Tortall Recall

Sandry Outtake: Chaos Descends May 06, 2020

Instead of releasing this outtake on Patreon, it’s here! For you! On the main feed!

The music used in this episode is Crunk Knight by Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 39: Sandry’s Book, Part 1 Mar 01, 2020

Kelley, Amy, Shelby, and Grace are back with Tortall Recall’s first installment of the Circle of Magic series. The first part of our discussion of Sandry’s book features: Mild chaotic energy! Good friends! And more puns than ever before!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 38: Tortall Superlatives Dec 29, 2019

Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Kelley bring you a special episode with a high school yearbook superlatives theme. We discuss our favorite Tortall characters and creatures, along with the awards we think they would win. Tune in to find out our nominations for best animal friend, stubbornest chin, most-likely-to-get-stuck-in-bird-form-forever, and more!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 37: Not Terrier Oct 31, 2019

Gus, Amy, Grace, and Shelby discuss why we’re not discussing Terrier and the other Beka Cooper books. In this episode: Different mindscapes! Exhaustive diaries! The binary of cat to no-cat! And a spontaneous sing-along.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 36: Trickster’s Queen, Part 2 Oct 05, 2019

Shelby, Grace, Aurora, and Abby are back with the second part of our discussion of Trickster’s Queen. In this episode: Bird corner, Birds will be men, Tortall = the CIA?, and we weren’t going to go there again, but ‘If only they’d solved monarchy…..’

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 35: Trickster’s Queen, Part 1 Aug 31, 2019

Abby, Aurora, Grace, and Shelby begin their discussion of Trickster’s Queen. In this episode: Our first ever feature on crow fashion, queers for revolution, and all the answers to ‘how does a darking do language?’

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 34: Things We Like Aug 18, 2019

In this special Tortall Recall episode, all seven hosts (Gus, Grace, Kelley, Aurora, Amy, Shelby, Abby) talk about the things they like that are not the Tortall books. The things we like, as recommended by the hosts within the episode, include:

—from Gus and Grace—
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Love Might Be Too Strong a Word by Charlie Jane Anders
Viscera by Gabriel Squalia
Shirley Jackson
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
Fledging by Octavia Butler
She-Ra
No Dogs Allowed by Sidney Gish
The entire discography of Janelle Monae
Brandi Carlile

—from Kelley and Aurora—
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager
Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience by Rebecca Roanhorse
BTS
Tutarchela
Basiani
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
One Day at a Time
Steven Universe
Great British Baking Show

—from Amy, Shelby, Abby—
Shedunnit Podcast
Be the Serpent
Get Booked
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
The Toast (within this the Monk series)
The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Texts from Jane Eyre
The collected schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
Runaways Vol. 1 by Brian K Vaughn and Runaways by Rainbow Rowell
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag
Paranatural by Zack Morrison

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 33: Trickster’s Choice, Part 2 Jun 23, 2019

Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Kelley finish their discussion of Trickster’s Choice. In this episode: More crow content; Snark levels through the roof; and Where would YOU hide your six knives?

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 32: Trickster’s Choice, Part 1 May 12, 2019

Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Kelley begin their discussion of Trickster’s Choice. In this episode: A) So much crow content – maybe even… A crowmance? B) two girls with swords and two girls with birds, and C) Kyprioth: a fancy boy.

Here is a link to Kelley’s excellent Tortall drawing

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 31: Animortall Recall, Part 2 Mar 17, 2019

Amy, Abby, and Grace still can’t tell you who they are, but boy, can they ever tell you more about Animorphs. Part 2 of this patron-supported bonus episode continues their discussion of the first four books of K.A. Applegate’s Animorphs series. Join them to talk about: Can’t a Book Restructure a Government? Tobias: Prince of Hawks, Hawk Forever! Shormship Cormorm! Cute Teen Crushes, Cute Teen Friends!

Abby and Grace guested on episode seventy-seven of Wheels Up in Forty

Our Patreon is www.patreon.com/tortallrecall. Check it out for our new stickers! Our Patrons for this episode are: Jo, Abigail D, Vague Dark Entity, Ethan, Lemons, Math, Emmie, Isabel, Katherine, Abigail L., Courtney, Sophie, Michaila, Emilie, Rebekah, Gretal, Starbit and Negev.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Content discussed in this episode includes: Discussion of children in life-threatening situations. Discussion of ableism and and ableist language. Discussion of war and warfare, violence and death.

