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Episode 27 – Young Adult Fiction!

Beth — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:50:21 +0000

Jessica and I talk about our fascination Young Adult Fiction, from Margaret Mahy’s superior book “The Changeover”, Richard Kadrey’s incredible foray into YA with “Dead Set”, all the way down to series like “Twilight” and “The Mortal Instruments.” Listen and discover how VC Andrews shaped our burgeoning sexuality, and how neither of us would likely be here if it weren’t for Meatloaf.

Trends in Young Adult Covers

The Counter Blast Podcast

Can We Just Be Friends?

Episode 23 – Gishwhes!

Beth — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:52:48 +0000

27% of Team Atreides reunites to talk about Misha Collins’ grand experiment, Gishwhes (aka Greatest Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen). WHAT THE WHAT is this all about you ask? One week. 150+ “items” to collect. Sleep becomes a distant memory as your creativity goes into hyperdrive. You become obsessed with things like Kale, hot glue, and sock monkeys. There are hugs. There is charity. There is brotherhood. And there can only be one winner.

The Winning Team (not ours)

Team Atreides Video Recap

The Random Act

Some of our photo challenge entries:

Some of our video challenge entries:

Episode 17 – Downton Abbey!

Beth — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 23:30:21 +0000

Our very own Sleep Goblin joins myself and Amber to talk about everyone’s favorite family, The Crawleys of Downton Abbey. Why does Lord Grantham come across as so pompous? Why is Lady Cora so overlooked? Why did they feel the need to replace O’Brien with someone even worse? WILL BRANSON BE SHIRTLESS AGAIN?!?