Be The Serpent
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsA podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
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Episode 2: Personality Taxonomies and Shouting about Hogwarts Houses
February 14, 2018 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBOn this episode of Be the Serpent, we're talking about Hogwarts houses (especially in regards to the Sorting Hat Chats system), the daemons of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials, and how personality classification systems can be a fun and useful writing tool. Things we mentioned: Sorting Hat Chats Astrology Social identity theory Anne McCaffrey Divergent (Veronica Roth) Liminal space Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones) His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman) “He Says He Is an Experimen...
Episode 1: False Utopias and... Robot Sex??
January 31, 2018 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBOn this episode of Be the Serpent, we're talking about the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K Le Guin and the fanfiction "Victory Condition" by astolat. Other things mentioned during this episode: Hopepunk, Grimdark, and Noblebright Amal El-Mohtar Zen koans Rev. Martin Luther King The Trolley Problem Doctor Who: “The Beast Below” Strongtime: when stories happen Siegfried Sassoon and Regeneration Omar Khayyam If you enjoyed this episode, tell your friends! Follo...