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a chapter by chapter spoiler-free podcast covering Worm by Wildbow


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Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.d.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.d.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The most romantic chapter in Worm\n * Butterflies in the machine\n * The nature of Colin’s ego\n * What difference does it make that Colin has this connection to Dragon?\n * How real love can be selfish\n * Could love hold Colin back from something he sees as the greater good?\n * If Mannequin thought Dragon would keep Colin alive, why doesn’t he try harder\n to isolate Colin from her?\n * Colin isn’t gettable, and especially not after choosing death over\n recruitment\n * The only reason these interludes happen is because the Slaughterhouse Nine\n are all drama queens\n * If we’re both single at age 30, let’s dedicate ourselves to the greater good\n * Colin’s like, you should have been Man-no-kin!\n * His superhero complex\n * Mannequin’s body as a metaphor for grief\n * A case study in how a hero can fall (and possibly, on how the Simurgh works)\n * An eyepatch for an eyepatch\n * He didn’t know it but he already wanted to be a cyborg\n * What if the Endbringers are meant to be culling the capes or hindering\n humanity?\n * Noting different reactions to different offensive words\n * Brate?\n * Predictions, rankings, and merchandizing\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-d-arc-11-infestation/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-3fc4a189689ffbc727adcad12f71e7b6.jpeg","date_published":"2026-04-14T23:40:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/11d-technology-loves-him-back-pVUABVYyQLt/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pVUABVYyQLt/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pVUABVYyQLt/rss/","guid":"pVUABVYyQLt","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:12:03","itunes:title":"11.d - \"Technology Loves Him Back\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":116,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Apr 14 2026","date_published_ms":1776210000000}},{"id":"iGjvC5cUq8M","title":"11.c - \"You Just Can’t Help It\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-6b13dc8d6eaeb183235b9abea63900ee.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":58741690,"duration_in_seconds":4265}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/iGjvC5cUq8M/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.c.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.b.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.b.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny spools out “two years” of red string\n * If this encounter didn’t trigger Theo, what (if anything) would?\n * Aster is notable even if you aren’t all Purity about it\n * Will the story even last another two years?\n * How fixed are the futures Dinah sees?\n * Whimsy is central to who Jack Slash is\n * He sees Theo’s story potential\n * Jenny sees what we all see in Jack’s vibe\n * The metaphor behind Jack’s power\n * Ted gets pedantic over finding keystones\n * Jack is another emotional vampire\n * So… how intentional was Jack about provoking Theo?\n * Maybe this encounter with Jack is more different from Theo dealing with his\n parental figures in degree and not in kind\n * Jenny comes up with names for AU Ward!Taylor\n * Theo finds courage in spite of his insecurity, in a way that Ted sees as very\n gendered\n * What Oni Lee can tell us about powers\n * Jenny can’t even bring herself to predict that her blorbos will team up\n * What’s Jack whistling?\n * What we’re expecting from more Slaughterhouse Nine interludes\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-b/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-94b1a94216cd50f2b8e0e7a7a31ca9d6.jpeg","date_published":"2026-04-07T15:58:11.504Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/11b-dead-mans-switch-fqcFx8HlHLl/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fqcFx8HlHLl/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fqcFx8HlHLl/rss/","guid":"fqcFx8HlHLl","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:02:50","itunes:title":"11.b - \"Dead Man's Switch\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":114,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Apr 07 2026","date_published_ms":1775577491504}},{"id":"jSedksVH6wb","title":"11.a - \"Free to Be Dirty\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-bd67a5c36c74f7006130a47588005c78.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":75246793,"duration_in_seconds":5526}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jSedksVH6wb/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.a.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.a.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * A very distressing chapter\n * The conflicting temptation of the Slaughterhouse Nine\n * Bitch isn't good at this territory thing\n * There's a huge communication problem here\n * Also an insecurity problem\n * Taylor reaching out to Bitch was both more heroic and more cruel than she\n knew\n * It's Bitch's guilt, not Taylor's, that puts her in danger now\n * Bitch isn't a killer, but she is a villain\n * Should Bitch be allowed around people?\n * It matters that Bitch isn't a master\n * A dog vs. a wolf\n * Some gorgeous writing\n * We all need more than the thing we're best at\n * This offer isn't destiny, it's a temptation\n * Taylor through Bitch's eyes\n * Bitch needs humans she's free to be dirty around\n * We had so many feelings about this chapter\n * The metaphor of the howl\n * Okay but wolves are cool (and trainable! sort of!)\n * The many meanings of Rollo\n * A mundane example of institutional failure\n * The recruitment!\n * Siberian has incredible aura, and Bitch is immune\n * The mystery of the Siberian's power\n * The Siberian's motherly presence\n * Eye gouging: a recurring motif!\n * Different ways of being alpha\n * Bitch isn't a master. She's a parent.\n * Also, she needs a parent\n * Layers (both endbringer and dog)\n * Racist and ableist language\n * Surprising emotional clarity\n * A howl that doesn't reach anyone\n * Siberian and the othering of humanity\n * What does it mean if Bitch's power likes wolves?\n * Give Bitch a direwolf\n * Who would Jenny recruit to the Slaughterhouse Nine?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-a/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-4b08f846ea864a857735a21259e65c61.jpeg","date_published":"2026-04-03T12:04:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/11a-free-to-be-dirty-jSedksVH6wb/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jSedksVH6wb/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jSedksVH6wb/rss/","guid":"jSedksVH6wb","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:32:06","itunes:title":"11.a - \"Free to Be Dirty\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":113,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Apr 03 2026","date_published_ms":1775217840000}},{"id":"VbROM9qce1O","title":"11.8 - \"Are We Human Or Are We Supervillain\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-5f67b02f60f8f695f6c78ea4f384d0b4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":52158598,"duration_in_seconds":3884}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/VbROM9qce1O/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.8.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.8.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * If you’re the main character you should never feel this optimistic\n * Jenny pitches Ward as an AU sidequel \n * We struggle to come up with a gender neutral term for henchmen\n * Sierra’s a liability and Taylor’s hang-ups about Thomas don’t do her any\n favors\n * Smugbug stocks are rising\n * Sierra and Charlotte are synthesizing their views of Skitter/Taylor as one\n being\n * Oh my god they’re teenagers, she’s thinking\n * Sound off listeners! Are people who think they can guess people's ages full\n of it?\n * Taylor’s had worse\n * Now that she’s in charge, is Taylor doing better?\n * Now Brian remembers how he actually feels about his sister\n * It’s Brian’s turn to flail\n * We gotta know about the territories\n * We (hope we) won’t miss the Merchants\n * The stakes of the story will totally eclipse any concerns about Skitter’s\n secret identity\n * What if everyone eventually loses their powers?\n * Lots of dramatic irony in the parallels to what Taylor’s been through\n * Taylor just listen to the words coming out of your mouth hahahaha\n * Interlude predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-08-arc-11-infestation/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-8ea19b6595265a43a88a93dea74fe163.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-31T14:54:51.586Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/118-are-we-human-or-are-we-supervillain-VbROM9qce1O/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/VbROM9qce1O/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/VbROM9qce1O/rss/","guid":"VbROM9qce1O","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:04:44","itunes:title":"11.8 - \"Are We Human Or Are We Supervillain\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":112,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 31 2026","date_published_ms":1774968891586}},{"id":"z8W9dpBG1PN","title":"11.7 - \"The Slippery Slope\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-8ca71a3c10f795f8f9cb10a5f12ec64c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":55407122,"duration_in_seconds":4196}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/z8W9dpBG1PN/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.7.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.7.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Faultline's crew is so competent *fans self*\n * One of the best inside Taylor vs. outside Taylor moments of all time\n * Charlotte's unique position\n * Taylor's tenuous relationship to her civilian identity\n * Taylor wants all other villains to like her\n * What's the purpose of the Nemesis program?\n * Oh, this is where Coil got his powers\n * How do these powers in a can work, and how can they go wrong?\n * It's an information battle\n * The Merchants are pretty pathetic, and this “party” didn’t help\n * We love Shamrock’s aura farming\n * But we also love Faultline and Labyrinth\n * What was with the temple, though?\n * Taylor's making bold moves with Trainwreck\n * Maybe she shouldn't hold out for universal approval\n * The ways in which having a territory is great for her\n * Bryce is a convenient projection screen\n * Scrub. Is. Terrifying.\n * Taylor's antihero moment\n * Real vs. projected pathos\n * Taylor's absorbed more of Sophia's worldview than she knows\n * The superhero tendency to help the people right in front of you\n * Some nice Mushy body horror\n * Is Weymouth Mall a giant temple forever now?\n * The longevity of Taylor's and Labyrinth's powers\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-07/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-5285916f46b4d322d7527906df9ef1e8.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-27T11:57:47.737Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/117-the-slippery-slope-z8W9dpBG1PN/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/z8W9dpBG1PN/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/z8W9dpBG1PN/rss/","guid":"z8W9dpBG1PN","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:09:56","itunes:title":"11.7 - \"The Slippery Slope\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":111,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Mar 27 2026","date_published_ms":1774612667737}},{"id":"SJWgjJ7AZCY","title":"11.6 - \"Piercing The Veil\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-a9ef07bbaf2beba3b3f46e3bd016d3b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":42211067,"duration_in_seconds":3123}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/SJWgjJ7AZCY/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.6.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.6.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Hot take: what if the cosmic entities are actually small?\n * Many theories on timing, who triggers, mappings between entities and capes,\n piercing the veil, etc.\n * The implications of the new rule that trigger events must incapacitate nearby\n capes\n * Can we trust Skidmark’s advice to Scrub about using the\n Turn-Me-Into-A-Monster Energy Drink?\n * Did someone hire Faultline’s Crew?\n * Oh, and what about Noelle?\n * What percentage of partiers are hard-core Merchants?\n * The Master/Shaker stealth advantage\n * The horror and potential of Scrub\n * Spotting some humanity among the Merchants\n * Lisa gives Taylor the reins\n * Ted reluctantly relates to Skidmark\n * Bits and bobs and predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-06/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-7f3b9545fe2f72137b1d6e3ae77cb23d.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-24T12:50:21.814Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/116-piercing-the-veil-SJWgjJ7AZCY/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/SJWgjJ7AZCY/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/SJWgjJ7AZCY/rss/","guid":"SJWgjJ7AZCY","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:52:03","itunes:title":"11.6 - \"Piercing The Veil\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":110,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 24 2026","date_published_ms":1774356621814}},{"id":"LlKq93MXOrv","title":"11.5 - \"There Were No Heroes for Her\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-8039a5083623f57d95b7b0ebed0198f4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":59630909,"duration_in_seconds":4431}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/LlKq93MXOrv/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * This episode is about saving people!\n * Even a single new cape could change everything\n * The Protectorate should really be doing more to stop the Merchants\n * How many people actually know trigger events are a thing?\n * Taylor and Lisa are gonna have to stop this power transfer\n * What do we owe to each other?\n * Taylor's displaying a very emotional approach to morality\n * Coil's found Taylor's fundamental need\n * Taylor's conscience is her tripwire\n * Taylor needs to rescue the Dinahs of the world because no one rescued her\n * Taylor sees predators and victims just like Sophia\n * The many takes on saving people\n * How much does a victim have to be innocent to appeal to Taylor?\n * Taylor finds charisma off-putting\n * Bryce may be an unreliable narrator\n * The true horror: chores\n * Girls rule, boys drool\n * Taylor's relatable cynicism\n * The Merchants' unrelatable brutality\n * The Merchants are a thesis statement\n * Maybe raves just take getting used to\n * We're basically in an '80s urban decay fantasy action movie\n * The slap echoes so loudly through this chapter\n * Bad people wear heavy makeup\n * The Merchants might be our next big bad\n * Humanity vs. entropy\n * Trainwreck is probably a spy\n * Lisa has a soft spot for Taylor's heroism\n * Lisa likes following other people's visions\n * Also Lisa just really likes having a friend\n * Turns out SmugBug is driving this narrative\n * A little Emma crumb\n * The Undersiders are the last people who thanked Taylor\n * A pro-gay power fantasy\n * Is Jaw gay?\n * The mundanity of the horror in this chapter makes it more horrifying\n * What would Taylor do with superpowers in a can?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-05/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-016eaf52b12d71556bad8109386ee2bf.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-20T14:02:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/115-there-were-no-heroes-for-her-LlKq93MXOrv/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/LlKq93MXOrv/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/LlKq93MXOrv/rss/","guid":"LlKq93MXOrv","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:13:51","itunes:title":"11.5 - \"There Were No Heroes for Her\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":109,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Mar 20 2026","date_published_ms":1774015320000}},{"id":"YFP-ByC7Bvl","title":"11.4 - \"Made Up Of Secrets\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-74be8bde25b297b7b7a76005b346405f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":41162170,"duration_in_seconds":3040}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/YFP-ByC7Bvl/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Odds are good that Taylor can’t simply walk away from what she’s about to see\n * Tattletown seems great, too!\n * Tattletale hasn’t announced herself yet, but why should she?\n * Ted tries to tease out the balance of power between Coil and each Undersider\n based on this situation\n * Lisa’s lair’s layers\n * Instinctive secrecy as an adolescent trait\n * Like you wouldn’t push the pain button for more power?\n * Is Lisa setting her and Taylor up for a power boost?\n * Lisa is also a pantser\n * “Brian said WHAT?”\n * Adult Soldier Squad: Ringleader, So What, What’s His Name Mean, and The Short\n One\n * Skitter doesn’t like pretending to be Taylor\n * Lisa’s cheery disposition\n * This whole thing smacks of gender\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-04/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-00cab490050e09e187857493755bf320.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-17T12:02:45.071Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/114-made-up-of-secrets-YFP-ByC7Bvl/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/YFP-ByC7Bvl/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/YFP-ByC7Bvl/rss/","guid":"YFP-ByC7Bvl","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:50:40","itunes:title":"11.4 - \"Made Up Of Secrets\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":108,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 17 2026","date_published_ms":1773748965071}},{"id":"fru8ZBVkfhH","title":"11.3 - \"Stealing Fire From The Gods\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-ebc2ddbaa2b57f9b0d966686e7d71f7f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":47609514,"duration_in_seconds":3568}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fru8ZBVkfhH/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Skitter in this chapter is iconic\n * The appeal of character competence\n * Action without suspense, yum\n * Taylor's kind of like Bakuda, but it's fine!\n * What if this is all a metaphor for Taylor harnessing the humans to take down\n the Endbringers?\n * We love everything about bugs with fire\n * The tea is a metaphor\n * Did these particular Merchants deserve this?\n * Skitter isn't into her own competence\n * Another unserious kidnapping\n * Will Sierra be a security threat?\n * Sierra's view of Skitter\n * Slaylor vs. Flailor\n * We're very concerned about the mold situation in Brockton Bay\n * Sierra's a great example of a competent person without superpowers\n * People talk to you differently when you're a supervillain\n * Sometimes you need a hero, and sometimes you need a Skitter\n * Skitter's an imperfect fit for the social role of supervillain\n * Literal found family\n * Taylor's very prosocial in her villainy\n * Taylor might be the best Undersider at this territory thing\n * Lisa as the silent partner in this Dinah thing\n * Bryce is gonna be a problem\n * Aughties moments\n * Introducing Herman Drives\n * Taylor loves finding a use for people\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-03/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-3fdc0da0477e1d071c2e36858e94d7ff.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-13T12:29:48.362Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/113-stealing-fire-from-the-gods-fru8ZBVkfhH/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fru8ZBVkfhH/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fru8ZBVkfhH/rss/","guid":"fru8ZBVkfhH","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:59:28","itunes:title":"11.3 - \"Stealing Fire From The Gods\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":107,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Mar 13 2026","date_published_ms":1773404988362}},{"id":"4tC1TJkNraM","title":"11.2 - \"Benevolent Bug Queen\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-04fba25b6cd9aa14382a57fbad5e7dd2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":41513907,"duration_in_seconds":3143}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4tC1TJkNraM/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Prediction: this woman’s brother is problematic\n * If only Taylor could see how cool (and scary!) she actually is\n * Taylor plays against her weaknesses to great effect\n * Skitter needs a higher rating!\n * Weirdly, Taylor has found her supervillain calling\n * The people of the Boardwalk are… into it?\n * Battery lends Taylor legitimacy and keeps her from going fully brutal\n * Jenny doesn’t let Ted get away with being unfair to Taylor\n * An urban legend is born\n * Wait, what methods are the others using to claim their territory?\n * The one extremely cute and precious move deployed by Skitter\n * We review Skitterland’s inaugural charter\n * Predictions!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-02/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-c00a1621d4313f40cbc2d2d6e42d3bde.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-10T13:18:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/112-benevolent-bug-queen-4tC1TJkNraM/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4tC1TJkNraM/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4tC1TJkNraM/rss/","guid":"4tC1TJkNraM","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:52:23","itunes:title":"11.2 - \"Benevolent Bug Queen\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":106,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 10 2026","date_published_ms":1773148680000}},{"id":"hDl7fRv6QU6","title":"11.1 - \"Daddy Issues\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-59d665b8352b8b8365ee767d36ffe360.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":49905678,"duration_in_seconds":3741}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/hDl7fRv6QU6/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * This chapter really hooked us\n * Jenny isn't fooled by dreams!\n * Jenny's giving up hope of a secret, non-terrible plan\n * The many layers of Taylor's daddy issues\n * Danny is the best and should have more power(s)\n * Taylor's so good at terror, and at compartmentalization\n * Why does Coil really want to split the Undersiders up?\n * The narrative draw of a Scooby gang\n * Jenny doesn't want this to be the dynamic for all of book two of Worm\n * Taylor needs a new plan because she's really bad at sucking up to people\n * Oops Taylor might be projecting onto Dinah\n * And we might be projecting onto Taylor\n * Not a lot of sympathy for the Merchants here\n * We're in Deadwood now\n * Supervillains do such good work in this book\n * Jenny realizes that Taylor has even more tunnel vision about Dinah than she\n thought\n * We identify Taylor's true combover\n * Revisiting Taylor in the mirror\n * Shatterbird is coming for our vision, probably\n * No ethical consumption under Coil\n * Taylor is not a happy supervillain\n * Taylor used to like her character and not her looks. Now...\n * Their estrangement is clearly worse for Danny than for Taylor\n * Themes of entrapment and violation: they're everywhere!\n * Villainizing the villains\n * We don't want to go to Skitterland\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-01/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-0e20223bafba53e1fb954b1908853b11.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-06T12:57:18.544Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/111-daddy-issues-hDl7fRv6QU6/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/hDl7fRv6QU6/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/hDl7fRv6QU6/rss/","guid":"hDl7fRv6QU6","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:02:21","itunes:title":"11.1 - \"Daddy Issues\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":105,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Mar 06 2026","date_published_ms":1772801838544}},{"id":"DDe72kOv_n6","title":"10.x (bonus) - \"Assigned Female At Compilation\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-15fe1a1eabcaee4dc01f4a77a9561747.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":75412640,"duration_in_seconds":5646}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/DDe72kOv_n6/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.x (bonus).


