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Nun Pod With Left Grief
by Claire Beans and Han Koehle
Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series (so far, Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth) offers a rich, humorous look at power, agency, and relationship under empire. Join Claire Beans (she/they), Han Koehle (any pronouns), and guests as we reread the Locked Tomb series chapter by chapter, analyzing Muir's universe and characters and connecting them to the real world through theory and fandom. Spoilers will be spoilt.
Episodes
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It's Done
Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) discuss the very last chapter of Gideon the Ninth. The final battle ends. Gideon and Harrow deliver some of the best one-liners in the book. At least two of us have some Big Feelings about the book of Ruth. Content Note: Suicide, death, hallucination, unreality,...
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You Don't Know What You Are To Me
Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) dig into the very last chapter of act four of Gideon the Ninth. Alliances shift once again as the final battle rages, and everyone takes turn trying to be the one who gets to self-sacrifice. The editing is once again a bit rough. No one seemed to mind too much...
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She Knows What To Do
Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome friend of the show Kristen (any) to re-read chapter 35 of Gideon the Ninth. Gideon overhears a weird conversation. The final battle begins. Sorry for the rough audio quality this week! Han has an academic article deadline that is looming...
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YOU LIED TO US
NOTE: Episode re-published due to Haunted. Thank you to those who let us know our file was fucked. You are our true friends. Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome Dr. Joanna Irina "aoei" Zaitseva-Kinneberg (she/her) for chapter 34 of Gideon the Ninth. The squad journeys into the...
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Opened Up
Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) reexamine Chapter 35 of Gideon the Ninth. An awkward new coalition emerges in the face of crisis, and it's weird for everybody. Content Notice: mock-retching [00:02:43], murder, corpse-tampering, genocide, child death, Weird Jesus Stuff, eugenics,...
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The Biggest Threat
Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome Lizzi (they/them) to dig into Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 32. The squad investigates a Lyctor lab and uncovers unsettling truths about Teacher. You can find Lizzi on Tumblr and TikTok. We really appreciate your patience with our second brief...
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Worth It
POOL SCENE POOL SCENE POOL SCENE Guests Hannah (katakaluptastrophy on Tumblr and @The_Pentiad on TikTok), Caro (@ImaginaryCaro on TikTok and elsewhere), and Tom (dayneonychus on Tumblr) join us for a very special episode about Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 31 (the Pool Scene!!!) Content Warning:...
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Conjecture
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome T. X. Watson (any) for Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 30. Gideon talks through some ideas with Palamedes. Dulcinea tells an unbelievable story. Judith makes a decision. You make some art at the end. Content Warning: murder, manipulation,...
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Episode 30 Coming So Soon!
Episode 30 is taking a little longer than expected to edit due to a combination of software nonsense and scheduling nonsense, but it's going to be SO good and it'll be in your ears as soon as possible.
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The Poor Child
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) re-read Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 29. Gideon tries to ground herself but everything at Canaan House is fucking weird. Content Warning: death, murder, mild cannibalism Further Reading: J. S. A. Lowe. (2021). Kitten Thinks of Nothing but Murder All…
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I Am the Oath
John (he/him) comes over to chat with Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) about Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 27. Gideon goes to tea with the eighth. Everyone wants to punch Silas (and Babs, but he's not in this one). Claire has unexpected sympathy for Silas (who remains…
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Let's Negotiate
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) dig into Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 27. Harrow and Pal negotiate. Gideon and Cam negotiate. Gideon and Harrow open a door. Gideon and Harrow negotiate. Content Warning: Pretty chill week all things considered. Oblique references to oppression...
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A Perfectly Normal Conversation
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) revisit Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 26. Harrow falls back on her old patterns. Gideon seeks comfort. Silas makes an offer. Content Warning: child death, murder, verbal abuse, cannibalism, lyctor sex, experimental abuse, genocide, torture,...
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Genuinely Sad, Bordering on Very Funny
We will be back as soon as we can, maybe even next week.
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Bonus Episode 2
Claire (she/they) and Han (it/any) have had a HELL of a month, culminating in the episode 26 recording session getting rescheduled... to when Han was sick with COVID. Please enjoy offcuts from previous episodes featuring guests Kit, Caro, Cyd. Content Warning: pain, injury, self-sacrifice,...
