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Would you consider doing a thing about what exactly is involved in witcher trials? Because the books don't seem to dig into that much unless I have forgotten

I’m sorry it’s taken so long to get back to you - we migrated over to twitter and kind of neglected our tumblr!

yes I think that would be something I’d love to talk about at some point but it’s also, as you say, barely covered in the books. I think season 2 of the show is meant to be covering it in some depth, as are possibly Blood Origin and Nightmare of the Wolf, so we might save it for then :)

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Welcome back! This week we're taking a wee break before diving into Blood of Elves to discuss one of the major themes of this series - infertility and reproduction! We're joined by friend of the show Georgia (twitter: @sniphist), a PhD student studying the history of vasectomy, to discuss the under-explored theme of Geralt and the other Witchers' infertility and relationship with reproduction. Note: this episode has spoilers for the full series cn: miscarriage, infertility, sterilisation

New episode! this week it’s a wee bonus episode where we’re joined by friend of the show and expert in male infertility Georgia (twitter.com/sniphist) to discuss the relationship Witchers have with their fertility and the place of selective breeding and eugenics in the series

cn: infertility, miscarriage, abortion

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It has come to my attention that the tumblr hasn’t been being updated with our most recent episodes! I promise the podcast isn’t dead and we’ve been updating all along.

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Hello, and welcome back! This week we start our second season of sorts, a journey through the books starting with The Last Wish. In this episode we cover the eponymous first story - 'The Witcher' as well as 'The Voice of Reason I', which roughly correspond with episode 3 of the television series. cn: emetophobia, incest

New episode! This week we start our 'second season' as we begin to make our way through the books. This week is the first story from The Last Wish, 'The Witcher'.

Join us for perhaps a slightly too in-depth discussion of all the herbs mentioned in Geralt’s elixirs.

cn: incest, emetophobia

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Welcome back! This week - we made it! The final episode of season 1, but not the final episode of the podcast. Join us for pathos, quarantin

New episode! We finally round out our coverage of the Netflix series, but fret not dear hearts, we will return on schedule with a wrap up episode and then move on to the books!

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Welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus discuss Season 1, Episode 7 - Before a Fall. We may over-identify with Yennefer's jaded grad student attitude. cn: infertility, racism

New episode! A few minutes past midnight, but time isn’t real anymore.

This week we discuss Season 1 Episode 7 - Before a Fall.

cn: infertility, racism

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Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus discuss Season 1, Episode 6 of the Netflix series 'Rare Species' cn: infertility

Running a little late this week, but still just before the end of the day! Please join us for Season 1 Episode 6 ‘Rare Species’

cn: infertility

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Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus bring you another bonus episode in which we explain some feminist film theory terminology we used in episode 5 and discuss the wider feminist themes and portrayal of women and sexuality in The Witcher franchise as a whole. Spoiler warning: we include material up to and including the end of the books in this episode! cn: sexual assault

New bonus episode! We will be doing these on Wrong Thursday whenever we’re bored in quarantine and have something extra to talk about that we didn’t think got explored enough in the main episodes.

We decided to talk about feminist film theory and women filmmakers a bit because it got mentioned in episode 5 but we didn’t get to flesh it out as much as we would like.

content note: feminist film theory can be very second wave and skew white/cis/hetero. We tried to complicate this as much as possible but it is still very much in the bones of that body of work. Also mentions of sexual assault.

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Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus discuss Season 1 Episode 5 of the Netflix series, 'Bottled Appetites' cn: dubious consent, sexual assault, drugs

New episode! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus discuss Season 1 Episode 5 of the Netflix series, 'Bottled Appetites'

cn: domestic violence, gender based violence, racism, infertility

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Hello! Since we are all stuck in quarantine, we have made some bonus episodes! Spoiler warning: for bonus episodes, we are discussing the books, games, and TV show. This week, we are talking about the portrayal of Jaskier in the Netflix show, and queer coding and queerbaiting in media more broadly. This episode relied on the broader discussion in the fandom, and full show notes and references can be found at http://thewitchercast.tumblr.com/ cn: homophobia

Bonus episode!

We are all stuck in quarantine, so we wanted to bring you a bit more content to help you (and us, honestly) get through this whole thing. From time to time on ‘wrong Thursday’ we will be bringing you bonus episodes about different themes in the Witcher franchise as a whole.

