Nun Pod With Left Grief

Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) welcome Andy Izenson (they/any) to explore Gideon the Ninth's bonus content, the Sermon on Necromancers and Cavaliers from the collected works of M. Bias. You can find Andy's poetry book, The World That is Coming Inside You, linked first in further reading. Catch Andy on Instagram @eye.andy or Bluesky @andyeyeballs. Content Warnings: death, cannibalism, questiona...

Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) welcome guest Tom (they/them) to discuss the Epilogue of Gideon the Ninth. Catch more of Tom at dayneonychus on Tumblr. Content Note: death, grief, deception, manipulation, sexual abuse against children, grooming Further Reading: Christopher Nolan (2014) Interstellar Robert N. Proctor and Londa Schiebinger (2008) Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance E...

Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) discuss the very last chapter of Gideon the Ninth. The final battle ends. Gideon and Harrow deliver some of the best one-liners in the book. At least two of us have some Big Feelings about the book of Ruth. Content Note: Suicide, death, hallucination, unreality, Further Reading: The Pottery Scene from Ghost (1990) Toon Ruins (2019) Explaining Fusion in Stephen Un...

Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) dig into the very last chapter of act four of Gideon the Ninth. Alliances shift once again as the final battle rages, and everyone takes turn trying to be the one who gets to self-sacrifice. The editing is once again a bit rough. No one seemed to mind too much last time, and grad school is grad schooling. <333 Content Warning: death, arachnophobia(?), trauma,...

Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome friend of the show Kristen (any) to re-read chapter 35 of Gideon the Ninth. Gideon overhears a weird conversation. The final battle begins. Sorry for the rough audio quality this week! Han has an academic article deadline that is looming horribly and we opted for Rough Episode rather than No Episode. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes edition with...

NOTE: Episode re-published due to Haunted. Thank you to those who let us know our file was fucked. You are our true friends. Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome Dr. Joanna Irina " aoei " Zaitseva-Kinneberg (she/her) for chapter 34 of Gideon the Ninth. The squad journeys into the lab of Cyrus and Valancy. Chekhov's... monkey's paw? Or something? This is not the villain monologue...

Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) reexamine Chapter 35 of Gideon the Ninth. An awkward new coalition emerges in the face of crisis, and it's weird for everybody. Content Notice: mock-retching [00:02:43], murder, corpse-tampering, genocide, child death, Weird Jesus Stuff, eugenics, ableism, Nazis, reproductive abuse, Further Reading: Katie White (Feb 14, 2026) The Surprisingly Sexual...

Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome Lizzi (they/them) to dig into Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 32. The squad investigates a Lyctor lab and uncovers unsettling truths about Teacher. You can find Lizzi on Tumblr and TikTok . We really appreciate your patience with our second brief hiatus as Han focused on teaching its first college class this summer! We missed you and we should be b...

POOL SCENE POOL SCENE POOL SCENE Guests Hannah ( katakaluptastrophy on Tumblr and @The_Pentiad on TikTok ), Caro (@ImaginaryCaro on TikTok and elsewhere), and Tom ( dayneonychus on Tumblr) join us for a very special episode about Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 31 (the Pool Scene!!!) Content Warning: drowning, torture, death, murder, sacrifice, John Elizabeth Gaius, child soldiers, genocide; child abuse...

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome T. X. Watson (any) for Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 30. Gideon talks through some ideas with Palamedes. Dulcinea tells an unbelievable story. Judith makes a decision. You make some art at the end. Content Warning : murder, manipulation, suicide, child neglect/abuse, dismemberment, incest, cannibalism, deception Further Reading: Jaume Aur...

Episode 30 is taking a little longer than expected to edit due to a combination of software nonsense and scheduling nonsense, but it's going to be SO good and it'll be in your ears as soon as possible.

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) re-read Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 29. Gideon tries to ground herself but everything at Canaan House is fucking weird. Content Warning : death, murder, mild cannibalism Further Reading: J. S. A. Lowe. (2021). Kitten Thinks of Nothing but Murder All Day: Tumblr Text Post Memes as Fandom Detournement. a tumblr book: platform and cultures NASA et al. (20...

