Ghost Divers

Topics discussed: Kino and Hermes are funny little guys; the philosophical allegorical mode of Kino's Journey; Kino's shifting and poorly-maintained position as an observer who does not intercede; Kino as a stateless, detachged party; Kino's gun rituals; the philosophy of altruism and society; Niamh's proposal for a NANA Festival; the Land of Sad Bangers; the functions of religion in society; the melodramatic humor of Kino's Journey; Gender Is Happening; Kino's ring of keys moment; Kino's gender as one aspect of their intentional taking on of the role of the Other; the constructed worldviews of societies and Kino's potential position as a corrective perspective; humans' relationships to work; fully-automated capitalism; the concept of utopia in Kino's Journey; the two-episode tournament arch; Shizu, the older sword twink Kino; Samurai Jack; Niamh just doesn't care about fight scenes in manga and anime and that's why fae thinks Berserk is kinda mid; envisioniong the fighting tournament arch of NANA; the Midwestern fine and the British quite; a sixth kind of animal; and safe-for-work Sasuke. Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh's mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Unjust Depths: unjustdepths.com Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Animal death Slavery and cannibalism Suicide Transphobia and childhood trauma Violence Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: The Individual vs. Society; Kino's increasing meddling or involvement in the countries they visit; the optimism or pessimism in the ending of episode 8; pushing against social mores vs. outright violent resistance; the bourgeois consumption of the novel and the cutting off of the revolutionary potential of literature and criticism; solipsism; the problems of the family in liberal society; work and mechanized labor; gender roles and labor; aimlessness, purpose, and purposeful aimlessness; the only appearance of the Master in the entire show; the system of state violence and the personal relationship to violence; the faltering of the handling of the violence of Tatatans; the critique of 21st century warfare and American militarism; gender norms and motherhood in the construction of state violence; the saddest fucking episode of Kino's Journey; the pain of seeing what your childhood would've looked like if it was healthy and normal when you are queer person with childhood trauma; the ambiguous pang of yearning; utopia as fleeting and potentially unsustainable; modeling the process of utopian creation as a shared social goal; the depersonalization of the philosophical mode throughout the series in contrast to Kino's willingness to give into the personal in the final episode; the positioning of the final episode chronologically early in Kino's journey but at the end of the show Kino's Journey; and the most nothing episode of Kino's Journey that's like fine, it's kinda funny. Also, don't forget that we will be recording the Question Bucket soon. The deadline to write into our Question Bucket for this series is Friday, January 13, 2023. (Note: We're still hoping to record Saturday like usual, but it might get moved to Friday so that's the date if you want to play it safe.) You can write into ghostdiverspod@gmail and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh's mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Unjust Depths: unjustdepths.com Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Unreality / questioning reality Violence and warfare Suicide Massacre and genocide Transphobia and queerphobia Childhood trauma Death Pandemic and illness Food Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: The two Kino's Journey movies; the Land of Foxes, the Normal Country*, and the Boring Country of Thematically Significant Travelers and Their Nuanced Relationship with Travel as an Institution; the many advantages of a small orange; developing a script for the poker episode of Kino's Journey; the superpower of Google Maps; Beast Wars; Riku's unlimited superpowers; the Land of Airports; devising a country with the express purpose of trapping Kino; Kino at 40 a.k.a. Batou; the worst images of Batou we all have ever seen; Kino's distaste for the bean and adventures in rural Virginia; Connor disagrees with Niamh and kb about the appeal of blood orgies; the Country of Blood; other travel literature like Don Quixote, Otherside Picnic, and Lone Wolf & Cub; yelling at your Gundam son to cut his bangs; spicy cream of ranch soup; and finding the perfect level to fill your creationism mug. You can write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and don't forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh's mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Unjust Depths: unjustdepths.com Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Food Violence and death Blood, lots of blood, blood orgies Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Dive into Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Release Schedule [S12E1] Intro to Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: February 3, 2023 [S12E2] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 1–6: February 17, 2023 [S12E3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 7–13: March 3, 2023 [S12E4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 14–19: March 17, 2023 [S12E5] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 20–25: March 31, 2023 [S12E6] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 26–32: April 14, 2023 [S12E7] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 33–38: April 28, 2023 [S12E8] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 39–44: May 12, 2023 [S12E9] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 45–50: May 26, 2023 [S12E10] Question Bucket: June 9, 2023 Content Warnings for the Anime Blood, violence, death and some gore, both in mech combat and between humans Bodies, implants and body modification, ideas around “pure” vs “mutilated” or “grotesque” bodies Sex and sexuality, including rape, arranged marriage with a young girl, child abuse, and pedophilia Also sex work and harem anime tropes For the episodes 1–6 of the show, we will only get into the first two (blood, violence, etc. and bodies, implants, etc.) Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: Mikazuki is the main guy from Battles Without Honor or Humanity 2; Kudelia Bluth; the very first scene and the symbols of Iron, Blood, and Orphans; why people say this is the Gundam about child soldiers; how IBO engages in the language of Tomino Gundam shows but tries to translate it for a wider audience; our view of Mars; bodies in IBO; the humanness of the design of Gundam Barbatos; body modifications and the beliefs and opinions about them in the society of IBO; abjection (see our Evangelion season): Lü Bubatos; the space rats with whiskers and the Alaya-Vijnana vs. the tropes around newtypes; the two Ainas and Kudelia as a character in the show; race in IBO; our first impressions of McGillis; Barbatos as the Devil's Machine; and the contradictions of Orga, Mika, Kudelia, and Barbatos and the creation of new potentials. Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Blood, violence, death and some gore, both in mech combat and between humans Bodies, implants and body modification, ideas around “pure” vs “mutilated” or “grotesque” bodies Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: Is there anything going on with Moby Dick references?; the introduction of the Turbines to further explore gender and sexuality on the show; the introduction of the various meanings of family; the harem anime providing a potential framework for Atra to reapproach the romantic tension triangle between, Mika, and Kudelia in a way that allows her to reach out to and support Kudelia; the appeal of Mikazuki as a romantic interest for Atra and Kudelia; the glimpses into characterization around Fumitan; Kudelia Aina coming to terms with her own sexuality under the influences of all the other pressures on her; Atra's navigation of sexuality and the sexualization of bodies; the framework of the family as an facilitating factor for understandings of relationships and sexuality; McGillis is a Char; the kanji meaning of some of the characters' names; the mobile suit designs in IBO; Evangelion spoilers about what the Evas and Angels are (1:45:18 to 1:46:45); the various tensions between Orga and Merribit; the meaning of food in the series, Atra's relationship with food, and possible stunted growth in Atra and Mikazuki due to childhood starvation and malnutrition; Orga's responsibility to take care of the sexual needs of Tekkadan; reincarnation, rebirth, religion, and tensions between the social classification of characters in the show as “human debris”; the spiritual means of processing their emotions and its limits as it encounters the pressures of gender roles and their socioeconomic classification and oppression as lesser human or inhuman; Mika's reflections on his sadism and its narrative link with his expression of romantic interest in Kudelia; the subdued characterization of Mika throughout the show so far; putting Almiria and McGillis on the back burner until we get a clearer sense of McGillis as a character, aside from how it's already relating to the utilization of bodies to maintain social orders and political power; cleanliness and dirtiness in the delineation of class in IBO; the Norse mythology references in some of the names from Gjallarhorn; the Five Guardians of the Universe; alienating people with Connor's bits; content warnings for the next batch of episodes (starts at 3:44:20). Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Sex, sexuality, and the sexualization of women's bodies Sex work Harem anime tropes Alcohol and drinking until sick Child abuse, violence Childhood starvation and malnutrition Blood, violence, field medical work, and death Racism, slavery Arranged marriage with a 9-year-old girl, potential pedophilia The classification of bodies as clean vs. dirty, pure vs. deformed, etc. Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: An aside for a correction email; the show being cheeky with McGillis's obvious disguise; Tekkadan's lack of understanding of their own revolutionary impulses; the show's nuances in presenting the difficulties of Marxist politics; the narrowness of Kudelia's default idea of revolution; Tekkadan as revolution as action without a conceptual framework, Kudelia as revolution as a concept without concrete practice, and the need of the two to come together to achieve more; Savarin's failure to see oppression broadly as its own form of violence; Atra's heroism and revolution is situated in the interpersonal; the medieval theming of the show's mechanics; the Dark History; the Earth as a symbol in Gundam; Chocolate Man vs. Prune Boy; the masked man is obviously Char; Carta Issue is a ZZ character; deferring on McGillis again because he's still too much of a mystery to talk about at this point in the show without Niamh having to just grit faer teeth and remain quiet while Connor speculates; how Atra's approach to relationships provides a space for mutual support and emotional comfort rather than romantic competition; the themes of faith, trust, and responsibility and their link to ideology; Connor and Niamh write fanfic where we keep teasing a character survived, but only to reveal episodes later that they didn't; the relation of colonialism, imperialism, and human bodies; Ein as a class traitor; Ein's sublimation and rage over his oppression into revenge against Crank's killers; foils for the main characters; the Earth entry scene as a broader Gundam trope and the danger of the Earth's pull; just a little bit about Mikazuki; Niamh and Connor try to remember what movie Shree Klime is from; explaining what's happening in SEED Destiny and realizing that everything sounds like it should be great; Connor and Niamh could take ideas from SEED Destiny and create an incredible show; Connor has become bogged down in Victory; G Gundam; there are only six kinds of foxes; what even is a highball; diet sodas and nutrition; a weird argument Niamh got into in high school and still remembers; Niamh takes a break to text Em about Chrono Cross; content warnings for the next batch of episodes (starts at 3:30:00). Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Violence and death Massacre Sacrifice, both willing and unwilling Alcohol, food, and nutrition (post-ED) Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: Trying to imagine the position of being completely unmoved by anything except Biscuit; spending over a half hour to synopsize three episodes; Connor figured out why he was trudging through Victory; Victory and disgust at the Earth and the ocean; abjection around the Alaya-Vijnana system and cybernetics in general; IBO's belief in the transformative power of the truth and electoral politics; the tension with Kudelia and the danger that her revolutionary politics can easily be subsumed into the web of capital; McGillis's ability to manipulate the political systems around him; the desire to find a place of peace amidst war vs. the necessity for continued violent resistance; Yukinojo's resignation in contrast to Merribit's active objections against Tekkadan's drive for violence; the limited choices presented to Tekkadan; Carta Issue thinks she is a master tactician because she read Sun Tsu's Art of War; Niamh loves Carta Issue because she's kitsune-themed; Gjallarhorn was doomed from the start; the nuances and complications of the conversation between Mika and Orga; Mika tops from the bottom; the conflation of liberation and violence; the potential necessity of Orga to direct Mika's violent propulsion towards good ends; Moby Dick and monomania; more synopsizing; the theme of betting and its relation to yakuza; Atra, Kudelia, and the anime trope of the bento box; Graze Ein as a Psycho Gundam; Graze Ein as a warning of a possible future for Mikazuki; Ein's sadism and derangement; the reduction of Ein to an instrumentalized weapon built out of the contradictions of his character; McGillis's character and his plans to overturn the regime of Gjallarhorn as a deconstructivist; McGillis's lack of values in general; McGillis as individual vs Tekkadan as communal; McGillis as a foil to Orga and Kudelia; a satisfying pop; accidentally going to the St. Paddy's Day parade and getting called the f-slur; Connor's Ghost Diver's mug; Niamh teases the fact that fae had a very major thing spoiled about IBO from the beginning, which we still haven't gotten to. Note: We didn't do a discreet content warning at the end of this episode solely because it's just more of the same with regards to violence, death, and gore. Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Violence, death, and gore Death of enslaved child soldiers Character death Suicide and suicide missions Body modification and potential body horror Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: Niamh's new way of doing synopses; Julieta is the weird girl to Ple's silly girl, cyber new type vibes all around; Montag goes masked off and just becomes McGillis; the new yakuza motherfucker; the potential identity of the mysterious masked man; the new state of the world and the lack of significant improvements in the wake of Makanai's election; Tekkadan's move from an oppositional force to a part of the standing regime; Tekkadan banning the Alaya-Vijnana system; “I sure hope Tekkadan doesn't repeat anything from Gjallarhorn”; Atra trying to assert a new space for Mika as a farmer if his role as a soldier is no longer needed; this week's thematic keyword of “trust”; the link of faces, trust, and intention with the new mask and the new masked man; João's DMs including the medieval and modernity as well as a quote from Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth; McGillis is a Char (redux); the difficulty in overthrowing or even destabilizing existing regimes; Mikazuki, disability, and his inability to hold back Atra's bracelet; Mika, Orga, single vision, and monomania; the drive to move forward and the question of when they can stop; paralleling Julieta with Ein; Chad Chadan, that's it just the name Chad Chadan; Aston keeps throwing up death flags and then dies; the homoromantic tension between Takaki and Aston; Takaki and Aston as a mirror of Orga and Mika; the potentiality for the manipulation of Tekkadan, as well as the terrifying possibility that Orga is himself a manipulator; Takaki as the first character other than Mikazuki to execute someone with a pistol; a taste test between Asahi and Kirin Ichiban; silly girl sweep; and content warnings for the next 6 episodes (starts at 3:10:43). Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Violence, death, and gore Death of enslaved child soldiers Disability and loss of the use of limbs Alcohol (post-ED section) Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: Iok is a Jerid; Vidar, Gaelio, Ein, and the Norse god of vengeance; the myth of Ragnarök and its significance in Norse mythology; McGillis as a Loki; the patriarchal systems throughout the world of IBO; sacrifice; McGillis's promise to pass on the colonial apparatus to Orga; an appraisal of Kudelia and the limits of her ability to progress; Atra and Kudelia's ideas around the end of the conditions that produce child soldiers; Kudelia's attempts to create the groundwork to support a different future; Tekkadan's abandonment of Kudelia; McGillis as a groomer; a satisfying amount of Eva to trickle in; they don't have wheelchairs???; the fumbles in how IBO handles disability; fears over the losing someone to the war; Orga, Atra, and Kudelia all fear losing Mikazuki; Mika moving away from Atra and Kudelia and toward Orga; Mikazuki avoiding grappling with his internal dilemma and unwillingness to give up the power of Barbatos; identification between the pilot and the mech; the contradiction st the heart of Gjallarhorn; the excavating of a past modernity; knights and dragons vs. the terrifying machine of modern war; Gjallarhorn's role as creator of peace vs. Tekkadan's threat of total violence and destruction; Hashmal's destruction of the farm; IBO's metatextual interest in the repetition of history; the Mobile Armor as humanity's drive for self-destruction and the religiosity that surrounds that; fox treats for foxes; Gundam F91; Connor's promised to finish Victory by April 7, 2023; router network configuration; a little more about McGillis as a groomer; content warnings for the next 6 episodes (starts at 3:53:55 — the time stamps for episode 44 are 9:30 to 12:46). Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Violence, death, and gore Death of enslaved child soldiers Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia (esp. 1:20:25–1:30:45 and 3:48:10–3:51:30) Disability and loss of the use of limbs Self-destruction Food (post-ED section) Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: Revealed Intentions; the people making IBO love Victory Gundam; how to say Dáinsleif; someone really needed to warn all these characters about death flagging; Iok Kujan continues to survive out of pure stupidity; Hush's anime rival to gofer lackey arc; the Dáinsleif as an escalation of medieval warfare into modern weaponry; Gjallarhorn's relationship to myth and history and the original stopping on history and arresting of society into a static structure; the Old Norse legend of Dáinsleif; Orga's struggles with choices and his acquiescing to others who will make the decision for him; Orga's lack of control over Tekkadan's violence; thematic elements of the Reginlaze Julia and the dehumanization of the mech into more of a weapon; Barbatos and Mika's tail/umbilical cord; gender happens; babies, motherhood, umbilical cords, wombs, and the need for life beyond this moment; Atra's attitudes and relationships to sex and sexuality; Lafter, Amida, and polyamory; the limited forms of families available and their blending with military organizations; Connor has the worst hair in IBO; masks on masks on masks; McGillis is an iron-blooded orphan; parallels between McGillis and the Legend of Agnika Kaieru and Kudelia and the History of Revolution; McGillis has misunderstood and overestimated the true pillars of Gjallarhorn; Rustal is a materialist; McGillis's grooming of Almiria and her genuine feelings; McGillis approaches all relationships as dominance and submissions; eyes, monovision, and the potential tension of Mika closing his left eye; “How far should I go?” and Mika's own conflict around the death march of violence; Mika fighting to end to Atra's tears; parallels between season one and season two of IBO; Niamh has to make the bed; Irn-Bruded Orphans; content warnings for the last six episodes (start at 3:33:45). Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Major character death Suicide and self-sacrifice Sex and sexuality Child sexual abuse and pedophilia Child abuse, grooming, violence, and attempted suicide (esp. 2:24:00 to 2:37:44) Alcohol and food mentioned in post-ED Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Topics discussed: Once again Niamh has not been able to finish the notes in time. Expect them sometime this weekend. Sorry! Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Our bucket is overflowing with questions this week! Thank you to everyone who wrote in. We try to get right to the emails... but end up talking about overall feelings on the show for a while first... Anyway, we have a good mix of serious questions and jokey ones and have fun bouncing between discussions about the pain of childhood and jokes about Pokémon. You can write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and don't forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Dive into Psycho-Pass! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Release Schedule [S1E1] Intro to Psycho-Pass: June 23, 2023 [S1E2] Psycho-Pass, eps. 1–8: July 7, 2023 [S1E3] Psycho-Pass, eps. 9–16: July 21, 2023 [S1E4] Psycho-Pass, eps. 17–22: August 4, 2023 [S1E5] Psycho-Pass: The Movie: August 18, 2023 [S1E6] Question Bucket: September 1, 2023 Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

