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A weekly quest by Niamh to guide Em and the listeners through the Icelandic sagas fae loves so much, as we all sit in the dark and feel mortal and small.

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A weekly quest by Niamh to guide Em and the listeners through the Icelandic sagas fae loves so much, as we all sit in the dark and feel mortal and small.

97 episodes

#Books #Arts #History #Abnormal Mapping

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Around the Long Fire 97: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 10 "Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls"

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We get to one of our favorite sections of the book we’d been eagerly seeing adapted, and then have Vtuber talk so long that it ends up taking up two whole segments. Also Em and Autumn get on a goddamn tear about the internet and how people spend their attention. It’s a bit of a gripe session, but hopefully people enjoy it. Things Discussed: Vtubers, ADHD and scheduling, medical stuff and doctors appointments, self-destructive behavior and coping strategies, Gawr Gura , Vtuber chat 2, Jeff Gerstmann, Northernlion, the attention economy, recommending stuff, surprise Rick cameo, Eevee evolutions, Pokémon sleep, Pondering Pokémon, Non-Autumn Zone: Hokuto and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan, Proctoring Pootan, we totally forgot to talk about Chobits it was a long episode and we were tired. We’ll try to do it next week. The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online and on twitter @em_being Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 10 "Wissen ist Macht und Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund"…

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Around the Long Fire 96: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 9 "About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few"

9 days ago

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Berlin Alexanderplatz discovered a whole new gear of simmering homosexuality so we’re having a good time even before Franz decided to berate some anarchists and we hoot and holler about politics in this rowdy episode. Then the rest happens, as usual. It’s a great time. As usual. Things Discussed: Gamer Supps (we know about the gamer supps thing but didn't as of recording, this is the last one I promise), Question Bucket!, regionalisms, vtuber corner, Cyberpunk 2077, Mission Hill (does anyone know where the good music version is?), everyone yells at Autumn, Beavis & Butthead, Daria, King of the Hill, The Critic, rotating guys in RPGs, Final Fantasy VIII, Metaphor vs Persona 4, Etrian Odyssey and Wizardry, brief discussion of phobias including litmus testing Autumn's arachnophobia, being mean on the podcast, audiobook listening, social media etiquette, Honey & Clover, How Do We Relationship vol 6-8 spoilers, posting about things you like online, TikTok intentions Non-Autumn Zone: Hokuto and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan, Proctoring Pootan, translator notes in manga, whatever you are doing at this moment stop what you're doing and send an email to ghostdiverspod@gmail.com it can be about anything at all don't worry about that just send the email I insist The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online and on twitter @em_being Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 10 "Einsamkeit reißt auch in Mauern Risse des Irrsinns"…

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Around the Long Fire 95: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 8 "The Sun Warms the Skin, but Burns It Sometimes Too"

16 days ago

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We have more announcements as the next season is finally revealed! It’s … very ambitious. Also, Autumn finished Persona 4, we talk about the silent protagonist, Niamh gets a very cool tattoo, and Em talks about some of the weirdness around meeting new people online. Question Bucket, Season 5 Revealed!, Persona 4, Silent Protagonists, Persona 5, Shenmue (briefly), Niamh gets a tattoo (go check out sun.doesnt.set on Instagram ), making friends online when you're a very minor person of note, brief vtuber corner, brats and who is one Non-Autumn Zone: Hokuto and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan, Proctoring Pootan The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 9 "Von den Ewigkeiten zwischen den Vielen und den Wenigen"…

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Around the Long Fire 94: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 7 "Remember — An Oath Can Be Amputated"

23 days ago

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We’re worn out and trying to get the podcast in under two and a half hours from start to finish. We manage it, but barely! We yap a lot about vtubers, Atlus games, and of course good ol’ Franz Biberkopf. Also, we announce an upcoming special episode at the beginning! The main thing is the Metaphor game club comes to a close we both finished the game within a day of each other, and talk about the last bits of the story. Please enjoy! Things Discussed: Upcoming Question Bucket, Gamer Supps, Vtuber Corner, RWBY, Passenger, Persona 4, Dune, Vtuber Corner 2, Non-Autumn Zone: Metaphor Re Fantazio, Hokuto and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan, Gundam chat The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 8 "Die Sonne wärmt die Haut, die sie manchmal verbrennt"…

