John is on the periphery, Alison is carving, and Liz went to Japan.
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Content warnings this episode: con artistry, privilege, racism
- Letters of comment
- Jake Casella Brookins
- Ali Baker Brooks
- Christopher J Garcia
- Emily January
- Kat Kourbeti
- Caroline Mullan
- Zoe O’Connell
- Roman Orszanski
- Awards
- Oghenochovwe Donald Ekpeki
- Erin Cairns has reported that Ekpeki stole a story and passed it off as his own
- Cairns tried to sound this alarm on X in June
- Reactions
- Gautam Bhatia
- L D Lewis (requires Bluesky login)
- Ekpeki’s response
- Jason Sanford talks about his reaction to the news: one, two
- Picks
- John: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Alison: Bridge Command
- Alison was given free tickets by the venue’s PR team
- Liz: Japan
- Neat effects like Tokyo Disneyland’s Pepper’s ghost or Shiriki Utundu
- Liz was not given free tickets but if anyone wants to give me free tickets to Disney parks please get in touch
- Credits
- Cover art: “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” by Alison Scott
- Alt text: A pumpkin carved with an image of Beetlejuice, with the words “Episode 122” at the top of the image and “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” at the bottom.
- Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
- Cover art: “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” by Alison Scott