Death Sentence
@deathsentencepod.bsky.social
A podcast about books for people who don't like books or capitalism but who do like death metal, featuring @tallesteden.bsky.social, @garethwatkins.bsky.social and @pyramidmaster.bsky.social.
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We've just found out that friend of the show Leslie Lee III passed away on the 10th of November. RIP brother.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We've just found out that friend of the show Leslie Lee III passed away on the 10th of November. RIP brother.
I'm going to be real with you, episodes are going to slow down a bit. But we're still recording. In lieu of more episodes right now, here's a list of cool shit we want to read
UKL Searoad
Natural Consequences
The Works of Vermin
Moonbound
The Book Censor's Library
Relentless Melt (episode incoming)
UKL Searoad
Natural Consequences
The Works of Vermin
Moonbound
The Book Censor's Library
Relentless Melt (episode incoming)
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I'm going to be real with you, episodes are going to slow down a bit. But we're still recording. In lieu of more episodes right now, here's a list of cool shit we want to read
UKL Searoad
Natural Consequences
The Works of Vermin
Moonbound
The Book Censor's Library
Relentless Melt (episode incoming)
UKL Searoad
Natural Consequences
The Works of Vermin
Moonbound
The Book Censor's Library
Relentless Melt (episode incoming)
Langdon and Eden kick things off by talking about the curational uses of literary awards.
Then, John M. Ford's alternate version of cyberpunk with Web of Angels, his debut novel. Galactic phone lines and weird space opera, in a rough book that brims with passion!
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Then, John M. Ford's alternate version of cyberpunk with Web of Angels, his debut novel. Galactic phone lines and weird space opera, in a rough book that brims with passion!
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Web of Angles and Another Cyberpunk
Langdon and Eden kick things off by talking about the uses of awards - how to follow them, what they're good for, and why!
Then, they dive into John M. Ford's parallel reality version of cyberpunk wi
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October 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Langdon and Eden kick things off by talking about the curational uses of literary awards.
Then, John M. Ford's alternate version of cyberpunk with Web of Angels, his debut novel. Galactic phone lines and weird space opera, in a rough book that brims with passion!
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Then, John M. Ford's alternate version of cyberpunk with Web of Angels, his debut novel. Galactic phone lines and weird space opera, in a rough book that brims with passion!
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Massive congrats to @vajra.me! As you might know, we loved Rakesfall and had Vajra on to discuss the book, colonialism, voice, weird time structures, the complicated legacy of Arthur C. Clarke and more!
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October 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Massive congrats to @vajra.me! As you might know, we loved Rakesfall and had Vajra on to discuss the book, colonialism, voice, weird time structures, the complicated legacy of Arthur C. Clarke and more!
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Hey everyone, bit of a slow down in output as Eden tries not to get worked to death. It's not going well. But we have some killer books for you so stay tuned. In the meantime, let's listen to some weird metal together.
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Yearning Arrows; Cloven Suns, by ARROWS
4 track album
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October 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Hey everyone, bit of a slow down in output as Eden tries not to get worked to death. It's not going well. But we have some killer books for you so stay tuned. In the meantime, let's listen to some weird metal together.
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NEW EPISODE
@wormbuxx.bsky.social from @tendersubject.bsky.social joins us at the Movies! We have watched Eddington and Weapons and have the full range of opinions, from hatred to liking to not sure!
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@wormbuxx.bsky.social from @tendersubject.bsky.social joins us at the Movies! We have watched Eddington and Weapons and have the full range of opinions, from hatred to liking to not sure!
Links below:
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
NEW EPISODE
@wormbuxx.bsky.social from @tendersubject.bsky.social joins us at the Movies! We have watched Eddington and Weapons and have the full range of opinions, from hatred to liking to not sure!
Links below:
@wormbuxx.bsky.social from @tendersubject.bsky.social joins us at the Movies! We have watched Eddington and Weapons and have the full range of opinions, from hatred to liking to not sure!
Links below:
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I'm 1h into this episode and it is excellent 🤌
We discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but, "One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve"! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half!
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One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve
Langdon and Eden discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but,
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September 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm 1h into this episode and it is excellent 🤌
We discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but, "One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve"! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half!
