On this week's episode, we are pondering the nature of mortality -- and immortality! We're discussing demigods and other sorts of very, very long lived folks. The tentpoles for this week are The Old Guard, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson, and “The god of scraped knees.” by spqr. What We’re Into Lately The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia Fiyah, issue 15 Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher Campaign: Skyjacks   Other Stuff We Mentioned WorldCon Feminine Pursuits series by Olivia Waite Alice Payne series by Kate Heartfield Alice Payne Rides by Kate Heartfield Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Annihilation The Adventure Zone The Decemberists Our Opinions Are Correct Episode 39 of Be the Serpent Claire Rousseau’s Youtube channel Finding Faeries by Alexandra Rowland Hercules The Witcher television show Star Wars prequels Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson Mad Max: Fury Road Atomic Blonde Smallville A Memory Called Empire Yoon Ha Lee’s books Good Omens Good Omens TV adaptation The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone MXTX Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Keanu Reeves definitely Not being immortal For Next Time "Favorite" by astolat   Transcription The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you as always to the eternal beloveds of our hearts: the team of scribes who made this possible!