00:22:41: Discussion for episodes 1–3 01:20:18: Discussion for episodes 4 & 5 02:11:26: Discussion for episodes 6–8 Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! Also, don't forget that we will be recording the Question Bucket soon. The deadline to write into our Question Bucket for this series is TKTK. You can write into ghostdiverspod@gmail and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Works Cited in this Discussion Angelis, Eugenio. (2019). Beyond the Screen: Terayama. Spectatorship. Intermediality. Annali di Ca' Foscari. Serie orientale. 55. 10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2019/01/019. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334673210_Beyond_the_Screen_Terayama_Spectatorship_Intermediality Content Warnings for this Discussion Body horror and exploding bodies Rape Police violence and brutality Murder Dismemberment and display of corpses Serial killer Horror Gun violence Alcohol Mental illness and mental health crises Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

00:23:57: Discussion for episodes 9–11 01:14:08: Discussion for episodes 12 & 13 01:53:12: Discussion for episodes 14–16 Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! Also, don't forget that we will be recording the Question Bucket soon. The deadline to write into our Question Bucket for this series is TKTK. You can write into ghostdiverspod@gmail and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Works Cited in this Discussion Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807). Zoubek, Wolfgang. "Terayama Shûji: Japanese avant-garde theater from the 1970s reviewed four decades later." 富山大学人文学部紀要= Journal of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Toyama 68 (2018): 281-326. https://www.hmt.u-toyama.ac.jp/uploads/zoubek68.pdf Terayama, Shuji. "Manifesto by Shuji Terayama." The Drama Review 19, no. 4 (1975): 84-87. Content Warnings for this Discussion Body horror and exploding bodies Police violence and brutality Murder Hunting humans Reliving trauma as memory Violent obsession and stalking Horror Gun violence Alcohol Mental illness and mental health crises Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Note: In support of the ongoing strikes in Hollywood and the guidance released by SAG-AFTRA regarding rewatch and companion podcasts, we have decided to postpone coverage of Psycho-Pass: The Movie until the strike resolves. We will be back in two weeks with the Question Bucket for Psycho-Pass instead. If you have questions for us, please email them in this week. Thank you! 00:20:38: Synopses for episodes 17–22 00:55:33: Discussion for episodes 17–22 03:05:42: Post-ED discussion (content warnings for alcohol and eating on mic) Also, don't forget that we will be recording the Question Bucket soon. The deadline to write into our Question Bucket for this series is Saturday, August 12, 2023. You can write into ghostdiverspod@gmail and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Works Cited in this Discussion Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social Contract, 1762. Brenkert, George G. Marx's ethics of freedom. Vol. 49. Routledge, 2013. Den-en ni shisu (Pastoral: To die in the country). Directed by Terayama Shūji (Jinriki Hikoki Sha/Art Theatre Guild), 1974. Content Warnings for this Discussion Body horror, exploding bodies, disembodied brains Police violence and brutality Murder Hunting humans Death, fear of death, joy in death Violent obsession and stalking Gun violence Rape Mental illness and mental health crises Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

01:56:14: Time stamp to skip the Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero spoilers You can write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and don't forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Works Cited in this Discussion Sorgenfrei, Carol Fisher. Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan. University of Hawaii Press, 2005. Content Warnings for this Discussion Pedophilia Sexualization of young women Rape Violence Violence against women Gendered violence Sexualized violence Racialized violence Gun violence Police brutality Sex work Homophobia Food Alcohol (post-ED section) Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

We finally return to watch Psycho-Pass: The Movie! 00:20:07: Synopsis 00:31:48: Discussion 02:11:27: Outro 02:29:02: Post-ED discussion Also, don't forget that we will be recording the Question Bucket soon. The deadline to write into our Question Bucket for this series is Saturday, August 12, 2023. You can write into ghostdiverspod@gmail and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Works Cited in this Discussion Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnés de la Terre (The Wretched of the Earth), 1961. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social Contract, 1762. Content Warnings for this Discussion Body horror, exploding bodies Police violence and brutality Military violence, massacres, and genocide Gun violence Racism & colonialism

Dive into NANA! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Release Schedule [S14E1] Intro to NANA: September 1, 2023 [S14E2] NANA, Nana K. and Nana O. (vol. 1): September 15, 2023 [S14E3] NANA, chs. 1–6 (vols. 2 & 3): September 29, 2023 [S14E4] NANA, chs. 7–12 (vols. 3 & 4): October 13, 2023 [S14E5] NANA, chs. 13–18 (vols. 5 & 6): October 27, 2023 [S14E6] NANA, chs. 19–24 (vols. 6 & 7): November 10, 2023 [S14E7] NANA, chs. 25–30 (vols. 8 & 9): November 24, 2023 [S14E8] NANA, chs. 31–36 + Naoki (vols. 9 & 10): December 8, 2023 [S14E9] NANA, chs. 37–42 (vols. 11 & 12): December 22, 2023 [S14E10] NANA, chs. 43–49 (vols. 12 & 13): January 5, 2024 [S14E11] NANA, chs. 50–56 (vols. 14 & 15): January 19, 2024 [S14E12] NANA, chs. 57–61 + Nobu (vols. 15 & 16): February 2, 2024 [S14E13] NANA, chs. 62–68 (vols. 17 & 18): February 16, 2024 [S14E14] NANA, chs. 68–73 + Takumi (vols. 18 & 19): March 1, 2024 [S14E15] NANA, chs. 74–80 (vols. 20 & 21): March 15, 2024 [S14E16] Question Bucket: March 29, 2024 Content Warnings for the Manga Sex and sexuality, including rape and sexual abuse Trauma Self-harm Mental illness Suicidal ideations and death Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

We discuss the first volume of NANA comprising of the original one-shot stories. 0:09:39: Komatsu Nana one-shot 1:23:30: Ōsaki Nana one-shot Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Hey Nana... 'member when we first met? Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

