Hannah and Laura are THRILLED to welcome back to the pod author, and "anime buff," Namina Forna to discuss the Netflix animated series, Blue Eye Samurai! They all geek out about their favorite characters/villains, the animation style, and the powerful themes in the show.

**This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for Blue Eye Samurai, the Netflix animated series.***

CW for the episode: discussions of racism, poverty, violence, sexual abuse, ableism, sex, drug use, colonialism

You can follow Namina online at:
Instagram: @namina.forna
Website: https://naminaforna.com/

Be sure to pick up Namina's "Deathless" series (collecting The Gilded Ones, The Merciless Ones, and The Eternal Ones), or request the books at your local library TODAY!

Media Mentions:
Blue Eye Samurai---Netflix
Xena: Warrior Princess---Prime Video
BoJack Horseman---Netflix
Heroes---Peacock
Logan---Disney+
Smallville---Hulu
Never Have I Ever---Netflix
Avatar: The Last Airbender---Netflix
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Bridgerton---Netflix
Ugly Betty---Netflix
Undone---Prime Video
Shogun---Hulu

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Hannah and Laura try to talk about anything BUT Grave Peril, including desserts, vegetables, and houseplants. Then they do eventually talk about Jim Butcher's Grave Peril and it's roller coaster of an ending.

*Spoilers for The Boys at 20 mins.*

**This episode contains SPOILERS for Grave Peril by Jim Butcher.***
Spoiler section begins at: 54 min.

**CW for this episode: discussions of sexual assault, violence, murder, blood, misogyny, drug abuse, death, hospitalization, pregnancy, infant illness, eating disorders.

Apologies for some audio issues.

Media Mentions:
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The Acolyte---Disney+
The Boys---Prime Video
@jstoobs ----TikTok
Pluto---Netflix
Fox 8 by George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying
Heartstopper Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper---Netflix
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
The Wheel of Time---Prime Video
Squid Game---Netflix
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Dimension 20---Drop Out
Game Changer---Drop Out

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Laura and Hannah cover the middle third of Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, and friends, it is quite the experience. They also chat about media literacy, heroes and villains in [reality] television, whether or not to DNF a book, and a TV show with a "banger of an opening song."

CW for the episode: discussions of sexual assault; physical harm; death; murder; gore; misogyny; pregnancy loss; infertility; drug abuse

***This episode contains SPOILERS for Grave Peril by Jim Butcher. Spoiler/plot section begins at: 56 min 30 secs.***

Media Mentions:
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi
Becky Chambers's works
The Boys---Prime Video
Perfect Match---Prime Video
Breaking Bad---Netflix
The Acolyte---Disney+
House---Peacock
Mystic Reborn by Jeff Speight
Walkable City: How Downtown Could Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Stand by Stephen King
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Station Eleven---Max
The Drowing Woman by Robyn Harding
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Hunting Vampires by Grady Hendrix
E.R.---Hulu
Friends---Max
Dimension 20---YouTube
Task Master---YouTube
Cut---YouTube
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend---Netflix

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