Episode 4x02: "Heavy Lies the Crown" - Part 1

RILEYS AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome back to Meta Station, where we are joined by a special guest - the wonderful Jo Garfein, host of The Dropship and our IRL friend after we spent an awesome weekend hanging out together at Unity Days. This is technically part 3 of 2 (yes, you heard that right); we recorded the Polis and Arkadia half of the podcast with Jo, then the Farm Station half after she left, but then had some major technical glitches and re-recorded with Jo again two nights later. So this is our second attempt at a conversation among the three of us, and in order to get it uploaded on time, it has not been edited very heavily; we apologize in advance for how often we say "um" PLEASE DON'T HATE US Stand by for Part 2, coming up next! 0:00 - Intros: SECOND VERSE, SAME AS THE FIRST! Also Jo Garfein Is Here, Thanks Be to Riley 0:02 – Blue Butterflies and Creepy AI’s: Welcome to Ilian’s Hippie Commune 0:09 – It Took Less Than Ten Minutes For Jo to Bring Up the Fact That Claire Still Hasn’t Watched “Lost” Even Though She Promised She Would In Like July and She’s Very Sorry 0:15 – Trishanakru Is Descended From Burning Man: or, “Shout-Out to My Sister’s Ex-Fiance Troy” 0:20 – Darktavia is Rising and We’re All Very Gay For It 0:30 – “How to Care For Your Adopted Teenage Assassin: A Manual for New Parents” (Good Luck, Kane) 0:40 – I Mean, She’s No Riley, But We’re Really Feeling Echo (and Her Potential to Fuck Shit Up in Arkadia) 0:50 – CLAIRE IS THE HUMAN EQUIVALENT OF ALL-CAPS ABOUT THE KABBY SEX SCENE WHICH WILL PROBABLY SURPRISE EXACTLY ZERO OF OUR LISTENERS 0:54 – Jake Griffin, Forever In Our Hearts 1:00 – Oh Sweet Mother of God, Erin’s Sound Effects Are Back 1:08 – Claire Gets Real About Dead Parent Feels for a Second 1:11 – Jo and Riley: Co-Presidents of the Clarke Griffin Fan Club 1:13 – That Good Earth Cleavage 1:17 – PRINCESS MECHANIC IS BACK ON TOP! Riley Would Pick Them BOTH First 1:23 – Clarke/Raven/Bellamy = Jaha/Jake/Abby v2.0 1:26 – “We All Have Battle Scars”: Raven, Lindsey, and the Representation Conversation 1:30 – “I Don’t Like Mondays”: How Is Riley Going to Help Jasper? 1:38 – Harper and Bellamy Family Feels 1:40 – Like Season One All Over Again (This Time, With 100% More Riley!) 1:41 – Clarke’s “Live Together, Die Alone” Speech (DRINK, Jo Made Another “Lost” Reference!) 1:48 – Murphy’s Back Next Week! REUNITED WITH RILEY AFTER ALL THIS TIME! Also, Can Emori Join the Lady Tech Squad? 1:54 – What the Hell, Put Niylah on the Lady Tech Squad Too 1:56 – End of Part I, Get Ready For Part Two, ALL ABOUT RILEY