Episode 96: Changing Places

On this week's episode, we're discussing body swap fic! Swapping bodies! Trading meatsuits! It's all fun and comedy, right? ...Or is it? Anyway, the tentpoles for this episode are the anime film, Your Name, the fanfic Vinculum by Skadiseven, and the Farscape episode, "Out of Their Minds."

What We’re Into Lately 

Bombshell by Sarah MacLean

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

Schmigadoon! (on Apple TV)

Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells

Pressure Machine by the Killers

Campaign Skyjacks (podcast)

The Bachelor’s Valet by Arden Powell Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard

Other Stuff We Mentioned

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard The Untamed Star Trek: The Next Generation Farscape

The Dark Crystal Jupiter Ascending Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers Star Trek: The Original Series Laughing Gas by PG Wodehouse Stranger Than Fiction Babylon 5 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Sword Art Online Stargate The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Captain America: The Winter Soldier to memory now I can’t recall by Etharei Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Guardian Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Good Omens miniseries

For Next Time

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Content Warnings Mention of molestation in the context of the bodyswap trope (in episode discussion)

Mention of dysphoria & trans erasure in the context of the bodyswap trope (in episode discussion)

Transcription

The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you to our stylish and fashionable team of scribes!