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Where we get psych nerdy about queer book tropes!
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Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
In this 10th episode of Trope-ology, William Dameron joins the show to laugh at funerals, whistle in the dark, and go on a surprising amount of tangents about Fast and Furious while discussing the trope of Dark Humor
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Music: Nick Valerson on Pixalbay
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
I’m this 9th episode, author Kara Jorgensen drops by to chat chronic magical curses, accident gay revelations, and the horrors of being perceived while we discuss the trope of hurt/comfort
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Music: Nick Valerson on Pixalbay
Sunday Jul 20, 2025
Sunday Jul 20, 2025
On this 8th ep of Trope-ology, we discuss the All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic with author MN Bennet! Along the way we get serious about asexuality, silly about murder sports, and giggly about toxic found family!
Sunday Jul 13, 2025
Sunday Jul 13, 2025
In this 7th episode of Trope-ology, author Delaine Coppock joins have a laugh out loud conversation about queer grief, while discovering our overlapping lore, the weird things we found at scholastic book fares, and what our first smut reads were!
Sunday Jul 06, 2025
Sunday Jul 06, 2025
In this 6th episode of Trope-ology, Gregory Ashe joins for a surprisingly deep discussion of the classic one bed trope. Along the way we talk about beds as relationship metaphors, how we found our pets, and the subtle art of hinting at queerness in Chinese dramas.
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Music: Nick Valerson on Pixalbay
Sunday Jun 29, 2025
Sunday Jun 29, 2025
One this 5th episode of Trope-ology, Steve Westenra joins to discuss Grey Dog by elliott gish! Prepare for a delightfully nerdy discussion as two academics discuss the allure of becoming an eldrith horror and the significance of spore-orr (mushroom based horror) as a concept!
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Music: Nick Valerson on Pixalbay
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
In this 4th episode of Trope-ology, Andre Bradley joins the show to unpack the ever infuriating, fandom dividing love triangle trope! Along the way we ask team Jess or team Dean, critic the Notebook, and get excited over Shadowhunters!
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Music: Nick Valerson on Pixalbay
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
In this third episode of Trope-ology, David R Slayton joins to discuss cozy mysteries and found family in the Last Picks Series by Gregory Ashe. Along the way we follow tangents into understanding genre rules, the importance of queer community, and the need for true hatred in enemies to lovers fiction!
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Music: Nick Valerson on Pixalbay