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.x (bonus).\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * A crack ship is born mid-summary\n * We count the ways we love Dragon\n * The way she is written clearly shows that Dragon is a full person\n * Dragon’s romantic prospects\n * We trust Dragon with power more than anyone we’ve met so far but leaders with\n good personalities do not necessarily create good legacies\n * Was Richter a Bad Dad or just your average God?\n * Is Dragon’s unfairly limited “body” the very thing that makes us see her as a\n person?\n * Dragon the teenager\n * We start into “should Dragon-like AI have rights” discourse but then steer\n ourselves back to Worm proper \n * Dragon’s techno-optimism and Ted’s need for speed limits\n * To be clear, all glory to God Empress Dragon\n * To show off her rapid intelligence, Dragon quickly skimmed all of Worm so far\n and basically only missed Coil\n * Is Dragon the reasonable hero friend Taylor deserves?\n * A digression about rooting against a Taylor glow-up in any adaptation\n * We were sorta surprised at how much we felt for Colin in captivity\n * Colin owns some of his flaws, but not the Skitter-related ones\n * How Dragon’s gender identity affects the way we view her and her\n relationships\n * Wait, is the Birdcage younger than Dragon?\n * The status quo seems to be shifting quite dramatically every few years\n * The female victim as a horror trope (i.e. Ted poorly glosses Men, Women, and\n Chain Saws (1992))\n * It’s tea time in Philosophy Block\n * Ted ships it\n * A few more morsels from the Birdcage\n * Taylor sees Dinah as a MacGuffin\n * Why don’t the Endbringers hang out with each other???\n * Oh no are there children in the Birdcage\n * Dragon sees Colin through Kid Win colored classes\n * We gotta let Dragon be bad to really believe she’s good\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/%c2%ad-arc-10-parasite/10-x-bonus-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-171684079dd87b2157242fe0f0d12109.jpeg","date_published":"2026-03-03T14:56:04.830Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/10x-bonus-assigned-female-at-compilation-DDe72kOv_n6/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/DDe72kOv_n6/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/DDe72kOv_n6/rss/","guid":"DDe72kOv_n6","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:34:06","itunes:title":"10.x (bonus) - \"Assigned Female At Compilation\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":104,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 03 2026","date_published_ms":1772549764830}},{"id":"jw2Ctt8rbUG","title":"10.x - \"Overt Horror\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-f7f460092ae9857d250fe94ae54f5477.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":87578988,"duration_in_seconds":6423}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jw2Ctt8rbUG/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Sophia won Jenny over, but only at the bitter end\n * What a fake-out\n * Regent's emotional numbness\n * Ted grapples with hate in the face of tragic circumstances\n * What if Taylor finds out about this?\n * There's a compelling human impulse behind wanting to use Regent’s power  \n * Regent’s missing piece\n * He likes what he’s doing, but he’s not doing it for himself\n * Where's Regent's self-described conscience in all this?\n * We don’t learn what it’s like to be Regent alone\n * Parallels between Regent's power and Bitch's\n * A pocketful of heroin at all times\n * Wildbow does such a good job of preserving ambiguity about Regent's character\n here\n * What would it take for Regent to become \"a good\"?\n * Regent as a foil for Taylor\n * We as readers are basically using Regent's power all the time\n * We check our assumptions about Sophia’s mom\n * Sophia's weak spot is being looked down upon\n * The mystery of Stephen invites sympathy\n * Jenny still thinks Sophia deserved some of these consequences\n * Emma is not impressed with Regent’s acting\n * Sadly we don't think Emma and Sophia are in love\n * We do what we always do: analyze the texts\n * Regent knows one of Taylor’s secrets after this chapter, but Sophia doesn’t\n * Regent fumbles to have Sophia express emotion… could that be role-play?\n Confession?\n * Does Regent not have emotions, or does he just not understand them?\n * Regent: theater kid at heart?\n * Regent feels strongly about Brockton Bay, if nothing else\n * Regent doesn't build relationships, and he's severing Sophia's\n * The question of Regent's queerness\n * Regent, like Coil, has a stakes problem\n * Ethical applications of Regent's power\n * Read Seek y'all\n * Will Jenny finally get the Dragon interlude she’s been craving?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/%c2%ad-arc-10-parasite/10-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-f91e464be3c9e2f37d3db54f2b3441f2.jpeg","date_published":"2026-02-27T14:47:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/10x-overt-horror-jw2Ctt8rbUG/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jw2Ctt8rbUG/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jw2Ctt8rbUG/rss/","guid":"jw2Ctt8rbUG","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:47:03","itunes:title":"10.x - \"Overt Horror\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":103,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Feb 27 2026","date_published_ms":1772203620000}},{"id":"slxuHVowqWD","title":"10.6 - \"The End\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-06912f38e4f080a4d7a54cfe8aade15e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":62475775,"duration_in_seconds":4646}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/slxuHVowqWD/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.6.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.6.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * We forgot about Dauntless again RIP :(\n * Jenny brings down the hammer on Taylor’s foolishness\n * Is Taylor taking the same kind of deal Kayden did?\n * Ted tries to shore up Jenny’s secret takedown theory\n * The real problem with Taylor’s request is that she’s no threat to Coil\n * Why save the world when you can save one girl?\n * Maybe this is night eight of Coil trying crazier and crazier schemes to get\n his hands on this data\n * If Jack brings the end, he’s gonna need some Endbringers\n * We get another set of story-defining stakes laid out here\n * Interpreting Taylor’s apparent foolishness psychologically vs. narratively\n * At podcast speed you might drown in narrative tension\n * Do we only cut Taylor slack to the extent that she’s narratively dominating?\n * Look, at least Regent isn’t controlling Shadow Stalker, Vista, AND Kid Win\n * Is it fucked up or does it just look fucked up?\n * Would you rather experience one Regent-sized bad day or one hundred\n Sophia-sized bad days?\n * Bad things will certainly happen if Sophia doesn’t just slink away\n * Taylor dominates Bitch: heartless or “the heart”?\n * Good or bad, this seems pretty easy for Taylor\n * The Undersiders have no real opposition left in Brockton Bay\n * Shatterbird, uh, controls spiders?\n * Violence is sticky\n * And a coping mechanism\n * Ted defends Rachel’s betrayal\n * What Taylor says may be obscured by how she says it\n * How do the rest of the Undersiders see Skitter?\n * Coil gets his Dr. Claw on\n * Predictions for the next two interludes\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/%c2%ad-arc-10-parasite/10-6/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-7d867d3f7537a6925ab77f0dd2b23538.jpeg","date_published":"2026-02-24T15:16:05.685Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/106-the-end-slxuHVowqWD/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/slxuHVowqWD/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/slxuHVowqWD/rss/","guid":"slxuHVowqWD","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:17:26","itunes:title":"10.6 - \"The End\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":102,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Feb 24 2026","date_published_ms":1771946165685}},{"id":"KAKvvRIHkGQ","title":"10.5 - \"Strong Moral Code\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-bc3b927c9bc38b5b776afec181c9ec7f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":32181460,"duration_in_seconds":2401}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/KAKvvRIHkGQ/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.5.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.4.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.3.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Where was Imp?\n * Putting the Weld in Well Done\n * We know the Wards better than Taylor\n * What on earth are the Undersiders trying to do?\n * Hopefully Imp is just a phase\n * Ted doesn’t think Shadow Stalker could pull this off\n * The PRT officer who bent the rules is gonna get canned\n * Judgy teen Taylor is back, and might not want to look too closely in the\n mirror right now\n * She’d be a fool to trust Coil\n * How can you be so pessimistic about beating Coil and so optimistic about\n influencing him?\n * Has Taylor lost herself since her big moment in Arc 8, or did she cut the\n reader out of her next insinuation plot?\n * Seeing Dinah in the mirror\n * Maybe Taylor is succumbing to nostalgia\n * She just CAN’T settle for Coil\n * Taylor brings herself low to get back with her ex-friends\n * We like that Alec picks Taylor\n * Brian craves control and Aisha is here I guess\n * Bitch’s beatdown comedy\n * New season, new team dynamic\n * Should the Undersiders trust this much in the power of friendship? Of\n course!!!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/%c2%ad-arc-10-parasite/10-2/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-e0d5c22171a6886c0998d0e1ce449d7b.jpeg","date_published":"2026-02-10T13:10:17.768Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/102-blorbo-vs-blorbo-YrQhTXwqGHO/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/YrQhTXwqGHO/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/YrQhTXwqGHO/rss/","guid":"YrQhTXwqGHO","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:57:33","itunes:title":"10.2 - \"Blorbo vs. Blorbo\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":98,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Feb 10 2026","date_published_ms":1770729017768}},{"id":"AHiyDkOQtUT","title":"10.1 - \"Repiloting\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-fcfbf9a581f166adcef38b4966abb6eb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":47104432,"duration_in_seconds":3547}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/AHiyDkOQtUT/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Regent the Yeerk\n * Talking through how his power works\n * What’s their plan for Sophia, both short and long term?\n * Arc 9 has made it harder for us to root for Taylor vs. the (non-Sophia) Wards\n * Whatever she’s all in on, it’s not Coil\n * Jenny could see Taylor setting any number of goals at this point\n * Well, does she deserve it? The narrative tempts us to say yes or not think\n about it too hard\n * Does Regent’s power doom him to villainy?\n * Guessing at what’s in Regent’s head right now\n * Genre tropes help cover up the horror\n * Undersiders personnel changes\n * Secret Grue feelings about Taylor\n * Taylor spends a lot of time thinking about Rachel\n * Jenny predicted Imp's annoyingness correctly\n * Grue's dependency on Coil\n * Why doesn't this version of the U.S. have endbringer FEMA?\n * We're so happy to be back in Taylor's head\n * Broken windows isn't a thing for Taylor\n * The worms of Brockton Bay are thematically ascendant\n * We're starting season two of the Worm TV show\n * Procedural stuff continues to be satisfying\n * What's eating Brian?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/%c2%ad-arc-10-parasite/10-1/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-695cb5d3b367621b646ea68450f161d7.jpeg","date_published":"2026-02-06T15:05:36.462Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/101-repiloting-AHiyDkOQtUT/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/AHiyDkOQtUT/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/AHiyDkOQtUT/rss/","guid":"AHiyDkOQtUT","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:59:07","itunes:title":"10.1 - \"Repiloting\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":97,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Feb 06 2026","date_published_ms":1770390336462}},{"id":"SeDl3tw_xTd","title":"9.6 - \"Anything Feels Justified Now\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-affdeca41700d256180f55d97f069455.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":55287398,"duration_in_seconds":4163}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/SeDl3tw_xTd/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.6.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.6.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * We have feelings about Angelica\n * Seeing Skitter from the outside!\n * Unclear in what way Skitter is a member of the Undersiders right now\n * What's with Imp?\n * We contemplate degrees of premeditation\n * Sophia: a means to an end?\n * Could the Undersiders be turning on Coil?\n * We feel so distant from Taylor. We need answers!!\n * Murder attempts galore\n * Sophia just gave Taylor carte blanche\n * Did Piggot cover up a murder?\n * Do the Undersiders know about Sophia the bully?\n * The many ironies of Sophia\n * We try to get into Taylor's shoes here\n * Taylor was so impressive in this fight\n * But she can't do it alone\n * Bitch's training strategies\n * Grue's power vs. Sophia's\n * Sophia's rage levels are high\n * The desire for power and freedom as an ongoing Worm theme\n * The mental limitations on powers\n * Emma the enigma\n * Emma and Sophia's friendship, the other enigma\n * Jenny discards some theories\n * What has Sophia been through if she thinks the Wards are sheltered?\n * Aegis the sartorial Ward??\n * We remember that Sophia is a teenager\n * We conjecture wildly about her trigger event\n * Doing what’s necessary\n * Predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-9-sentinel-interludes/9-6/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-66e6edb6cf81d7a4efadb007893c1dbf.jpeg","date_published":"2026-02-03T13:17:35.850Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/96-anything-feels-justified-now-SeDl3tw_xTd/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/SeDl3tw_xTd/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/SeDl3tw_xTd/rss/","guid":"SeDl3tw_xTd","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:09:23","itunes:title":"9.6 - \"Anything Feels Justified Now\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":96,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Feb 03 2026","date_published_ms":1770124655850}},{"id":"IyAYtImvoKJ","title":"9.5 - \"Where's The Lie?\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-f2931c00d5583c9be796248577a89fa1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":50486609,"duration_in_seconds":3779}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/IyAYtImvoKJ/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Sophia isn’t worth all this trouble\n * Vista, in particular, has no way to reach her\n * But we don’t want her to, because seeing her get under Sophia’s skin was SO\n SATISFYING\n * Are there hidden costs to abiding Shadow Stalker?\n * How superpowers sharpen and distort our understanding of why “bad apples” are\n protected\n * Maybe Vista could leverage her strong rating if she had the mind to\n * Hess’ The Art of Bullying\n * Who, if anyone, does Sophia love? You’ll definitely guess Jenny’s answer\n * Sophia’s just BSing but we do consider the horrors of Gallant’s power\n * Weld steps up\n * Gotta say, Weld’s PSA about crying will be great PR\n * Less of a death wish and more of a death acknowledgement\n * The symbolic power of Vista’s scar\n * This thirteen year old cape is giving us a lot of Animorphs feelings\n * Such a nice win for the Wards to find out Chariot's a spy. Too bad their\n knowledge won't help them!\n * Taylor's anti-hero bias is going to hold her back\n * We have the cutest scene in Worm so far\n * Vista's power, politeness, and past: a mysterious triumvirate\n * Vista's power as a metaphor--but for what?\n * Who has seniority, Vista or Shadow Stalker?\n * Turns out praise is a better motivator for Kid Win than hating himself was\n * A Pact Easter egg\n * Vista and intrusive thoughts\n * Vista's take on death might be realistic but isn't healthy\n * The pain of being forced into a role you've outgrown or didn't choose\n * Piggot's personality vs. tactical choices\n * A new theory about Weld's vice\n * What if evil Dragon\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-9-sentinel-interludes/9-5/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-30506829295e1aafa7bd71a2e8950f36.jpeg","date_published":"2026-01-24T02:11:08.672Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/95-wheres-the-lie-IyAYtImvoKJ/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/IyAYtImvoKJ/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/IyAYtImvoKJ/rss/","guid":"IyAYtImvoKJ","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:02:59","itunes:title":"9.5 - \"Where's The Lie?\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":95,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jan 23 2026","date_published_ms":1769220668672}},{"id":"OAngBW5tSf4","title":"9.4 - \"Constantly Shooting Himself\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-7f38944265a4648f40f706d2c678a775.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":51873549,"duration_in_seconds":3882}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/OAngBW5tSf4/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Kid Win has no name\n * Ted makes a formal apology\n * One of the objectively best things that happens in all of Worm\n * The problems in Brockton Bay are stacking up\n * Kid Win: really smart, actually\n * So why does he not think so?\n * And how much is it Armsmaster's fault?\n * Maybe he just needs a gimmick\n * Slaughterhouse Nine origin theories\n * Maybe Kid Win is just a victim of the hero narratives\n * Kid Win also lacks connections\n * Like Taylor, he’s planning to reinvent himself… eventually\n * Even if he was the weakest Ward he would still have plenty to contribute and\n be worthy of our esteem!\n * We came away with different impressions of how risky what Trickster did to\n Vista was\n * Theories about who is steering the Chariot\n * Uhhhhhhhhh don’t you need a warrant for that, Kid Win?\n * Why are we having a Wards interlude anyway?\n * What’s in a (not being called by your) name?\n * “Compact”\n * Hard light\n * Lily fits in and Weld becomes a better manager\n * A new ship name\n * The people of the Bay\n * Kid Win makes a decision he doesn’t regret\n * Predictions!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-9-sentinel-interludes/9-4/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-00db7c5f633da83dee4398e16092b2dc.jpeg","date_published":"2026-01-20T13:49:49.287Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/94-constantly-shooting-himself-OAngBW5tSf4/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/OAngBW5tSf4/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/OAngBW5tSf4/rss/","guid":"OAngBW5tSf4","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:04:42","itunes:title":"9.4 - \"Constantly Shooting Himself\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":94,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jan 20 2026","date_published_ms":1768916989287}},{"id":"O_objC1FLcL","title":"9.3 - \"What They're Here For\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-eb750c871092a645f4af389b04cb3e14.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":49188278,"duration_in_seconds":3771}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/O_objC1FLcL/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny's very good at predicting Wards (so far)\n * Clockblocker: not a bad guy, pretty much!\n * Clockblocker would have loved those training exercises\n * We review some murder candidates and posit some new ones\n * The Wards maybe should've thought before they fought\n * But it's a very cops and robbers fight\n * Trickster is a star!\n * What is becoming of New Wave?\n * Glory Girl using her pushy side for good\n * The questionable benefits of proximity to Panacea\n * We love Vista. Such Vista fans here\n * RIP to the old Dennis\n * Sometimes all you do need is a good fight, actually\n * The emotional power of a crush on someone way too old for you\n * What a classic professor. So professorial.\n * Ted wants Jenny to write her Parahumans 103 final\n * The seeding hypothesis supports the trio hypothesis\n * Is the genetics explanation really off the table?\n * We want to see Scion through Tattletale's eyes\n * Powers vs. privilege\n * Intelligent cape design? By someone other than WIldbow?\n * Some powers do cause problems, though\n * This seems like a difficult topic to be scientific about\n * A new interpretation of Brian's trigger event\n * Clockblocker is not a theoretician, but he's wrong\n * Some alternate history, as a treat\n * It's hard to do normal stuff when the world is falling apart\n * Clockblocker has the worst possible power for this moment in his life\n * Can it be a slur if it applies to only one person?\n * Maybe Taylor and Clockblocker would be friends, if she hadn't put bugs under\n his eyelids\n * We don't care about Gallant the way the characters do\n * The hero narrative is useful in so many ways\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-9-sentinel-interludes/9-3/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-44211d90331786dbbc308c705585158f.jpeg","date_published":"2026-01-16T13:59:02.891Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/93-what-theyre-here-for-O_objC1FLcL/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/O_objC1FLcL/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/O_objC1FLcL/rss/","guid":"O_objC1FLcL","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:02:51","itunes:title":"9.3 - \"What They're Here For\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":93,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jan 16 2026","date_published_ms":1768571942891}},{"id":"KezO6IbSmbn","title":"9.2 - \"Lawful Good Easy Street\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-76750e3f599f3f35522e1d84dfc34cef.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":47976654,"duration_in_seconds":3555}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/KezO6IbSmbn/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * We don’t even need gaydar for this one\n * Girl friends or girlfriends?\n * Scratching the surface of Lily’s need for connection to see what’s underneath\n * Sophia’s not putting up much of a front\n * We establish a motif about D&D alignments\n * The parkour here is top notch\n * The city challenges outsiders in many ways\n * Sophia sees power more clearly but also feels more insecure about it\n * Whether Sophia “breaks” from a need to participate in what’s going on around\n her\n * But does Sophia like spending time with Emma and Madison?