Around the Long Fire

Hannibal (the show) celebrates the good Hannibal (the character) movies in this episode, including the introduction of one Dr. Abel Gideon, and some old friends. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: tongues, medical update, Farewell to the Ark, Dawn of the Dead, Dark Knight Rises, Devil Wea...

Jack gets a rude awakening to the type of story he’s in, and we discuss the metaphysical possibilities of murdering being a sort of otherworldly state of nature. Also the usual movies and stuff! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: foie gras, The Sopranos, Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi, Thr...

Hannibal continues to scheme as. we watch a bunch of movies including a pair of Japanese films building off of the most recent Ornate Stairwells. Please enjoy! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: Hannibal, medical update, election, Joost Klein, Night of the Living Dead, Ju-on the Grudge, H...

We’re back as Hannibal and Will gain a daughter and Jack Crawford proves cops probably shouldn’t be put in charge of child welfare. Also, we talk about a bunch of movies, and a few games! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: Ace Attorney, Hannibal, Senritsu Kaiki Files 9, Bad Lieutenant: Po...

We have a bunch of movies to talk about on this mighty episode of Around the Long Fire, but first we find out some facts about how Niamh would like to be buried, and Emmeline considers Jack Crawford’s crush on Hannibal. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: Hannibal, burial options, Of the D...

Season six begins as we fire up our TV sets and watch one of Emmeline’s favorite shows and tuck into the gastronomical delight that is Hannibal, the 2013 NBC TV show! Come join us as we talk about bad men loving each other badly, but in an increasingly unhinged thriller! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week....

We finish this very long season with a way too long movie and a bunch of other stuff besides. It’s a whole new era, but we’re intending to stick to the plan moving forward, just on our biweekly schedule. See you all in season 6! See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: Troy, plans for next seas...

Here we are. Please enjoy/please understand. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: a very big announcement (real), moving stories, Pokopia, health update, laser and electrolysis, SLC Punk!, Umamusume, Hololive card game, American Psycho, Videoheaven, Next episode: Troy, the film

Saga is back, but at what cost? Health and exhaustion make this a short episode, but hopefully we’ll be back in fighting shape over the next little while. See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Things Discussed: health woes, moving update, Umamusume era over?, Persona, TikTok and the state of online, Niamh pod...

No saga this week but we have a lot else! No episode next week! Things Discussed: the Discord problem, the Tiktok problem, moving update, The Hunger, The Kid,Scream, Mori Calliope’s new album, Takanashi Kiara’s new album, Persona 3 Reload, Ina’s AO3 (read all her Persona fic it’s good), Persona shipping, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of tho...

No saga this week but we have plenty to talk about, so please enjoy this action packed episode! Things Discussed: an announcement, moving anxieties, The Enormous Crocodile, The Entity, Violent Night, Heavenly Creatures, Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet, Fantastic Four (2005), X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Wuthering Heights (...

Discord decides it wants to ruin the podcast and we manage to do okay for a little while despite this. Hopefully it’s a one-time problem, because it was very frustrating, but enjoy the episode regardless! Things Discussed: intense technical difficulties, Nerissa’s new song, vtuber culture sucks, Umamusume, IT part 1, Silence of the Lambs See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions...

Saga time is pretty short this week but we talk about a whole mess of other stuff. Please enjoy! Things Discussed: oral transmission, Star Trek vs Star Wars, sharing movies, Tetsuo the Iron Man, Silence of the Lambs, Senritsu Kaiki Files 3, Trans/Rad/Fem, Wuthering Heights and movie adaptations of books, Code Geass, sexy anime figures, sports, gender and queer conflict online See the show schedule...

Sorry for the slightly late episode this week, blame squarespace! We mostly chat about movies and hospitals, one of which is much more enjoyable than the other. Things Discussed: Nia’s ER adventure, After Hours, director projects, Escaflowne, Umamusume updates, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podc...

We’re joined by Autumn from Ornate Stairwells to talk about our top ten first watches of 2025 which somehow became eleven movies for each of us. We were going to do this on the most recent Ornate Stairwells (covering AI: Artificial Intelligence!) but we didn’t get around to it despite four hours of podcasting! After that, Em and Niamh do our usual check ins about what we’ve been up to over New Yea...

It’s the last episode of the year and the week of Christmas and the hosts have a bad case of senioritis. Niamh is fully checked out. Em wishes she was checked out but has to keep working. We do the damn pod anyway, because we’re professionals. Things Discussed: home purchasing over?, phone adventures, the Odyssey trailer, no episode next week, health discomfort, Yule celebration, Nodame Cantabile,...

Em is under the weather and Niamh continues to work on getting that house in this shorter, sleepier Long Fire. We still have plenty of other things to talk about around our saga this week, though, so I hope you pull up a log and listen for a while. Things Discussed: Niamh’s home buying adventures part 2, Angel, Berserk, tabletop games, reading, Nana, anime statues, Turn A Gundam, Umamusume, See th...

Em was out of town on a work trip and Niamh had some very big life events happen so we decided not to read this week but instead yap about what’s been going on. Em did spend 5 hours on a plane reading, however, so she has a lot of book to catch up on. Things Discussed: Em in Texas, Nia’s big announcement, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America, fancy...

We read more Iliad and then talk a lot about the holiday both good and bad. Gay shit. Horses. Normal ALF stuff. Things Discussed: weather and work woes, Thanksgiving depression, childhood energy levels, Home Alone, Naked Acts, good Thanksgiving stuff, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America, Umamusume, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which...

We’re back with more saga, and some odds and ends chat on Thanksgiving eve. Em was definitely a little over-exhausted, so excuse the shorter episode and angst about it on behalf of (one of) the hosts. Things Discussed: Saddlecreek records, recovery time, Mint redebut, Nerissa birthday, Cece birthday, health updates, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sec...

Somehow this episode is in large part about Gundam? Very funny considering we didn’t even know that Niamh would be guesting on GGP this week, out on Wednesday at patreon.com/abnormalmapping for $1 a month! Also, usual saga/horse/manga/movies talk. Things Discussed: vamping, The Man Who Wasn’t There, The Golden Compass, Lessons of Darkness, Nodame Cantabile, Turn A Gundam, GGP Talk at Large, Gundam...

Totally normal episode of Around the Long Fire. Definitely not feeling weird about publishing this one. Things Discussed: birth control, Gundam, card games, Vivienne Westwood X NANA, fashion, Umamusume updates, The Princess Diaries, life updates part 3, Pondering Pootan, Cecilia Immergreen See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re...

We’re back to the Saga and chatting about that and the things we’ve been up to: horses, card games, and movies! Please enjoy the episode. Things Discussed: Game Changer, Umamusume, Poker, Chicago ICE Update, ASMR Studio Visit, Hololive card game, Sonatine, Connor’s Japan Trip See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each w...

Em’s back from her trip and we talk a lot about Chicago, since we didn’t do a ton of other things. Next week we’ll return to the Iliad! Things Discussed: Cecilia Immergreen, Em in Chicago, Galloping Ghost, Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era,  Umamusume the game,  See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week....

It’s the week before vacation and everyone’s got senioritis. Thankfully the sagas are here being very enjoyable, and we chat a lot about reading and podcasting in this breezy edition of ALF. Things Discussed: Em’s final podcast, IBO, Tehanu and Earthsea, NANA, Umamusume, Road to the Top, Gunpla, Hololive card game, podcast plans See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books...