Scintillae Podcast

Our first guest is none other than a politician! Tessa Marshall is the Welsh Green Party candidate for Caedydd Penarth at the Senedd Elections of 7th May 2026 and a personal friend. In this episode we ask her everything we always wanted to ask a politician but never had the chance before! And she delivers!Check out Tessa over at:tiktok.com/@tessashadenoughinstagram.com/tessamarshallblaidwerdd/The Welsh Green Party : wales.greenparty.org.ukIf you heard of Zack Polanski, the leader of the UK Green party (some say he’s the British Zohran Mamdani) this is his podcast boldpoliticswithzack.comJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

The romanticisation of abuse in dark romantasy. From Beauty and the Beast to Joss Whedon's Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the reinterpretation of the trope by white women since the 2000s with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses, Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches and yes, Tom Hiddleston's Loki to Astarion pipeline.Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSIONS OF Suic!dE and Suic!dal Intrusive Thoughts. In this emergency episode we discuss the beginning of 2026 with the US attack of Venezuela, kidnapping its president and immediately casting their imperialistic eye onto Greenland, what that would mean for world diplomacy and the problematic possibility of it triggering World War 3 with some of the international intricacies explainedJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod00:59 How to "end" oneself02:18 Religion and the right to end one's life08:14 Venezuela to Greenland14:25 Diplomacy and Democracy20:23 the Birth of Propaganda24:32 We are in a Plutarchy29:02 capitalism patriarchy and r*pe culture33:29 how can world war iii start now?40:44 do the US want to go to war with Europe?49:07 Bif Tannen and Donald Trump50:28 The Rules54:33 Nuclear Deterrents56:53 build the skills to become partisans📚BIBLIOGRAPHY📚Philosophy Tube - Suic!de and Ment@l He@lth | Philosophy Tube ★https://youtube.com/watch?v=eQNw2FBdpyEDevon Price Ph.D. - Laziness Does Not ExistUS https://bookshop.org/a/115825/9781982140113UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781982140113Annie Jacobsen - Nuclear War: A ScenarioUS https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781804996003UK https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nuclear-war-a-scenario-annie-jacobsen/7598736?ean=9781804996003&next=tSheffield University - The Invisible Government: Edward Bernays, Public Relations and Propagandahttps://newhistories.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/volumes/2013-14/volume-5/issue-1-media/the-invisible-government-edward-bernays-public-relations-and-propaganda @adamcurtisdocumentaries  Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

A review of 2025 for both world and personal events in the style of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™".Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod01:05 January 2025: Trump Inauguration, Elon Musk10:36 Rant about AI16:30 February 2025: My First Exhibition25:03 March 2025: Music & The Airborne Toxic Event36:37 April 2025: UK Supreme Court Ruling49:51 May 2025: Poet in Residence55:25 June 2025: What it Feels Like for a Girl01:01:57 July 2025: Sydney Sweeney has great Jeans01:05:54 August 2025: My Second Exhibition01:11:00 September 2025: Etsy Witches & Sofia01:21:56 October 2025: Ceasefire NOT01:29:27 November 2025: Cottage Life, Zohran Mamdani and Zack Polanski01:39:18 December 2025: Why we Podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

White fragility, power structures and how intuitively white women recognise, benefit, and cry victimhood to hold onto their privilege against those lower than them.Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™".Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepodEssay Mentioned: I’ll Keep Calling Myself a Witch, ThanksOriginal Content: Simone Grace Seol - Dear White Women, Please Stop This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™".Get comfortable in this first episode where we introduce ourselves, our mental kindergarten, how we came to be together and how we developed our view of the world and of spirituality.Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com