Episode 7 - Third Eye Blind Jumper dot mp3 (New Moon, Chapters 13-18)
Release Date: 04/05/2018
Episode 15 - Aging Several Decades (Checking In After Our Hiatus)
American Vampire
Multiple years, catastrophes, genders, and Twilight re-contextualizations later, Briana and Sid return to American Vampire! This episode is a little check-in, assessing where we're at and how we're thinking about this material now, and acknowledging simply how much time has passed since last we spoke about the Twilight Saga. We'll resume our usual chapter-by-chapter format (where we left off in reading Eclipse) in the next episode. Sorry for kind of weird audio quality on this one, the next episode (already recorded!) should be better.
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Episode 14 - Calvinist Love Bombing (Eclipse, Chapters 8-9)
American Vampire
We are finally releasing an episode we recorded in *2019*, the part two of a long episode on Chapters 7-9 of Eclipse. (Content note: discussion of child abuse and SA as related to these chapters.) Briana and Sid drink rosé and discuss Edward being terrible, Bella being h*rné, and the absolute nightmare of Stephenie's concept of "imprinting" and the book's relationship to moral relativism. We'll be back with *newly recorded* episodes soon!
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Episode 13 - Grindhouse: Vampire Bride (Eclipse, Chapter 7)
American Vampire
American Vampire presents Grindhouse: Vampire Bride, aka ROSALIE'S REVENGE. We legit spent so much time talking specifically about the conversation between Rosalie and Bella in Chapter 7 of Eclipse that I had to split the Chapters 7-9 episode into two parts. Content note: discussion of sexual assault. Topics include how our bitter queen Rosalie came to resent capitalism, the aging body in romance, and how this chapter feels like it's living in a Tarantino/Rodriguez cinematic universe instead of Twilight.
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Episode 12 - Dumpster™ Brand Trash Fire (Eclipse, Chapters 4-6)
American Vampire
We're finally back (sorry!!!) with chapters 4-6 of Eclipse, which can really only be described as a Dumpster™ fire.
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Episode 11 - Stay Gold, Jacob Black (Eclipse, Preface - Chapter 3)
American Vampire
Briana and Sid begin the third Twilight book, Eclipse, discussing the preface through the end of Chapter 3. Wuthering Heights haunts this text in a confusing way! Other topics include how Edward's behavior escalates to straight-up horror movie antagonist, Jacob inspires some Twilight/The Outsiders crossover fiction, and Stephenie showcases her passion for graphic design.
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Episode 10 - Heathcliff Heathcliff, Grave Robbing Entrepreneur (Wuthering Heights)
American Vampire
Holiday season ghost-adjacent content! As Wuthering Heights is referenced repeatedly in Eclipse, Sid and Briana briefly tackle the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë. Topics include how everyone in this book probably has tuberculosis, Heathcliff's ethnic ambiguity and... extracurricular activities, and how Kate Bush may have exaggerated just how much ghost content Wuthering Heights truly contains. (Apologies for the poor sound quality, I used the wrong mic input like a chump!! And happy holidays y'all!!)
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Episode 9 - Vampire Suff(e)rage (New Moon, Chapters 23 - Epilogue)
American Vampire
We are finally back! After some international and ontological adventures, Briana and Sid return to American Vampire to discuss the final chapters of New Moon (23 to Epilogue).
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Episode 8 - How to Get Blood Out of White Leather (New Moon, Chapters 19-22)
American Vampire
After a brief hiatus, American Vampire has returned from its hellish slumber to cover Chapters 19 to 22 of New Moon.
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Episode 7 - Third Eye Blind Jumper dot mp3 (New Moon, Chapters 13-18)
American Vampire
In this episode Briana and Sid discuss the (gibbous?) third quarter of New Moon, from Chapter 13 through the end of Chapter 18.
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Episode 6 - Some White Bullsh*t (New Moon, Chapters 7-12)
American Vampire
In this episode Briana and Sid discuss the Jacob-oriented second quarter of New Moon, from Chapter 7 through the end of Chapter 12.
info_outlineIn this episode Briana and Sid discuss the (gibbous?) third quarter of New Moon, from Chapter 13 through the end of Chapter 18.
Topics include Bella's super casual and not at all morbid and disturbing passion for cliff-diving, the disappointing return of one of our favorite secondary characters, and how we just wish everyone would be nice to sweet baby Jacob and buy him some damn sandals.
Note that in addition to our usual references to PTSD and abuse, this episode features some frank discussion of suicide.