Perfectly Generic Podcast

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Episode 18: Best of 2018 (So It's Come To This: A Perfectly Generic Clip Show w/ Austin) Dec 31, 2018

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Kate and Austin present the best and worst moments of Pgenpod’s first year with BONUS new content about Jade, the fault in our alpha kid narratives, balls, bastards, Thanos, Hot Pockets and more Eridan.

Music by Goomy (https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/) and Kate (https://katemitchell.bandcamp.com/).

Pgenpod Live from Burbank, CA on March 24, 2019

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Episode 17: Race & Racism (with Dani and Hexa) Dec 24, 2018

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Dani and Hexa take on how race and racism has played out in Homestuck and its community. Subjects include those Team Special Olympics comics, the terrible boredom of White Striders, Her Imperious Condescension, colorism, and Eridan being the worst.

Intro music: “SERVICE CAR” by James Roach from Hiveswap Friendsim.

Outro music: “From the Sea, With Love” by Goomy/FRUITYTEE, President-for-Life of the Perfectly Generic Music Team

Pgenpod Live from Burbank, CA on March 24, 2019

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Episode 16: FRIENDSHIP (with Aysha U. Farah) Dec 15, 2018

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Hiveswap Friendsim writer Aysha U. Farah joins Kate for a discussion on the visual novel that expanded the Homestuck universe. Topics include gender on Alternia, complex queer characters (yes, we talk about Lanque), outsourced thinking, and the morality of a murder planet.

Read Aysha Farah’s stories “Dark In My Imagination” and “Goblin Alley” on the Kindle Store

Listen to The Strange Case of Starship Iris.

Music: “Old Secret” and “WORST END” by James Roach from Hiveswap Friendsim.

Pgenpod Live from Burbank, CA on March 24, 2019

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Episode 15: Engage Trickster Mode (with optimisticDuelist) Dec 09, 2018

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optimisticDuelist joins Kate for a discussion of Trickster Mode’s purpose and symbolism. Topics include Gnosticism, race in Homestuck, and living in a society. A post-episode discussion about Vast Error and the inherent value of independent media follows the end credits.

Read “True Light, False Light: Yaldabaoth, Racial Identity, and Gnostic Horror” by optimisticDuelist.

Enter the Vast Error Yulepassing Fic Jam!

Music by Goomy/FRUITYTEE: “green orb red orb”

Pgenpod Live from Burbank, CA on March 24, 2019

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Episode 14: Clownery & Its Discontents (with Eromancery) Dec 03, 2018

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Eromancery joins Kate for a discussion of clownery. Topics include just why clowns are sexy, AN ACTUAL IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF IRL JUGGALO LORE, and Dad Egbert.

Music by Kate & Goomy/FRUITYTEE

Pgenpod Live from Burbank, CA on March 24

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Music by Kate & Goomy/FRUITYTEE

Pgenpod Live from Burbank, CA on March 29

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Episode 13: TH3 T3R3Z1 3P1SOD3 (with Chelsea) Nov 25, 2018

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Chelsea joins Kate for a discussion of Terezi Pyrope. Topics include guilt, licking walls, ASMR, “you don’t need him,” internal emptiness, and John Mulaney.

Music by Kate & Goomy/FRUITYTEE

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Episode 12: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Dirk (with Arch) Nov 18, 2018

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Arch joins Kate to discuss Dirk and what his narrative means for the ultimate self. Topics include Lil’ Hal, denizens, aspirational roleplay, queer isolation, and the morals of creating Lord English.

Music by Goomy/FRUITYTEE: “rewind” and “liminal spaces” from the album “meet me in the middle”

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Episode 11: Deltarune & the Material Dialectic of Clown Pits (with Sapharodon) Nov 11, 2018

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Sapharodon returns, joining Kate for a discussion of Friendsim Volume 16 and Deltarune. Topics include Tyzias and Stelsa, the cosmic significance of juggalos, TROLL COMMUNISM, and the future of Deltarune.

Intro/outro music: “Another Noir” by FRUITYTEE

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Episode 10: The Dark Souls of Webcomics (with optimisticDuelist) Nov 05, 2018

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Noted Homestuck literary analyst optimisticDuelist joins Kate for a discussion of the spirituality and foundational metaphors of Homestuck, including reactions to Andrew Hussie’s interview with the Washington Post and further details of post-canon content.

A short clip of George Buzinkai’s “Doctor” appears at the beginning. Rest in peace, George.

Intro music: “DOCTOR WAVE” by goomy
Outro music: “Nothing Special” by FRUITYTEE from Vast Error Vol. 4

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Episode 9: ♥︎♦︎♠︎♣︎ (with Nico) Oct 29, 2018

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Nico joins Kate for a discussion on TROLL ROMANCE. We cover common misconceptions about each quadrant, how romance functions as sociological worldbuilding, and the new information we’ve gained from the Friendsims.

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