On this week's episode we're a lil loopy from quarantine, but we're still having fun! We're talking about non-human protagonists this week, with the tentpoles for discussion being The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood, All Systems Red by Martha Wells, and the film Ratatouille.   What We’re Into Lately A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall Birarley by Aster Glenn Gray The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore perhaps even friends by hirokiyuu The Great Pottery Throw Down Even more Untamed fic Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings Stardew Valley Other Stuff We Mentioned Pikelets Dream Daddy Persona 5 The Great British Bake Off Homestuck Farscape Person of Interest The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin Kushiels’ Dart by Jacqueline Carey WALL·E (2008) The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers Zootopia (2016) “Bright: The Apotheosis of Lazy Worldbuilding” by Lindsay Ellis The Redwall books by Brian Jacques Robin Hood (1973) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) The Aristocats (1970) The Great Mouse Detective (1986) The Good Place Teaching empathy to engineers Star Trek Babylon 5 Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Cats (2019) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Jupiter Ascending (2015) Unnatural Order by Alyssa Wickramasinghe and Alis Franklin  Victory Condition by astolat Shrek (2001) Draco is a veela Harry is raised by X The Witcher   For Next Time Nothing! It's the Episode 60 Extravaganza!   Transcription The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you once again to our priceless, invaluable scribes! You're the best