Octavia's Parables

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 19 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down, more soon! We're glad to be back. Follow us on twitter ⁠⁠@oparables⁠⁠, and support us on Patreon at ⁠⁠Octavia's Parables⁠⁠.

Once again, we travel with Lauren and with Larkin. Larkin searches to understand her mother. Lauren searches for Larkin, alone despite herself. The children of Acorn are still missing, almost all of them. Lauren braves a Christian America shelter, navigating her terror and trauma. And she sees a familiar, unwelcome, hypocritical face. Toshi and adrienne break down Chapter 17 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. Big, deep questions this week.  Follow us on twitter @oparables, and support us on Patreon at Octavia's Parables. Visit our website at readingoctavia.com for transcripts and more.

Hello beloved listeners! The Parables team needed this week to rest and heal. Back next week with Chapter 16 of our journey through Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents. 

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 16 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down, more soon! We're glad to be back. Follow us on twitter ⁠⁠@oparables⁠⁠, and support us on Patreon at ⁠⁠Octavia's Parables⁠⁠.

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 15 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down, more soon! We're glad to be back. Follow us on twitter ⁠⁠@oparables⁠⁠, and support us on Patreon at ⁠⁠Octavia's Parables⁠⁠.

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down, more soon! We're glad to be back. Follow us on twitter ⁠⁠@oparables⁠⁠, and support us on Patreon at ⁠⁠Octavia's Parables⁠⁠.

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 11 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down, more soon! We're glad to be back. Follow us on twitter ⁠⁠@oparables⁠⁠, and support us on Patreon at ⁠⁠Octavia's Parables⁠⁠.

Our narrator is born, and named, and welcomed. Lauren and Bankole discuss a move, again. Assessing danger, seen and unseen. Bankole tries to understand, again, how he and Lauren can shape the unknown. She shows him more of her self, this far in. Toshi and adrienne explore chapter 10 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents, and offer questions for you and your people to consider. Not easy chapters, not easy questions. Follow us on twitter @oparables, and support us on Patreon at Octavia's Parables. Visit our new (!) website at readingoctavia.com for transcripts and more. ............... Links: Breathe, the second Marine Mammal Meditation, by Toshi and Alexis Pauline Gumbs, is here on Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/longwatersong

Marcus leaves, with the Peraltas. Dan Noyer returns, chased. A fierce battle. Lauren speaks words she can’t take back. Jarrett is ascendant.Toshi and adrienne explore chapter 9 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents, and offer questions for you and your people to consider. Not easy chapters, not easy questions.Follow us on twitter @oparables, and support us on Patreon at Octavia's Parables. Visit our new (!) website at readingoctavia.com for transcripts and more................Links:Breathe, the second Marine Mammal Meditation, by Toshi and Alexis Pauline Gumbs, is here on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/longwatersongThe Parable of the Sower graphic novel is available here: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/parable-of-the-sower-a-graphic-novel-adaptation_9781419731334/

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 7 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. We lost our detailed episode descriptions when episodes were taken down, more soon! We're glad to be back. Follow us on twitter ⁠⁠@oparables⁠⁠, and support us on Patreon at ⁠⁠Octavia's Parables⁠⁠.