Season 5 - Episode 45: Scythe & Sparrow: Let’s Guilia Tofana That Sh!t

Hello, fellow nerds! We're continuing our book club episodes of Scythe and Sparrow, book three of the Ruinous Love Trilogy!The book chapters do not have numbers, so we will be listing chapter titles. This week, we read Descent→Hurdles.Listen in to this week’s podcast episode where we discuss the following:-Who is Guilia Tofana and how did she become a prolific serial unaliver?-What do you know about investigating underwater crime scenes?-What do you know of circus animal welfare and circus acts of the past?Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Mile High Margarita”!Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we chat all about conspiracy theories surrounding Shakespeare.Show links:https://world.dan.org/alert-diver/article/underwater-crime-scene-investigators/https://www.tdisdi.com/erdi-news/evidence-recovery-help-solve-the-crime/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28963636/https://alwayspets.com/s/banned-animal-attractions-a1e36cd043654f395. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_Tofana Scythe and Sparrow Book Club Schedule:May 1 - Descent→HurdlesMay 8 - Confection→HauntedMay 15 - Dark Corners→BattlegroundsMay 22 - Out of Time→Three of SwordsMay 29 - Epilogue 1 Maps→ Epilogue 2 Blade of RageJoin our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!Subscribe to our YouTube studio feed! Link in bio.Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.Have something nerdy to share? Message us!