Tortall Recall

Gus, Grace and Abby talk about romantic fantasy as a genre through the lens of Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey. In this bonus episode: Minneapolis Edition! Mercedes Wacky! The Full Range of Horse Emotions! A Bunch of Gay Stuff! Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Kelley and Aurora take a detour to talk about opera, trouser roles, and Alanna. In this bonus episode: High Voiced Heroes! Page Boys Upon Page Boys! Mezzos with swords! and Not Dying at the End of the Opera! Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta.

Abby, Amy, Kelly, and Shelby (feat. Casper, Shelby’s dog) wrap up the Alanna books and answer listener questions. In this episode: Stealing from Other Podcasts! Super Consistent Name Pronunciation! All the Blood! Are The Old Ones Human? or Are They Dancer? Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta.

Gus, Aurora, Amy, and Abby finish discussing Lioness Rampant. We made it through a whole series! In this episode: Bird-Based Fantasy Gentrification! Those Crabs That Grab a Knife! Art for the Sake of Art! Bisexuality for the Sake of Bisexuality! Programming note: We’re taking a short break before moving on to The Immortals quartet. We’ll be […]

Gus, Aurora, Amy, and Abby begin their discussion of the final book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, Lioness Rampant. In this episode: Ambiguous Fruit! We Love Thayet And Buri (1/?)! The Return of the Old Ones! The Only Person With More Fantasy Eyes Than Alanna! Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual violence […]

Gus, Grace, Aurora and Abby wrap up their discussion of The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. In this episode: Every Corner is Linguistics Corner! Alanna’s Good Dads! Animal Enemies! Chosen-by-the-Gods Privilege! Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of racialized violence. Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Abby, Aurora, Grace, and Gus begin our discussion of The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. In this episode: Sword Time! Fun-but-not-fast Linguistics! The Tortall-Emelan Unification Theory! And: Priests gone rogue?

Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.

Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Grace finish discussing the second Alanna book, In the Hand of the Goddess. In this episode: The Yell Zone! Grace Says a Swear! Bad Ships, Good Friendship! Raoul vs. Human Raoul!

Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Grace yell about the second installment in Song of the Lioness: In the Hand of the Goddess!

In this episode: Alanna's Beverage Preferences! The Ordeal Of Manhood! Faithful: What's His Deal? Jonathan's Emo Phase!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.

Abby, Aurora, Grace, and Gus conclude their discussion of Alanna: The First Adventure, which they remembered to name-drop this time.

More Racism And Imperialism Than We Remembered! Color-Coordinated Horses! Friends With The Godfather! Ali Mukhtab's Cat Friends! Chivalry: Is It Toxic Masculinity?