Episode 30: Animortall Recall, Part 1 Mar 03, 2019

(Trigger warnings below description.)

Amy, Abby, Grace, and Gus can’t tell you who they are, but they can tell you that this Patron-supported bonus episode is about the first four Animorphs books by K. A. Applegate. Join them to discuss: All-New, All-Different Segment Names! A Very Rude Boy! Censored Cuss Words! The Emotional Toll of Being a Hawk!

Our Patreon is www.patreon.com/tortallrecall. Our Patrons for this episode are: Jo, Abigail D, Vague Dark Entity, Ethan, Lemons, Math, Emmie, Isabel, Katherine, Abigail L., Courtney, Sophie, Michaila, Emilie, Rebekah, Gretal, and Starbit.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Content discussed in this episode includes: Body horror. Discussion of children in life-threatening situations. Allusions to death and suicidal ideation. Mild derogatory terms for women. Discussion of war and warfare. Allusion to disordered eating.

Episode 29: Lady Knight, Part 2 Feb 10, 2019

Abby, Amy, Grace, and Shelby wrap up our coverage of Protector of the Small. In this episode: What Even Is Adoption, Really? The Dumbledore Question! Extremely Heroic Cats and Other Non-Cat Animals!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 28: Lady Knight, Part 1 Jan 27, 2019

On this episode of (K)night Farm – Abby, Amy, Grace, and Shelby begin their discussion of Lady Knight, the last book of the Protector of the Small series, by getting all the most important stuff out of the way first. In this episode: Fantasy Ramen, Cool New Necromancy, Does Anyone Know Who Faleron Is? & Other Obscure but Appreciated Friends, etc.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 27: Squire, Part 3 Jan 13, 2019

At long last, Abby, Grace, Gus and Shelby finish up their Squire discussion (it’s mostly about friendship this time around.)
In this episode: Animals Too Sharp to Be Friends! Less Sharp Animal Solidarity! Everyone in the World Should Read This Book!

Episode 26: Squire, Part 2 Dec 23, 2018

Grace, Abby, Gus, and Shelby talk Squire on what will turn out to be the second of three distinct occasions. In this episode: Capital Feudalism! Feudal Capitalism! All the Women! Secret Hidden Friend Backstories!

Note to patrons: remember to vote in the poll to determine the topic of our next bonus episode! The poll will be open until December 30 and you can find it at patreon.com/tortallrecall.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 25: Squire, Part 1 Dec 09, 2018

Abby, Shelby, Grace and Gus embark on the Great Progress of Squire! In this episode: Fantasy America! Our Largest Friend! Centaur Intestines: You Don’t Want to Know About Them!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual violence (17:20 – 22:00) and body horror (1:06:40-1:09:25).

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 24: Page, Part 2 Nov 25, 2018

Abby, Kelley, Grace and Gus have turned all of Page’s pages, and they’re ready to finish up their discussion. In this episode: All Neal’s Friends Are Twelve! Begrudging Credit to the One Good Thing Jonathan Did! and Communism Jokes(?)!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 23: Page, Part 1 Nov 12, 2018

Abby, Kelley, Grace and Gus talk about Kel’s remaining 3 page years in our first Page episode. In this episode: Tortall Swears #confirmed! How Do Globes Work? We Don’t Know! and The Power of Homophobia Destroys a Stable!

Content notes: mention of suicide, discussion of abuse and trauma, discussion of homophobic violence.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 22: First Test, Part 2 Oct 27, 2018

Join Grace, Amy, Aurora, and Gus in the second half of their discussion of First Test! This episode, we’ve got song recs!! We’ve got blood theories!! We’ve got conflicted feelings about Cleon (1/?)!! Those are all the categories that exist in the world, and we’ve got em all covered!!

You can find Sunny and Tianwei’s full post about race in the Kel books here.

Also check out Amy’s other project, The Godshead Incidental, and watch the trailer for it!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Giveaway Announcement: Tortall Raffle Oct 20, 2018

We’re doing a small giveaway on our Patreon to celebrate the start of the Kel books! Visit http://patreon.com/tortallrecall to learn more.

