Octavia's Parables

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/

Lauren and Bankole visit Halstead. Some in Acorn encourage them to move; Lauren remains adamant. Marcus preaches, and finds out. Toshi and adrienne explore chapter 8 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents, offer questions for you and your people to consider, and dream of some fan-fiction crossovers. 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 from this episode: The Cal Shakes Theater Under the Stars event will be in May - check here for announcements: https://calshakes.org Harriet’s Apothecary: http://www.harrietsapothecary.com/who-we-are The Tarot Deck will be at http://www.akpress.org

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.

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 6 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 5 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.

Acorn welcomes a baby. They hold ceremony. They assess the impact of the house truck, and we get a window into Acorn’s decision-making structures. They navigate the survival of ambiguous loss. God may be change, but some still fear it. Toshi and adrienne explore Chapter 4 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider.  Follow us on twitter @oparables, and support us on Patreon at Octavia's Parables.

We hear the horrible ordinary story of how the house-truck family came to Acorn. And with Acorn, they bury their dead.  Toshi and adrienne explore Chapter 3 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents. And come with many questions for you and your people to consider. TW: this chapter and episode include mention of rape.  Follow us on twitter @oparables, and support us on Patreon at Octavia's Parables.

Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 2 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 1 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 travelers land. But not as they expected. They grieve, and they live. They sow seeds. adrienne and Toshi close out Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, with the final chapter of this crucial work. And as always, offer questions for you and your people to consider. adrienne and Toshi will be on Instagram Live on 12/16, at 6 pm EST, talking about Parable of the Sower, this podcast journey, and what's to come. Tune in here, at adrienne's Instagram page.  Support the production and transcription of this show on Patreon, at patreon.com/oparables. And follow us on Twitter at @oparables. We will be back in February with Parable of the Talents. Links: More info on Alexis Pauline Gumbs's God Is Change Octavia Immersion is here: https://sangodare.podia.com/octavia