Hi, it’s Sadie. This isn’t a normal episode of the show, there are some quite serious and upsetting things for us to address.
As some background context, I’m recording this on October 1st, and a family member of Lily’s passed away last week. Lily had been traveling to do care work for that family member, and we were already going to put out our upcoming episodes a week late.
Then, yesterday, September 30th, evidence surfaced that YouTuber and game critic Jacob Geller had been suspended in 2016 from The University of North Carolina for sexual assault. At time of recording, he’s been removed from MinnMax, a gaming show he co-hosted. There haven’t been any statements either from Jacob or from the survivor in question. (Update: Jacob has addressed and confirmed the allegations here.) Jacob had guested on our show, in our episode covering The Straight Story. We’re removing that episode from our feeds. Unfortunately, it was one that we referred back to quite a few times over the course of the show. We won’t be able to comb through our backlog to remove all those mentions, but removing the episode itself feels like the right action to take.
Lily and I both heard of this news for the first time last night. We’re shocked, and personally still reeling. We condemn Jacob’s actions and stand with all survivors of sexual violence. Without speaking for Lily, I will say for myself that as a survivor, this news is very personally upsetting.
In light of this, and the death in Lily’s family, our upcoming schedule will probably be erratic. We haven’t fully figured out how we want to handle the next month, but it might be a handful of weeks before we’re back to a normal cadence.
I just want to say, from myself, that all my compassion and solidarity is with anyone who’s affected by this news. I hope that we have your patience as we figure out next steps.
This may or may not stay on the feed long-term, but I wanted to put something out to address the situation and give some context for our schedule over the next bit. I hope all of you are doing okay.
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