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SWEET DREAMS
Claire (she/they) and Han (it/any) reluctantly tackle chapter 25 of Gideon the Ninth. In our production notes this chapter summary read ":(((((((" Content Warning: dead dove do not eat. I cannot emphasize enough how much we're going to talk about child death this week. Also general colonial...
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Megatheorem
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) dissect Gideon the Ninth Chapter 24. The Tridentarii have a Moment. Babs does Not have a moment. A coalition forms. Claire and Han have questions about the Ninth soil biome. Also like, what is Silas's whole deal? Content Warning: emotional abuse,...
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Oops All Connective Tissue Nonsense
No episode this week due to unscheduled Mind-Altering Pain. Back next week!
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Go Loud
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome guest Cyd (she/her) from Resting Glitch Face to talk about Gideon the Ninth chapter 23. Our big bad arranges a convincing tableau as our dubious heroes split their time between investigating mysterious remains and absolutely back stabbing…
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Who's Dead?
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/all) discuss Chapter 22 of Gideon the Ninth. We're coming to the end of Act III and the stakes are higher than ever. The teens call in assistance, but the adults are a disaster. It turns out we're wrong about cremains in this episode! They're not ashes...
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There Is No Law
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (all pronouns) dissect chapter 21 of Gideon the Ninth. The scions make an unsettling realization. The Third and the Second attempt to bargain with the Sixth. Content Warning: death, cannibalism, Further Reading: Peter Jackson (2001) That Scene from…
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Avulsion!
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) welcome back Caro (she/they) to dig into chapter 20 of Gideon the Ninth. The Ninth and Seventh team up for a tricky challenge deep in the Facility. It's rough. Today's cover art features guest Caro as Cytherea. Check out Caro's cosplay on…
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Put It In the Hole, Griddle
Claire (she/they) and Han (any pronouns) welcome Kit (she/they) to dig into chapter 19 of Gideon the Ninth. Harrow experiences a positive emotion. Gideon finds a weird note. All of us remain confused about the symbols outside X-203. Today’s cover art is our lovely guest Kit as Harrowhark. You can...
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I'm Sorry. I'm So Sorry.
Claire (she/they) and Han (any pronouns) examine Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 17 with hard-hitting questions like what's happening with inter-House rankings? Why can't dead people do murder? Can we commission fan works in the middle of our podcast? Content Warning: murder, child soldiers, torture,...
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An Active Investigation
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dig into Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 17. (Almost) everybody tries to call back the ghosts of absent friends. The Eighth get weird. The third also gets weird. Actually Necromancers generally are weird. This week's cover art is Content Warning:...
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BONUS: Outtakes & Deleted Scenes
Need a break after Act II? Us too. While Han embarks on a research trip, enjoy this peek behind the curtain, featuring outtakes, tangents, personal lore, extended cuts, canon confusion, and other deleted scenes from our season so far. Next week we'll be back with Gideon the Ninth, Act III. This...
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Companionable Silence
Claire (she/they) and Han (any pronouns) reread Gideon the Ninth Act II, Chapter 16. Gideon and Harrow enjoy their first major victory on the path to lyctorhood. Then, everything changes. Content Warnings: death, child abuse, emetophobia, humiliation, mild cannibalism Further Reading: Gavin Van...
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Very Correct Pleasantries
Claire (she/they) and Han (any pronouns) welcome Hannah (she/her) to re-read Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 15. The Ninth receive an invitation. All the Houses get together. Gideon gets to eat a dessert. Our cover is guest Hannah. You can find her wonderful cosplay and commentary on TikTok and and...
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I Want to Fight It
Note from Han: Sorry this is late! I have three major grad school deadlines coming up and I totally forgot, like, what day it was and that this podcast exists. My bad. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) re-read Chapter 14 of Gideon the Ninth. Gideon and Harrow face an…
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Gideon Nav Talking Time
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dive into Gideon the Ninth Act II Chapter 13. Gideon and Harrow negotiate. Han questions Harrow's understanding of the rules. Claire highlights other necro/cav models. Conversation gets unusually dark there in the middle. Today’s cover art was...
