Happy New Year from the Towards Thee crew! It's been a while since we last recorded an episode – you might have noticed by some less-than-timely references to The Witch Queen and Elden Ring 'just having come out', the last two were recorded back in April 2022. But we're back in full force to meet back up with our old friends aboard the Pequod, make some new ones, and officially kickstart The Year of Towards Thee I Roll.

This episode, we meet the rest of the crew of the Pequod as it sails south, including our first glimpse at Captain Ahab, whose 2023 resolution was to quit smoking; proud of him! We also talk about the soil triangle and states of matter, our favourite ways to talk about a guy, the Elden Ring boss-ification of Ahab and Ahab (Island Time), Avatar: The Way of Water, crab mechs, hot old men, telling your coworkers breathlessly about your deranged dreams, and how no one's talking about the health benefits of smoking a pipe.

Chapters Covered: 26. Knights And Squires to 31. Queen Mab.

Quotes of the Week:

Matthew: “[W]hen the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods”.
Dibbs and Lattner: "A hot old man!"
Karlis: "Long usage had, for this Stubb, converted the jaws of death into an easy chair."

Links and Notes:

Theme music by Josie Brechner. Find more of her work at josiebrechner.com and visager.bandcamp.com.
Find the podcast on Cohost at cohost.org/mobydick or @TowardsThee on Twitter.
CALL US at (510) 764-DICK [3425‬] if you've got any questions you'd like us to read on the air (or go to anchor.fm/towardsthee/message)!
You can also send us questions the boring way at ej.uz/ttir.

🗣: Dibbs (@Dibbs), Karlis (@karlis), Lattner (@Anlattner), and Matthew (@mrfb).

This episode was recorded on 2 January 2023.

Episode 7: Hot Girl Alert; or, Bone Throne; or, Meeting Ahab Is Low Key The Move When Being On The Pequod Is The Vibe