The hand I was holding then was the only one I wanted to hold that night… and forever... Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Suicide references Sex and sexuality Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Why does Trapnest take over everything important in my life? Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Sex and sexuality Coercive sex/rape/significant Significant power imbalances in a sexual relationship Sexism, slut-shaming Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

"It felt like I was going to disappear into the 4-hour podcast..." 0:13:17 Synopses 0:26:21 Chapter 19 discussion 1:10:01 Chapter 20 discussion 1:44:21 Chapter 21 discussion 2:07:33 Chapter 22 discussion 2:40:15 Chapter 23 discussion 3:06:31 Chapter 24 discussion 3:46:10 Plugs and outro 3:58:00 Post-ED chat OP: "Hide & seek" by LOVES. ED: "A rhythm like my heartbeat" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Sex and sexuality Pedophilia/child sex work/grooming Abuse/manipulation/violence/possessive behaviors Sexism, slut-shaming Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

0:07:26 Synopses 0:13:07 Chapter 25 discussion 1:08:04 Chapter 26 discussion 1:48:14 Chapter 27 discussion 2:27:10 Chapter 28 discussion 3:06:01 Plugs and outro 3:14:42 Post-ED chat OP: "Motor psycho" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her ED: "Akai ito" by Logiq Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Sex and sexuality Pregnancy/abortion/unwanted children Pedophilia/child sex work/grooming Abuse/manipulation/violence/possessive behaviors Sexism, slut-shaming Suicide Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

0:16:26 Synopses 0:30:50 Chapter 29 discussion 1:32:02 Chapter 30 discussion 2:02:14 Chapter 31 discussion 2:22:02 Chapter 32 discussion 2:48:08: Naoki discussion 3:16:51 Plugs and outro 3:22:09 Post-ED chat OP: "Drive a car" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her ED: "Touch my lips" by The Girl. Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Rape Dissociative trauma attack Abusive relationships Manipulation and violence Sex and sexuality Pedophilia/child sex work/grooming Pregnancy/abortion/unwanted children Sexism, slut-shaming Suicide

0:24:08 Synopses 0:34:01 Chapter 33 discussion 1:31:40 Chapter 34 discussion 2:10:03 Chapter 35 discussion 2:47:48 Chapter 36 discussion 3:17:43 Plugs and outro 3:29:25 Post-ED chat OP: "Star" by Shonen Knife ED: "Do I love you enough?" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Dissociative trauma attack Pedophilia/child sex work/grooming Pregnancy/abortion/unwanted children Self-harm and suicide Abusive relationships Manipulation and violence Sex and sexuality Sexism, slut-shaming

0:06:35 Discussing the image of the moon in NANA 0:18:44 Synopses 0:27:54 Chapter 37 discussion 1:07:54 Chapter 38 discussion 1:33:19 Chapter 39 discussion 2:20:43 Chapter 40 discussion 2:58:41 Chapter 41 discussion 3:39:26 Plugs and outro 3:48:56 Post-ED chat OP: "Under the Moonlight" by Buck-Tick ED: "If It Is the Deep Sea, I Can See You There" by Melt-Banana Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Drugs, drug abuse, and addiction Sex, sexuality, and sex work Sexual choking/breathplay sex/erotic asphyxiation Dissociative trauma attack/panic attack Drowning as a metaphor Pedophilia, child sex work, grooming Self-harm and suicide Death wish, vague suggestion of murder-suicide Abusive relationships, manipulation Cheating

0:04:12 Looking back on the arcs so far as we move into a new narrative arc 0:28:06 Synopses 0:39:10 Chapter 42 discussion 1:29:53 Chapter 43 discussion 2:12:14 Chapter 44 discussion 2:31:54 Chapter 45 discussion 3:07:14 Plugs and outro 3:15:36 Post-ED chat OP: "Old Fashioned Love Song" by Sheena & the Rokkets ED: "I'm Your Girl" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Sex, sexuality, and sex work Pedophilia, child sex work, grooming Self-harm and suicide Abusive relationships, manipulation Cheating

0:11:38 Synopses 0:17:29 Chapter 46 discussion 1:22:38 Chapter 47 discussion 2:06:34 Chapter 48 discussion 2:57:37 Chapter 49 discussion 3:29:01 Plugs and outro 3:38:03 Post-ED chat OP: "Cinderellalize" by LOVES. ED: "Take Me Home" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Sex, sexuality, and sex work Rape and abuse Pedophilia, child sex work, grooming Self-harm and suicide Abusive relationships, manipulation Drugs, drug abuse, and addiction Sexual choking/breathplay sex/erotic asphyxiation Dissociative trauma attack/panic attack Drowning as a metaphor Death wish, murder-suicide, sexual killing Cheating and infidelity

0:04:32 Synopses 0:15:32 Chapter 50 discussion 0:59:01 Chapter 51 discussion 1:41:06 Chapter 52 discussion 2:28:39 Chapter 53 discussion 3:00:05 Plugs and outro 3:13:12 Post-ED chat OP: "Eyes for the Moon" by Mika Nakashima ED: "get out from the shell -asian version" by L'Arc~en~Ciel Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Sex, sexuality, and sex work Groupes and sex with fans Abusive relationships, manipulation Self-harm, suicide, and death Dissociative trauma attack/panic attack Drowning as a metaphor Cheating and infidelity

0:05:29 Synopses 0:20:31 Chapter 54 discussion 1:19:13 Chapter 55 discussion 2:01:17 Chapter 56 discussion 2:52:16 Chapter 57 discussion 3:38:11 Plugs and outro 3:48:03 Post-ED chat OP: "Don't leave me" by Teengenerate ED: "Sea me (English version)" by Olivia Lufkin Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Sex, sexuality, and sex work Abusive relationships, manipulation, and deceit Pedophilia, child sex work Self-harm, suicide, and death Dissociative trauma attack/panic attack Drowning as a metaphor Cheating and infidelity Alcohol