\n * It is fun to watch Shadow Stalker in action though\n * Team Brutalize This Guy With The Trash Can Lid vs. Team Don’t\n * There’s no good outlet for the people of Brockton Bay\n * The PRT doesn’t have a signal beacon for delivering aid, so we think Lily’s\n using her power of discretion pretty well\n * At least she’s a pretty sadist???\n * Ted gets into how “breaking” works despite not really knowing how It works\n * We ship it\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-9-sentinel-interludes/9-2/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-155b7edb21afa14430a703916cca0703.jpeg","date_published":"2026-01-13T12:02:35.806Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/92-lawful-good-easy-street-KezO6IbSmbn/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/KezO6IbSmbn/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/KezO6IbSmbn/rss/","guid":"KezO6IbSmbn","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:59:15","itunes:title":"9.2 - \"Lawful Good Easy Street\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":92,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jan 13 2026","date_published_ms":1768305755806}},{"id":"ZsNhmj2whrL","title":"9.1 - \"Will You Recover From Trauma?\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-d4f2b71d234447e98ffc7fc8db4213ee.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":59569950,"duration_in_seconds":4453}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/ZsNhmj2whrL/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Sentinel 9.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Weld doesn't have the trauma to relate to these Wards\n * Classic new manager problems\n * Piggot and a sink or swim philosophy\n * Weld is a character from a different genre of superhero story\n * The Wards are going through it\n * The question of hope for Brockton Bay\n * How does Coil feel about the Merchants?\n * Piggot's sympathy for the people of Brockton Bay and good policies around\n white supremacy\n * Piggot might just have a bad personality\n * If only the Wards had done those trainings sooner\n * Jenny attempts to describe what the categories mean\n * But why aren't these categories SCIENTIFIC siiiigh\n * Changer vs. shifter vs. shaper\n * Have they stopped underestimating Taylor...\n * They certainly haven't stopped underestimating Coil\n * What would happen if Taylor showed up at Piggot's door and told her about\n Coil?\n * Soft-launching SlugBug\n * Weld the smart jock\n * Superpowers as a race metaphor\n * Maybe Weld's just into ASMR\n * Turns out the cops and robbers thing is actually a deliberate strategy\n * The Protectorate is all about DEI\n * The stigma around capes has been shaping Taylor's story, too\n * We want the Director Armstrong story\n * A Shadow Stalker interlude??\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-9-sentinel-interludes/9-1/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-a65d59a34d01eae9381e6366945f7a5b.jpeg","date_published":"2026-01-09T13:33:39.491Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/91-will-you-recover-from-trauma-ZsNhmj2whrL/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/ZsNhmj2whrL/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/ZsNhmj2whrL/rss/","guid":"ZsNhmj2whrL","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:14:13","itunes:title":"9.1 - \"Will You Recover From Trauma?\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":91,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jan 09 2026","date_published_ms":1767965619491}},{"id":"g4nhIVTE4vg","title":"8.mailbag - \"I Want To Have Hope\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-f4cd54039a809b9a1fa00a9441682a73.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":53091174,"duration_in_seconds":4049}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/g4nhIVTE4vg/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss listener questions, again.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss listener questions, again.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * A flawless intro\n * The shoes have dropped\n * How Worm has infected Jenny\n * Rachel disambiguation\n * Jenny picks favorite moments, characters, and predictions\n * New theories from Jenny, with an assist from our friend Dave\n * The unexpected relevance of Madison\n * Our most anticipated interludes (in order!)\n * Jenny faces several dilemmas when she is isekai’d into the start of Worm\n * Correcting the record on “one of the bad days”\n * Revisiting “Worm”\n * Expectations for the rest of the story\n * Comparing Taylor and Buffy\n * How it all ends\n * Mayorlor theory\n * When does Coil fall?\n * Shipping corner!\n * Jenny picks some cosplays and almost gets cancelled\n * Harbinger, Sundial, Katamari, Black Hole, and Singularity\n * Animorphs corner!\n * Can Taylor control a Yeerk? And other such questions\n * What other podcast-worthy properties can we think of?\n * The superpower that every listener shares!!!!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-69265961d7cffad1d4231ae6e312aa02.jpeg","date_published":"2026-01-06T13:42:59.016Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/8mailbag-i-want-to-have-hope-g4nhIVTE4vg/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/g4nhIVTE4vg/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/g4nhIVTE4vg/rss/","guid":"g4nhIVTE4vg","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:07:29","itunes:title":"8.mailbag - \"I Want To Have Hope\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":90,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jan 06 2026","date_published_ms":1767706979016}},{"id":"66paQ0PIiI-","title":"8.x - \"Too Much Control Is Bad For You\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-6ca31cd59cf222425f2f2206e653b520.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":42644326,"duration_in_seconds":3225}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/66paQ0PIiI-/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Merry Inchmas! It’s the first Noelle chapter\n * Coil hasn’t won yet but realistically who’s gonna stop him?\n * Details of horrible vices left as an exercise for the reader\n * Are Coil’s timelines basically a guilt-free personal Westworld?\n * Do absolute power fantasies corrupt absolutely fantastically?\n * And yet, Coil is unhappy\n * While writing these notes, Ted realizes that if he had Coil’s power he\n wouldn’t mind exercising at all omggggg jealous\n * Coil wins the Stanley Cup\n * Like with his collection of useful people, Coil has made himself desperate…\n for control\n * The horrors of Noelle and Creep are also left to our imaginations\n * We have a lot of questions but not many answers about Noelle\n * The way Dinah's odds change just underscores how chaotic the world can be\n * Some Undersiders speculation\n * Coil learns that he took a bad risk overnight\n * Coil’s people are his possessions\n * Tattletale’s blind spot re: Coil’s character\n * Coil’s (potential) blind spot re: Taylor’s possible desperation\n * The potential torments of her future are not left to Dinah’s imagination\n * Ted isn’t buying Mr. Pitter’s backstory\n * Coil is the evil next door on a couple of levels\n * Jenny predicts Coil will win, only to lose later\n * Announcement! Inchworm will return with a mailbag episode on 1/6/26\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-62ec98cd82eef8ad0d84d35934d44cc8.jpeg","date_published":"2025-12-26T13:30:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/8x-too-much-control-is-bad-for-you-66paQ0PIiI-/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/66paQ0PIiI-/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/66paQ0PIiI-/rss/","guid":"66paQ0PIiI-","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:53:45","itunes:title":"8.x - \"Too Much Control Is Bad For You\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":89,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Dec 26 2025","date_published_ms":1766755800000}},{"id":"fpPZMzwcjo1","title":"8.8 - \"How To Move Forward\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-3bbf091b733cbdbeb786e9f007d77c5f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":63283167,"duration_in_seconds":4654}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fpPZMzwcjo1/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.8.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.8.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The end of Book One of Worm\n * The power of “I can do better than that”\n * The mystery of what Taylor will do next\n * Can Taylor get Dragon’s number from Armsmaster?\n * Envisioning Taylor’s Crew\n * Bug-based humanitarianism\n * The distancing effect of a small time skip\n * Is it time for Taylor to make amends with Danny?\n * Arc 8 shows how Wildbow is an excellent Game Master\n * Taylor’s meta-textual luck\n * The more Coil controls, the better his power gets\n * What if a normal person had Coil’s power?\n * Re-tracing Coil’s effects on the story so far\n * Lisa was taking on so much risk with Taylor, and we’re wondering why\n * Rating Lisa on a scale from 1 (Bestie) to 10 (Mastermind) is tough\n * Jenny’s head canon for Lisa’s smile destroys Ted\n * Friends vs. morals\n * Taylor’s comb-over\n * This conversation forces Taylor to face reality\n * Lisa is really listening to Taylor\n * Taylor’s choice feels clearly derived from her character, even if the\n narrative is opaque\n * Ted thinks Endbringer funerals could work like college graduations\n * Those who are left off the memorial\n * What does Coil know about Skitter?\n * The end of Act One of Worm: The Musical\n * Taylor, alone and guilty and conflicted\n * Voltron capes\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-8/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-31f459e2531630ae9afdcc06477cc6fa.jpeg","date_published":"2025-12-23T13:52:22.512Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/88-how-to-move-forward-fpPZMzwcjo1/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fpPZMzwcjo1/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fpPZMzwcjo1/rss/","guid":"fpPZMzwcjo1","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:17:34","itunes:title":"8.8 - \"How To Move Forward\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":88,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Dec 23 2025","date_published_ms":1766497942512}},{"id":"aotVdJRlQr2","title":"8.7 - \"Not Good Enough\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-9064afc048d2a81de57fa72145b8eeb3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":70387369,"duration_in_seconds":5305}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/aotVdJRlQr2/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.7.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.7.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * This revelation to the Undersiders had to happen, actually\n * Why did Tattletale go along with the lie?\n * We think better of some of these heroes than Taylor\n * Legend is someone who cares about optics\n * Turns out Armsmaster is a shameless hypocrite with a lot of reasons to hate\n Taylor\n * Jenny is still rooting for the Amy / Taylor friendship\n * The meaning behind the hero and villain labels\n * Armsmaster as a foil for Taylor\n * There's a reason Miss Militia and Legend believe Tattletale's story -- and a\n reason the Undersiders believe Tattletale's\n * Armsmaster's downfall made this chapter so much more palatable than it\n would've been\n * The arm is a metaphor\n * The power of teen sass\n * Worm is dark and gritty and still gives us the occasional escapist fantasy\n * The potential for a future Undersiders reconciliation\n * Hard to see where the story goes from here\n * Each cape’s personality matters a lot\n * Where are our post-battle pamphlets?\n * Jenny still feels like they should be better at this Endbringer thing\n * You’re not paranoid if they’re really out to get you\n * Jenny's dreams of Taylor outing Shadow Stalker\n * The challenge of reclaiming straying heroes\n * We're glad they see the value in Taylor and the Undersiders\n * Jenny distrusts Taylor's Emma theories. Fortunately she has her own\n * Taylor is back to her Arc 1 self (she’s been through a lot!)\n * The power of friendship (only takes her so far)\n * Hero and villain as social roles\n * Lisa is the best improv artist\n * Choices that are false choices\n * Look, everybody should read Worm!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-7/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-daae632c8cd4d66f940bd343baa23d82.jpeg","date_published":"2025-12-19T12:35:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/87-not-good-enough-aotVdJRlQr2/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/aotVdJRlQr2/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/aotVdJRlQr2/rss/","guid":"aotVdJRlQr2","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:28:25","itunes:title":"8.7 - \"Not Good Enough\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":87,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Dec 19 2025","date_published_ms":1766147700000}},{"id":"p3gdxn_STBj","title":"8.6 - \"Happier As A Villain\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-16df943652a6f4e7e75a206cdd5b412e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":53593192,"duration_in_seconds":3995}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/p3gdxn_STBj/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.6.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.6.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Oops, Taylor and Jenny both forgot about protecting secret identities\n * Odds are good that Sophia doesn’t know Taylor is Skitter\n * Reviewing what we remember about Sophia’s two identities in light of this\n knowledge\n * If anyone other than Taylor knew that Shadow Stalker had caused Skitter’s\n trigger event, wouldn’t it be a huge deal?\n * Taylor’s reason for not joining the Wards is also a very real and relatable\n existential horror\n * The Protectorate probably have non-threatening reasons to debrief Skitter\n * Amy pulls the rug out from under the heroes here\n * When you push Taylor’s buttons this hard, this is how she responds\n * Unlike Lisa, Amy doesn’t get anything but thrills from these mind games\n * Operation Roach Key\n * Maybe Taylor’s power is SPECIAL\n * What earns you a bigger rating from the PRT?\n * We go back to bug school (and monster school)\n * Whether Amy qualifies as “decent” or not, she’s sure creepy!\n * Amy’s afraid of being bad, which is why she can’t pass up on the ethical hall\n pass of tormenting Skitter\n * Taylor’s genuine apology is dismissed\n * The legal landscape around Endbringer fights\n * Taylor’s biggest mistake this chapter is main character syndrome\n * Is Taylor right to be paranoid, given the specific heroes she’s worried\n about?\n * Taylor alone, again\n * Reframing Taylor’s behavior as rational with iffy priors\n * Predictions (and other odds and ends)\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-6/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-91079eda1beeae1f65c77da31e1fea62.jpeg","date_published":"2025-12-16T13:14:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/86-happier-as-a-villain-p3gdxn_STBj/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/p3gdxn_STBj/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/p3gdxn_STBj/rss/","guid":"p3gdxn_STBj","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:06:35","itunes:title":"8.6 - \"Happier As A Villain\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":86,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Dec 16 2025","date_published_ms":1765890840000}},{"id":"Ub52jacoBoC","title":"8.5 - \"Beneath His Notice\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-e72eb059c84775f45e1bb235a9375df3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":51874659,"duration_in_seconds":3848}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Ub52jacoBoC/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * One of Jenny's least favorite moments of anything ever!\n * We're outraged by the medical establishment and also the PRT\n * Maybe Taylor should have known better than to, uh, be a villain\n * Taylor got here through a tragedy of circumstances\n * Maybe she should've just joined the Wards, though\n * Panacea predictions\n * Scion is so Jesus-coded\n * Theories about Taylor's power-up\n * Was Leviathan trying to target Coil?\n * Unfair that Leviathan's attention is focused on destruction at so many\n different scales\n * The halberd is a beautiful prop\n * The triumph of the bug people\n * Passing a persuasion check\n * The New Wave family saga\n * How come Scion can't kill the Endbringers?\n * We want an interlude from Scion's human contact\n * Does Scion actually hate humans, or what?\n * Effective anticlimax\n * The best revenge is being better than Mr. Gladly\n * Taylor's relationship to preserving her own life\n * Taylor's not the main character in other people's lives\n * Feelings about Bitch the hero and her connection to Taylor\n * The Undersiders might have made it through this fight okay? The dogs\n definitely didn't though\n * We want Armsmaster and Flechette to collaborate\n * We were sold on bringing all these random capes to the fight\n * Where's the tinker army in this fight?\n * Strider's death has some concerning implications\n * This arc is really creating a desire for the extermination of the Endbringers\n * This story is about capes, but sometimes we have to remember the civilians\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-5/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-c92e0630302f50933f77219a4af0bf9c.jpeg","date_published":"2025-12-12T13:36:58.699Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/85-beneath-his-notice-Ub52jacoBoC/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Ub52jacoBoC/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Ub52jacoBoC/rss/","guid":"Ub52jacoBoC","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:04:08","itunes:title":"8.5 - \"Beneath His Notice\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":85,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Dec 12 2025","date_published_ms":1765546618699}},{"id":"pYr_-fHaWnP","title":"8.4 - \"They Are All So Small\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-9e50c4b2efee3892753826024a14de7d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":54005357,"duration_in_seconds":4107}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pYr_-fHaWnP/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * We got just as caught up in the drama of Armsmaster vs. Leviathan as Taylor\n * Why cars are just the roofs of the street\n * Taylor’s clever thinking earns her the front-row seat\n * Taylor Hebert’s Bug Recon\n * A glimmer of cooperation\n * How will a life debt change the Armsmaster and Skitter dynamic going forward?\n * If this Armsmaster guy would shut up we might actually like him\n * Being bigheaded and being really talented are basically the same thing for\n Colin\n * We think he’d be even better if he worked with a team, or just Tattletale\n * Jenny finally gets to know “what the story’s about”\n * Parahumans Trinitarianism\n * Scion may the be starkest example of the coordination and communication\n problem the capes are having\n * How some of Jenny’s big questions deserve answers beyond “suspend your\n disbelief”, and how Coil’s power could be one of those answers\n * You gotta monologue your big hero moment\n * Did Aegis have Endbringer biology?\n * Is Leviathan tapped into the armbands? (No, definitely not)\n * Was Leviathan actually worried for a second?\n * Wildbow’s narrative power move\n * Taylor’s doppelganger tech\n * Predictions and names\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-4/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-62ddb60e1265b88f5bf76f8322300203.jpeg","date_published":"2025-12-09T14:22:38.561Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/84-they-are-all-so-small-pYr_-fHaWnP/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pYr_-fHaWnP/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pYr_-fHaWnP/rss/","guid":"pYr_-fHaWnP","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:08:27","itunes:title":"8.4 - \"They Are All So Small\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":84,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Dec 09 2025","date_published_ms":1765290158561}},{"id":"yIrgCosYAso","title":"8.3 - \"What Can One Girl Do?\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-0d8793f20b8deeae35d2127367eb1ad7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":41074566,"duration_in_seconds":3115}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/yIrgCosYAso/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Welp, it sure was a down chapter\n * Not to be all Taylor about it but why is this the best the heroes can do?\n * What does Taylor think she's going to be able to do?\n * \"So... we good now, Clockblocker?\"\n * The action is out of scale with our hero. What does that mean for the\n narrative going forward?\n * Some of the losses are starting to hurt\n * Compartmentalization keeps her going\n * This battle feels like a waste of powers\n * Reluctantly handing it to Armsmaster\n * Jenny's new theory connecting the source of powers to the Endbringers\n * What's this Leviathan guy thinking?\n * Somebody give Faultline the Manton effect override cheatcode already!\n * Mourning Shielder and Dauntless and the suffering of children\n * Bastion juuuuust missed the \"dying a hero\" window\n * Ruthless Taylor expands her inventory and does medicine\n * The heroes should take some cues from Taylor's utilitarianism\n * This chapter is a microcosm of Taylor's growth across the first seven arcs\n * Some good procedural details\n * This was a really well-handled action sequence\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-3/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-dda1eb1be9af14a976f53616353d7232.jpeg","date_published":"2025-12-05T13:41:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/83-what-can-one-girl-do-yIrgCosYAso/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/yIrgCosYAso/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/yIrgCosYAso/rss/","guid":"yIrgCosYAso","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:51:55","itunes:title":"8.3 - \"What Can One Girl Do?\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":83,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Dec 05 2025","date_published_ms":1764942060000}},{"id":"t2caixDo0dm","title":"8.x (bonus) - \"Do We Need To Have Monsters?\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-b0c61c25c0ff4449e68c906a40ca4e82.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":91616649,"duration_in_seconds":6889}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/t2caixDo0dm/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.x (bonus).


