97: Earthsea with Nick Hyperfixations

It's time for some slept on fantasy

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of racism, misogyny, transphobia, Nazis

This week, Nick joins Ally and Nigel to talk about Ursula K. Le Guin's classic series Earthsea. In this episode we discuss daoist philosophical influences, the difficulty in adapting the series successfully, the long tradition of boy wizards, being moved by beautiful language, and we read scathing blog posts.

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Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339