0:06:57 Synopses 0:20:38 Chapter 58 discussion 1:31:20 Chapter 59 discussion 2:15:37 Chapter 60 discussion 2:38:30 Chapter 61 discussion 3:00:20 Nobu discussion 3:44:29 Plugs and outro 4:03:29 Post-ED chat OP: "Sweet Christmas" by Shonen Knife ED: "As long as we're together" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Death Self-harm, suicide, drowning, jumping Dissociative trauma attack/panic attack Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior Pregnancy and abortion Sex, sexuality, adolescent sexuality Childhood abandonment Lying about identity, deception, potential stalking Sexism Alcohol

0:07:48: Synopses 0:18:04: Chapter 62 discussion 1:08:28 Chapter 63 discussion 1:50:30 Chapter 64 discussion 2:33:49 Chapter 65 discussion 3:33:11 Plugs and outro 3:45:33 Post-ED chat OP: "Your Guitar" by Shonen Knife ED: "What to say" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Childhood abandonment Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior Cheating and infidelity Deception and stalking Eating disorders Sex and sexuality Self-harm, suicide, drowning Death Sexism Alcohol

0:08:21 Synopses 0:16:42 Chapter 66 discussion 0:51:46 Chapter 67 discussion 1:13:51 Chapter 68 discussion 1:54:20 Chapter 69 discussion 2:32:51 Takumi discussion 4:09:29 Plugs and outro 3:45: Post-ED chat OP: "My Funny Valentine" by Buck-Tick ED: "I'm addicted to you" by Anna Tsuchiya Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Self-harm, suicide, drowning Extensive discussion of suicical ideationbr> Death Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior Cheating and infidelity Misogyny and sexism Sex and sexuality, including high school sexuality and explicit talk about cum Drug use Alcohol

0:06:19 Synopses 0:21:57 Chapter 70 discussion 1:11:13 Chapter 71 discussion 1:56:09 Chapter 72 discussion 2:38:27 Chapter 73 discussion 3:25:53 Plugs and outro 3:45: Post-ED chat OP: "Shadow of love" by Olivia Lufkin ED: "Cut me free" by Olivia Lufkin Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior Sexual assault/rape Self-harm, suicide, drowning Death Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma Cheating and infidelity Divorce Misogyny and sexism Sex and sexuality Drug use and addiction Kidnapping victims Alcohol

0:07:20 Synopses 0:22:42 Discussion of the volume overall 0:35:48 Chapter 74 discussion 1:23:36 Chapter 75 discussion 2:02:34 Chapter 76 discussion 2:41:08 Chapter 77 discussion 3:31:29 Plugs and outro 3:41:12 Post-ED chat OP: "Fuckin' Blue" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her ED: "My Way" by Mika Nakashima Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Death, fatal car crash Drug use and addiction Self-harm, suicide, drowning Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior Sexual assault/rape Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia Cheating and infidelity Divorce, messy breakups Misogyny and sexism Sex and sexuality Kidnapping victims Alcohol

0:12:26: Looking back on the series as a whole 0:27:51 Synopses 0:35:38 Some discussion of the volume overall 0:40:43 Chapter 78 discussion 1:26:47 Chapter 79 discussion 1:58:02 Chapter 80 discussion 2:39:28 Discussion of uncollected chapters 81-84 3:18:29 Plugs and outro Post-ED chat OP: "Punk Mushi no Onna" by Jun Togawa ED: "If we belong" by Aiha Higurashi Also, don't forget that we will be recording the Question Bucket soon. The deadline to write into our Question Bucket for NANA is May 31, 2024. You can write into ghostdiverspod@gmail and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Death, fatal car crash Funeral, unfinished business, extreme grief Discussion of details of a brutal and disfiguring death on a dead body Drug use and addiction Suicide, self-harm, drowning Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior Cheating and infidelity Divorce, messy breakups Misogyny and sexism Sex and sexuality Mental illness and distress Self-starvation Alcohol Punk Mushi no Onna One! Two! Three! Four! In the moonlit white forest, I am burrowing into tree roots where many cicadas will emerge. Ah ah! This is the image of me as I reach my final metamorphosis from thinking too many thoughts of you. In the moonlit frozen forest, I am an insect woman drinking tree sap. When at last you finally notice me with my amber stomach, the girl who transformed into an insect, parasitized by a strange grass growing stems of sorrow from her amber back.

0:03:38: Draft 1:34:48: Getting to the rest of the emails... 3:39:41: Plugs and outro 3:47:16: Post-ED chat OP: "Platonic" by Aiha Higurashi ED: "MOON LIGHT" by Buck-Tick You can send emails for Psycho-Pass: The Movie or write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Some use of the f-slur Mention of suicide and self-harm Misogyny and sexism Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma Sex and sexuality Mention of child sexual abuse/grooming Mental illness and distress Alcohol

Dive into Berserk (1997)! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Autumn: @Autumnal_Coffee (twitter) or @autumnalcoffee (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Release Schedule [S15E1] Intro to Berserk: July 5, 2024 [S15E2] Berserk, eps. 1–6: July 19, 2024 [S15E3] Berserk, eps. 6–12: August 2, 2024 [S15E4] Berserk, eps. 13–19: August 16, 2024 [S15E5] Berserk, eps. 20–25: August 30, 2024 [S15E6] Question Bucket: September 13, 2024 Note: Starting with S15E3, discussion episodes will be a week early in the Patreon feed if at all possible! Intro episodes and Question Bucket episodes will not due to the nature of how we record them. Content Warnings for the Anime Rape and sexual violence, including reference to child sexual assault Extreme violence, gore, and detailed violent torture Suicide Sex & nudity Sexism

0:08:25: Synopses for all episodes 0:27:27: Episodes discussion for all episodes 2:08:23: Outro and ED 2:20:53: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Autumn: @Autumnal_Coffee (twitter) or @autumnalcoffee (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings Rape and sexual violence, including discussion of child sexual assault Sexual harassment and assault Violence and gore Body horror, including sexualized body horror Possessiveness Suicide and suicidality Sex and nudity Sexism