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Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny wants it to be even weirder\n * The story demands Taylor do something big but what could it possibly be?\n * smol bean Leviathan theory\n * It remains great that the Undersiders are underdogs\n * How does Legend actually feel about the bad guys?\n * How do normal people actually feel about the good guys?\n * Listen out for the spoiler warning if you haven’t read Watchmen!\n * Re-examining cops and robbers\n * Why does Armsmaster even bother asking about Bitch?\n * Ted’s poker face cracks\n * The armbands!!!!\n * Why can’t Strider simply teleport Leviathan into the ocean ad nauseam?\n * The habitats and migratory patterns of the Endbringers\n * Newlostland\n * Brockton Bay is down but Jenny doesn’t think it’s gonna be out\n * Where the mountain meets the sea\n * When do we get the Endbringer hero shooter? Ted hasn’t really played anything\n since TF2, so does anything out there scratch the itch?\n * Ted gushes about the writing and Leviathan’s bod\n * Is this guy a dinosaur, an experiment, an alien, or an ever-popping water\n balloon?\n * Jenny puts together a super group to stop Leviathan in 8.4\n * Speculation on deaths and interlude characters\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-2/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-91a2d335f1fa7463157b4603372ee8ec.jpeg","date_published":"2025-11-25T12:31:00.794Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/82-the-numbers-that-would-be-needed-0CzZjVF4VxD/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/0CzZjVF4VxD/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/0CzZjVF4VxD/rss/","guid":"0CzZjVF4VxD","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:53:34","itunes:title":"8.2 - \"The Numbers That Would Be Needed\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":81,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Nov 25 2025","date_published_ms":1764073860794}},{"id":"adem2A_LU9O","title":"8.1 - \"A High School Cafeteria Scene\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-fc4bb6f961015afedbecd02236319207.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":35181197,"duration_in_seconds":2612}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/81-a-high-school-cafeteria-scene-adem2A_LU9O/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny's dying of suspense\n * A parahuman response, but no military?\n * We're meeting some pretty intense capes. Amazing that they're not gonna be\n enough\n * This is gonna be bad...but fast, apparently\n * We get why the heroes are here. Unclear about the villains\n * Also unclear why the Endbringer is here, actually\n * Jenny has sea monster theories\n * Taylor's such a fangirl\n * But sadly she's part of a one-person fan club right now\n * This chapter is basically the lunchroom scene in Mean Girls\n * Let's get Taylor back in with the Undersiders soon, mmkay?\n * Some very teenage cynicism\n * Taylor finding herself a bit of an unfortunate celebrity\n * How are all these villains and heroes going to organize themselves?\n * Some people's motives for being in this fight may be less than pure\n * Death predictions\n * We do a brief survey of the capes\n * There's an awkward child soldier angle here\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-1/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-887da727e54c775c955d476806d3b2f9.jpeg","date_published":"2025-11-21T13:26:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/81-a-high-school-cafeteria-scene-adem2A_LU9O/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/adem2A_LU9O/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/adem2A_LU9O/rss/","guid":"adem2A_LU9O","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:43:32","itunes:title":"8.1 - \"A High School Cafeteria Scene\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":80,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Nov 21 2025","date_published_ms":1763731560000}},{"id":"7MLxP4JgeMQ","title":"7.x - \"Always With Her\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-c56720f7e6ec2bd6b2e22eb8216bd59e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":53041755,"duration_in_seconds":4012}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/7MLxP4JgeMQ/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * How Hannah sees Colin\n * Jenny isn’t attending this pity party\n * Why does Armsmaster even want a management role if he knows he’s bad at it?\n * If she gets the chance, will Hannah be ready to lead the heroes of Brockton\n Bay?\n * Miss Militia is much more authentically patriotic than she first seems\n * Does Hannah’s advancement reflect meritocracy or instrumentalization?\n * The vision: Jenny connects a few ideas with red string and Ted asks for a\n vibe check\n * Hannah keeps her own counsel\n * Connections to Kurdish history and arc 7\n * Hannah has accepted some inevitable casualties\n * The triggering moment\n * What Hannah lost to her power\n * PTSD and/or the immigrant experience\n * Meritocracy and management again\n * Ted delights in tinker data science\n * Armsmaster WISHES he couldn’t sleep\n * Come on Ted, why hate on Kid Win when Armsmaster is right there?\n * The Endbringer seems like a natural disaster. Is it also a cape?\n * Uh oh, they target plot!!!!\n * Ted counts the ways this is an excellent chapter\n * Her power isn’t meant for solving big picture problems\n * Predictions and names\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-x-interlude-arc-7-buzz/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-8a3bc52423cb814a97490efb7605b9bd.jpeg","date_published":"2025-11-18T13:06:44.862Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/7x-always-with-her-7MLxP4JgeMQ/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/7MLxP4JgeMQ/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/7MLxP4JgeMQ/rss/","guid":"7MLxP4JgeMQ","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:06:52","itunes:title":"7.x - \"Always With Her\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":79,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Nov 18 2025","date_published_ms":1763471204862}},{"id":"xbID2XyMucb","title":"7.12 - \"True Heroes Are Rare\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-84db5db0a0578daa4ac38801a62a7563.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":55063636,"duration_in_seconds":4235}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/xbID2XyMucb/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.12.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.12.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Not what Jenny expected!\n * Taylor's not just demanding the other Undersiders agree with her. She's\n demanding that they agree with her without stopping to think or talk about it\n * “They still seem like they could be good people,” we lied\n * Not fight an Endbringer? Have you MET Taylor?\n * Do any of the Undersiders really know Taylor, after all?\n * The power of labels\n * Taylor does better with moral compromises when she has a sense of purpose\n * Taylor's headspace here is emotional rather than strategic\n * The Undersiders probably feel really betrayed right now\n * Okay, but Alec is being heinous\n * Taylor might be reading too much into Bitch's response\n * The Panacea problem and effective altruism\n * Brian could have higher standards for himself\n * Taylor's been on a real rollercoaster this arc. Too bad it crashed!\n * What if...WIldbow is the endbringer??\n * Tattletale tries to justify the term “serious kidnapping”\n * Oops Jenny was wrong about the odds\n * Why does Lisa show up at the end, and what are they communicating to each\n other?\n * Jenny tries to meta her way into Tattletale's character\n * Purpose as a temptation\n * Taylor's lack of reflection on how she almost sided with this guy\n * Jenny speculates on existential horror\n * We can't believe the Undersiders also want to fight\n * The Endbringer as an easy out\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-12/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-5646d562ea0e22f658871bfe61cfe03b.jpeg","date_published":"2025-11-14T13:32:11.718Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/712-true-heroes-are-rare-xbID2XyMucb/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/xbID2XyMucb/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/xbID2XyMucb/rss/","guid":"xbID2XyMucb","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:10:35","itunes:title":"7.12 - \"True Heroes Are Rare\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":78,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Nov 14 2025","date_published_ms":1763127131718}},{"id":"R8DMCj8HQmi","title":"7.11 - \"She's Not Walking Away\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-bc690a0343df3fbcc4c97fd2e8fafee7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":42419143,"duration_in_seconds":3253}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/R8DMCj8HQmi/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.11.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.11.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny ALMOST knows what the story is about\n * The cost of working with Coil\n * Coming Soon: Insinuation 2.0\n * Never tell me the odds (after telling me the odds in front of someone who\n hates all this)\n * How Taylor can get the other Undersiders to go along with her presumed plan\n * Dinah’s power and how her situation landed for Jenny\n * Coil as a perverse parent\n * We count the ways this is anathema to Taylor\n * Taylor’s narrative force\n * Just how cautious is Coil?\n * Are the Undersiders in too deep?\n * The urgency of saving Dinah\n * Coil’s a control freak and a show-off\n * Coil’s power helps people who are more creative and resourceful\n * Uh oh, does this mean they’re going to start losing all the time?\n * Even before showing them Dinah, Coil’s non-apology should have the\n Undersiders worried\n * The problem of managing other capes\n * The Undersiders came into this chapter united\n * Skipping that week made the arc better paced and the chapter more exciting\n * Can we just assume E88 stopped destroying the city when Purity did?\n * Taylor’s grand purpose: turning other worms\n * Brockton Bay continues to be a vivid character\n * The Undersiders remind us that they are teens\n * The effective emotional tension at the end of the chapter\n * Predicting who kicks off next chapter’s conversation\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-11/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-a0cacd940189d273b05985de6fd5be4a.jpeg","date_published":"2025-11-11T12:38:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/711-shes-not-walking-away-R8DMCj8HQmi/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/R8DMCj8HQmi/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/R8DMCj8HQmi/rss/","guid":"R8DMCj8HQmi","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:54:13","itunes:title":"7.11 - \"She's Not Walking Away\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":77,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Nov 11 2025","date_published_ms":1762864680000}},{"id":"2cQQL851j1z","title":"7.10 - \"Under Cover Of Light\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-ad7475b9657efe6dd0e71940d733ccf4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":30079782,"duration_in_seconds":2236}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/2cQQL851j1z/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.10.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.10.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Does Lisa’s gambit put her at odds with Coil or not?\n * Taylor didn’t read Purity’s interlude, but Lisa got the gist of it from her\n power\n * The potential for rifts in Empire Eighty-Eight\n * Doesn’t Coil care about his investment in this team? Or was some of this his\n idea?\n * Purity wants to be seen as reasonable\n * This flight Purity and Tattletale took together must have been a feast for\n Tattletale's power\n * Tattletale gets to be the robber she wants to see in the world\n * Seems like things are about to wind down?\n * A lot can happen in the next six days re: Coil and E88\n * Night is so scary powerful it’s good she has that major limitation\n * We don't know what's up with Fog but we don't like it\n * Taylor puts herself on the front line even when the bugs aren't involved\n * The Undersiders all do so well… if only Grue hadn’t been falling apart!\n * Okay but what if you were a medic interacting with Skitter\n * This might be the first time Lisa's tried to kill someone\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-10/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-9909a075184951d50273183d4abd8fcc.jpeg","date_published":"2025-11-07T12:30:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/710-under-cover-of-light-2cQQL851j1z/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/2cQQL851j1z/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/2cQQL851j1z/rss/","guid":"2cQQL851j1z","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:37:16","itunes:title":"7.10 - \"Under Cover Of Light\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":76,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Nov 07 2025","date_published_ms":1762518600000}},{"id":"umXJlYqCx4N","title":"7.9 - \"Scary vs. Scary\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-918519759516a3467aa474e26c37355a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":32596187,"duration_in_seconds":2494}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/umXJlYqCx4N/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.9.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.9.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The lost chapter of Worm\n * Can Grue set his darkness to auto?\n * We compare Night to Mystery Men and Scholomance\n * How does Night’s power actually work? And how can they possibly beat her?\n * We’re at the point in the story where we can fill a battlefield with over a\n dozen familiar cape names\n * Will any heroes take this chance to settle a grudge?\n * Ted gets on board with violence\n * Ghosts aren’t real, Crusader!\n * Why do powers have a family resemblance?\n * A return to Mom (and Dad) discourse\n * Just how close was Regent to killing Rune?\n * Taylor knows the answer won’t change anything, so why is she asking Grue if\n he’s okay?\n * The damage is really piling up over time\n * Some Panacea theories\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-09/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-2a7f4acb674d8d6daaf70d4d8c21aae1.jpeg","date_published":"2025-11-04T12:52:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/79-scary-vs-scary-umXJlYqCx4N/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/umXJlYqCx4N/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/umXJlYqCx4N/rss/","guid":"umXJlYqCx4N","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:41:34","itunes:title":"7.9 - \"Scary vs. Scary\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":75,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Nov 04 2025","date_published_ms":1762260720000}},{"id":"DWiftG5Emg8","title":"7.8 - \"How Win?\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-b6f42c852b6f10ec112c3236fb1fe5e2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":42023283,"duration_in_seconds":3146}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/78-how-win-DWiftG5Emg8/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.8.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.8.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The pleasures of hidden plans\n * What’s that? More power interactions? Hooray!\n * Who needs romance when you have synergy\n * Once again, knowledge is power\n * Speaking of which, when are people going to learn not to underestimate\n Skitter?\n * Despite its fallibility, Grue’s darkness is clutch!\n * Wait, so, if his insides are hooks…? Huh?\n * RIP legs\n * Do morals get in the way of combat effectiveness?\n * Coil's soldiers feel like red shirts even though they’ve all survived\n * Oh yeah, this fight is definitely going to be worse than the one against the\n ABB\n * Do Hookwolf and Kaiser ever get jealous of each other?\n * Empire Eighty-Eight might have a too-many-capes problem\n * Oops all Wolverines?\n * Two adjectives are enough to give us major Regent feels\n * The Taylor & Alec relationship hasn't really settled into a shape yet\n * Is Brian trying to live up to Taylor's view of him?\n * Brian's transparency vs. his one-way perceptions\n * Cliffhangers vs. anticipation\n * The Undersiders' powers vs. Purity\n * We're rooting for a widespread baby-snatching program. And also more\n single-minded villain dads.\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-08/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-4032e611b5a374faefb30bef34106b52.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-31T13:03:13.580Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/78-how-win-DWiftG5Emg8/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/DWiftG5Emg8/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/DWiftG5Emg8/rss/","guid":"DWiftG5Emg8","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:52:26","itunes:title":"7.8 - \"How Win?\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":74,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Oct 31 2025","date_published_ms":1761915793580}},{"id":"6jn0ZoDHkGY","title":"7.7 - \"I'm Not Angry, I'm Disappointed\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-fc2ea1ba30038354542efac33e7e6cf9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":28918388,"duration_in_seconds":2205}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6jn0ZoDHkGY/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.7.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.7.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * A disas(terous chap)ter!\n * Credit where credit is due, Brian was NOT being paranoid\n * Neither was Lisa, in that crossing this line leads to bad places\n * What were they thinking, taking Aster like that? Both in principle and\n pragmatically\n * Or did someone kick the hornet’s nest? (BUZZ BUZZ)\n * Purity's white power, literally\n * The thing is, there are a LOT of hornets\n * Jenny assumes Coil is holding yet undropped shoes\n * Even based just on what we’ve seen from E88 by the end of the chapter, this\n fight isn’t gonna go well for Skitter\n * Taylor has to cover up in front of Brian because her hero is showing\n * Brian disappoints Taylor and she shames him\n * What if this all had happened before she confessed?\n * Lisa splits the difference without taking a moral stance\n * Jenny lays down her marker about what the story is about\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-07/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-0da0026a3497ecb5ef96079ef9966a7f.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-28T12:09:08.454Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/77-im-not-angry-im-disappointed-6jn0ZoDHkGY/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6jn0ZoDHkGY/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6jn0ZoDHkGY/rss/","guid":"6jn0ZoDHkGY","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:36:45","itunes:title":"7.7 - \"I'm Not Angry, I'm Disappointed\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":73,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Oct 28 2025","date_published_ms":1761653348454}},{"id":"Wf3WcuMu0Ty","title":"7.6 - \"The Worm Is Turning\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-6c9d52e83af25ca84d0192c3e51659f6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":37533585,"duration_in_seconds":2745}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Wf3WcuMu0Ty/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.6.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.6.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Sophia: uh, wow, disturbing\n * Worm ideology\n * The real worm was the power we got along the way\n * Sophia calls Taylor a coward but turns out Taylor's rubber and she's glue\n * Re-hashing Emma theories\n * Oops, reverse racism\n * Keeping the bullies relevant\n * Sudden Danny feelings\n * Give Taylor a good boy fight any day\n * She’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing in wolf’s clothing\n * Taylor’s so honest, but Brian wouldn’t lie, right?\n * This story doesn't need the will they/won't they narrative engine\n * On a reread, Ted can’t accept that it was all in Taylor’s head\n * If Brian won’t get in touch with his feelings, we will!\n * Responsibility, stereotypes about women, control, and trauma\n * Taylor is finally looking up dog psychology and Jenny feels so vindicated\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-06/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-d8899bd6112844f3855a36c603889e72.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-24T11:58:13.688Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/76-the-worm-is-turning-Wf3WcuMu0Ty/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Wf3WcuMu0Ty/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Wf3WcuMu0Ty/rss/","guid":"Wf3WcuMu0Ty","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:45:45","itunes:title":"7.6 - \"The Worm Is Turning\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":72,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Oct 24 2025","date_published_ms":1761307093688}},{"id":"4w8RRw6CFMX","title":"7.5 - \"Flaunt\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-4dd3a5e4189abae0cf41174255625ffb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":31927758,"duration_in_seconds":2444}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4w8RRw6CFMX/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny was not expecting this trope!\n * Taylor gets her perv on\n * Was this kiss poetry or a subtle use of power?\n * It certainly wasn’t subtle that Taylor was doing this to prove something to\n Sophia\n * Brian keeps his cool\n * Why have Sophia in this scene?