Josie's new book, The Last Temptation of Beck, just dropped! And she also produced an album to accompany it filled with original songs inspired by the book's narrative, Loser Babies! So we're putting X-Men on the back burner today and focusing on this exciting news. Josie and Becca are joined by writer and musician Rachel Garrett Steele, who has two tracks on the album, to talk about being perdedoras. Or, more specifically, to go through the entire album track-by-track, discussing songwriting, Beck, and what it means for marginalized people to make art together. How has art brought these three friends together? Plus, Becca desperately tries to bring up Mr. Sinister occasionally so you don't forget that this podcast is sometimes about X-Men.

Get Loser Babies: https://afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/loser-babies-music-inspired-by-josephine-riesmans-the-last-temptation-of-beck

Get The Last Temptation of Beck: https://www.beckbook.com/

Content Warnings: Abuse

Credits:

Hosting and Production: Josephine Riesman (@josie.zone) & Becca Petunia (@tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social)

Guest: Rachel Garrett Steele (@pengarr.postes.club‬)

Editing: Ella Tailor (@garaktailor.com‬)

Loser Babies available through A Few Good Records. All songs are the copyrights of their artists.

Theme Song: "Theme from 'Here Comes Tomorrow'" by Rachel Garrett Steele (@pengarr.postes.club‬) featuring Bobson Dugnutt Jr.

Podcast Art: Pencils & Inks by Chris Burnham (@theburnham.bsky.social), Colors by Tamra Bonvillan (@tamrabonvillain.bsky.social), Logo by Jodie Troutman (@longtalljodie.com)

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X-Men emergency! The X-Men are in the trailer for Avengers Doomsday and everybody keeps talking about it on BlueSky. What's worse: Josie isn't around to complain about it! Becca couldn't sit idly by and be angry in peace, so she fired up the time platform and summoned fan-favorite returning guest Doc, back from the Dust episode! Join Becca and Doc as they discuss the struggles of adapting Dr. Doom into other media, what's left to say about Magneto, and whatever is going on with famous actress "Other Rebecca." And now hopefully we never need to talk about this cursed cinematic universe again.

Content Warnings: Racism, fascism, parent death, child death

Next Episode's Reading: We're going to be watching along with Season 2 of X-Men 97, so prepare for an episode when the season ends!

Credits:

Hosting and Production: Josephine Riesman (@josie.zone) & Becca Petunia (@tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social)

Guest: Doc (@foeyeahboi)

This Week's Editing: Becca Petunia

Theme Song: "Theme from 'Here Comes Tomorrow'" by Rachel Garrett Steele (@pengarr.postes.club‬) featuring Bobson Dugnutt Jr.

Podcast Art: Pencils & Inks by Chris Burnham (@theburnham.bsky.social), Colors by Tamra Bonvillan (@tamrabonvillain.bsky.social), Logo by Jodie Troutman (@longtalljodie.com)

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What, you were expecting black leather? Josie and Becca marathoned the first season of X-Men 97 to prep for July's launch of Season 2, and they had a wild ride, sugah! They're joined by Pop Heist's Brett White to discuss the ins and outs of the show, especially how it integrates Grant Morrison's writing to the world of the 90s. What happens when you remix storylines in new and weird ways? How can you discuss genocide and trauma in a show that aired on Disney Plus? How does Wolverine sound to the completely uninformed? And of course...we learn a bit about what Black Francis was singing about. Listen and get ready for Season 2!

Content Warnings: Parent death, institutionalization, genocide, trauma, parental abuse, insurrection

Next Episode's Reading: We're going to be watching along with Season 2 of X-Men 97, so prepare for an episode when the season ends!

Credits:

Hosting and Production: Josephine Riesman (@josie.zone) & Becca Petunia (@tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social)

Guest: Brett White (@brettwhite)

Editing: Ella Tailor (@garaktailor.com‬)

Theme Song: "Theme from 'Here Comes Tomorrow'" by Rachel Garrett Steele (@pengarr.postes.club‬) featuring Bobson Dugnutt Jr.

Podcast Art: Pencils & Inks by Chris Burnham (@theburnham.bsky.social), Colors by Tamra Bonvillan (@tamrabonvillain.bsky.social), Logo by Jodie Troutman (@longtalljodie.com)

Visit herecomestomorrow.net and follow us on BlueSky @herecomestomorrow.net for more!