John (he/him) comes over to chat with Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) about Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 27. Gideon goes to tea with the eighth. Everyone wants to punch Silas (and Babs, but he's not in this one). Claire has unexpected sympathy for Silas (who remains punchable). Han has unexpected sympathy for Glaurica. Content Warning : John Gaius (implied), Death, Murder, Sla...

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) dig into Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 27. Harrow and Pal negotiate. Gideon and Cam negotiate. Gideon and Harrow open a door. Gideon and Harrow negotiate. Content Warning : Pretty chill week all things considered. Oblique references to oppression and exploitation, scientific racism, death and human remains, Further Reading: Robert N. Proctor and...

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) revisit Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 26. Harrow falls back on her old patterns. Gideon seeks comfort. Silas makes an offer. Content Warning : child death, murder, verbal abuse, cannibalism, lyctor sex, experimental abuse, genocide, torture, eugenics Further Reading: Vrinda Dalmiya. 2000. Loving Paradoxes: A Feminist Reclamation of the Goddess Ka...

We will be back as soon as we can, maybe even next week.

Claire (she/they) and Han (it/any) have had a HELL of a month, culminating in the episode 26 recording session getting rescheduled... to when Han was sick with COVID. Please enjoy offcuts from previous episodes featuring guests Kit, Caro, Cyd. Content Warning: pain, injury, self-sacrifice, childbirth, extremely silly body horror Additional Reading: idk have you heard about Homestuck? I'm gonna be...

Claire (she/they) and Han (it/any) reluctantly tackle chapter 25 of Gideon the Ninth. In our production notes this chapter summary read ":(((((((" Content Warning : dead dove do not eat. I cannot emphasize enough how much we're going to talk about child death this week. Also general colonial violence, torture, psychiatric abuse, war, other killing, child soldiers, sexual violence against children...

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) dissect Gideon the Ninth Chapter 24. The Tridentarii have a Moment. Babs does Not have a moment. A coalition forms. Claire and Han have questions about the Ninth soil biome. Also like, what is Silas's whole deal? Content Warning: emotional abuse, incest, genocide, death Further Reading: Aja Romano (2019) The Archive of Our Own Just Won a Hugo. That's...

No episode this week due to unscheduled Mind-Altering Pain. Back next week!

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome guest Cyd (she/her) from Resting Glitch Face to talk about Gideon the Ninth chapter 23. Our big bad arranges a convincing tableau as our dubious heroes split their time between investigating mysterious remains and absolutely back stabbing one another all to heck. And front stabbing. Han doesn't like gooshy magic. Everybody has questions about...

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/all) discuss Chapter 22 of Gideon the Ninth. We're coming to the end of Act III and the stakes are higher than ever. The teens call in assistance, but the adults are a disaster. It turns out we're wrong about cremains in this episode! They're not ashes actually , they're more like sand, and they're mostly calcium phosphate. Content Warning : death, human...

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (all pronouns) dissect chapter 21 of Gideon the Ninth. The scions make an unsettling realization. The Third and the Second attempt to bargain with the Sixth. Content Warning : death, cannibalism, Further Reading: Peter Jackson (2001) That Scene from Fellowship of the Ring Guy Gavriel Kay (1984-1986) The Fionavar Tapestry Pierre Bourdieu (1984) Distinction [No...

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) welcome back Caro (she/they) to dig into chapter 20 of Gideon the Ninth. The Ninth and Seventh team up for a tricky challenge deep in the Facility. It's rough. Today's cover art features guest Caro as Cytherea. Check out Caro's cosplay on TikTok and Instagram . Content Warning: injury, degloving, death, torture, pain, childbirth, intimate partn...

Claire (she/they) and Han (any pronouns) welcome Kit (she/they) to dig into chapter 19 of Gideon the Ninth. Harrow experiences a positive emotion. Gideon finds a weird note. All of us remain confused about the symbols outside X-203. Today’s cover art is our lovely guest Kit as Harrowhark. You can find Kit on TikTok , Instagram , Tumblr , and Twitter . Content Warning: COVID-19, child abuse, death...