\n * The things Taylor likes most about Brian\n * Alternative sleeping arrangements\n * Taylor as Brian’s confidante\n * Alec is the odd one out in terms of closeness to Taylor\n * The costume metaphor of it all\n * How seriously will Lisa take Brian’s demands of Coil?\n * Predictions and names\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-05/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-d7375eb20ac7de0ba8d283fb3afe5262.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-21T12:15:57.967Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/75-flaunt-4w8RRw6CFMX/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4w8RRw6CFMX/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4w8RRw6CFMX/rss/","guid":"4w8RRw6CFMX","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:40:44","itunes:title":"7.5 - \"Flaunt\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":71,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Oct 21 2025","date_published_ms":1761048957967}},{"id":"72TxPVWbkWU","title":"7.4 - \"There Is No Steady State\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-19f05ed886189f8a4b39ffcb288c12d2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":39019880,"duration_in_seconds":2952}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/72TxPVWbkWU/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The principle of pivot chapters\n * This doxxing is fine. The timing, maybe not\n * Can Bitch have a villain origin story if she's already a villain?\n * Sorry, Lisa, turns out the unwritten rules are fake\n * Lisa might actually have a conscience?\n * The realness of neo-Nazis has us feeling differently about this whole thing\n * Coil's already blending the cape and civilian worlds\n * Lisa might be feeling a little powerless right now\n * BitchBug. It's canon. You heard it here first.\n * The lesbian coding of Bitch's sex advice\n * Taylor's building a foundation of honesty with Bitch (for their eventual\n romance)\n * What if Taylor followed Bitch's advice, though?\n * Taylor the Bitch-whisperer\n * Brian's misplaced Socratic method\n * One way or another, the Undersiders will have to level up\n * Passive bully victim Taylor is nowhere on the scene\n * Does Brian want to be in charge?\n * Kaiser's a nepo baby\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-04/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-aaa832b7876331c9f46a9837a38c6431.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-17T12:11:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/74-there-is-no-steady-state-72TxPVWbkWU/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/72TxPVWbkWU/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/72TxPVWbkWU/rss/","guid":"72TxPVWbkWU","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:49:12","itunes:title":"7.4 - \"There Is No Steady State\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":70,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Oct 17 2025","date_published_ms":1760703060000}},{"id":"VRBPxYnNGyc","title":"7.3 - \"Lunchtime Trauma\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-5cab6855ba38d448ff6473cb7d5cced6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":32337092,"duration_in_seconds":2451}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/VRBPxYnNGyc/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * It’s almost lunchtime, and we know what that means…\n * Here’s Skitter!\n * Just how rational is this brutality? And how disturbing?\n * We greatly prefer a coldly rational combatant to a tropey Hollywood hero\n * When Taylor fights, she leaves nothing on the table\n * Surprisingly, Bitch holds steady while Taylor escalates\n * Will this situation push Bitch toward taking Coil’s deal? \n * She doesn’t just have collies, she has colleagues!\n * E88 are an uncomfortable presence in Brockton Bay and in Worm\n * Share your swarm body Skitter fanart, please!\n * Murder as initiation\n * Taylor’s method of habitchuation\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-03/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-e0feec7b2501f854d64fab7f23917663.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-14T13:02:12.057Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/73-lunchtime-trauma-VRBPxYnNGyc/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/VRBPxYnNGyc/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/VRBPxYnNGyc/rss/","guid":"VRBPxYnNGyc","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:40:51","itunes:title":"7.3 - \"Lunchtime Trauma\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":69,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Oct 14 2025","date_published_ms":1760446932057}},{"id":"Sf-HLmPE2Jm","title":"7.2 - \"The Best Job She Can Get\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-d3d834ac7cfe6a2a69e0eaceb85808f9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":21478368,"duration_in_seconds":1632}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Sf-HLmPE2Jm/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Bitch: a mystery box that's just as good when it's open!\n * Bitch is just Undersiding for the dogs\n * Taylor's working so hard at equalizing the dynamic\n * Bitch as a chosen name rather than a cape name\n * Bitch is a dog healer!\n * Bitch brings out Taylor's impulsive side\n * Power synergy in a non-combat situation!\n * Dogs in packs, being socialized\n * Wildbow is good at avoiding repetition\n * We don't think Taylor's getting punched\n * Self-soothing via bug viewfinder\n * Are humans Coil's bugs?\n * The recurring theme of helplessness\n * What if Bitch gets attacked in a warehouse full of untrained dogs?\n * The most prominent Worm so far\n * With great power comes great people coming along to restrain your power\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-02/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-6856bf58ffd5ff44888f2ba61a55def3.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-10T12:50:58.594Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/72-the-best-job-she-can-get-Sf-HLmPE2Jm/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Sf-HLmPE2Jm/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Sf-HLmPE2Jm/rss/","guid":"Sf-HLmPE2Jm","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:27:12","itunes:title":"7.2 - \"The Best Job She Can Get\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":68,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Oct 10 2025","date_published_ms":1760100658594}},{"id":"6RqPA68dlBm","title":"7.1 - \"Fight And Flight\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-d8d37d6586d80131ab453f7f858501c9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":34921792,"duration_in_seconds":2648}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6RqPA68dlBm/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * It’s a loft chapter!\n * Why Bitch trusts Taylor and not Coil\n * What Bitch, Alec, and Taylor have in common (or not), family-wise\n * Alec has one foot out the door\n * We’re heartbroken\n * What, if anything, is Alec feeling?\n * Well, he definitely felt something about Taylor’s bullies\n * Taylor might need to keep a close eye on Alec…\n * … or maybe not! He’s really tough to read\n * With Heartbreaker out there, no wonder people are scared of Canary (and\n Gallant!)\n * SomeBuzz\n * The sparring is a symbol… of some future plot or something\n * Brian’s a team lead but not a manager\n * Taylor looks to Lisa to fill Brian in about Danny\n * The Undersiders don’t share their personal feelings about Coil’s promises\n * How pure are Taylor’s motives in joining Bitch for work?\n * Predictions and names!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-7-buzz/7-01/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-c922bb05ec54275216774cba7e9e287a.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-07T12:12:10.505Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/71-fight-and-flight-6RqPA68dlBm/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6RqPA68dlBm/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6RqPA68dlBm/rss/","guid":"6RqPA68dlBm","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:44:08","itunes:title":"7.1 - \"Fight And Flight\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":67,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Oct 07 2025","date_published_ms":1759839130505}},{"id":"GkIS8jMekWa","title":"6.x - \"Incredible Bucket Technology\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-0efa13cf49c9f3691ec949bf374afc23.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":45150577,"duration_in_seconds":3373}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/GkIS8jMekWa/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * We're so invested in Canary\n * Jenny is incensed about the \"justice\" system\n * Feeling safe vs. being safe\n * Wildbow is a master of adjusting our allegiances\n * Canary the revolutionary?\n * We analyze some power classifications\n * We want to know so much more about this Birdcage tech!\n * Dragon passes the vibe test\n * How does the Birdcage deal with teleporters?\n * Turns out Lung is funny! And surprisingly straightforward\n * Tinkers sampling other capes' powers\n * Bakuda and Taylor, united in sacrificing their bodies for combat\n * Lung is calling the bluff of contingency planning\n * We'd really like for either Bakuda or Lung to live to cause further trouble\n * Canary is a cautionary tale for Taylor\n * Bugs vs. drones, who would win?\n * Jenny can't wait for the Undersiders to break into the Birdcage to rescue\n Bitch\n * Bluey is obviously a paracanine\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-6fb6d09015b3b4105d837f3415413022.jpeg","date_published":"2025-10-03T10:36:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6x-incredible-bucket-technology-GkIS8jMekWa/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/GkIS8jMekWa/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/GkIS8jMekWa/rss/","guid":"GkIS8jMekWa","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:56:13","itunes:title":"6.x - \"Incredible Bucket Technology\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":66,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Oct 03 2025","date_published_ms":1759487760000}},{"id":"y5LXc0hwwww","title":"6.9 - \"Too Powerful For That\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-03f405a12f57d7cbc696cf29417e397a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":44458218,"duration_in_seconds":3388}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/69-too-powerful-for-that-y5LXc0hwwww/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.9.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.9.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The shoe drops on our emotions, sparing the plot\n * It’s nowhere near as bad as 5.4 for Jenny\n * At the spoiler warning, skip ahead 30 seconds if you don’t want to hear how\n this is different than what happens in Buffy season 2 \n * Which came first, the chicken(ing out of talking to Danny) or the\n egg(knowledgement of her Under-desires)\n * The comb-over as slippery slope\n * Jenny finishes the letter\n * Wait, Taylor likes friends more than the mission? Taylor??\n * Brian gives Taylor a vision of online school, but Coil gives her a vision of\n villainous good\n * It might not be that relevant right now, but would Taylor admit to wanting\n glory?\n * Jenny’s on high alert for the snake man behind the snake curtain\n * If the choice is between Taylor and Skitter, she can only choose Skitter\n * Danny underestimates Taylors power… as a young adult\n * Look, no one’s gonna listen about their comb-over when you’re re-traumatizing\n them \n * Is parental “bullying” inevitable?\n * Bye, Emma!\n * Now we get to see Taylor be a full Undersider! Yay!!\n * We're almost at peak fanfiction time, probably\n * This chapter is breaking our hearts with the mom stuff\n * Taylor's struggle in this chapter is for authenticity\n * The allure of black and white thinking and the freedom of villainy\n * Why is Coil so invested in Bitch, anyway?\n * Jenny figures out who Regent's dad is, probably\n * The name game!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-09/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-aec9ca1daa52344688731968849293a4.jpeg","date_published":"2025-09-30T12:27:03.240Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/69-too-powerful-for-that-y5LXc0hwwww/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/y5LXc0hwwww/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/y5LXc0hwwww/rss/","guid":"y5LXc0hwwww","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:56:28","itunes:title":"6.9 - \"Too Powerful For That\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":65,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Sep 30 2025","date_published_ms":1759235223240}},{"id":"ZLk8ZxH_T9o","title":"6.8 - \"Minions Of The Highest Order\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-7466d1fc22f6c27ff5dc27480d7d137f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":50208814,"duration_in_seconds":3775}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/ZLk8ZxH_T9o/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.8.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.7.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.6.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.6.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * This was so satisfying; we’re so happy\n * Taylor with the witty banter!\n * Armsmaster is quickly rising as our main antagonist\n * Taylor's bugs are gonna go viral\n * Thank goodness Armsmaster is both competent and unlikeable\n * Does Armsmaster have technological assistance in keeping his cool?\n * Does psychic shielding imply there are psychics, actually?\n * The Undersiders operate so well as a team. Unlike the Protectorate\n * New boss theories! If only Armsmaster hadn't abandoned all his friends when\n he got pretty when he got powers\n * A need for codpieces\n * Taylor doesn't try to spare herself in combat. What a hero (sort of).\n * Pushing the bug envelope\n * Taylor is the person in this scene with the most information of anyone, and\n she’s the one who wins\n * Taylor and Armsmaster may not be able to come back from this\n * Armsmaster is a guy who resists being tangled\n * Bitch and Taylor's mutual respect (heart eyes emoji)\n * The contrast between Taylor's inward insecurity and her outward scariness is\n so delightful\n * Unfounded accusations of Taylor stinging innocents\n * Turns out Taylor's motivational underpinnings are mostly... Emma\n * We attempt a scientific analysis of Velocity's power\n * What if the rest of the novel is just fluff, but tense fluff?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-06/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-856674aedb77aac42f99fb93116c61c9.jpeg","date_published":"2025-09-19T11:50:32.995Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/66-the-scariest-of-all-WK1VTH4zghU/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/WK1VTH4zghU/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/WK1VTH4zghU/rss/","guid":"WK1VTH4zghU","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:03:31","itunes:title":"6.6 - \"The Scariest Of All\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":62,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Sep 19 2025","date_published_ms":1758282632995}},{"id":"t9Oy6T1ZX_Y","title":"6.5 - \"Just Keep Winning\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-83cbcb436345e432333026bbe9b77f08.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":34357198,"duration_in_seconds":2672}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/t9Oy6T1ZX_Y/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Will the heroes finally apprehend Skitter? Couldn’t happen when Armsmaster\n has this much hubris\n * Armsmaster did his homework and we like to see it\n * An embarrassment of embarrassment\n * The tension comes not from whether the foam will work but when their luck\n will run out\n * The suspense is getting to Jenny, but she can’t talk herself into thinking\n they’ll actually get arrested \n * Is Taylor getting more comfortable with using human shields?\n * Chekhov’s Emma\n * Lifestyles of the Rich and Capable\n * The foam industry(?)\n * Sadly, no new details on the Assault/Battery relationship (other than their\n cool power combo)\n * Crossing her event horizon lets Taylor focus\n * Taylor’s back on a roof, but everything is bigger\n * Wait, so, what is Armsmaster thinking about Skitter at this point?\n * Predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-05/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-95ab913f6f0acb563700317eeddd4220.jpeg","date_published":"2025-09-16T12:00:25.243Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/65-just-keep-winning-t9Oy6T1ZX_Y/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/t9Oy6T1ZX_Y/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/t9Oy6T1ZX_Y/rss/","guid":"t9Oy6T1ZX_Y","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:44:32","itunes:title":"6.5 - \"Just Keep Winning\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":61,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Sep 16 2025","date_published_ms":1758024025243}},{"id":"-7i9YOHqKSF","title":"6.4 - \"The Person She Thought She Was Being\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-18f24c4bf20183975449d108a671d058.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":38089148,"duration_in_seconds":2882}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-7i9YOHqKSF/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The plan? Jenny loves to (not) see it even though it’s a bad idea\n * Does the narrative demand Taylor lose this one? What if we really want her to\n win again anyway?\n * Before we do any analysis, Jenny pitches a pun-based strategy: Waiters\n Undersiders\n * We dig into the villainous nature of “embarrass them”\n * Jenny introduces us to the boss: Bruce Whyne\n * It’s chaos in Brockton Bay, villain-wise, and we can’t quite make out any\n bigger picture\n * How $1.25M might change the Undersiders\n * So… what would actually happen next if the Undersiders got arrested?\n * Taylor’s identity as a hero comes up against the reality of the tangle\n * The nature of her escapist fantasy has changed from triumphant to penitent\n * She’s honest about the importance of her new friendships, even as she lies to\n herself about other things\n * Reluctant props to Armsmaster\n * Speculation about Lisa’s deal in this chapter\n * All the heavy stuff aside, the Undersiders are a delight in this chapter\n * Predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-04/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-c15c6a10c7808f0e84b53c1eb2f853f6.jpeg","date_published":"2025-09-12T11:23:50.073Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/64-the-person-she-thought-she-was-being--7i9YOHqKSF/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-7i9YOHqKSF/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-7i9YOHqKSF/rss/","guid":"-7i9YOHqKSF","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:48:02","itunes:title":"6.4 - \"The Person She Thought She Was Being\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":60,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Sep 12 2025","date_published_ms":1757676230073}},{"id":"-5Kri1tX1w-","title":"6.3 - \"Smoochless\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-fb745c831ed6b0fe5eb4054e89cba001.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":41154974,"duration_in_seconds":3089}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/63-smoochless--5Kri1tX1w-/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * There's awkwardness! And sexual tension!\n * We anticipate seeing why Taylor will stall on turning in the Undersiders\n * The shit that's going down: Kaiser's gang and/or Bakuda?\n * This caseworker knows how to wield her power\n * Weird that Taylor doesn't connect the dots between Brian's apartment and his\n ill-gotten gains...\n * ...or between Brian's future and her planned betrayal\n * Oh hey, an authority figure who doesn't suck!\n * Taylor's bad at the appearances game even when she tries\n * Taylor actually does a pretty good job at talking on her feet in this chapter\n -- when she knows what she wants, and doesn't get too much in her head\n * Wildbow's attention to detail works in both fight scenes and love scenes! Who\n knew?\n * We're calling it: Brian is definitely interested\n * Brian gets caught in the tangle of his two lives\n * Why is Taylor such a grandpa about Aisha's outfit?\n * Male gaze vs. female envy\n * Is Brian up for the Aisha challenge?\n * She seems fun, though, we like her\n * Nice subversion of superhero secrecy stories\n * What if Taylor ends up in a position where she can't betray the Undersiders?\n * Does Brian even have any secrets? Because we're hearing a lot that he doesn't\n and it's making us suspicious\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-03/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-5cd3aa0d8b4bdf8d0d106bf69791b5b9.jpeg","date_published":"2025-09-05T11:13:19.927Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/63-smoochless--5Kri1tX1w-/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-5Kri1tX1w-/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-5Kri1tX1w-/rss/","guid":"-5Kri1tX1w-","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:51:29","itunes:title":"6.3 - \"Smoochless\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":59,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Sep 05 2025","date_published_ms":1757070799927}},{"id":"cjfOb4-ErYa","title":"6.2 - \"Ominous Bead Of Water\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-8530151a5506df1a60b2be7076bb9a98.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":35966458,"duration_in_seconds":2735}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/cjfOb4-ErYa/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny proves Lisa’s point up top: it’s hard to be into a guy when you’ve seen\n his worst qualities\n * Nothing against Brian, but he’s too obvious (again, ironic!)\n * Jenny is mistrustful of Lisa\n * If we can trust Lisa, is her power affecting her potential relationships or\n is she mostly just young?