Your Young Adult Fantasy Nostalgia Podcast
Our favorite of the movie Mrs. - Mrs. Who, played by Mindy Kaling
This is an ultimately-not-so-miniature MINI EPISODE about A Wrinkle in Time (2018)! We may not be the intended audience for this film, but we are still going to talk about it! Spoilers ahead, so please listen after seeing the film if you're interested in checking it out for yourself (we do recommend it to any fan of the book. And if you're here, on dragonbabiespodcast.com, reading this, let's be real - you're a fan of the book).
Really, just the best bowl cut around
We're completing the Tamora Pierce *Holy Trinity* by following up our episodes on Alanna & Daine with the stoic Keladry of Mindelan! Discover why Grace and Madeleine think Kel is the most relatable of Tortall's warriors, and fall in love with this wise-beyond-her-ten-years hero all over again. This book is surprisingly prescient, and Kel's personal war against hazing, misogyny and outdated values within the knighthood is sure to resonate.
PLUS: Our greatest battle-based fears; favorite medieval combat weapons; not nearly enough Pretend Food; could spidrens be any grosser?
As always, please get in touch with recommendations, corrections, your favorite Numair fan art and more at dragonbabiespodcast@gmail.com!
A modern-day replica of a naginata, the samurai weapon on which Kel's glaive is based -
Source: Reliks.com
Are Madeleine and Grace the two princesses? Definitely not - but we are still honoring them with one of our most tangent-heavy episodes yet. We are thrilled to discuss our favorite Gail Caron Levine book, The Two Princesses of Bamarre. Find out why we prefer this book to Ella Enchanted, listen to us argue over whether Vollys is a great dragon or a terrible dragon, and learn even more about how spiders ruin lives. Whether you're a cowardly princess or a courageous princess (or even a bishonen sorcerer), there's something to appreciate.
Featuring our protagonists: Vivian, Jonathan and Jonathan's pigtail
A book so perfect for our podcast mission that it has actually been requested by multiple listeners, A Tale of Time City burst into our lives with all the force of a butter-pie being poked into your eye. Listen in to hear us gush over Diana Wynne Jones' fascinating sci-fi/fantasy time travel extravaganza, and then argue over what a butter-pie might be like in real life for far too long. As inhabitants of an unstable era, we can all benefit from a different perspective. Big thanks to Kate and Madeline for their requests!
An untested butter-pie recipe - if anyone tries this, please send photos, a sample, and your PayPal information so that we can immediately send you one million fantasy dollars.
Tartquest, a butter tart review Instagram created by Michael DeForge and Jillian Tamaki
The Adventure Time Tart Toter soliloquy, from Season 2, Episode 9, "The Other Tarts"
To follow up our episode on The Neverending Story, we rewatched The Neverending Story (1984) and an episode of The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux (1995). This episode features our brother Patrick! We have a lot of thoughts about these adaptations!
DISCLAIMER: We love fantasy literature and most of our episodes are unflinchingly positive. This is not one of those episodes. This is a highly critical review of Neverending Story-inspired media by three cynical adults who have just spent four straight hours watching a movie and television show made for children. If you do not want to hear grumpy jerks talking about a movie that you love, it's definitely best to skip this one!
(The television show, on the other hand, is a little-watched disaster and is unlikely to be loved by anyone other than our childhood selves. Please get in touch at dragonbabiespodcast@gmail.com if you've ever seen the show, as we're pretty sure we're alone in this).
TV show review mentioned - The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures - The Dom Reviews