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Around the Long Fire 93: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Part 6 "Love Has Its Price"

30 days ago

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Kind of split on this episode of Berlin Alexanderplatz, but we manage to have a good time anyway as Autumn and Niamh watch one of Em’s favorite movies and we have a big long chat about Agnes Varda! Also, Autumn is playing Persona 4 now, so we’re talking about the investigation team and how we approach RPGs. Things Discussed: Passenger ( yahoo anime rules but here it is on youtube ), One Sings, The Other Doesn't, Varda at Large, Mail Woes, Persona 4, Persona 4 spoilers talking about Rise and Adachi, the whys of RPGs, gender stuff, Gundam, Conan the Barbarian, health updates Non-Autumn Zone: Hokuto and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan A Grueling and Serious Examination of Cromartie High School, Metaphor talk, rating us on iTunes (you should do it!) The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 7 "Merke: Einen Schwur kann man amputieren"…

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Around the Long Fire 92: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Part 5 "A Reaper with the Power of Our Lord"

5 weeks ago

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We meet Reinhold and the homosexual quotient goes off the charts. For Berlin Alexanderplatz. Long Fire remains about as gay as usual (read: very). A great time with a fantastic episode this week. Things Discussed: NANA, vtuber corner including shipping thoughts, therapy talk, The Farthest Shore with broader Earthsea talk, Dune, Studio Ghibli, Cathode Ray Dude's telephone video , boomer shooters, cooking more and shopping habits Non-Autumn Zone: Hokuto and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan A Grueling and Serious Examination of Cromartie High School, Gundam talk The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 6, "Eine Liebe, das kostet immer viel"…

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Around the Long Fire 91: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 4 "A Reaper with the Power of Our Lord"

6 weeks ago

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Slaughterhouse! We have a great time talking about Franz’ terrible time, and talk about a bunch else besides. Em undergoes SMT madness. Things Discussed: Good news to open the show, listen to And Then An Aeroplane, vtuber corner, Hotaru and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan, GGP talk including Gundam the Origin Spoilers, Niamh does tai chi, getting mad at Elon on a podcast finally, no more Garf Read Aloud, X (the manga), Autumn should be nice to themselves, mental health, some nail painting and tattoo talk, I ban tabletop talk from the podcast (again) Non-Autumn Zone: Metaphor, Gundam AGE, Persona 5, food chat The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 5, "Ein Schnitter mit der Gewalt vom lieben Gott"…

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Around the Long Fire 90: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 3, "A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul"

7 weeks ago

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Berlin Alexanderplatz gets sad, Franz shops for flowers, Niamh and Em attack Autumn for bad game takes, and we all talk some gender. Also, more Metaphor and the end of How Do We Relationship! ALSO NOTE: Autumn’s audio is just going to have radiator hiss until winter breaks. It’s fine. Happy birthday Niamh and Em, Export Audio returns, grilling Autumn about their bad Export takes, is Em a member of the CIA?, The Pondering Pootan Period featuring a Call to Action about Episode 41, Bazaar patch into complaining about the normalization of horny on main (corporate), pączki time, food audio, Dia's videos as sleep aids, the essence of guymaking, gender talk about clothing and nails and piercings, Niamh's game All Tomorrow's Parties Non-Autumn Zone: Metaphor update, talking about the end of HDWR The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 4, "Eine Handvoll Menschen in der Tiefe der Stille"…

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Around the Long Fire 89: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), part 2, "How Is One to Live if One Doesn’t Want to Die?"

8 weeks ago

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Berlin Alexanderplatz keeps cooking, we chat about a bunch of this and that as this episode it’s quite as full of Things We Finished as last week, and we get back to Metaphor: ReFantazio with a huge update as the plot really begins to pick up and Niamh makes a bunch of predictions that all instantly come true. We’ll talk about it next week. ALSO NOTE: Autumn’s audio is just going to have radiator hiss until winter breaks. It’s fine. Things discussed: RS/OS Crossovers, Werner Herzog movies, Eureka Seven, Music Listening in 2025, Cyberpunk 2077, Clamp's X, Honey and Clover, Pondering Pootan, Pondering Pokémon, therapy talk, Em trying to destroy Coffee and Comic Books, surprise cameo, Raising Cane's orders, a huge Metaphor minute at the end! We get Bas and Del mixed up, which is very funny given how much stuff happens with them we'll talk about next week The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 2, "Ein Hammer auf den Kopf kann die Seele verletzen"…

