Scintillae Podcast

Join our Pride Month discussion as we explore the true meaning of pride and why many refer to this season as a gay Christmas. In this episode of the Scintillae Podcast we discuss Russel T Davies new gay centered Tv series for Channel 4 "tip toe" with Alan Cumming and David Morrissey and the issues with it from the point of view of two queer scholars. Video essay mentioned is "We Have Always Existe...

On the importance of Music in our formation years, Alisha's previous life in the music industry where she kidnapped musicians to ask them about Life, Death and Supermarkets. We talked specifically about how Alisha was involved with The Cranberries, how Dolores O'Riordan changed her life, The Libertines and being neighbours with Carl Barat, the importance of ethics and care in documenting and shari...

We discuss Estro Junkies, the novelisation of the serial "Ranked Competitive Breast growth" by Beth Leigh-Ann and Talia Bhatt . Ranked Competitive Breast Growth follows the lives of competitors in the hottest new e-Sport in which cisgender men take estrogen in an attempt to grow the biggest breasts for a grand prize of $1 million. Trans women are strictly forbidden due to their biological advantag...

Scintillae Season Two begins with an exchange of myths between us: Raven as a devoted reader of Maria Ying’s Hades Calculus, Alisha sharing about reading Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe in 36 hours straight, and the only Netflix project worth watching in the last decade which was therefore cancelled: KAOS! featuring Cardiffian actor Rakie Ayola in the role of Persephone. Join us on Patreon: https://...

Our first guest is none other than a politician! Tessa Marshall is the Welsh Green Party candidate for Caedydd Penarth at the Senedd Elections of 7th May 2026 and a personal friend. In this episode we ask her everything we always wanted to ask a politician but never had the chance before! And she delivers! Check out Tessa over at: tiktok.com/@tessashadenough instagram.com/tessamarshallblaidwerdd/...

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The romanticisation of abuse in dark romantasy. From Beauty and the Beast to Joss Whedon's Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the reinterpretation of the trope by white women since the 2000s with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses, Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches and yes, Tom Hiddleston's Loki to Astarion pipeline. Join us on Patreon: https://www.p...

CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSIONS OF Suic!dE and Suic!dal Intrusive Thoughts. In this emergency episode we discuss the beginning of 2026 with the US attack of Venezuela, kidnapping its president and immediately casting their imperialistic eye onto Greenland, what that would mean for world diplomacy and the problematic possibility of it triggering World War 3 with some of the international intricacies e...

A review of 2025 for both world and personal events in the style of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™". Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@...

White fragility, power structures and how intuitively white women recognise, benefit, and cry victimhood to hold onto their privilege against those lower than them. Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™". Join us on Patreon: https://www.patr...

Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™". Get comfortable in this first episode where we introduce ourselves, our mental kindergarten, how we came to be together and how we developed our view of the world and of spirituality. Join us on Patreo...