Around the Long Fire

We finish this very long season with a way too long movie and a bunch of other stuff besides. It’s a whole new era, but we’re intending to stick to the plan moving forward, just on our biweekly schedule. See you all in season 6!See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Things Discussed: Troy, plans for next season, health update, moving update, Occult, Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter, Hololive 7th fes, Dark Star, Gundam card game, Stagecoach, Before Sunrise, Trackblazer, Cathode Ray Dude’s TV filming video, Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Emmeline hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: Hannibal season 1, episode 1 “Aperitif”

Here we are. Please enjoy/please understand.See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Things Discussed: a very big announcement (real), moving stories, Pokopia, health update, laser and electrolysis, SLC Punk!, Umamusume, Hololive card game, American Psycho, Videoheaven, Next episode: Troy, the film

Saga is back, but at what cost? Health and exhaustion make this a short episode, but hopefully we’ll be back in fighting shape over the next little while.See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Things Discussed: health woes, moving update, Umamusume era over?, Persona, TikTok and the state of online, Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Emmeline hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: The Iliad, book 17, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

No saga this week but we have a lot else! No episode next week!Things Discussed: the Discord problem, the Tiktok problem, moving update, The Hunger, The Kid,Scream, Mori Calliope’s new album, Takanashi Kiara’s new album, Persona 3 Reload, Ina’s AO3 (read all her Persona fic it’s good), Persona shipping, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Emmeline hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: Back to the Iliad in two weeks!

No saga this week but we have plenty to talk about, so please enjoy this action packed episode!Things Discussed: an announcement, moving anxieties, The Enormous Crocodile, The Entity, Violent Night, Heavenly Creatures, Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet, Fantastic Four (2005), X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Wuthering Heights (1939), Wuthering Heights (the book), Hololive the card game, Umamusume, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: Free talk!

Discord decides it wants to ruin the podcast and we manage to do okay for a little while despite this. Hopefully it’s a one-time problem, because it was very frustrating, but enjoy the episode regardless!Things Discussed: intense technical difficulties, Nerissa’s new song, vtuber culture sucks, Umamusume, IT part 1, Silence of the LambsSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: Free talk!

Saga time is pretty short this week but we talk about a whole mess of other stuff. Please enjoy!Things Discussed: oral transmission, Star Trek vs Star Wars, sharing movies, Tetsuo the Iron Man, Silence of the Lambs, Senritsu Kaiki Files 3, Trans/Rad/Fem, Wuthering Heights and movie adaptations of books, Code Geass, sexy anime figures, sports, gender and queer conflict onlineSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: The Iliad, book 15, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

Sorry for the slightly late episode this week, blame squarespace! We mostly chat about movies and hospitals, one of which is much more enjoyable than the other.Things Discussed: Nia’s ER adventure, After Hours, director projects, Escaflowne, Umamusume updates, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: The Iliad, book 14, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

We’re joined by Autumn from Ornate Stairwells to talk about our top ten first watches of 2025 which somehow became eleven movies for each of us. We were going to do this on the most recent Ornate Stairwells (covering AI: Artificial Intelligence!) but we didn’t get around to it despite four hours of podcasting! After that, Em and Niamh do our usual check ins about what we’ve been up to over New Years holiday.Things Discussed: Autumn guests, Top 11 First Watches of 2025 (Niamh’s list, Em’s list, Autumn’s list), Niamh’s Yule, Hololive card game, Be Pretty and Shut up!, tiktok, Trans/Rad/Fem, moving thoughts, Lick My Wounds, Decades OldSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me Next episode: The Iliad, book 13, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

It’s the last episode of the year and the week of Christmas and the hosts have a bad case of senioritis. Niamh is fully checked out. Em wishes she was checked out but has to keep working. We do the damn pod anyway, because we’re professionals. Things Discussed: home purchasing over?, phone adventures, the Odyssey trailer, no episode next week, health discomfort, Yule celebration, Nodame Cantabile, busy life, Umamusume, a surprise announcement?See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 11, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

Em is under the weather and Niamh continues to work on getting that house in this shorter, sleepier Long Fire. We still have plenty of other things to talk about around our saga this week, though, so I hope you pull up a log and listen for a while.Things Discussed: Niamh’s home buying adventures part 2, Angel, Berserk, tabletop games, reading, Nana, anime statues, Turn A Gundam, Umamusume, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 11, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

Em was out of town on a work trip and Niamh had some very big life events happen so we decided not to read this week but instead yap about what’s been going on. Em did spend 5 hours on a plane reading, however, so she has a lot of book to catch up on.Things Discussed: Em in Texas, Nia’s big announcement, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America, fancy meals, cocktail thoughts, UmamusumeSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 10, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

We read more Iliad and then talk a lot about the holiday both good and bad. Gay shit. Horses. Normal ALF stuff.Things Discussed: weather and work woes, Thanksgiving depression, childhood energy levels, Home Alone, Naked Acts, good Thanksgiving stuff, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America, Umamusume, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: free talk, we decided after this episode was recorded

We’re back with more saga, and some odds and ends chat on Thanksgiving eve. Em was definitely a little over-exhausted, so excuse the shorter episode and angst about it on behalf of (one of) the hosts.Things Discussed: Saddlecreek records, recovery time, Mint redebut, Nerissa birthday, Cece birthday, health updates, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 9, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

Somehow this episode is in large part about Gundam? Very funny considering we didn’t even know that Niamh would be guesting on GGP this week, out on Wednesday at patreon.com/abnormalmapping for $1 a month! Also, usual saga/horse/manga/movies talk.Things Discussed: vamping, The Man Who Wasn’t There, The Golden Compass, Lessons of Darkness, Nodame Cantabile, Turn A Gundam, GGP Talk at Large, Gundam Card Game, Umamusume, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 8, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

Totally normal episode of Around the Long Fire. Definitely not feeling weird about publishing this one.Things Discussed: birth control, Gundam, card games, Vivienne Westwood X NANA, fashion, Umamusume updates, The Princess Diaries, life updates part 3, Pondering Pootan, Cecilia ImmergreenSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 7, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

We’re back to the Saga and chatting about that and the things we’ve been up to: horses, card games, and movies! Please enjoy the episode.Things Discussed: Game Changer, Umamusume, Poker, Chicago ICE Update, ASMR Studio Visit, Hololive card game, Sonatine, Connor’s Japan TripSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 6, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

Em’s back from her trip and we talk a lot about Chicago, since we didn’t do a ton of other things. Next week we’ll return to the Iliad!Things Discussed: Cecilia Immergreen, Em in Chicago, Galloping Ghost, Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era,  Umamusume the game, See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 5, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)

It’s the week before vacation and everyone’s got senioritis. Thankfully the sagas are here being very enjoyable, and we chat a lot about reading and podcasting in this breezy edition of ALF.Things Discussed: Em’s final podcast, IBO, Tehanu and Earthsea, NANA, Umamusume, Road to the Top, Gunpla, Hololive card game, podcast plansSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: Free talk! Chicago trip 2!

The sagas are pretty good this week, and we try not to let life get us down, so this all in all is a quiet, pleasant episode of chit chat. Please enjoy!Things Discussed: mid-00s fantasy epics, Hunter X Hunter, NANA, anime takes, Divey vs GGP, gacha check in, Chicago news, health check inSee the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io and on twitter @foxmomnia Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. She posts on bluesky at shirokumahi.me and on twitter @em_being Next episode: The Iliad, book 4, from The Iliad, Homer, trans. Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton & Company)