{"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; sometimes 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":"_05sxngMPkX","title":"15.z - \"Our Parents Are Imperfect\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-813e6ad43cb21c7f65125a964a66fb9a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":102404145,"duration_in_seconds":7647}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/_05sxngMPkX/","content_html":"<p>Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.z.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Notes:</p><ul><li>Coil is the Doctor’s very special boy</li><li>Cauldron appears to be… benevolently unethical?</li><li>They’re really trying to solve the world’s problems, but they’re also making a few of their own</li><li>Campaign staffer Rebecca sighs with relief that her beeper is on silent when President-elect Griffin sees Behemoth and pages Alexandria</li><li>Can we label Alexandria and co. heroes or villains or monsters?</li><li>How many Siberians can you countenance to save the world?</li><li>Doctor who?</li><li>Victoria chose death</li><li>Is Doormaker Cauldron’s “pet”?</li><li>Can we really believe the Doctor is being truthful with Alexandria?</li><li>Ooh, a real psychic?</li><li>Ugh, packing to move between Earths would be so annoying</li><li>The role Rebecca constructed for herself, by herself</li><li>The existential horror of a slow, nearly inevitable death</li><li>Does Alexandria stop being a hero when she stops seeing herself as truly invulnerable? Or does she just become more human?</li><li>The Lightness Of Being Alexandria</li><li>Are all of the powers actually finite, and it’s the strongest capes who are being affected first?</li><li>How old is Alexandria and for how long?</li><li>Every parent is Alexandria to their kids (except Rebecca’s mom, here)</li><li>Alexandria is genuine about putting life above all things and comfortable with the idea that it makes her a hero</li><li>Hey if your plan is so good then why does Brockton Bay suck so bad?</li><li>The doctor was the mother after all!</li><li>It’s fitting that we have a skeptical teen to save us from the Deep State Daddies</li><li>This isn’t Kim Stanley Robinson’s Parahumans</li><li>Come on, Ted, do you really trust normal people with this kind of thing?</li><li>We take a brief detour into Wordpress metadata</li><li>On the other hand, what could justify being so careless with the people they dose?</li><li>Maybe access to powers commands a high price merely for leverage</li><li>Why doesn’t Alexandria simply prevent all trauma that could lead to villainy?</li><li>Scrat’s Endbringer powerset</li><li>Why did Behemoth first show up in Iran?</li><li>Can Alexandria and Jenny optimize Scion?</li><li>Parallels to Taylor</li><li>Rebecca never got to play again</li><li>She should know as well as anyone that life is pain</li><li>The Doctor, like Tattletale, always knew it was gonna be Plan B</li><li>For all the Doctor says she’s letting Rebecca choose, she seems very willing to put her thumb on the scales as much as she can</li><li>Her Dark Suit Materials</li><li>Where’s my Hero / Eidolon Chicago origin story fic?</li><li>Non-Reagan era politics</li><li>Rebecca is using her time better than Clark</li><li>Speculation on some of the mysteries</li><li>Details and metaphor</li><li>Scraps of Manton’s backstory</li><li>Sure, set Victoria free, Amy! It’s just a few alterations to her body and memories. You’ll fit right in here at Cauldron.</li><li>And look, the whole Case 53 thing is just really really despicable!</li><li>So what did we learn about where the story is going? (Warning, Animorphs end of series spoilers!)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/interlude-15-bonus-3/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/interlude-15-bonus-3/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.z.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Coil is the Doctor’s very special boy\n * Cauldron appears to be… benevolently unethical?\n * They’re really trying to solve the world’s problems, but they’re also making\n   a few of their own\n * Campaign staffer Rebecca sighs with relief that her beeper is on silent when\n   President-elect Griffin sees Behemoth and pages Alexandria\n * Can we label Alexandria and co. heroes or villains or monsters?\n * How many Siberians can you countenance to save the world?\n * Doctor who?\n * Victoria chose death\n * Is Doormaker Cauldron’s “pet”?\n * Can we really believe the Doctor is being truthful with Alexandria?\n * Ooh, a real psychic?\n * Ugh, packing to move between Earths would be so annoying\n * The role Rebecca constructed for herself, by herself\n * The existential horror of a slow, nearly inevitable death\n * Does Alexandria stop being a hero when she stops seeing herself as truly\n   invulnerable? Or does she just become more human?\n * The Lightness Of Being Alexandria\n * Are all of the powers actually finite, and it’s the strongest capes who are\n   being affected first?\n * How old is Alexandria and for how long?\n * Every parent is Alexandria to their kids (except Rebecca’s mom, here)\n * Alexandria is genuine about putting life above all things and comfortable\n   with the idea that it makes her a hero\n * Hey if your plan is so good then why does Brockton Bay suck so bad?\n * The doctor was the mother after all!\n * It’s fitting that we have a skeptical teen to save us from the Deep State\n   Daddies\n * This isn’t Kim Stanley Robinson’s Parahumans\n * Come on, Ted, do you really trust normal people with this kind of thing?\n * We take a brief detour into Wordpress metadata\n * On the other hand, what could justify being so careless with the people they\n   dose?\n * Maybe access to powers commands a high price merely for leverage\n * Why doesn’t Alexandria simply prevent all trauma that could lead to villainy?\n * Scrat’s Endbringer powerset\n * Why did Behemoth first show up in Iran?\n * Can Alexandria and Jenny optimize Scion?\n * Parallels to Taylor\n * Rebecca never got to play again\n * She should know as well as anyone that life is pain\n * The Doctor, like Tattletale, always knew it was gonna be Plan B\n * For all the Doctor says she’s letting Rebecca choose, she seems very willing\n   to put her thumb on the scales as much as she can\n * Her Dark Suit Materials\n * Where’s my Hero / Eidolon Chicago origin story fic?\n * Non-Reagan era politics\n * Rebecca is using her time better than Clark\n * Speculation on some of the mysteries\n * Details and metaphor\n * Scraps of Manton’s backstory\n * Sure, set Victoria free, Amy! It’s just a few alterations to her body and\n   memories. You’ll fit right in here at Cauldron.\n * And look, the whole Case 53 thing is just really really despicable!\n * So what did we learn about where the story is going? 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