Giveaway ends 11/1/2018.

Episode 21: First Test, Part 1 Oct 13, 2018

Grace, Amy, Aurora, and Gus discuss the classic school story First Test and don’t even try to find a consistent pronunciation of Wyldon’s name. Also in this episode: A Brief Neal-Based Retelling! Harry Potter Callout Day! A Real-World Cat Cameo! Thayet’s Great Ideas About Stuff Women Can Do! Alanna Channels Our Rage!

Also check out Amy’s other project, The Godshead Incidental, and watch the trailer for it.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 20: Dealing With Dragons Aug 26, 2018

We hit our first ever Patreon goal, so it’s time for everyone to get some exclusive bonus content! Amy, Gus and Shelby are taking a trip to the Enchanted Forest to read Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. In this episode: The Size of Therandil’s Kingdom! The Forgotten (Tumblr) Texts! Minimum Animal Friendship, Maximum Dragon Friendship! New Tactics for Melting Wizards!

This episode has some sound quality issues due to hardware problems. We’re working on fixing that for future episodes. Thank you!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

If you want to be part of picking the subject of our next bonus episode, find us on Patreon at patreon.com/tortallrecall.

Episode 19: Realms of the Gods, Part 2 Jul 22, 2018

As we end our journey with Daine, we unpack our feelings about Daine and Numair’s relationship, visit our Character Building workshop to talk about some character-unbuilding (maybe?), reminisce about Dragon Times History Class, and make a determined effort to keep our Friendship Moments section upbeat. Also, as always: what’s up with Faithful?

The discussion of Daine and Numair’s relationship runs from 4:30 – 33:30, if you’d like to skip it.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 18: Realms of the Gods, Part 1 Jul 01, 2018

Amy, Kelley, Grace, and Gus begin their discussion of The Realms of the Gods, the fourth and final book in the Immortals Quartet. In this episode: Jump on the Band-dragon! We Refuse to Tell You the Forbidden Hyena Fact! Foreshadowing of Future Screaming!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 17: Emperor Mage, Part 2 Jun 17, 2018

Kelley, Grace, Abby, and Aurora finish discussing Emperor Mage. In this episode: Weird Fantasy Foods! Weird Real Life Foods! Hyenas: A Metaphor for Eating Things! Eating Things: A Metaphor for Colonialism!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 16: Emperor Mage, Part 1 Jun 03, 2018

Kelley, Abby, Grace, and Aurora discuss Emperor Mage, the third book in the Immortals Quartet! In this episode: It’s a Small Small Small World! Fantasy Iguanas – An Invasive Species? Hot New Stormwing Hairstyles! Recurring Juice Discourse Pt. 9!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 15: Wolf Speaker, Part 2 May 20, 2018

Kelley, Shelby, Aurora, and Abby finish up their discussion of Wolf Speaker, the second book in the Immortals Quartet! In this episode: We Researched Feudal Militaries So You Don’t Have To! The Pinnacle of Animal Friendship! An All-New Song by Kelley!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Original music by Kelley. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 14: Wolf Speaker, Part 1 May 06, 2018

Kelley, Abby, Aurora, and Shelby discuss Wolf Speaker, the second book in Tamora Pierce’s Immortals quartet! In this episode: A Complex And Cerebral Political Thriller! What Are The Bones Made Of? Fictional Human Angst, Actual Dog Angst! Examinations in Tortallan Neuroscience!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 13: Wild Magic, Part 2 Apr 22, 2018

Amy, Gus, Kelley, and Shelby conclude their discussion of the first book in the Immortals quartet: Wild Magic! In this episode: Verbally Creating Fanfiction about Thayet’s Dress! Verbally Creating Fanfiction Detailing Numair’s Strategies for Befriending Tortall’s Popular Crowd! Oops, All Fanfic!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Original music by Kelley. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 12: Wild Magic, Part 1 Apr 08, 2018

Amy, Gus, Kelley, and Shelby discuss (and sing about?) the first book in the Immortals quartet: Wild Magic! In this episode: Horse-Specific Drawing Skills! Character-Driven Geography! Fruitwatch 2k18! Very Accurate Biology!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Original music by Kelley. Additional sounds used in this episode include Charm.

