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Hannah and Laura are trapped in a video game and are forced to participate in a series of "adventures" created by AI. That's right! Today's episode is a discussion of The Amazing Digital Circus!! Hannah and Laura break down the episodes, characters hitting close to home, and how surprised they were by this very quirky show.

*This episode contains SPOILERS for The Amazing Digital Circus. *

**CW for the episode: discussions of mental illness, harassment, bullying, guns, PTSD, body dysmorphia, artificial intelligence, trauma, depression, masking, existential crises, abuse, unhoused persons, manipulation, death, loss**

Media Mentions:
The Amazing Digital Circus---YouTube

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Hannah and Laura are welcoming back to the pod their friend, author Adrian M. Gibson, to talk about his newest release, A Murder Most Fungal! Adrian delves into how his experience working in restaurants helped him create characters, the responsibility writers have for the information they put out to their readers, and how he tries to capture the lived truth of ordinary experiences.

*CW for the episode: discussions of food, racism, politics, colonialism, death, murder, violence, language barriers, ableism, resident schools, genocide *

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Adrian M. Gibson | Author & Podcaster
Instagram: @adrianmgibson

Media Mentions:
A Murder Most Fungal by Adrian M. Gibson
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
SFF Addicts Podcast
The Book of Spores Anthology
The Blackfire Blade by James Logan
Haruki Murakami's works

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Hannah was lucky enough to sit down with Paul Austin Ardoin and discuss the release of his new book A Fatal Ingredient, book 1 of The Milwaukee Foodie Mysteries. We discussed building a work around Milwaukee restaurants, characters you love to hate, and how to create care for a new character. We also discuss building a new series after four series that came before!

Special thanks to Indeed Brewing for hosting this event!

Media Mentions

The works of Paul Austin Ardoin

The works of John Gurda on Milwaukee

Restaurant Mentions:

Indeed Brewing

La Marende

Dan Dan

Heirloom MKE

EsterEV

Vanguard

Three Brothers

Where to find Paul

paulaustinardoin.com

@paulaustinardoin on Instagram

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Warning: this episode has a lot of fruit talk. Hannah and Laura chat about food, a cute anime, and missing the days of mediocre TV. They also wrap up their discussion on Platform Decay by Martha Wells and decide that they want to be "Emotion Check" people instead of "Redacted" people. IYKYK.

*This episode contains SPOILERS for Platform Decay by Martha Wells. Spoiler section begins at: 43 min 55 secs*

**CW for the episode: discussions of food, body dysmorphia, mental illness, therapy, political systems, class systems, capitalism, violence, familial trauma, manipulation, death, free will, indentured servitude

Media Mentions:
Platform Decay by Martha Wells
Laura celebrated her birthday recently
Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge
Doctor Aphra by Kieron Gillen
Blue Box---Netflix
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Paradise---Hulu
You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings
A Murder Most Fungal by Adrian M. Gibson
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

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Hannah and Laura are THRILLED to have romance author Mazey Eddings on the pod to talk about her newest release, You Won't Forget Me! Mazey talks about she sees books as a "snapshot in time," reflects on sharing her purpose with the world, and how she navigates writing mental illnesses in joyful stories. Hannah and Laura geek out over all of Mazey's books/characters, get some good advice related to waffles and dentistry, and decide to make Mazey their new best friend.

*CW for the episode: discussions of familial trauma, depression, mental illness, abusive relationships*

Be sure to follow Mazey at:
Mazey Eddings -- website
Instagram: @mazeyeddings
From the Messy Desk of Mazey Eddings | Substack

Media Mentions:
You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings
A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings
Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings
The Plus One by Mazey Eddings
Beverly Jenkins works
Tessa Dare's works
Christina Lauren's works
Talia Hibbert's works
Helen Hoang's works
Gothic: An Illustrated History by Roger Luckhurst
Formula 1: Drive to Survive---Netflix
Dateline---Hulu

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Emotion check: SO happy! Hannah and Laura are back to Season 3: The Murderbot Diaries Diaries, and they are covering Platform Decay by Martha Wells! They also chat about a sci-fi manga series that hits HARD, a really heartfelt movie about sheep, and their individual journeys with Smosh.

*This episode contains SPOILERS for Platform Decay by Martha Wells. Spoiler section begins at: 48 min. *

**CW for the episode: discussions of gender, autonomy, class, violence, climate change, racism, sexism, mental illness, death, murder, blood, gore, artificial intelligence, guns, bombs, neglect, manipulation **

Media Mentions:
Platform Decay by Martha Wells
The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami
The Righteous Gemstones---HBO Max
Smosh---YouTube
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
Gamechanger---Dropout
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder---Netflix
The Sheep Detectives
You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings
A Murder Most Fungal by Adrian Gibson

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Hannah and Laura are joined by the amazing FONDA LEE to discuss her newest book, The Last Contract of Isako! They discuss writing complex family dynamics, believable technological advances, grief, and how Fonda's own work background inspires her writing.

*This episode contains SPOILERS for The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee. *

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Instagram: @fonda.lee

Fonda Lee | Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Media Mentions:

The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee

The Green Bone saga by Fonda Lee

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

Exo by Fonda Lee

Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End---Crunchyroll

Full Metal Alchemist---Crunchyroll

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

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Hannah and Laura have gone to college, become corrupted by their roommates and then entered into bad relationships with British bad boys. That's right! Today's TV Tuesday is about the movie After. Laura ends up raging out for the majority of the episode... much to Hannah's delight.

**This episode contains SPOILERS for the movie After. **

*CW for the episode: discussions of sex, alcoholism, stalking, drinking, peer pressure, abusive relationships, family trauma

Media Mentions:

After---Netflix

After by Anna Todd

Never Have I Ever---Netflix

While You Were Sleeping---Disney+

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