Alien so freaking scary? Aliens: A story about motherhood, Princess Ripley, and turgid masculinity How Alien 3 is like […]

LC Brown is once again joined by guest host Tanya DePass to discuss #INeedDiverseGames, including: The origins of the #INDG social movement Navigating anon hate and the GamerGate cesspool What comes next for INDG INDG has a home on several social media platforms, including Twitter (original vintage!), Tumblr, and Facebook. If you’d like to show […]

The Heroine’s Journey is a weekly podcast by women, for women, about women. Each week,  LC Brown and a rotating cast of guest hosts shine a spotlight on the lady-driven stories they love. “Episode #4: The Works of N.K. Jemisin” This week, LC Brown is joined by Tanya DePass of #I Need Diverse Games to […]

The Heroine’s Journey is a weekly podcast by women, for women, about women. Each week, LC Brown and a rotating cast of guest hosts shine a spotlight on the lady-driven stories they love. “Episode #3 Bonus: “Comic Book Movies: A Love Affair” This week, guest host Nadia returns with an essay on the long-standing love […]

The Heroine’s Journey is a weekly podcast by women, for women, about women. Each week,  LC Brown and a rotating cast of guest hosts shine a spotlight on the lady-driven stories they love. “Episode #3: Saga” This week, we record a saga of an episode about Saga, the comic by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona […]