The Spectacle
an anarcho-geek power hour
6 months ago

The Green Knight - The Anti-civ Xmas classic

a holiday spooktacular

Inmn, Wren and Io wring in the holidays by talking about the greatest Christmas movies about a dumb guy who sucks picking a fight with an earth elemental, The Green Knight. They talk Arthurian myth and the shadow it casts upon modern fantasy, Paganism vs. Christianity, folk magic/folk tales, Barry Keoghan, honor as a title to win not an ideal to embody, stupid guys and more. Special appearance by Santa Clause.

Host Info

Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find shirts and patches that they make on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BumLung

Guest Info

Wren's new book "Nourishing Resistance" out on PM press https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321

Wren also just published a feature on the strangers site "St. Lucy: An Anti-Hagiography" its good https://www.tangledwilderness.org/features/st-lucy-an-anti-hagiography

Inmn can be found on insta @shadow.artificery and hosting most of the other podcasts from Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

Publisher

This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness.

Our logo is by Robin Savage. And our theme music is by a lovely mountain goblin.

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