On this episode, we're talking about politics! It's gonna get.... kind of weirdly emotional. The tentpoles this week are “Corridors of Power” by blythely, “Hand in Unlovable Hand” by Annakovsky, and Cheesecake and the Art of Political Warfare by Sakana Sara.


 


What We’re Into Lately


Middlegame by Seanan McGuire


Slow Horses by Mick Herron


The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid


Semiosis by Sue Burke


Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston


Lie Back and Think of Dinner” and “Still My Heart Has Wings” by jessthereckless


By Definition” by idiopathicsmile


Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan


 


Other Stuff We Mentioned


The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton


Rogue One


WorldCon (Dublin 2019)


A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan


A Choir of Lies and A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland


The West Wing


House of Cards


Spin!” by weatherfront. 


Inception


Veep


Lean In 


Fernand Braudel


Jupiter Ascending


Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling


The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison


Leverage


The Thick of It


Yes Minister


House of Cards, the UK TV mini-series


House of Cards by Michael Dobbs


Madam Secretary


The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson


The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson


Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold


A Deeper Season by lightgetsin, sahiya


What Passing Bells by lightgetsin, sahiya


Gentleman Bastards


Republic of Thieves 


Merlin


Discworld


 


For Next Time


The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams


 


Transcription


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