Episode 11: Valdemar Recall Apr 01, 2018

Gus, Grace and Abby talk about romantic fantasy as a genre through the lens of Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey. In this bonus episode: Minneapolis Edition! Mercedes Wacky! The Full Range of Horse Emotions! A Bunch of Gay Stuff!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 10: Bonus Opera Episode Mar 25, 2018

Kelley and Aurora take a detour to talk about opera, trouser roles, and Alanna. In this bonus episode: High Voiced Heroes! Page Boys Upon Page Boys! Mezzos with swords! and Not Dying at the End of the Opera!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta.

Episode 9: Song of the Lioness Wrap-Up Mar 04, 2018

Abby, Amy, Kelly, and Shelby (feat. Casper, Shelby’s dog) wrap up the Alanna books and answer listener questions. In this episode: Stealing from Other Podcasts! Super Consistent Name Pronunciation! All the Blood! Are The Old Ones Human? or Are They Dancer?

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta.

Episode 8: Lioness Rampant, Part 2 Feb 18, 2018

Gus, Aurora, Amy, and Abby finish discussing Lioness Rampant. We made it through a whole series! In this episode: Bird-Based Fantasy Gentrification! Those Crabs That Grab a Knife! Art for the Sake of Art! Bisexuality for the Sake of Bisexuality!

Programming note: We’re taking a short break before moving on to The Immortals quartet. We’ll be starting that discussion with Wild Magic in April, but in the meantime we have several bonus episodes lined up that will be coming out in March! (Get hype!)

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 7: Lioness Rampant, Part 1 Feb 03, 2018

Gus, Aurora, Amy, and Abby begin their discussion of the final book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, Lioness Rampant. In this episode: Ambiguous Fruit! We Love Thayet And Buri (1/?)! The Return of the Old Ones! The Only Person With More Fantasy Eyes Than Alanna!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual violence (42:20 – 45:02). Additionally, there are mild spoilers at (56:10 – 57:14).

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and Charm.

Episode 6: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Part 2 Jan 21, 2018

Gus, Grace, Aurora and Abby wrap up their discussion of The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. In this episode: Every Corner is Linguistics Corner! Alanna’s Good Dads! Animal Enemies! Chosen-by-the-Gods Privilege!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of racialized violence.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds used in this episode include Crunk Knight and
Charm.

Episode 5: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Part 1 Jan 06, 2018

Abby, Aurora, Grace, and Gus begin our discussion of The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. In this episode: Sword Time! Fun-but-not-fast Linguistics! The Tortall-Emelan Unification Theory! And: Priests gone rogue?

Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

Episode 4: In the Hand of the Goddess, Part 2 Dec 17, 2017

Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Grace finish discussing the second Alanna book, In the Hand of the Goddess. In this episode: The Yell Zone! Grace Says a Swear! Bad Ships, Good Friendship! Raoul vs. Human Raoul!

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include:
Crunk Knight (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Oddities)
Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

Episode 3: In the Hand of the Goddess, Part 1 Dec 03, 2017

Abby, Amy, Aurora, and Grace yell about the second installment in Song of the Lioness: In the Hand of the Goddess!
In this episode: Alanna’s Beverage Preferences! The Ordeal Of Manhood! Faithful: What’s His Deal? Jonathan’s Emo Phase!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

Episode 2: The First Adventure, Part 2 Nov 19, 2017

Abby, Aurora, Grace, and Gus conclude their discussion of Alanna: The First Adventure, which they remembered to name-drop this time.
More Racism And Imperialism Than We Remembered! Color-Coordinated Horses! Friends With The Godfather! Ali Mukhtab’s Cat Friends! Chivalry: Is It Toxic Masculinity?

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

Episode 1: The First Adventure, Part 1 Nov 04, 2017

Abby, Aurora, Grace and Gus discuss the first book in the Alanna series. Unnecessary POV Shifts! Wizard Rods! The Old Ones: Who Are They? What Is It?

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta. Additional sounds effects in this episode include: Charm (http://freesound.org/people/Scrampunk/sounds/344696/)

Episode 0: The Zeroth Adventure Oct 15, 2017

Meet the panelists! Learn everything about ’em, if by “everything” you mean names, pronouns, Tortall experience, and who’s going straight to a literal cat circus as soon as this episode is over

Our music is Greensleeves by Zetta.

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