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Abnormal Mapping
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A weekly quest by Niamh to guide Em and the listeners through the Icelandic sagas fae loves so much, as we all sit in the dark and feel mortal and small.

  1. 4D AGO

    Free Talk (Niamh Moving Vol 1)

    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 (1939), Wuthering Heights (the book), Hololive the card game, Umamusume, 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 podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: Free talk!

  2. FEB 2

    The Iliad, book 15

    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 of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: Free talk!

  3. JAN 25

    The Iliad, book 14

    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 here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: The Iliad, book 15, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

  4. JAN 20

    The Iliad, book 13

    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 podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: The Iliad, book 14, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

  5. JAN 12

    The Iliad, book 12

    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 Years holiday. Things Discussed: Autumn guests, Top 11 First Watches of 2025 (Niamh’s list, Em’s list, Autumn’s list), Niamh’s Yule, Hololive card game, Be Pretty and Shut up!, tiktok, Trans/Rad/Fem, moving thoughts, Lick My Wounds, Decades Old 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 podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: The Iliad, book 13, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

  6. 12/29/2025

    The Iliad, book 11

    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, busy life, Umamusume, a surprise announcement? 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 podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 11, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

  7. 12/22/2025

    The Iliad, book 10

    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 the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week. Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 11, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

  8. 12/15/2025

    Free Talk, Busy Life Edition

    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 meals, cocktail thoughts, Umamusume 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 podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 10, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

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A weekly quest by Niamh to guide Em and the listeners through the Icelandic sagas fae loves so much, as we all sit in the dark and feel mortal and small.

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  • Creator
    Abnormal Mapping
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    133
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Around the Long Fire

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