Listen "78: Sqrrl Grrl"
Episode Synopsis
John is chuckling, Alison is conversing, and Liz is critical.
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: Immigration (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3)
Letters of comment
Ang Rosin
Dave Coxon
Raj
Chris Garcia
Fempire by Honora Talbot
Lost Beyond the Stars by Kayla Arend
Bean Feasa by Daniel Butler
AlieNation by Ray Raghavan
I XXXX My Sex Doll by Fay Beck
Chengdu is a shower
PR1
The USA says “reconsider travel”, which is level 3 of a 4-level alert, partly due to COVID which may change before October. They have level 4 alerts which are “do not travel”
Conversation COVID policy
Liz thinks Boskone has a nice, straightforward policy
Picks:
John: Living with Ghosts by Kari Sperring (only available in the US: ebook, Amazon)
Alison: Spider-Man: Far From Home (Disney+)
Liz: The Owl Job
Credits
Cover art: Sqrrl Grrl by Alison Scott
Alt text: John and Liz are squirrels with acorns and Liz is Squirrel Girl, sitting in a tree under the words “Octothorpe 78”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: Immigration (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3)
Letters of comment
Ang Rosin
Dave Coxon
Raj
Chris Garcia
Fempire by Honora Talbot
Lost Beyond the Stars by Kayla Arend
Bean Feasa by Daniel Butler
AlieNation by Ray Raghavan
I XXXX My Sex Doll by Fay Beck
Chengdu is a shower
PR1
The USA says “reconsider travel”, which is level 3 of a 4-level alert, partly due to COVID which may change before October. They have level 4 alerts which are “do not travel”
Conversation COVID policy
Liz thinks Boskone has a nice, straightforward policy
Picks:
John: Living with Ghosts by Kari Sperring (only available in the US: ebook, Amazon)
Alison: Spider-Man: Far From Home (Disney+)
Liz: The Owl Job
Credits
Cover art: Sqrrl Grrl by Alison Scott
Alt text: John and Liz are squirrels with acorns and Liz is Squirrel Girl, sitting in a tree under the words “Octothorpe 78”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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