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Around the Long Fire 88: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), part 1, "The Punishment Begins"

9 weeks ago

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We begin the enormous Fassbinder television miniseries adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz and immediately find it much more representative of our feelings about the book and its structures. Also, Fassbinder is just incredibly good at shooting some handsome if unpleasant television. Biberkopf might be suffering, but we are not. ALSO NOTE: Autumn’s audio is just going to have radiator hiss until winter breaks. It’s fine. Things discussed: Dog Man, smart watches, Groundhog Day, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Evangelion (manga), Honey and Clover, Clamp School Detectives, the state of digital books and comics, Cam Marshall's Patreon which you should support, Ashita no Joe, Niamh went to a magic show, Andi Gladwin's Fool Us performance , Lucy Darling (Carisa Hendrix)'s TikTok The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 2, "Wie soll man leben, wenn man nicht sterben will"…

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Around the Long Fire 87: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931)

10 weeks ago

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We begin season 4 with a third host joining for the next few months and some surprising new announcements as we begin to cover the adaptations of classic novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, starting with a movie made only two years after the book was released. After that we get into our usuals, including tons of manga talk this episode! Please enjoy! Things discussed: Ornate Stairwells corrections, A new Abnormal Mapping podcast, segment 1s, our hopes for the Fassbinder adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz, spoiler talk, Letterbox reviews, Social Media Etiquette, Clampquest, Angelic Layer, Colleen's Manga Recs , Manga Suggestions, ParaKiss, William Gibson, Green Yuri The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 1, "Die Strafe beginnt"…

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Around the Long Fire 86: Egil's Saga, ch. 79-END

11 weeks ago

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Egil’s Saga ends quiet and melancholy as we wrap up our season with a shorter episode due to illness. We did rank all the sagas, however, and talk about that, and also there’s a short manga segment to round things out. Sorry for the short one, hopefully things will be back at full energy next week! Things discussed: the ranking of sagas, Magic Knight Rayearth See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931)…

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Around the Long Fire 85: Egil's Saga, ch. 65-78

12 weeks ago

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We continue to enjoy Egil’s Saga even though he does the grossest possible thing this week. Then, we have a big chat about rereading Paradise Kiss (we’re only through chapter 14 or so), a little talk about the state of the world, and then the Metaphor game club returns as we both tackle an enormous new dungeon! Things discussed: The Pondering Pootan Existential Crisis, Name Change Update, Sick Kid, Paradise Kiss, Yazawa Ai at large, NANA, Eureka Seven, early thoughts about the upcoming Chobits season of Ghost Divers, Saint Seiya and yaoi anime culture, Alt Pub Omaha Zine Fair , a little bit of current events chat, Metaphor: ReFantazio segment returns!, somehow we finish by talking about Gundam again, Niamh’s timeline crimes watching Gundam , talking about taking anime podcast notes See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Egils saga, ch. 79-90…

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Around the Long Fire 84: Egil's Saga, ch. 57-64

13 weeks ago

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A shorter saga paradoxically means a longer saga chat as we cut our reading and increase our happiness. We spend the middle portion of this podcast mostly talking about each other’s podcasts, in the most self-indulgent fashion, but the last third of the podcast covers Em finishing the Evangelion manga and they had a lot of thoughts about it, their own feelings about The Soup, and much else besides. Please enjoy! Things discussed: Miyamoto Musashi (briefly), Galloping Ghost, Pondering Pootan check-in, name change talk, podcast navel gazing (as usual), ALF season four expectations, GGP chat (different than podcast navel gazing), the Evangelion manga (full spoilers for all of Evangelion within) See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Egils saga, ch. 65-78…

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Around the Long Fire 83: Adolescence of Utena