0:04:40: Synopses for all episodes 0:20:43: Episodes discussion for all episodes 2:19:23: Outro and ED 2:36:17: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Autumn: @Autumnal_Coffee (twitter) or @autumnalcoffee (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings Sexism and misogyny Rape and sexual violence Pedophilia Sex work Sexual harassment and assault Violence and gore Self-harm Sex and nudity

0:03:57: Synopses for all episodes 0:35:50: Episodes discussion for all episodes 2:36:48: Outro and ED 2:51:58: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Autumn: @Autumnal_Coffee (twitter) or @autumnalcoffee (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings Rape and sexual violence Sexual harassment and assault Pedophilia Sex work Sexism and misogyny Violence, gore, and death by arson Self-harm Sex and nudity

0:14:18: Synopses for all episodes 1:00:05: Episodes discussion for all episodes 2:20:39: Outro and ED 2:35:22: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Autumn: @Autumnal_Coffee (twitter) or @autumnalcoffee (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings Extensive discussion of rape and sexual violence Discussion of extreme torture, violence, gore, murder, and death Sexism and misogyny Attempted suicide Horror Betrayal Sex and nudity

Basically just answered emails the entire time so no neat divisions for timestamps for this one. You can write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Autumn: @Autumnal_Coffee (twitter) or @autumnalcoffee (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for the Discussion Some use of the f-slur I think? Maybe? Rape, sexual assault, violence, torture, and gore Sex and sexuality Sexism and misogyny Discussion of pedophilia and the sexualization of young girls Some light talk about the manga, nothing too spoilery but mentioning just in case

Dive into Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion! The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Release Schedule [S16E1] Intro to Code Geass: September 27, 2024 [S16E2] Code Geass, eps. 1–6: October 11, 2024 [S16E3] Code Geass, eps. 7–12: October 25, 2024 [S16E4] Code Geass, eps. 13–19: November 8, 2024 [S16E5] Code Geass, eps. 20–25: November 22, 2024 [S16E6] Code Geass R2, eps. 1–6: December 6, 2024 [S16E7] Code Geass R2, eps. 7–12: December 20, 2024 [S16E8] Code Geass R2, eps. 13–19: January 3, 2025 [S16E9] Code Geass R2, eps. 20–25: January 17, 2025 [S16E10] Question Bucket: January 31, 2025 (Plan to record January 24, 2025)

0:04:21: Synopses for all episodes 0:31:15: Discussion of all episodes 2:10:08: Outro and ED 2:20:38: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Suicide Violence, death Mind control Sexuality

0:12:03: Synopses for all episodes 0:41:27: Discussion of all episodes 2:22:07: Outro and ED 2:35:27: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) and @foxmomnia.bsky.social (bluesky) Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Suicide Violence, death Mind control Deceit Sexuality Drugs and addiction

0:13:03: Synopses for all episodes 0:44:50: Discussion of all episodes 2:01:12: Outro and ED 2:14:29: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) and @foxmomnia.bsky.social (bluesky) Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Suicide Violence, death Mind control and mind reading Erasing memories without consent Murder and dismemberment Deceit Sexuality

0:08:41: Synopses for all episodes 0:52:54: Discussion of all episodes 2:15:32: Outro and ED 2:30:11: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) and @foxmomnia.bsky.social (bluesky) Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Suicide Violence, death, warfare, and the threat of mutually assured annihilation Mind control and mind reading Erasing memories without consent Murder and dismemberment Deceit Sexuality

0:20:43: Synopses for all episodes 0:52:59: Discussion of all episodes 1:55:44: Outro and ED 2:02:49: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) and @foxmomnia.bsky.social (bluesky) Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Suicide Violence, death, and warfare Mind control and mind reading Erasing and rewriting/fabricating memories without consent Deceit and manipulation So much more sexuality, oh my god

0:25:18: Synopses for all episodes 1:00:10: Discussion of all episodes 2:17:56: Outro and ED 2:28:15: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) and @foxmomnia.bsky.social (bluesky) Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Suicide Violence, death, and warfare Mind control and mind reading Erasing and rewriting/fabricating memories without consent Deceit and manipulation Sexuality

0:05:09: Synopses for all episodes 0:39:46: Discussion of all episodes 2:02:31: Outro and ED 2:10:50: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.bsky.social Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Suicide Violence, death, and warfare Mind control and mind reading Erasing and rewriting/fabricating memories without consent Deceit and manipulation Sexuality

0:04:15: Discussion of the ending and the episodes in general 0:42:29: Synopses 1:07:42: More discussion about the episodes and conclusion of the show's themes 2:04:43: Outro and ED 2:17:24: Post-ED segment 0:41:49: When we start talking about IBO, jump here to skip the spoilers! The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.bsky.social Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Violence, death, and warfare Mind control Erasing and rewriting/fabricating memories without consent Deceit and manipulation Loss of self Sexuality

0:50:32: Answering questions 2:03:23: Musical intermission + "BEFORE WE GET BACK TO EMAILS… CONNOR… I HAD A DREAM!" 2:16:48: Answering the remaining questions 3:26:08: Outro and ED 3:35:23: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule!

Dive into Chobits! [S17E1] Intro to Chobits: February 14, 2025 [S17E2] Chobits, eps. 1–6: February 28, 2025 [S17E3] Chobits, eps. 7–13: March 14, 2025 [S17E4] Chobits, eps. 14–19: March 28, 2025 [S17E5] Chobits, eps. 20–26: April 11, 2025 [S17E6] Question Bucket: April 25, 2025 The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais Em: @polarbearsummer.online Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning for the Series Sex and sexuality Sex work Sexism and misogyny Women as dolls/robots