\n * The eponymous bead\n * Conveniently, Taylor has already ruled out dating Brian due to logic and\n plain facts\n * Taylor’s toughest riddle yet: what specifically makes Brian super hot?\n * The missing piece Taylor needs to decide to stay an Undersider\n * But what if Taylor doesn’t get to decide?\n * Architectural metaphors\n * Taylor’s discipline\n * Noting how the extreme urban decay validates Taylor’s insecurities\n * Is Brian really an open book?\n * PIGPEN THEORY CONFIRMED\n * Jenny picks up a puzzle piece that doesn’t seem to fit anywhere… yet?\n * Random thoughts and predictions!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-02/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-5c1969f55cfc76e2d27a1dd0a0c4984b.jpeg","date_published":"2025-09-02T12:02:43.458Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/62-ominous-bead-of-water-cjfOb4-ErYa/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/cjfOb4-ErYa/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/cjfOb4-ErYa/rss/","guid":"cjfOb4-ErYa","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:45:35","itunes:title":"6.2 - \"Ominous Bead Of Water\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":58,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Sep 02 2025","date_published_ms":1756814563458}},{"id":"hSN5y-z18yY","title":"6.1 - \"So Naive\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-5385138924d6081ffda2eecd5b3eee83.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":30607902,"duration_in_seconds":2319}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/hSN5y-z18yY/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * They descend into the darkness...but only literally, right?\n * Brian makes Taylor talk like Buffy\n * SomeBug is cute and all, but what happened to our beautiful WolfSpider??\n * Lisa doesn't know why the Travelers are here and neither do we\n * Lisa... so knowledgeable and yet so naive\n * If this is an unprecedented level of cooperation, what will the new normal\n look like afterwards?\n * We still don't know what this book is about, or even this arc\n * What are the heroes doing, anyway, besides making life worse for everyone who\n lives in this part of town?\n * On the other hand, maybe what the villains are doing isn't that great either.\n But how else do you rescue conscripted gang members with bombs in their\n heads?\n * The narrative is giving Taylor a break on the whole villainous action thing\n * Lisa's trying to sell her philosophy to the wrong buyer\n * Brian and Lisa love Danny now. As do we\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-01/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-d22536e1bb3b24bb831c3df643dbb69f.jpeg","date_published":"2025-08-29T11:54:01.913Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/61-so-naive-hSN5y-z18yY/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/hSN5y-z18yY/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/hSN5y-z18yY/rss/","guid":"hSN5y-z18yY","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:38:39","itunes:title":"6.1 - \"So Naive\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":57,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Aug 29 2025","date_published_ms":1756468441913}},{"id":"vKbfFgtl62P","title":"5.x - \"Generous With His Sandwiches\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-e0b8017777540d95198f38c1e87047bc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":64216849,"duration_in_seconds":4956}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/vKbfFgtl62P/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * A “classic” interlude with guest host and “inchworm grandma” Claire!\n * This interlude is so rich in theme\n * Faultline founded this found family piece by piece\n * More like Gregor the GOAT!!!!\n * We see a level of maturity in Gregor and Faultline that’s lacking (for\n obvious reasons) in the Undersiders\n * Faultline’s Paradox: the mercenary with a mission?\n * Alas, the Smugline age gap\n * How Gregor’s act of monstrous violence mirrors and inverts Taylor’s\n * (Lack of) Consequences\n * Wait, what’s Faultline’s name?!?\n * Jenny doesn’t buy that the Manton effect is psychological or that being close\n to death is your best chance to have another trigger event\n * The blessing and curse of power-related amnesia\n * The perfect girl for Newter? We’ve found her!\n * This is your brain on Newter\n * Who’s behind powers in a bottle? Obviously, the government\n * Would any of us drink powers in a bottle?\n * Gregor wants to be sure of how he’s seen\n * Is Gregor online?\n * Navigating the world with a visible power/disability\n * Gregor is the exact opposite of Emma\n * Villains are great for the economy\n * Newter's Patreon rewards\n * A brief Labyrinth detour\n * Revisiting the thematic richness of how people receive and are affected by\n superpowers in this setting\n * Monstrous natures aside, “What you see is what you get” with Faultline’s Crew\n * Arc 6 predictions!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-993435d4b3dd75a703a8ce75d5060708.jpeg","date_published":"2025-08-26T14:46:55.235Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/5x-generous-with-his-sandwiches-vKbfFgtl62P/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/vKbfFgtl62P/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/vKbfFgtl62P/rss/","guid":"vKbfFgtl62P","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:22:36","itunes:title":"5.x - \"Generous With His Sandwiches\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":56,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Aug 26 2025","date_published_ms":1756219615235}},{"id":"dodYjVu7esu","title":"5.10 - \"Paraconsciousness\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-b142644bb2a3872416b05f83569a1be8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":56662628,"duration_in_seconds":4277}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/dodYjVu7esu/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.10.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.9.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.8.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.8.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Bugs doing stuff. Bugs doing stuff better than ever!\n * Speculation about Taylor’s power and its effects\n * Taylor takes stock and takes command\n * What’s really motivating her? Tactics? Morals? Excellence?\n * Taylor can’t reveal her motives to Bitch and may not even be revealing them\n to herself all the time\n * Maybe Taylor would have had more luck communicating with Labyrinth than\n Bitch, actually...\n * Sundancer the investigative journalist\n * Bitch's pessimism about human nature\n * The ups and downs of communicating with Bitch\n * What does it mean if twins have the same power? (If they even do)\n * Is Bitch really being difficult, or is she the victim of Taylor's mistrust\n (and narrative necessity)? Or is Taylor just getting too big for her\n b(r)itches?\n * We're curious to see how Taylor and Bitch repair after these interactions\n * Taylor likes to be in control\n * Taylor's fear of drugs feels very true to life. Gonna be a problem for\n Newtbug\n * What kind of dragon is Lung, anyway?\n * Jenny hopes Sundancer turns into a sun\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-08/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-b350e1bb4ddccdcdecc305b42e6b1862.jpeg","date_published":"2025-08-15T11:39:21.254Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/58-the-tools-at-her-disposal-yC7RiIKTS2e/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/yC7RiIKTS2e/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/yC7RiIKTS2e/rss/","guid":"yC7RiIKTS2e","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:43:47","itunes:title":"5.8 - \"The Tools At Her Disposal\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":53,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Aug 15 2025","date_published_ms":1755257961254}},{"id":"KxYKSJhrEcS","title":"5.7 - \"But She's A Hero\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-5ee06a64f30047cdd3355552fd32fdbd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":29474132,"duration_in_seconds":2222}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/57-but-shes-a-hero-KxYKSJhrEcS/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.7.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.7.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * What well-described combat this is! Excellent layering of action\n * Ted makes a great point about show don't tell even if Jenny doesn't realize\n it at the time\n * The way in which Oni Lee’s power is like Taylor’s\n * Coil's soldiers are no joke. Neither are guns\n * All these villains are pretty heroic -- thanks in part to Taylor\n * What is Labyrinth's power if not hallucinations?\n * We're very worried about Brutus's eye\n * I Just Found Out My Dad Is Gay: And In Love With Coil’s Sniper?\n * Dire predicktions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-07/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-b2d544cd207ce0ccffbd3c47bcfcd82d.jpeg","date_published":"2025-08-08T10:37:23.593Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/57-but-shes-a-hero-KxYKSJhrEcS/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/KxYKSJhrEcS/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/KxYKSJhrEcS/rss/","guid":"KxYKSJhrEcS","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:37:02","itunes:title":"5.7 - \"But She's A Hero\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":52,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Aug 08 2025","date_published_ms":1754649443593}},{"id":"YpQBGYSvlwr","title":"5.6 - \"Sweaty Orange Pecs\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-a8681fa26b6ce2f414f7e0073cf61830.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":32819190,"duration_in_seconds":2534}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/YpQBGYSvlwr/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.6.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Why doesn't Coil's gang have a name?\n * Who's going to betray this villain alliance first, and how soon?\n * Also, what are they attacking, exactly?\n * We learn that the helmet makes the Grue\n * Action is better than inaction, even when it hurts\n * Brian, buddy, you really shouldn't be giving advice on dealing with Bitch\n * On the other hand, maybe Taylor should be giving such advice?\n * We're so compelled by this dynamic with Bitch\n * Bitch is basically the Tattletale of body language\n * Brian might be a little bit of a control freak. Shame Bitch can't be\n controlled\n * Dog body horror\n * Theories on Taylor's expanded power\n * If only this world had Z-space (hi, Gray)\n * Inquiring minds want to know where powers come from\n * Apparently Jenny wouldn't mind having bugs in her hair\n * Taylor: actually Pig Pen?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-05/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-2086159eed7668b6321f1d857c75c88d.jpeg","date_published":"2025-08-01T12:33:54.702Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/55-wordless-statements-U-bZAyopxMC/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/U-bZAyopxMC/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/U-bZAyopxMC/rss/","guid":"U-bZAyopxMC","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:45:24","itunes:title":"5.5 - \"Wordless Statements\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":50,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Aug 01 2025","date_published_ms":1754051634702}},{"id":"49STn04BTKd","title":"5.4 - \"Powerless Against Really Bad People\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-59cd7a117c85853652ba8b1a3dcc60d2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":57761747,"duration_in_seconds":4379}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/49STn04BTKd/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny’s worst chapter\n * When school is everything\n * Will any institution in Worm do better than Taylor’s high school?\n * Perhaps worst of all, these failings are so grounded and real\n * Does Alan achieve Emma-levels of bullying in this chapter, or merely\n Taylor-levels of planning and strategy?\n * Does Madison achieve any levels of strength or relevance at all? No, of\n course not!\n * Jenny hopes that Sophia will eventually somehow work with Taylor against the\n story’s true villain… Emma\n * Taylor picked defensive righteousness over maximizing her odds of success\n (even though her maximum odds were probably quite low)\n * The selfish reason why the principal won’t transfer Taylor\n * Jenny requests some reassurance from Ted about what’s in store\n * We still love Danny and think he’d be a great cape Dad (though it’s up to\n Taylor)\n * Oh no, are we older than Danny?\n * If Jenny can’t get a happy ending, she will accept Taylor (and Amy?!?) going\n on a rampage\n * Capes are just people, but people can be villains\n * We wind down by circling back to the school’s failure, and some particularly\n bad actors within the school\n * Predictions on how Taylor can win the arc\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-04/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-bf9a293ea3423f0ebf40ba38d390a57c.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-29T11:25:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/54-powerless-against-really-bad-people-49STn04BTKd/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/49STn04BTKd/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/49STn04BTKd/rss/","guid":"49STn04BTKd","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:12:59","itunes:title":"5.4 - \"Powerless Against Really Bad People\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":49,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jul 29 2025","date_published_ms":1753788300000}},{"id":"3r4lDKWOeWo","title":"5.3 - \"All Capes Are Bastards\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-1ca8158f67e93d9d216f31ed7163f105.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":52274090,"duration_in_seconds":4004}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/3r4lDKWOeWo/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny thinks this could be the worst chapter of Worm for her, but just wait\n one episode!\n * The world of Worm has a state-sanctioned violence problem\n * ACAB (all capes, especially Shadow Stalker, are bastards)\n * Taylor, don't become a cop!\n * What if this chapter is a microcosm of the novel and Jenny's gonna be this\n mad the whole time??\n * Theories on Emma the superpowered puppetmaster\n * If only Taylor were a worse person, she'd be so much better at this\n * You know what might make Taylor a permanent Undersider? Emma joining the\n Wards\n * The system loves Emma, because the system is not good\n * Assault and Battery: not siblings, not dating, but a secret third thing??\n * Taylor learns that nobody is special\n * People don't want the real story, because they like their heroes\n * Every time we see Danny, we just love him more\n * Danny values people over rules\n * Does Alan know about Emma?\n * The problems with hero worship\n * Battery is a cool cape name...Assault, not so much\n * The war on Taylor begins\n * Reality doesn't matter. Only appearances matter. Taylor's not so good at\n appearances.\n * Who turned Massachusetts upside down??\n * Jenny already wants to burn all the heroes to the ground. Uh-oh\n * Jenny starts on her evilness rankings. Apparently Emma is worse than Purity\n * Is this conclusively not YA yet?\n * Where could things go from here?\n * Oops, we had more to say! An ACAB addendum\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-03/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-dfdddcb1a6379ecbbf7f2e008fad85a9.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-25T10:00:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/53-all-capes-are-bastards-3r4lDKWOeWo/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/3r4lDKWOeWo/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/3r4lDKWOeWo/rss/","guid":"3r4lDKWOeWo","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:06:44","itunes:title":"5.3 - \"All Capes Are Bastards\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":48,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jul 25 2025","date_published_ms":1753437600000}},{"id":"cmg7THeI-XK","title":"5.2 - \"Something Heroic\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-20cd27b04de30968dcca556e5bf94749.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":56981582,"duration_in_seconds":4377}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/cmg7THeI-XK/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted and Tanner discuss Hive 5.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted and Tanner discuss Hive 5.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Welcome to guest host Moose/Tanner!\n * Tanner immediately justifies the existence of the Inchworm podcast. It was\n worth it!!\n * Wait, Taylor is actually the heart of the group??\n * Rachel and Taylor are the most moral Undersiders\n * Brian probably shouldn’t get a dog, or at least one that he has to train\n * Has Grue already made up his mind about Bitch?\n * Grue and Tattletale both talk down to Bitch\n * Why the closing moments of this chapter were so significant to Tanner\n * Taylor won’t have any problem betraying the Undersiders and becoming a\n villain, because she’ll definitely also change her whole personality to be\n braver and cooler at the same time!\n * What it means that Taylor didn’t choose to try to be a Ward (with minor\n Scholomance spoilers, you can skip ahead 30 seconds)\n * So just how delusional is Taylor about how this betrayal would feel?\n * The BirdCage is in B.C. (#BuCketTruth)\n * We check in with blissed out Alec\n * Hookwolf’s ambush was probably planned\n * Kaiser? More like DIE-ser, we hope! Note that this joke doesn’t work with\n German pronunciation\n * Some Coil chat\n * Not having powers would suck (except maybe for Taylor in Tilt? Ted hasn’t\n read it but it’s well reviewed on Discord)\n * We check with Tanner about his decision to read ahead of the podcast\n * Having succeeded at getting Tanner to read Worm, Ted tries to get Tanner to\n read Seek\n * We wrap up with some speculation about whether Jenny will enjoy the end of\n the story\n * Predictions and a plug from Tanner\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-02/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-a24719bb5cfe3cef1f01b2115f8c18e8.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-22T10:11:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/52-something-heroic-cmg7THeI-XK/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/cmg7THeI-XK/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/cmg7THeI-XK/rss/","guid":"cmg7THeI-XK","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:12:57","itunes:title":"5.2 - \"Something Heroic\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":47,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jul 22 2025","date_published_ms":1753179060000}},{"id":"mzaKtZoplGa","title":"5.1 - \"Chekhov's Room Full Of A Ton Of Capes Whose Powers We Haven't Seen\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-894eeb9b6d56902f9ce48188f4e24d8b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":33445973,"duration_in_seconds":2537}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/mzaKtZoplGa/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.1.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * We celebrate the craft behind the goodest narrative voice\n * Whether Rachel is nice, kind, or good\n * How Brutus is like our toddler (other than not being a murderer)\n * How big is Rachel’s rescue operation?\n * The Lesson (poor kid)\n * Dogs is simpler than people\n * “Alpha” dogs and “alpha” Brian\n * The various ways we could read Rachel’s behavior\n * The secret of Rachel’s cape name\n * Arc 4 Storytime Cleanup\n * This chapter made us cry\n * Mister Smell-o-phane (you’d never nose he’s there)\n * Revisiting the arc 2 fight\n * A dozen cape names!!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-0738b403222ded849a37c14ddd0dbf9d.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-15T11:37:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4x-a-good-dog-h2a3uacue10/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/h2a3uacue10/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/h2a3uacue10/rss/","guid":"h2a3uacue10","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:56:27","itunes:title":"4.x - \"A Good Dog\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":45,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jul 15 2025","date_published_ms":1752579420000}},{"id":"pBSVYFte1IL","title":"4.11 - \"Covered In Butterflies","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-9ff82623cb831ce9e3077cbe92352b86.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":51311311,"duration_in_seconds":3934}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/411-covered-n-butterflies-pBSVYFte1IL/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.11.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.11.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The interlude placement discourse heats up\n * The agonizing tension of Taylor finally having people but not people she can\n keep\n * It's not as simple as good people and bad people!\n * Maybe putting villains into prison isn't a good solution to the world's\n problems\n * Consequences are so darn hard to predict, even of your own actions!\n * What if the bugs...are a metaphor??\n * This story started with so many dominoes already set up\n * The narrative doesn't feel inevitable, which makes it more powerful\n * Wait, why didn't the ABB take the money?\n * Danny continues to be the cutest, and Jenny continues to dream of him as\n Taylor's ally\n * Some very parental SomeBug. We don't know what to think!\n * Lisa's nailing her performance checks here\n * What happens if Lisa figures out Taylor's secret? And could she sell Taylor\n on villainy at this point?\n * Taylor's not going to betray these guys. But she's not ready to admit that\n yet.