14 weeks ago

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Em’s back from vacation, but we’re both too tired for sagas this week so instead we mostly talk about some movies we watched. The main event, of course, is Adolescence of Utena, but on either side of that is a lot of other fun stuff I hope people enjoy! Things discussed: FWMC new outfits, Em in Chicago!, Bluebeard's Castle, Evangelion manga, Pondering Pootan debrief, Nerissa's new outfit and vtuber fans at large, Adolescence of Utena (goes from 01:06:30 to 01:36:57), a bit about learning tarot cards at the end See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Egils saga, ch. 57-64…

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Around the Long Fire 82: Egil's Saga, ch. 29-56

15 weeks ago

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We’re tired and busy so this one is not us at our best and brightest, but we try to have a good pod anyway. Next week we’re actually taking off reading the saga, ignore what we say in this episode, we’ll mostly just talk about some movies we watched probably. Things discussed: legal name changes, How Do We Relationship (through to chapter 127), scheduling, Evangelion manga, Eyes Wide Shut (spoilers for the ending, it's right at the end of the pod) See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: The Adolescence of Utena, probably, mostly. No sagas.…

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Around the Long Fire 81: Egil's Saga, ch. 1-28

16 weeks ago

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We start our final saga of the season and whew it’s a long one! Egil doesn’t even show up in this reading! But we cover all the goings on leading up to his birth, the fickleness of kings, and then spend our time catching up on what we did over the holidays. Things discussed: holidays, what we've been up to, Tokyo Godfathers, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Sonic 3 (the movie), Hack/Slash Back to School, Honey and Clover, Tombs of Atuan, ereaders, Cruising Utopia, Metaphor game club returns! Utena discussion starts at 50:30 and goes until (1:05:04)! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Egils saga, ch. 29-56, trans. Bernard Scudder, published in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 80: Hrólfs saga kraka, ch. 21-34

18 weeks ago

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We’re back for the end of this wild ass saga about elk men, bear men, bad men, and dead men! We had a great time with this one, to the point we finally suggest doing what I never thought we would: ranking the sagas, at the end of the season! Then, Em talks about their favorite episode of Utena so far watching it, and some of the things it brought up for them that they don’t feel other people would probably speak to. This is our final episode for the year, as we’re taking next week off, so I hope you enjoy! There will be more oversharing in 2025, god willing. Content warning: during the Utena and Persona 3 section, there's some not explicit but open talk about grooming and sexualization of minors. If you'd like to skip that, the rest of the podcast continues at 1:30:15. Things discussed: what we've been up to, Revolutionary Girl Utena (spoilers up through episode 18), Persona 3 Portable, Pondering Pootan, the podcasting year See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode (in two weeks!): Egils saga, ch. 1-28, trans. Bernard Scudder, published in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 79: Hrólfs saga kraka, ch. 1-20

19 weeks ago

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We read the first half of the first new-to-Niamh saga this week, and have a great time with awful men, questionable gender politics, and high drama. Also, some violence is done to a bearman, don’t really like that but so it goes sometimes. Our chat about everything else continues as usual, as Niamh overtakes Em in Metaphor, we watch and read some stuff, and a conversation started last week gets finished as Em finally gets to their point about some stuff. Things This Episode: The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Even Though We're Adults, Infinity Nikki, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, gender and queerness talk, Metaphor: ReFantazio Note: we meant to circle around to the discussion of Lapland and the Sami people but didn’t actually remember to do that. We’ll try to bring it up when it recurs next time but note that the region referred to in Sweden as Lapland is home to an indigenous people called the Sami people, and “Lapp” while common in the sagas is considered an offensive term to refer to these peoples. in my (Em) research, even Lapland itself seems like a disputed term depending on who you ask. That’s the short version of it, highly recommend people do research on their own! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Hrólfs saga kraka, ch. 21-34; from The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki , trans. Jesse L. Byock (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 78: Introduction to the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki

20 weeks ago

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We’re both a little run down and we just read the intro to a book, so very short saga this week as we just kind of have a small chat and take it easy. Some days are just harder than others. Hope you enjoy nonetheless. Things discussed this episode: Thanksgiving, Trivia Games, being a student, Look Back (the film), Multiple Maniacs, Even Though We're Adults, Nana, Ranma 1/2, Ravencroft news, Ceres Fauna graduating See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Hrólfs saga kraka, ch. 1-20; from The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki , trans. Jesse L. Byock (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 77: Króka-Refs saga