0:05:32: Synopses 0:16:03: Episode discussion 2:00:29: Outro and ED 2:10:43: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais Em: @polarbearsummer.online Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Sex and sexuality Sexism and misogyny Women as dolls/robots/children This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:09:40: Synopses 0:23:58: Episode discussion 2:12:41: An attempt to define "CLAMP Sauce" 2:52:56: Outro and ED 3:08:04: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Em: @polarbearsummer.online Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Sex and sexuality Sexism and misogyny Sex work Sexual assault Women as dolls/robots/children Brief mention of pedophilia/incest/other rough things CLAMP has touched on This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:05:43: Synopses 0:23:15: Episode discussion 1:36:22: Outro and ED 1:57:11: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Em: @polarbearsummer.online Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Sex and sexuality Cheating and infidelity Teacher/student relationship Alcohol This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:08:15: Synopses 0:36:51: Episode discussion 2:24:19: Outro and ED 2:40:28: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Em: @polarbearsummer.online Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Sex and sexuality Cheating and infidelity Teacher/student relationship Incest Alcohol This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:09:50: Answering questions 2:28:06: Outro and ED 2:39:41: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Em: @polarbearsummer.online Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Dive into Dear Brother! (Also, check out Pinfeather here: https://amensalism.itch.io/pinfeather) The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning for the Series Drug use Domestic violence Suicide Toxic relationships Bullying and abuse Incest? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:05:07: Synopses 0:39:56: Episode discussion 2:14:59: Outro and ED 2:25:34: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Bullying and abuse Incest (kinda? mentioned, at least) Violence This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:05:04: Synopses 0:33:52: Episode discussion 1:56:45: Outro and ED 2:05:56: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Obsession, manipulation, and emotional abuse Incest Drug use Double suicide / murder suicide Violence This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:06:37: Synopses 0:25:28: Episode discussion 1:37:32: Outro and ED 1:48:06: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Em: @polarbearsummer.online Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Obsession, manipulation, and emotional abuse Incest Drug use Violence This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:05:43: Synopses 0:42:23: Episode discussion 1:57:12: Outro and ED 2:11:04: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Obsession, manipulation, and emotional abuse Violence and attempted murder Near drowning Self-harm and attempted suicide Incest Drug use This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:09:30: Synopses 0:47:00: Episode discussion 2:06:30: Outro and ED 2:17:56: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Obsession, manipulation, and emotional abuse Violence Self-harm and attempted suicide Incest Drug use Death This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:18:47: Synopses (also we kinda get into episode discussion interspersed) 0:46:23: Episode discussion 2:05:48: Outro and ED 2:21:07: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Obsession, manipulation, and emotional abuse Death, mourning Self-harm Cancer Incest Misogyny and queerphobia This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Ina: @poyfuh.bsky.social Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Dive into Penguindrum! The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Emotional abuse, physical abuse, manipulation, torture Death Attempted murder Attempted suicide Sexual harassment, stalking, sexual assault, and rape This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:09:30: Synopses 0:31:49: Episode discussion 1:54:05: Outro and ED 2:07:06: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Illness and death Obsession Sexual harassment, stalking, and sexual assault This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:08:57: Synopses 0:29:18: Episode discussion 1:00:39: Interruption (Niamh's kid had a night terror) 1:01:30: Back to episode discussion 2:10:34: Outro and ED 2:22:42: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Illness and death Obsession Sexual harassment, stalking, and sexual assault Date rape drugging, rape Self-harm This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:10:07: Synopses 0:35:43: Episode discussion 2:02:47: Outro and ED 2:16:21: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Illness and death Date rape drugging, rape Lesbian predator trope Child abuse and child sexual assault Murder Self-harm Torture This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:08:43: Synopses 0:38:29: Episode discussion 2:20:58: Outro and ED 2:42:59: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Illness and death Murder and violence Self-harm and self-sacrifice This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:18:56: Synopses 0:41:13: Discussion 1:38:15: Outro and ED 2:03:41: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Death Self-sacrifice Drowning This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Dive into ∀ Gundam! The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Violence, warfare, death Some nudity and sexuality Racism This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:07:09: Synopses 1:02:50: Episode discussion 2:38:45: Outro and ED 2:54:26: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Nudity, sexuality, puberty Violence, warfare, death This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:26:26: The Ranking of Anime 1:38:21: The OP and ED Brackets 2:24:18: Outro and ED 2:31:11: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:08:59: Synopses 0:46:36: Episode discussion 2:08:57: Outro and ED 2:23:05: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Sexism and racism Violence, warfare, death This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:09:47: Synopses 0:52:47: Episode discussion 2:29:31: Outro and ED 2:40:55: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Sexism and racism Violence, warfare, death Dismemberment This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:10:14: Synopses 0:59:06: Episode discussion 2:07:01: Outro and ED 2:15:17: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Violence, warfare, assassination, death Sexuality Injury, trauma, field hospital, surgery This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:05:17: Synopses 0:49:44: Episode discussion 2:20:01: Outro and ED 2:30:16: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Violence, warfare, assassination, death Nuclear warfare Mention of suicide This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:07:48: Synopses 0:54:30: Episode discussion 2:21:43: Outro and ED 2:31:22: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Violence, warfare, assassination, death Nuclear warfare Suicide / sacrificial death This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:03:52: Synopses 0:46:44: Episode discussion 2:01:12: Outro and ED 2:11:19: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Violence, warfare, assassination, death Nuclear warfare Unarmed human killed by a mobile suit This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:12:51: Synopses 0:40:23: Episode discussion 2:11:43: Outro and ED 2:27:01: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Violence, warfare, assassination, death Nuclear warfare Genocide, war crimes, large-scale destruction of civilian areas This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Dive into Nodame Cantabile! The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning for the Series Comic violence in a relationship Sexual harassment Plane crash Fear of flying and the ocean This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:05:09: Synopses 0:58:32: Episode discussion 2:06:43: Outro and ED 2:12:16: Post-ED segment, gyabo! The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Comedic violence Sexual harassment This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:08:11: Synopses 1:02:41: Episode discussion 1:41:38: Outro and ED 1:48:14: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Comedic violence Sexual harassment Sexuality This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:05:08: Synopses 1:19:00: Episode discussion 2:05:52: Outro and ED 2:14:48: Post-ED segment The Show: @ghostdivers.exportaud.io Niamh: @foxmomnia.exportaud.io Connor: @rabbleais.exportaud.io Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warning Comedic violence Sexual harassment Sexuality This podcast is powered by Pinecast.