\n * Any Flappertale fanart out there? \n * Danny and Taylor’s good relationship might make the Undersiders wary\n * Maybe Taylor's powers are growing!! If not, she'll at least probably get\n better at bug prep\n * Worm gets a good grade in concussions\n * The challenge of realistic injuries in an action story\n * Jenny wants to see Taylor being extra honest under the influence of brain\n damage\n * We're not sure Lung is going to let the Undersiders lie low after this\n * Interlude speculation\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-11/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-edd541ca017ab54214c83d6e4edc7558.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-11T13:58:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/411-covered-in-butterflies-pBSVYFte1IL/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pBSVYFte1IL/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pBSVYFte1IL/rss/","guid":"pBSVYFte1IL","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:05:34","itunes:title":"4.11 - \"Covered In Butterflies","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":44,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jul 11 2025","date_published_ms":1752242280000}},{"id":"asI1wlTiLE3","title":"4.10 - \"Classic Villain Mistake\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-ddcfae956f3c65a02eb3331ed6e73847.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":31442367,"duration_in_seconds":2413}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/410-classic-villain-mistake-asI1wlTiLE3/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.10.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.10.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * It’s our first altered mental state chapter and it’s a great one\n * Ted immediately derails the summary (Sorry Jenny!)\n * Whatever happens next, this feels like a deeply earned victory\n * Bakuda’s only held back by her personality\n * Toe rings as classic misdirection\n * How Taylor must look to Bakuda\n * The amount of strength it takes for Taylor to take that lucky shot\n * Is Bakuda a mad scientist or does she just think she’s a mad scientist?\n * The analysis devolves into reading our favorite lines, this is just a really\n well written chapter\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-10/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-5c3a5fcb4b82f686f2bd478eb1063768.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-08T12:39:14.651Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/410-classic-villain-mistake-asI1wlTiLE3/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/asI1wlTiLE3/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/asI1wlTiLE3/rss/","guid":"asI1wlTiLE3","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:40:13","itunes:title":"4.10 - \"Classic Villain Mistake\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":43,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jul 08 2025","date_published_ms":1751978354651}},{"id":"twAQcj91_K6","title":"4.9 - \"Some Bug\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-a5e32298579058d46938f4da5685e609.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":28193103,"duration_in_seconds":2165}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/twAQcj91_K6/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.9.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.9.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Introducing our new protagonist: Angelica Worm\n * No jk we think it's a pain bomb\n * Returning segment “Ted reads a page from Worm”\n * So much SomeBug (a real ship name we didn’t just make up)\n * Does Brian think of Taylor as a sister, a dog, or something more??\n * We expose the boss's duplicity\n * Unless there's a secret civilian leader of the ABB\n * Deflating Bakuda\n * Grue could work on his TattleTemper\n * Regent could work on his strength training\n * He did some reputation reps this chapter, though\n * Does Tattletale know she's in a novel?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-09/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-84ae13ef62bd491d6521c9ac9ec21688.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-04T11:54:28.161Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/49-some-bug-twAQcj91_K6/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/twAQcj91_K6/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/twAQcj91_K6/rss/","guid":"twAQcj91_K6","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:36:05","itunes:title":"4.9 - \"Some Bug\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":42,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jul 04 2025","date_published_ms":1751630068161}},{"id":"8zkvjtaZQE9","title":"4.8 - \"Being Bombs\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-6185c8b51bae11d61adc5c08117a14d5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":41747766,"duration_in_seconds":3175}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/48-being-bombs-8zkvjtaZQE9/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.8.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.8.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Bakuda: actually a monster!\n * But do we smell an uprising?\n * Tattletale's so good at taunting, people think it's part of her power\n * The only thing they have to fear is… bombs in their heads. Yikes. \n * Bakuda is omg so random\n * So Bakuda's a cape and a genius? Come on, pick one!\n * Would other villains in Brockton Bay care about the possibility of blowing up\n all the ABB's hostages? Maybe Bakuda's just putting a target on her back\n * We're side-eying Regent\n * You have to shut Tattletale up to give someone else the spotlight\n * But she’s clearly still using her power\n * A deep dive into who Bakuda might have been\n * Taylor has her own ABB (A Buncha Bugs)\n * Does this death change anything for Jenny? (Nah!)\n * Most of the Undersiders won’t care for immediate retaliation\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-08/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-50d8919adf339fb71caeededb93e5d96.jpeg","date_published":"2025-07-01T13:01:44.471Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/48-being-bombs-8zkvjtaZQE9/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/8zkvjtaZQE9/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/8zkvjtaZQE9/rss/","guid":"8zkvjtaZQE9","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:52:55","itunes:title":"4.8 - \"Being Bombs\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":41,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jul 01 2025","date_published_ms":1751374904471}},{"id":"T-VS4btEo8J","title":"4.7 - \"Skipping The Cutscene\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-042b19631e07cc75ea4fff89fa7981b8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":26673453,"duration_in_seconds":2043}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/inchworm-47-skipping-the-cutscene-T-VS4btEo8J/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.7.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.7.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Where did Bakuda learn to play chess and why is she so good at it?\n * Elite planning or just Leet planning?\n * Ted gets to be a Bakuda fanboy for just one teeny tiny moment\n * In the Metal Gear Solid games, Bakuda’s codenames would be Bomber Mantis,\n Fatwoman, and The Bomb\n * Does E88 make it easier for the ABB to exploit people?\n * It’ll get worse before it gets better\n * Sweet character moments with Grue and Tattletale\n * What’s the sound of a black hole, Ted?\n * Bomb Corner\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-07/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-34ecd32ca90619f10d2e8718bed2497e.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-27T11:44:34.416Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/47-skipping-the-cutscene-T-VS4btEo8J/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/T-VS4btEo8J/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/T-VS4btEo8J/rss/","guid":"T-VS4btEo8J","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:34:03","itunes:title":"4.7 - \"Skipping The Cutscene\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":40,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jun 27 2025","date_published_ms":1751024674416}},{"id":"jJOCJ7Zi5Xn","title":"4.x (bonus) - \"Jumpscare\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-926d87a820c63d6aae0a1732f850f4bd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":45592095,"duration_in_seconds":3465}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4x-bonus-jumpscare-jJOCJ7Zi5Xn/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.x (bonus).


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.x (bonus).\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Ted is wily!\n * As is Wildbow. Way to hide the ball, Wildbow.\n * Boo! There’s racism inside this feminism!\n * Maybe Kayden is tragic but not sympathetic?\n * She’s also seemingly very ineffective when not fighting\n * Kayden and Aster as symbols\n * Purity, blankness, and whiteness\n * Is Theo too “pure”? Or is he lacking “manliness”?\n * Empire Eighty Eight sounds like working at Amazon\n * I don’t really have a quippy line about this, but we try to grapple with how\n 2011 supervillain Nazis feel different from the 2025 mundane ones\n * Does Kayden want to change? Or even want to want to change?\n * Oops we compared Purity to Tattletale\n * If we can think Kayden's a hero for three-quarters of the chapter, what does\n that say about heroes?\n * Purity and Bakuda are both changing the odds for the upcoming gang war\n * This is an interlude more like what Jenny was expecting\n * Jenny reads the first five words of the next chapter\n * Does the dog die??\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-x-bonus-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-8956f1d025d424f6035ccc39597806c7.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-24T17:15:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/4x-bonus-jumpscare-jJOCJ7Zi5Xn/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jJOCJ7Zi5Xn/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/jJOCJ7Zi5Xn/rss/","guid":"jJOCJ7Zi5Xn","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:57:45","itunes:title":"4.x (bonus) - \"Jumpscare\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":39,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jun 24 2025","date_published_ms":1750785300000}},{"id":"tVjLis0csej","title":"4.6 - \"Red Herring Villains\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-8755421639c204d6276d3dca04b4b22d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":31785559,"duration_in_seconds":2444}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/46-red-herring-villains-tVjLis0csej/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.6.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.6.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny's forgotten everything she's ever predicted\n * Leet's power must trigger such anticipatory nostalgia\n * In defending video games, Uber and Leet are fighting a battle that's already\n been won.\n * Unlike their battle against the Undersiders, which has already been lost.\n * But have they ever farted on a baby?\n * Tattletale, master baiter\n * We speculate on how Uber breathes in a doctor's office\n * How to optimize Leet's power?\n * If you cloned yourself, would your clones have your superpower?\n * Do tinkers even use science?\n * A very cartoonish fight, until Taylor has to choke someone out\n * This upcoming fight isn't looking good for our herovillains\n * Taylor's learning to be more careful with her swarm\n * Interlude 3.5?! We're floored.\n * We find out about the special protectorate orphanage which is totally real\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-06/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-2f3fb975e1a97fe9bfeca78972cffdef.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-20T10:45:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/46-red-herring-villains-tVjLis0csej/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/tVjLis0csej/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/tVjLis0csej/rss/","guid":"tVjLis0csej","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:40:44","itunes:title":"4.6 - \"Red Herring Villains\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":38,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jun 20 2025","date_published_ms":1750416300000}},{"id":"j5Cxv4RYdwk","title":"4.5 - \"Villain-On-Villain Stuff\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-fc005310e01a5d8570320f952707b60b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":33878677,"duration_in_seconds":2609}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/45-villain-on-villain-stuff-j5Cxv4RYdwk/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Get your votes in: can Taylor banter or not??\n * Taylor gets her wish\n * Is Uber’s power is like moving to California?\n * Turns out video games do cause violence!\n * Did Uber and Leet invent Twitch?\n * Sorry to say that having good taste is not a technique\n * Jenny wants to know when the fun stops\n * Is there a slippery slope here aside from the storage locker roof?\n * Taylor's really hitting her (under)stride(r). Unfortunately?\n * A detour about form and pacing featuring a comment from Wildbow\n * Jenny pitches a different metaphorical fall\n * Emma’s power is, indirectly, permission for Taylor’s vengeance\n * Alec's coming into his own, maybe!\n * Ted pitches a paranoid and lonely ghost-finder cape\n * The elusive Rachel\n * Jenny speculates on Leet’s classification and secret employer\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-05/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-61840958b23dc8eb9974539d0683adca.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-17T11:32:00.331Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/45-villain-on-villain-stuff-j5Cxv4RYdwk/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/j5Cxv4RYdwk/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/j5Cxv4RYdwk/rss/","guid":"j5Cxv4RYdwk","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:43:29","itunes:title":"4.5 - \"Villain-On-Villain Stuff\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":37,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jun 17 2025","date_published_ms":1750159920331}},{"id":"fVxsYXB6Ah0","title":"4.4 - \"The Story That He Tells\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-1aeaa690c3c77eb35747f2803a57ffeb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":40651498,"duration_in_seconds":3128}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/44-the-story-that-he-tells-fVxsYXB6Ah0/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The suspense is getting to Jenny\n * Turns out these villains really ARE sympathetic!\n * Non-villainy? In this economy??\n * Stakes just went up, everyone!!\n * How can Taylor turn Brian in now?\n * Taylor's ripe for a coming-of-age disillusionment\n * Does Brian disprove the category of villains, or simply escape it?\n * Whose motives are nobler, Brian's or Taylor's?\n * Brian's stoicism and pragmatism go hand in hand\n * Was this the worst day of his life, though?\n * Taylor, you should make your hugs less brief\n * Are superpowers related to self-image?\n * We're on Alec's side about the spiders\n * Taylor the tailor\n * The Monty Hall Murder Problem\n * The Sidewalk Incident\n * Predictions and torturability\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-04/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-d01a35afc016ca2770e7f6b4c0c181cf.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-13T12:31:06.438Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/44-the-story-that-he-tells-fVxsYXB6Ah0/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fVxsYXB6Ah0/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/fVxsYXB6Ah0/rss/","guid":"fVxsYXB6Ah0","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:52:08","itunes:title":"4.4 - \"The Story That He Tells\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":36,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jun 13 2025","date_published_ms":1749817866438}},{"id":"w39EGsgTi2v","title":"4.3 - \"Fractured, Filthy\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-25dc15d4ce86bc3cbc819d4b98992c2c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":35864173,"duration_in_seconds":2730}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/43-fractured-filthy-w39EGsgTi2v/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Taylor's backstory: what if Carrie, but more?\n * It was worse and more deliberate than we expected!\n * BTW Danny, be kind to yourself, this is an absolutely acceptable reason to\n lose your temper\n * How her trigger event shaped the way she is in Arc 1\n * What does Taylor hope for when it comes to the Protectorate?\n * They’re real friends! Genuine, certified friends!!\n * Alec's secret insecurity\n * We're on Alec's side, though. Those bullies deserve to suffer\n * Taylor’s impressive suppression\n * She doesn’t trust herself to take revenge, but she doesn’t trust these\n villains either\n * Taylor needed to share her truth, officially becoming the Heart of the group\n * Trigger Event Lore Corner\n * Spoilers for The Time Traveler’s Wife about what might happen if you trigger\n very young\n * Taylor’s power as eldritch horror\n * Next up this arc: more bullies and Emma’s cape name!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-03/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-c0f580c70e88fef4aba9df2efb184707.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-10T11:10:44.500Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/43-fractured-filthy-w39EGsgTi2v/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/w39EGsgTi2v/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/w39EGsgTi2v/rss/","guid":"w39EGsgTi2v","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:45:30","itunes:title":"4.3 - \"Fractured, Filthy\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":35,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jun 10 2025","date_published_ms":1749553844500}},{"id":"Rz_oxJilYvR","title":"4.2 - \"Not The Kind Of Thing You Should Repeat\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-ca60c3f310659e63c22d9d5a700df08d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":30543865,"duration_in_seconds":2327}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/42-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-should-repeat-Rz_oxJilYvR/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.2.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.2.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny is still settling into her expectations for this narrative\n * What do season 5 of The Wire, Serenity, and Toy Story 3 have in common?\n * Okay, but what if the rest of the story is just 1.5M words of fluff?\n * Undersiders: Origins is probably not a fun watch\n * Alec and Taylor successfully banter\n * Putting the sides in Undersiders\n * The art of building a female friendship\n * How Taylor must have looked from the outside\n * Being undercover doesn’t stop Taylor from drawing clear boundaries\n * Jenny pitches a grave robbery\n * We predict the power of the Fugly Bob's Challenger\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-02/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-9cb9dc1e90bff556ed7a8ae7587accb3.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-06T11:45:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/42-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-should-repeat-Rz_oxJilYvR/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Rz_oxJilYvR/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/Rz_oxJilYvR/rss/","guid":"Rz_oxJilYvR","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:38:47","itunes:title":"4.2 - \"Not The Kind Of Thing You Should Repeat\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":34,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Jun 06 2025","date_published_ms":1749210300000}},{"id":"qUtsimclw6G","title":"4.1 - \"Happy Teenage Villain\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-575d6da3831587bf7bce88ebec281379.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":29729746,"duration_in_seconds":2282}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/41-happy-teenage-villain-qUtsimclw6G/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The best muffins she’s ever tasted… so far!\n * Rachel’s not beating the charges\n * But she’s making our hearts beat sympathetically\n * CSI: Sweater Dog\n * Alec’s probably not a murderer, though he slays in a Kid Win tee\n * Taylor makes a difficult concession\n * Paying off her emotional debts\n * The mystery of Emma’s heel turn\n * Can old people like teachers and dads become capes?\n * Potency and Scented Candle\n * Taylor’s itching for another scrape\n * How necessary the boss is to their operation\n * Finally, somewhere in Brockton Bay we want to visit\n * Predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-01/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-38446782cd72c4cce6003a945c10f652.jpeg","date_published":"2025-06-03T11:45:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/41-happy-teenage-villain-qUtsimclw6G/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/qUtsimclw6G/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/qUtsimclw6G/rss/","guid":"qUtsimclw6G","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:38:02","itunes:title":"4.1 - \"Happy Teenage Villain\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":33,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Jun 03 2025","date_published_ms":1748951100000}},{"id":"yPbMey1khhg","title":"3.mailbag - \"The Inching Of It All\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-c76b821a24bde0761747456503502b44.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":63677885,"duration_in_seconds":4917}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/3mailbag-yPbMey1khhg/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss... listener questions.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss... listener questions.