21 weeks ago

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We talk about Ref, a man who is pretty chill until you call him gay so much his family begins asking questions. Then he’s going to end your whole bloodline. We have a good time with this relatively light saga, and then talk about our usual manga and vtuber spread, including some extra time with Nerissa for her birthday stream. Things in this episode include: Ref's Saga, Even Though We're Adults, Look Back (the manga), Ranma 1/2, Christmas Carol, Pokémon Cards, Nerissa birthday stream , vtuber merch, a little bit of Metaphor (not much) See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Introduction to the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki; from The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki , trans. Jesse L. Byock (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 76: Arrow-Odd's Saga, ch. 19-32

22 weeks ago

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We finish Arrow-Odd’s Saga, and then Em has a few more Icelandic things to talk about that end up taking up a good portion of the episode. Things in this episode include: Arrow-Odd's Saga, Independent People, Godland, Even Though We're Adults, Holocure, Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders, Shirahimeshou: Snow Goddess Tales Check out the Ghost Divers on Independent People! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Króka-Refs Saga; The Saga of Ref the Sly, trans. George Clark, published in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 75: Arrow-Odd's saga, ch. 1-18

23 weeks ago

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We begin Arrow-Odd’s saga, and talk about being back in the land of prose and strange Giantess fanfic on this week’s episode. Bonus talk includes: Independent People, I Am A Cat, Tokyo Babylon, But We’re Both Adults, and the usual Metaphor talk. I probably missed a few things, but I’m editing against a deadline today so that’ll have to do. Please enjoy! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Örvar-Odds saga, ch. 19-32, from Arrow-Odd, trans. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards, published in Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 74: The Poetic Edda: ch. 30-The End!

24 weeks ago

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[taking a very deep breath] On this enormous episode of Around the Long Fire, we finally finish the Poetic Edda! It ends really well, but with a surprising difference between our two versions. The cartoon Em mentions is Zack Snyder's "Twilight of the Gods", for the record. After an extra long Saga segment, we briefly talk about the election ( please read Em's friend Madiha's blog about waking up the day after carrying on as we always do ), Em talks about the first third of the book Independent People, Em is reading Clamp manga Tokyo Babylon, Niamh talks about travelling to get hololive merch with faer kid, we compare our Culvers orders as Jailbirds must, we have a vtuber corner (featuring Mint's 3.0 karaoke), we both talk about wrapping up How Do We Relationship? so far (up through Volume 11) and talk about how the girls continue to speak directly to our memories, Niamh talks a bit about Still Sick, and then we have a very extended Metaphor segment where we might not actually play very much (up to reaching the third city) but also talk about Personas 3, 4 and 5 and go on at length about what we like about the storytelling of Atlus games at large. Also mentioned are Evangelion and Pastoral: To Die in the Country. Peppered throughout with talk about life and trauma, as we always do. Truly we're cooking on our bullshit so much in this episode, it's great. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Örvar-Odds saga, ch. 1-18, from Arrow-Odd, trans. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards, published in Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 73: The Poetic Edda, sections 27-29

25 weeks ago

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We continue with Gudrun’s vengeance against her family, for better or worse, as we begin to wind down the Poetic Edda. On top of that, we have the usual vtuber corner, a big talk about How Do We Relationship?, a health update … and then decide to spill our next season an entire week early because we both finished some prep work we’d done for it! Then, in our Metaphor Game Club, we wrap up the second major story dungeon, get our bat friend Heismay, and talk about how we’ve been spending our free time around that event. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Parts 30-The End of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics); The Jörmunrekkr Lays — Guðrúnarhvöt and Hamðismál & Other mythological poems — Baldrs draumar, Rígsþula, Hyndluljóð, and Gróttasöngr…

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The Poetic Edda, sections 20-26

26 weeks ago

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We have an absolutely jam packed episode this week as not only do we talk about the return of Gudrun and her sorrows, but we also talk a bit about vtubers, we both watch some movies (some classic, some not), Niamh continues to read How Do We Relationship?, and we continue to talk about Metaphor: ReFantazio through the next two hours or so of game (up until you get the 4th party member, which Niamh hadn’t done as of recording this week). Just so many things! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Parts 27-29 of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics); The Niflung Cycle — Oddrúnargrátr, Atlakviða, and Atlamál hin groenlenzku…