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
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One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve
Langdon and Eden discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but,
soundcloud.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but, "One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve"! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half!
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
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🌞 NEW EPISODE ☀️
Ishiguro season finishes with 2022's Klara and the Sun, the story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about anime because of Satan.
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Ishiguro season finishes with 2022's Klara and the Sun, the story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about anime because of Satan.
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Vmm...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🌞 NEW EPISODE ☀️
Ishiguro season finishes with 2022's Klara and the Sun, the story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about anime because of Satan.
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Vmm...
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Ishiguro season finishes with 2022's Klara and the Sun, the story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about anime because of Satan.
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Vmm...
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!)
Then, they look at @yarntheory.bsky.social's North Continent Ribbon! Weird ships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite!
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Then, they look at @yarntheory.bsky.social's North Continent Ribbon! Weird ships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite!
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The Multitude of Existence and North Continent Ribbon
This time around, Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!)
Then, they take a look at Ursula K. Le Guin award nominee, Ursula Whitcher's
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August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Langdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!)
Then, they look at @yarntheory.bsky.social's North Continent Ribbon! Weird ships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite!
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Then, they look at @yarntheory.bsky.social's North Continent Ribbon! Weird ships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite!
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Eden is part of this awesome initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction award to the Hugos! If you've listened to the podcast, you know how much amazing Speculative Fiction in non-English languages is out there. We should recognize them!
Hello, Bluesky! This is a weird day to go live with this project, but: this is an initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction category to the Hugo Awards. If you are a fan of global SF, and want to put some more "World" in "Worldcon", check out our site! Lots more to come.
translatedhugo.org
translatedhugo.org
The Translated Hugo Initiative
Putting the World in Worldcon
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July 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Eden is part of this awesome initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction award to the Hugos! If you've listened to the podcast, you know how much amazing Speculative Fiction in non-English languages is out there. We should recognize them!
We start by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle?
Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny.
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Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny.
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The Futility of War and Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness
Langdon and Eden kick things off by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle? They also discuss the inherent futility and horror of war.
Then, the
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June 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We start by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle?
Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny.
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny.
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
New episode! We explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing less racist and more "complete" historical fiction. Nuclear dirigibles, proto-socialist societies, and lots and lots (and lots) of character PoVs mix with complex racial identities!
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Everfair, Colonialism, and Better History Fiction
Gareth and Eden explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing better, less racist, and more
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June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New episode! We explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing less racist and more "complete" historical fiction. Nuclear dirigibles, proto-socialist societies, and lots and lots (and lots) of character PoVs mix with complex racial identities!
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He's going to the House Absolute to negotiate with the Autrach. He will be frightened by Dr. Talos's play.
May 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
He's going to the House Absolute to negotiate with the Autrach. He will be frightened by Dr. Talos's play.
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BIG NEWS: @erikhane.bsky.social at @headwaterlit.bsky.social is now my literary agent, and he'll be working with me to get a book called Just Plain Evil published (possibly with a cover that looks like a Neon Genesis Evangelion episode title card, as illustrated below).
May 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
BIG NEWS: @erikhane.bsky.social at @headwaterlit.bsky.social is now my literary agent, and he'll be working with me to get a book called Just Plain Evil published (possibly with a cover that looks like a Neon Genesis Evangelion episode title card, as illustrated below).
Eden flies solo on this episode, diving into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, and weird interstellar drives clash in this unique, hard sci-fi bildungsroman!
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Growing Up Weightless and the John M. Ford Revival
Eden flies solo on this episode, diving deep into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the criminally under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, a
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May 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Eden flies solo on this episode, diving into the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, and weird interstellar drives clash in this unique, hard sci-fi bildungsroman!
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
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Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are.
Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, verse novel about terraforming, memory, personhood, and endings.
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Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, verse novel about terraforming, memory, personhood, and endings.
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Calypso and Topographical Verse
Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are.
Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's
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May 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing their favorite Metallica tracks and also how good Metallica really are.
Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, verse novel about terraforming, memory, personhood, and endings.
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Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, verse novel about terraforming, memory, personhood, and endings.
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NEW EPISODE!