This week, we’re talking about the portrayal of Jaskier in the Netflix series, and the issues of queer representation, queerbaiting, and queer coding. We hope you’ll join us!

References used for this episode:

History of queer coding:

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-strange-difficult-history-of-queer-coding https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2020/02/queer-coding-and-its-unrecognized-presence-in-villain-history https://controlforever.com/read/queercoding-and-horror-films/

Queer coding of Jaskier:

https://percilout.tumblr.com/post/190084503352/why-i-think-jaskier-is-queer-coded-and-also

The pronoun game:

https://heydrichmuller.tumblr.com/post/189946596054/my-brother-played-the-pronoun-game-wound-up

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Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus discuss Season 1 Episode 4 of the Netflix series, 'Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials' cn: domestic violence, gender based violence, racism, infertility

Hello listeners, Episode 4 is now live. Thanks again for joining us!

cn: domestic violence, gender based violence, racism, infertility

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Thanks for making these podcasts! I can't wait for more! Here's a question... I have watched the series several times now, but like many fans, I still have trouble understanding the timeline. I am doing a re-watch over the next few days, but I am only on Ep 1 at the moment. When they shift from the Renfri scenes to Cintra, I find myself shouting, "About 30 years later!" after each shift. Any idea why the showrunners did not employ such a captioning technique? I think it would have helped a lot.

Thank you so much for writing!

I haven’t actually seen anything explaining why they chose to go this route without any kind of visual aids to sorting out the timeline but I have two theories.

One is that they didn’t want to break immersion. Much like Game of Thrones took us from location to location very quickly with no notecard explaining we were in Winterfell or King’s Landing, relying on us to use visual clues to follow, I think they were trying to do that for the timeline. It is hard to follow for sure, though, if you aren’t primed to be looking out for all of the little hints.

The second, I think, is they were trying to stay true to the books. It might be hard to believe, but the books actually have a more convoluted timeline. The short stories (especially the first collection) are framed as flash backs while Geralt is recovering from the wounds the Striga gave him, but we don’t actually get the Striga story first, so the whole thing is very convoluted! As the books go further, there are sometimes flash forwards as much as centuries without much explanation.

I’m glad you’re enjoying the show :) We already have episodes 4 and 5 recorded, and I’m actually about to go record episode 6 now!

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Hello, and welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin and Magnus are joined by guest Fiona to discuss Season 1 Episode 3 of the Netflix Series, 'Betrayer Moon'. cn: ableism, suicide, sexual assault, infertility, abortion, domestic violence

Episode 3 of Cast a Pod to Your Witcher is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your podcatcher of choice. Thanks to everyone who has listened so far!

This week we are joined by our friend Fiona, a disability rights activist from Scotland, who provided us some much-needed analysis of the portrayal of Yennefer as a disabled woman in this series.

content note: ableism, suicide, infertility, abortion, sexual assault, domestic violence

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Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin & Magnus explore Season 1 Episode 2 of the Netflix series, 'Four Marks'.

Episode 2 of Cast a Pod to Your Witcher is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your podcatcher of choice. Thanks to everyone who has listened so far and all your brilliant responses!

content note: we discuss a character’s self harm/suicide attempt.

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Hello listeners! Just a reminder that we are a biweekly show so this is, as fans of The Adventure Zone say, 'wrong Thursday'. We are looking forward to bringing you a new episode next Thursday - it's already recorded and just going through final edits!

We are overjoyed at the support we have received from the fandom and can't wait for you to hear our next episode.

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Hello and welcome to our first episode! In this episode, we discuss S1E1 of Netflix's The Witcher series, 'The End's Beginning'. Content not

We are thrilled to say that our very first full episode is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcatchers! You can find us by searching 'Cast a Pod to Your Witcher'. We have also linked it here.

This episode we introduce ourselves and discuss Season 1 Episode 1 of the Netflix series, 'The End's Beginning'. Content note: this does involve discussion of a character who was raped.

Thank you so much for following and listening. We would love to hear from you ❤️

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-by2jm-d60bf0

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We are very excited to say that we are now listed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher! You can find us by searching ‘Cast a Pod to Your Witcher’.

This means we will be releasing our very first proper episode tomorrow and hope that you’ll all give us a listen :)

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