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Around the Long Fire 71: The Poetic Edda, sections 15-19

27 weeks ago

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We revisit some of the first stories we read on this podcast, this time in verse form! They’re pretty pleasant, even if they’re a bit disjointed. We take care of some odds and ends before getting into our main event: our Metaphor game club begins in earnest, which contains a few surprises including a new challenger, some mechanical decisions that surprise, and putting the Persona fandom on notice. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Parts 20-26 of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics); The Niflung Cycle — Brot af Sigurðarkviðu, Guðrúnarkviða I, Sigurðarkviða hin skamma, Helreið Brynhildar, Dráp Niflunga, Guðrúnarkviða II, and Guðrúnarkviða III…

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Around the Long Fire 70: The Poetic Edda, sections 12-15

28 weeks ago

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The sagas finally begin to cook as we talk about tragic love and reincarnation and what exactly is a Valkyrie. Also, speaking of tragic love, Niamh watched Twilight movies and Labyrinth, so we have plenty of misplaced sexual angst to pick over. Finally, Em celebrates Kiara’s big day as she had her fourth anniversary live this past week. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you whis versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Parts 15-19 of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics); The Niflung Cycle — Frá dauða Sinfjötla, Grípisspá, Reginsmál, Fáfnismál, and Sigrdrífumál…

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Around the Long Fire 69: The Poetic Edda, sections 7-11

29 weeks ago

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The sagas aren’t exactly setting our world aflame this week, so we instead talk a bunch about Licorice Pizza (building off of Ornate Stairwells), vtubers, and video games. In fact, some night say this is the beginning of our lengthy Metaphor game club, to be performed over the next 6-12 months! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you whis versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Parts 12-14 of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics); The Helgi Lays — Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II…

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Around the Long Fire 68: The Poetic Edda, sections 3-6

30 weeks ago

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Odin gets up to trouble, including being weirdly homophobic to his stupid son Thor, in this wild episode of poetry and would-be plays. After that, Em gets a little too real venting about their current medical situation, but then we recover as Niamh talks about vtubers and movies until everyone has a good time again. Thanks for listening, sorry for the emotional rollercoaster this week! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you whis versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers, Ornate Stairwells, and Pondering Pootan. Posting on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.bsky.social Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online Next episode: Parts 7-12 of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 67: The Poetic Edda, sections 1 & 2

31 weeks ago

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Season 3 begins as we crack open the Poetic Edda and talk about dwarves, gods, and Odin’s magic. More vtuber chat this week, of course, but it’s also a sleepy week so a bit on the shorter side. Either way, please enjoy! Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Parts 3-6 of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 66: In the Shadow of the Raven

32 weeks ago

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This episode is a bit of a mess as we watch a movie that’s just okay, and also suffer through a weird recording setup (that continued into editing, excuse any scuff this week) as Em is forced to flee their recording room. A bit of a shorter episode as we’ve both been run ragged, but we do have some talk about The State of Social Media near the end. Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Pages 3-36 of The Poetic Edda , a new translation by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford World's Classics)…

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Around the Long Fire 65: When the Raven Flies

33 weeks ago

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We finally watch the movie whose music we’ve been using since we started! Turns out it’s pretty good, though I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say the best film of Iceland (which some have claimed). Also, we talk a bunch about movies broadly, as Em preps for a Repertory Screenings that ended up not getting recorded (find out why next week). Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: In the Shadow of the Raven ( Í skugga hrafnsins )…

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Around the Long Fire 64: Morte Darthur, ch. 87-END

34 weeks ago

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Arthur is morted and we are finished! We reach the end of the season as things end on a quiet note, and then talk at length about the Hololive English 2nd concert Breaking Dimensions. Other stuff too, but those are the two big ones! Next week we begin our mini-unit of Icelandic films between seasons! Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: When the Raven Flies ( Hrafninn flýgur )…

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Around the Long Fire 63: Morte Darthur, ch. 80-86

35 weeks ago

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The penultimate episode of Morte Darthur shows Lancelot truly has learned nothing, Arthur is put in a difficult spot, and the glory of the kingdom falls apart in most dramatic fashion. Then we have some medical situation talk, and our usual chat about what we’ve been up to. Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 87-END…