Nocturnes isn't Kazuo Ishiguro's best loved book, but it does let us talk about ambition, editing and The Driving Crooner - but first some 🎮 GAMER TALK 🎮
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Nbh...
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/vNaQfGFNeWtn...
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Nocturnes isn't Kazuo Ishiguro's best loved book, but it does let us talk about ambition, editing and The Driving Crooner - but first some 🎮 GAMER TALK 🎮
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Nbh...
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/vNaQfGFNeWtn...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
Kazuo Ishiguro - Nocturnes
DEATH // SENTENCE · Episode
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May 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
NEW EPISODE!
Nocturnes isn't Kazuo Ishiguro's best loved book, but it does let us talk about ambition, editing and The Driving Crooner - but first some 🎮 GAMER TALK 🎮
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Nbh...
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/vNaQfGFNeWtn...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
Nocturnes isn't Kazuo Ishiguro's best loved book, but it does let us talk about ambition, editing and The Driving Crooner - but first some 🎮 GAMER TALK 🎮
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Nbh...
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/vNaQfGFNeWtn...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
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HEY! me and Gareth had a lot of fun! check it out!
NEW EPISODE!
@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.
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@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/UWAKaZJdqZwf...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12QS...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Lyta Gold - Dangerous Fictions
Are books... dangerous? A lot of people think so, from Moms For Liberty to the mostly-imaginary internet spectre of the censorious Puriteen. Lyta Gold joins us to talk about which books are most dange
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May 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
HEY! me and Gareth had a lot of fun! check it out!
NEW EPISODE!
@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/UWAKaZJdqZwf...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12QS...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/UWAKaZJdqZwf...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12QS...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Lyta Gold - Dangerous Fictions
Are books... dangerous? A lot of people think so, from Moms For Liberty to the mostly-imaginary internet spectre of the censorious Puriteen. Lyta Gold joins us to talk about which books are most dange
on.soundcloud.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
NEW EPISODE!
@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/UWAKaZJdqZwf...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12QS...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
@lytagold.bsky.social joins us to ask the question: are books dangerous? Which books are dangerous? Are there any non-dangerous books? Probably not.
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/UWAKaZJdqZwf...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12QS...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Both Eden AND Langdon have essays in the upcoming issue of Typebar magazine (which is an excellent publication you should be following)!
Typebar Magazine Issue 6 publishes on May 25th.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Both Eden AND Langdon have essays in the upcoming issue of Typebar magazine (which is an excellent publication you should be following)!
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Great discussion of the Paris Commune, a song about a frog, and why “A Man of the People” is the best Way to Forgiveness.
Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left.
Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery, feminism, war and Hain.
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Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery, feminism, war and Hain.
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Red-tinted Pasts and Ursula Le Guin's Five Ways to Forgiveness
Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and with this snippet of existence, they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left and suggest a proper position (empathy) towards its hopes and f
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April 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Great discussion of the Paris Commune, a song about a frog, and why “A Man of the People” is the best Way to Forgiveness.
Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left.
Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery, feminism, war and Hain.
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery, feminism, war and Hain.
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Red-tinted Pasts and Ursula Le Guin's Five Ways to Forgiveness
Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and with this snippet of existence, they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left and suggest a proper position (empathy) towards its hopes and f
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April 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left.
Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery, feminism, war and Hain.
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery, feminism, war and Hain.
soundcloud.com/death-senten...
NEW EPISODE!
Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's new book has everything we want: folk horror, hallucinogenic wine, sickly bishonen and the Male Loneliness Epidemic.
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Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's new book has everything we want: folk horror, hallucinogenic wine, sickly bishonen and the Male Loneliness Epidemic.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5lwD...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/x4VqCKw8dLKH...
The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk
DEATH // SENTENCE · Episode
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April 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
NEW EPISODE!
Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's new book has everything we want: folk horror, hallucinogenic wine, sickly bishonen and the Male Loneliness Epidemic.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5lwD...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/x4VqCKw8dLKH...
Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's new book has everything we want: folk horror, hallucinogenic wine, sickly bishonen and the Male Loneliness Epidemic.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5lwD...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/x4VqCKw8dLKH...
Read Mobility folks, it's very good - and what's more Lydia is a good person.
I'm supposed to be at
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
April 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Read Mobility folks, it's very good - and what's more Lydia is a good person.