We read the middle grade heist fantasy card battler Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians and talk about it for our shortest episode yet!

Next month we'll be reading all of Mistborn: The Hero of Ages, Episode Airs: June 11th

Content warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, broken bones, bullying, child abuse, child death, child endangerment, classism, conspiracies, death, foster homes, Elon Musk, gulags, Harry Potter, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, maiming, mental illness, mind control, murder, prisons, religious extremism, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, suicide/suicidal ideation, torture, transphobia, wounds and infection

Correction: After the break I make a claim that the Bastille wasn't a prison for very long, I am very wrong! I am confusing it with a completely different French fortress which is embarrassing. The Bastille was made into a prison specifically for political prisoners and anyone the state deemed to be imprisoned, which is part of the reason it was stormed and was such a symbol during the revolution. I should know this better.

The People's Joker Showtimes: https://www.alteredinnocence.net/thepeoplesjoker
Really go see this one, it's all time banger of a film.

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

We read the political thriller? Messianic deconstruction? YA romance? The intangible of genre Well of Ascension and discuss it for a long time.

Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians, Episode Airs: May 14

Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, blackface, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, genocide, hallucinations, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, slavery, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, transphobia, undeath, wounds and infection

Links:
Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Leading_the_People#/media/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_Le_28_Juillet._La_Libert%C3%A9_guidant_le_peuple.jpg

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/AGrainofSanderson

Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

Spoilers for Mistborn (the book and our episode)

This conversation is much less professional and much more unhinged, however it is funny. Apologies for the mic quality, it was late at night and we didn't record on our nice microphones. This was recorded the day before the main podcast went live.

CW: sexual discussion, discussion of erotic fanfiction

Taylor's 2am reply https://ibb.co/QQpJg9t

NYT Wirecutter: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/AGrainofSanderson

Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

We read the shonen anime-heist movie that is Mistborn and have *a lot* of thoughts.

Next month we'll be reading all of The Well of Ascension, Episode Airs: April 16

Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, eugenics, genocide, human sacrifice, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, religious conversion, religious extremism, slavery, sterilization, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infection

We didn't mention it on air, but Hoid appears in Chapter 19 as an informant.

Links:
Thug Articles:
https://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/403362626/the-racially-charged-meaning-behind-the-word-thug
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/thug/391682/

Hilary Mantel Essay: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n04/hilary-mantel/royal-bodies

Animatics we didn't mention on air but did watch together, potential SPOILERS in the comments:

Mistborn -Elend and Vin- "Don't Lose your Head" from SIX the Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxMjboq1e6k
Flight across Luthadel | Short Mistborn animatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRKsIrNbfVw

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/AGrainofSanderson

Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

We talk about the 2005 novel Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, in all its complexity.

Next month we'll be reading all of Mistborn: The Final Empire, Episode Airs: March 12

Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, dieting, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, epidemics, fatphobia, genocide, human sacrifice, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, religious conversion, religious extremism, slavery, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, the r slur, undeath, wounds and infection

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/AGrainofSanderson

Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)