{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Inchworm","home_page_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com","feed_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/json/","description":"<p>a chapter by chapter spoiler-free podcast covering <em>Worm</em> by Wildbow</p><p><br></p><p>every Tuesday &amp; Friday wherever you can find podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Overcast, Podcast Republic, Spotify, YouTube, etc.)</p><p><br></p><p>get in touch at inchwormpodcast@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://parahumans.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read <em>Worm</em></a> | <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support Wildbow</a></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/inchwormpodcast.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inchworm Bluesky</a> | <a href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/inchwormpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inchworm Tumblr</a> | <a href=\"https://discord.gg/yjFbpTbRWm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inchworm Discord</a></p>","icon":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/channel-1db210b65f8620f05f72ca31f7324df6.jpeg","favicon":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/assets/default/favicon.png","authors":[{"name":"Jenny and Ted"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"ANZr1Sl3FNP","title":"12.x.5 (bonus) - \"Her Words Have No Meaning Or Power\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-d85c823a1db593aa0e4019fe757405da.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":85926620,"duration_in_seconds":6495}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/ANZr1Sl3FNP/","content_html":"<p>Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.x.5 (bonus).</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Notes:</p><ul><li>It’s 10 minutes in before we tell you whose interlude this is</li><li>We deliver our verdict on this instance of enemies-to-lovers(?)</li><li>Jenny thinks that if Cauldron needs to call on reinforcements that fate has a loss in store for the Nine (and an ironic mission in store for Battery)</li><li>Battery’s cop brain and total lack of commitment to her stated values</li><li>A cautionary Tayl-or, if only she could read it</li><li>Was either leap of faith taken here worthwhile? As annoying as it is, maybe</li><li>Seems like the integrity problem extends all the way up to the top of the Protectorate, Legend</li><li>Heroes without HR are just eoes</li><li>Letting the sitcom trope play out does such a good job of riling up the reader</li><li>Did Battery gift of the magi herself here? Get the power to beat Madcap at the cost of letting him get away?</li><li>Ted really tried to give the ship the benefit of the doubt but then he remembered the likely age difference</li><li>Wouldn’t it be nice to fly? Too bad we can’t afford it!</li><li>We haven’t met any idle rich capes or business tycoon capes</li><li>Where are all the business tinkers?</li><li>Cauldron’s reach and aesthetics</li><li>What’s Cauldron for?</li><li>You can't be morally gray when you're creating Case 53s</li><li>We want the Case 53 backstories</li><li>The slippery slope of anonymity</li><li>Who is this Doctor, really?</li><li>We go on a vision quest with Battery… but was it a trigger event?</li><li>Cauldron powers vs. \"real\" powers</li><li>Samples and siblings</li><li>Cauldron capes have a mindfulness advantage</li><li>Does every voluntary Cauldron client make it out?</li><li>Battery's battery of reasons for being a battery</li><li>A long, slow self-kidnapping</li><li>Batteries and magnets</li><li>Worm getting global at last</li><li>Where are all the nemeses we're hearing about?</li><li>We contemplate our own enrollment as Cauldron clients</li><li>Coil's Cauldron favor could be a tidy opportunity</li><li>Oops, seems like Battery might end the world</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/interlude-12%C2%BD/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/interlude-12%C2%BD/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow</a></li></ul>","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.x.5 (bonus).\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * It’s 10 minutes in before we tell you whose interlude this is\n * We deliver our verdict on this instance of enemies-to-lovers(?)\n * Jenny thinks that if Cauldron needs to call on reinforcements that fate has a\n   loss in store for the Nine (and an ironic mission in store for Battery)\n * Battery’s cop brain and total lack of commitment to her stated values\n * A cautionary Tayl-or, if only she could read it\n * Was either leap of faith taken here worthwhile? As annoying as it is, maybe\n * Seems like the integrity problem extends all the way up to the top of the\n   Protectorate, Legend\n * Heroes without HR are just eoes\n * Letting the sitcom trope play out does such a good job of riling up the\n   reader\n * Did Battery gift of the magi herself here? Get the power to beat Madcap at\n   the cost of letting him get away?\n * Ted really tried to give the ship the benefit of the doubt but then he\n   remembered the likely age difference\n * Wouldn’t it be nice to fly? 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