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Ambiance
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) welcome guest Geddy (she/her) to dig into Gideon the Ninth Chapter 12. Harrow does some crafting. Gideon is full of shit. Some people are not where Gideon expects them to be, and Gideon is in some unexpected places herself. Today’s cover art...
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A Convincing Win
Claire (she/they) and Han (any pronouns) dig into Gideon the Ninth chapter 11, contrasting the duals between Gideon and the cavaliers of the Fifth and Third and exploring the relationship between Magnus and Jeannemary. Claire has a spectacular cosplay idea. There's quite a lot of sword fighting...
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Am I Being a Creep?
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) welcome Caro (she/they) to discuss Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 10. We dig into the seventh's claim that she never lied and what that means about the text. Speculations are made about possible animal agriculture (cannibalism??) in the Empire.…
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Fix Your Face, Idiot
Gideon the Ninth Act II Chapter 9. Gideon encounters two trios as she explores Canaan House. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) are joined by (first ever!) guest Night (he/him). Today’s cover art features our lovely guest Night as Ortus, photographed by Han. Content Warning:...
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Welcome to Canaan House
Gideon the Ninth Act I Chapter 8. Teacher welcomes the scions and their cavaliers to Canaan House and lays down the ground rules. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) discuss the weird vibes in the atrium, the very unusual sleeping arrangements, and Teacher's whole deal. This...
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Technical Difficulties
Episode 8 is going to be temporarily delayed as the computer that edits the podcast is unexpectedly in the shop. We hope to get episode 8 out later this week but if that's not possible we'll pick up with our regular schedule next Tuesday.
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A Beautiful Corpse
Gideon the Ninth Act I Episode 7. Gideon has an exciting encounter with a bright new world and people who aren't cultists! Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dive into the possible reference behind the sunglasses, who knows what, and what exactly is meant by "blood flaw."…
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A Bad Cavalier
We're re-reading Gideon the Ninth Act I Chapter 6. We get a Gideon Nav training montage! Gideon gets a compliment (kind of). Harrow and Gideon leave home. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dive into monastic life, revisit material culture on the Ninth, and talk more about…
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Act Accordingly
Gideon the Ninth Act I Chapter 5. Harrow and Gideon prepare for the challenges ahead. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dig into Ninth monastic paint, the relationship between the Ninth and the other Houses, the extractive nature of necromantic war, Gideon's early childhood…
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She Studied the Blade
Gideon the Ninth Chapter 4. Harrow has a job for Gideon. Gideon is not into it. Claire Beans (main gauche fist) and Han Koehle (main gauche additional sword) have a combined 25+ years of sword fighting and are excited to talk about the weapons systems of the empire and what they tell us about the...
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Muster Call
Gideon the Ninth, Act I, Chapter 3 Gideon is having just the worst day. Harrow gets a surprising message. Ortus and Glaurica change plans. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) explore why skeletons go to church, fatphobia in the myriadic year, and social norms around death on the...
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A Fair Fight
Gideon the Ninth, Act I, Chapter 2 Reverend Daughter Harrowhark Nonagesimus offers Gideon a tempting deal. Gideon thinks it's a trick. It's a trick. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) talk about lies, Gideon and Harrow's relationship, developmentally appropriate goblinry, the...
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Chattel
Gideon the Ninth, Act I, Chapter 1 In the early morning darkness on the barren and remote planet of the Ninth House, Gideon awaits the shuttle that will help her finally escape from her life as an indentured servant. Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) discuss the ambiguity…
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Nun Pod With Left Grief Teaser
Tamsyn Miur's Locked Tomb series (so far, Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth) offers a rich, humorous look at power, agency, and relationship under empire. Join Claire Beans (she/they), Han Koehle (any pronouns), and guests as we reread the Locked Tomb series chapter by…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series (so far, Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth) offers a rich, humorous look at power, agency, and relationship under empire. Join Claire Beans (she/they), Han Koehle (any pronouns), and guests as we reread the Locked Tomb series chapter by chapter, analyzing Muir's universe and characters and connecting them to the real world through theory and fandom.
Spoilers will be spoilt.
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Claire Beans and Han Koehle
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Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series (so far, Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth) offers a rich, humorous look at power, agency, and relationship under empire. Join Claire Beans (she/they), Han Koehle (any pronouns), and guests as we reread the Locked Tomb series chapter by chapter,...
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