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Around the Long Fire 62: Morte Darthur, ch. 74-79

36 weeks ago

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We return to the sagas as the grail quest comes to a dramatic conclusion and we lose many of our best heroes. Then, we return to Lancelot, who comes home changed but for how long? On top of that, Niamh finished Chimera Ant in Hunter x Hunter, we talk a bit about movies, and the usual ALF extras. Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 80-86…

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Around the Long Fire 61: Recoverycast Part 2

37 weeks ago

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Hi, Em here. We recorded another freeform episode where we just talked about what we’ve been up to and how we’ve been feeling as I recovery from surgery. I watched Niamh’s favorite movie, and we talk about it. There’s some Hunter X Hunter talk, as usual. Spoilers in there through like halfway into Chimera Ant? Anyway, the good news is next week we’re returning to sagas, so please look forward to it! Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 74-79…

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Around the Long Fire 60: Tristan & Isolde (2006)

38 weeks ago

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Em was finally released the hospital and immediately wanted to record a little with Niamh that very night. Niamh also had Dia on to talk about the 2006 film adaptation of Tristan and Isolde. Like those legendary lovers, this episodes is two halves that come together to form a single whole. Also there’s some fighting game talk and general catching up. Dia can be found on twitter @dialacina Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Just hanging out, no reading!…

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Around the Long Fire 59: Morte Darthur, ch. 66-73

41 weeks ago

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NOTE: This episode is an extra week late because Em was in the hospital last week. They're okay now, sorry about that, normal schedule should hopefully resume now! Niamh’s back and we’re cooking with grail quest! Lancelot is brought low, Galahad is raised up, and more! Also, we talk about Iceland, new vtubers, and much more! Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 74-79…

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Around the Long Fire 58: Morte Darthur, ch. 59-65

45 weeks ago

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It’s the eve of Niamh’s trip to Iceland, and the sagas are finally getting good again to celebrate! We enjoy Palomides’ bullshit, discover the grail was under our nose the whole time, and more! Also, we talk about Tomie (the manga), a little bit of Hunter X Hunter, website building, and more! Please enjoy, we won’t be back for quite a while! Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode IN THREE WEEKS: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 66-73…

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Around the Long Fire 57: Morte Darthur, ch. 52-58

46 weeks ago

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We’re joined by our first guest Autumn Blake to talk about recent movie I Saw the TV Glow, which deeply affected all of us. We do a big deep dive on the movie and some of our thoughts about queerness and life in a long segment that lasts from 21:00 to about 1:07:00. Before that? Some saga chat! More jousting. After that? Talking about podcasting, other movies, vtubers, and the usual ALF standards. Please enjoy this podcast, it was great to finally record and kind of intense to go through. Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 59-65…

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Around the Long Fire 56: Morte Darthur, ch. 47-51

47 weeks ago

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Niamh went to the arcade, Em watched all the Psycho sequels, and we of course talk a bit about the knights of the round table. Also, a vtubing miracle happens to Niamh (maybe), so really an eventful episode for everyone. Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 52-58…

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Around the Long Fire 55: Morte Darthur, ch. 40-46

49 weeks ago

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After an impromptu week off we’ve returned having only barely remembered the reading to talk about Tristram, questing beasts, and oh so much jousting. These mfers love to joust SO MUCH. Also we chat about movies, including some Em watched based on feedback from last episode. It’s a big sprawling episode, so please enjoy! Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 47-51…

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Around the Long Fire 54: Morte Darthur, ch. 31-39

51 weeks ago

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We talk about Tristram, Tramtrist, the two Isodes, the horn of cucking, and more in this huge episode of adventuring and wayward romance. Also, Em insults the shit out of Niamh’s kamioshi, a pen is lost and found, and we talk about the bad time movies that stuck with us for good and ill in our lives. Niamh can be found haunting Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells (and Pondering Pootan, which has never haunted anyone) and on twitter @foxmomnia Em can be found working themselves into an early grave here at Abnormal Mapping and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, a new Modern English translation based on the Winchester Manuscript by Dorsey Armstrong, chapters 40-46…

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Around the Long Fire 53: Morte Darthur, ch. 24-30

1 year ago