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Our gross bug stories\n * We've really been enjoying the inching of it all\n * Jenny was expecting things to go less well for these characters\n * Ted's been impressed with the careful writing on a reread\n * Jenny wants to write cape RPF\n * Is Glory Girl's force field a metaphor?\n * Jenny predicts the Dallon family secret\n * Who are the real monsters, us or the monsters?\n * Are powers getting stronger?\n * What if the Endbringers are the real good guys?\n * Is Shell a metaphor?\n * Taylor's gonna build a crab army, control a gut biome, learn to fly, and\n develop firefly morse code\n * Jenny classifies capes beyond just Tinkers\n * Animorphs corner!\n * Pop girlies\n * Jenny’s hopes for her own theories\n * A LOT of five man band discourse\n * Okay, but which Undersider is which Friends character?\n * Without missing a beat, Jenny admits that her favorite Animorph and her least\n favorite cape are basically the same person\n * Jenny’s does a cape fight bracket!!\n * Jenny’s first fanart reactions - check Tumblr for links!\n * We had more questions than we could cover, and we are so grateful! Thanks to\n you all!\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * Fanart we talked about:\n https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PIayVMwuEfDdtmfw9K4_a6wHRBYiM7lZFgJQYONkG9g/edit?tab=t.0\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-3d1e3cc5e7a3c69789ffa3afeb926bea.jpeg","date_published":"2025-05-30T11:28:29.275Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/3mailbag-the-inching-of-it-all-yPbMey1khhg/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/yPbMey1khhg/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/yPbMey1khhg/rss/","guid":"yPbMey1khhg","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:21:57","itunes:title":"3.mailbag - \"The Inching Of It All\"","itunes:episodeType":"bonus","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":32,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri May 30 2025","date_published_ms":1748604509275}},{"id":"DbRMKLa4Y6S","title":"3.x - \"Untenable\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-9d89fe4ecc3cd5ff5aa3b6abcc8487ff.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":51959241,"duration_in_seconds":3977}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/3x-untenable-DbRMKLa4Y6S/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Announcement: Arc 4 coverage starts in June ’25\n * Write in mailbag questions in the #ask-a-host channel on Discord\n * The “viewpoint” of this interlude was a real surprise!\n * When the PRT director docks the breakfast budget, I shout: “Leggot my eggot!”\n * The ending seems ominous but do they really know anything about Tattletale?\n * What’s going on with Armsmaster’s brief appearance here? Is he jealous that\n Miss Militia’s power fits his name better?\n * Miss Militia as an American fantasy and reflection on gender-identifying cape\n names\n * Miss Militia and Aegis show off their leadership skills\n * Why Gallant’s power may have led him to adopt a “gallant” persona and why he\n and Glory Girl work as a couple\n * Amy’s burnout and why Gallant fails her\n * An ominous path for Panacea\n * The Wards seem pretty okay, we guess!\n * A Skitter confession/apology\n * The name of the game for the PRT/Wards is optics\n * Kid Winning us over (and Kid Proving Taylor would hate it here)\n * What do you think the PRT capeaganda video games would be like?\n * Funny Aegis\n * RIP Emma\n * Jenny takes another bite at Amy’s secrets and feelings\n * The Shell game\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-3-agitation/3-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-d03f79ded0c9398c719efbbffe073cba.jpeg","date_published":"2025-05-20T10:45:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/3x-untenable-DbRMKLa4Y6S/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/DbRMKLa4Y6S/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/DbRMKLa4Y6S/rss/","guid":"DbRMKLa4Y6S","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:06:17","itunes:title":"3.x - \"Untenable\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":31,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue May 20 2025","date_published_ms":1747737900000}},{"id":"PGopfmoqVzm","title":"3.12 - \"They're Our Bad Guys\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-73d0ea370727640a709b9d77edc62a34.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":52461639,"duration_in_seconds":4021}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/PGopfmoqVzm/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.12.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.12.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The Undersiders pull off their first of presumably many clean wins with no\n terrible consequences!\n * Lore Corner\n * Every flying cape is invulnerable in different ways\n * Is the boss down with D.B.B?\n * Jenny designs her own Birdcage\n * Glory Girl throws a TTTT (Tattletale temper tantrum)\n * You have to look untouchable to be untouchable\n * Team “The Weight Of My Every Decision Is Too Much To Bear” vs Team “Nah It’s\n All Good”\n * Panacea’s breaking point\n * Have we mentioned how cool the Undersiders are?\n * Even if it’s just for this moment, Taylor loosens up\n * Tattletale can take a bow\n * Checking in on the bullying theme\n * Predictions for the next arc and beyond\n * Who’s who on Teen Girl Squad?\n * Calling all shippers: who do you ship Taylor with to create LadyBug,\n LightningBug, and StinkBug?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-3-agitation/3-12/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-27b7e6c38911b8e043bb26a436a4208b.jpeg","date_published":"2025-05-16T10:44:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/312-theyre-our-bad-guys-PGopfmoqVzm/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/PGopfmoqVzm/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/PGopfmoqVzm/rss/","guid":"PGopfmoqVzm","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:07:01","itunes:title":"3.12 - \"They're Our Bad Guys\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":30,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri May 16 2025","date_published_ms":1747392240000}},{"id":"-HBQjfYejwX","title":"3.11 - \"Sneering Little Preppy Rich Country Club Girls\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-914e9ef4076e6eac4e2e4aec8610b080.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":38154318,"duration_in_seconds":2913}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-HBQjfYejwX/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.11.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.10.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.10.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Turns out R.I.P. just stood for Remain In Place\n * Taylor’s head hurt even before she got bonked in the head\n * Vista and Browbeat (fake) and Browbeat (absent)\n * Will this story feature realistic concussions?\n * How old do you have to be exactly before Ted no longer cares if you get\n punched in the head?\n * Gallant pulls a Goofus\n * How do you do, fellow Kid Wins?\n * This fight is full of compelling one on one matchups, whether or not they're\n fair fights\n * Brown-hair freckles girl is being unfair to Taylor\n * Has Taylor reached the limit of her processing power?\n * Speculation on headaches, Bitch, and Taylor’s assailant\n * A lotta new names\n * We invent NetsCape\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-3-agitation/3-10/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\n\n\n","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-3b88d855873d8fbdc7b3b32fb1e86f70.jpeg","date_published":"2025-05-09T11:19:46.860Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/310-thats-an-unfair-judgment--bKvS0dIHF5/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-bKvS0dIHF5/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/-bKvS0dIHF5/rss/","guid":"-bKvS0dIHF5","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:01:40","itunes:title":"3.10 - \"That's An Unfair Judgment\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":28,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri May 09 2025","date_published_ms":1746789586860}},{"id":"U_dtsOTADIp","title":"3.9 - \"R.I.P.\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-209df0892806321047f073837e965eeb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":28422577,"duration_in_seconds":2171}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/39-rip-U_dtsOTADIp/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.9.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.8.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.7.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.6.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.5.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.4.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.3.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.2.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Agitation 3.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Crabs? Crabs???\n * Taylor's quitting school… and Jenny’s opinion on that was a huge surprise to\n Ted\n * General Sophia’s victory\n * The Undersiders are so good at gang recruitment. Better than the ABB!\n * Brockton Bay is a real mess. Taylor should revitalize it as a seafood hub\n * Taylor's out there wooing Brian with her punctuality\n * We're so into this crush and all of Taylor's decisions which will definitely\n not come crashing down around her ears\n * We probably like Brian. Mostly\n * Wildbow is good at writing teen characters with teen-type flaws\n * What Taylor sees as ugliness\n * Are worms and crabs bugs? WHO CAN SAY\n * Predictions about Danny and the bullies, and cape names\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-3-agitation/3-01/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-5f09539f13da4cfaeef54ec22293d25e.jpeg","date_published":"2025-04-08T11:40:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/31-truly-truly-adorable-xcTG6r07r0o/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/xcTG6r07r0o/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/xcTG6r07r0o/rss/","guid":"xcTG6r07r0o","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:51:51","itunes:title":"3.1 - \"Truly, Truly Adorable\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":19,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Apr 08 2025","date_published_ms":1744112400000}},{"id":"NsKyfiQjicr","title":"2.x - \"Really Dysfunctional\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-6a4b2078cceb61ace15a98839992bd98.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":50279011,"duration_in_seconds":3822}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/2x-really-dysfunctional-NsKyfiQjicr/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * The interlude formula is character work mixed with exposition\n * Why doesn’t Superman have bugs all over his face?\n * Practice makes her appear perfect\n * Think of the Brockton Bay Public Works budget, Glory Girl!!\n * Glory Girl is a loaded gun with a hair trigger… but at least she’s crushing\n Nazi bones!\n * Ted coins the phrase “cow down”\n * Does the girl make the aura or the aura make the girl?\n * Is it worse to compare Victoria to Donald Trump or to Emma?\n * Victoria asks for a favor Amy can’t refuse\n * A strong counterexample to the gendered powers theory\n * Victoria watched too much 24\n * New Wave, new theories\n * Finally, extensive details about crime and crime lords in Brockton Bay\n * We're already seeing the ripple effects of Taylor's actions\n * Okay, maybe Armsmaster had a point\n * What would we do with the burden of Amy's power?\n * Does Amy first do no harm?\n * The dicks-destroyed-to-arcs ratio is surprisingly high\n * Does Amy want to be good or just better than her sister?\n * Victoria as deconstruction/reconstruction\n * Jenny can't stop thinking about Emma\n * We're hoping Taylor has to face off against the New Wave, but we're not\n liking her chances\n * Who would win in a fight: Glory Girl or Lung?\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-2-insinuation/2-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-7257bb97790c984de3eeb479b6ef6f5b.jpeg","date_published":"2025-04-04T11:55:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/2x-really-dysfunctional-NsKyfiQjicr/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/NsKyfiQjicr/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/NsKyfiQjicr/rss/","guid":"NsKyfiQjicr","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"01:03:42","itunes:title":"2.x - \"Really Dysfunctional\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":18,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Apr 04 2025","date_published_ms":1743767700000}},{"id":"oTT7k1NYAxo","title":"2.9 - \"It Escalated So Far Already\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-d4eedee62fc16598a06f55c68570340b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":40822545,"duration_in_seconds":3114}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/29-it-escalated-so-far-already-oTT7k1NYAxo/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.9.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.8.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.7.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.6.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.5.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.5.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Smashing a button that says “JENNY WAS RIGHT”\n * A Tale of Two Taylors\n * Theories about red jacket lady and Arcadia High\n * We love Tattletale’s tattle-tude\n * Who’s the leader of the teen villain crew?\n * Extensive predictions about how the “insinuation” will play out\n * How Taylor’s intellect supports her emotional needs\n * Names\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-2-insinuation/2-05/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-b3fdda1c891168d3750e403698386bc5.jpeg","date_published":"2025-03-18T11:30:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/25-the-insinuation-is-real-6jO5TM5RLkl/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6jO5TM5RLkl/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/6jO5TM5RLkl/rss/","guid":"6jO5TM5RLkl","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:28:49","itunes:title":"2.5 - \"The Insinuation Is Real\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":13,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 18 2025","date_published_ms":1742297400000}},{"id":"BiYCC8Jk3MH","title":"2.4 - \"What's Her Damage\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-3d8d5ec88f36a1685967a0195ed66ad2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":25951574,"duration_in_seconds":1998}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/24-whats-her-damage-BiYCC8Jk3MH/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.4.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Power ranking the trio of bullies\n * Why is Emma the worst, and is it because she has a power?\n * The wily narrative and how it made us grieve Taylor's mom\n * Rethinking Danny’s anger\n * The G in Mr. G stands for Gutless\n * Taylor's analytical mind\n * The gender dynamics of battle\n * The cape in “escape”\n * Predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-2-insinuation/2-04/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-e75c2e3c9916987a1e1e75fe92c3f810.jpeg","date_published":"2025-03-14T10:00:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/24-whats-her-damage-BiYCC8Jk3MH/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/BiYCC8Jk3MH/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/BiYCC8Jk3MH/rss/","guid":"BiYCC8Jk3MH","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:33:18","itunes:title":"2.4 - \"What's Her Damage\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":12,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Mar 14 2025","date_published_ms":1741946400000}},{"id":"pHLJqL9-WjG","title":"2.3 - \"It's Bigger Than She Is\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-04c94bd05ca7b2918b5fb823791bf60e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":21077406,"duration_in_seconds":1600}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/23-its-bigger-than-she-is-pHLJqL9-WjG/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.3.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.3.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Taylor’s power is acting up again\n * Calculating bug density\n * Teenagers are so trapped\n * Mr Gladly’s hollow offer\n * Taking credit from Taylor\n * Greg Corner (ft. Sparky)\n * Madison sucks at everything including bullying\n * How have capes influenced society?\n * Predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-2-insinuation/2-03/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-e74c35323fa117ea5d16039fff9e931e.jpeg","date_published":"2025-03-11T12:00:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/23-its-bigger-than-she-is-pHLJqL9-WjG/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pHLJqL9-WjG/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/pHLJqL9-WjG/rss/","guid":"pHLJqL9-WjG","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:26:40","itunes:title":"2.3 - \"It's Bigger Than She Is\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":11,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 11 2025","date_published_ms":1741694400000}},{"id":"Zt3p6J8CrUR","title":"2.2 - \"Obviously Queer\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-7a217ae7c6a995ff6ab736b476add29e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":29737717,"duration_in_seconds":2311}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/22-obviously-queer-Zt3p6J8CrUR/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.2.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.1.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Insinuation 2.1.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Even normal teens have secret identities from their parents\n * Taylor hasn’t had an initiation into the cape world\n * Reluctant about lying but not about heroics\n * Jenny wants to be Taylor’s personal trainer\n * Self-discipline runs in the family\n * Danny pulls off some expert parenting maneuvers\n * Danny’s bug-eyed, wormy appearance\n * Uber and Leet\n * Predictions and name\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-2-insinuation/2-01/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-85e36980fc41512ea4ed2106bf8451e9.jpeg","date_published":"2025-03-04T11:00:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/21-need-to-be-in-control-9zo8eKer__c/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/9zo8eKer__c/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/9zo8eKer__c/rss/","guid":"9zo8eKer__c","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:27:01","itunes:title":"2.1 - \"Need To Be In Control\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":9,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Tue Mar 04 2025","date_published_ms":1741086000000}},{"id":"xkP5Rgv0z7d","title":"1.x - \"Cape Daddy\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-0cea07d87f29af9d23b0917f83ce8e3b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":34128842,"duration_in_seconds":2670}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/1x-cape-daddy-xkP5Rgv0z7d/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.x.


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","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny is in uncharted terra-wormy\n * Being inside Danny’s head\n * Contrasting the two daddies\n * Taylor is heard but not seen\n * The mystery of Annette’s departure\n * Is Danny over- or under- playing his temper?\n * We count the ways a teenager might not want to tell her dad everything\n * He has no healthy way to deal with reasonable anger\n * The mystery of Taylor’s hospitalization\n * THEME ALERT\n * Scion’s origins are sus, as are the origins of all cape powers\n * Worm Wednesdays\n * whereisscionnow.com\n * Scion’s name\n * Other cape names\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-x-interlude/\n * https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow","image":"https://cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/images/item-6f30b17b2a5f1f07580f4bd57c32e30e.jpeg","date_published":"2025-02-28T10:30:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/1x-cape-daddy-xkP5Rgv0z7d/","json_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/xkP5Rgv0z7d/json/","rss_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/xkP5Rgv0z7d/rss/","guid":"xkP5Rgv0z7d","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:44:30","itunes:title":"1.x - \"Cape Daddy\"","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:season":1,"itunes:episode":8,"itunes:explicit":true,"date_published_short":"Fri Feb 28 2025","date_published_ms":1740738600000}},{"id":"IHrTxNHvbaE","title":"1.6 - \"Defined By Your Actions\"","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-28038351c56926eae395fe4713d4c375.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":36013501,"duration_in_seconds":2759}],"url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/i/16-defined-by-your-actions-IHrTxNHvbaE/","content_html":"

Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.6.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.5.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.4.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.3.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.2. NOTE: Sorry about the background noise in this one.


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Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.1.


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Before reading anything, Jenny and Ted discuss Worm generally and introduce the podcast. NOTE: We had some technical issues with the audio in this one that should be resolved before the next episode.


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https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

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