SEASON 2 EPISODE 6: TRANSFORMATION
Things are getting really dark as we read chapters 11 and 12. Richard, Door and Hunter brave dense fog to find the Blackfrairs, an order of monks who protect the key, and face a series of trials. Meanwhile, the Marquis the Carabas is being tortured by Croup and Vandemar.
This episode was recorded on 27 February 2021.
Show notes
CONTENT WARNING: These chapters deal with a character being urged to suicide. If this brings up anything for you, please reach out for help. You can call Lifeline Australia at 13 11 14, or Lifeline NZ at 0800 543 354. You can find more resources for support in Australia here, and for support in New Zealand here. A list of International helplines is available here. Stay safe and take care of yourself.
Jenn D shared a great story about her laser eyes - find out more about SMILE surgery.
We talk about Terry Pratchett’s “Boots Theory of Economic Unfairness” - more here.
We mentioned Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone (shock)…
…and The Valedictorian of Being Dead by Heather B Armstrong.
Some advice for shopping around for a therapist (we recommend it, guys!).
Find out more about Confirmation.
And we spoke about the practice of taking a new name when being inducted into a religious order — here’s an interesting first person perspective from a nun in the Dominican tradition.
Jenn D can’t find any evidence of “sooty” as slang for “being annoyed”, but “narked” definitely is.
We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where this episode was recorded - the Guringai and Darug people, and tangata whenua of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.
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Thanks for listening! Next week, we’ll be reading Chapters 13-14 through the theme of integrity.