Scintillae Podcast

Battle of the Persephones ✨ Scintillae Podcast s02e01

Scintillae Season Two begins with an exchange of myths between us: Raven as a devoted reader of Maria Ying’s Hades Calculus, Alisha sharing about reading Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe in 36 hours straight, and the only Netflix project worth watching in the last decade which was therefore cancelled: KAOS! featuring Cardiffian actor Rakie Ayola in the role of Persephone. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod [https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod] Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod [https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scintillaepod/ [https://www.instagram.com/scintillaepod/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com [https://scintillaepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

A Greener Wales w/ Tessa Marshall ✨ Scintillae Podcast ep. 08

Our first guest is none other than a politician! Tessa Marshall is the Welsh Green Party candidate for Caedydd Penarth at the Senedd Elections of 7th May 2026 and a personal friend. In this episode we ask her everything we always wanted to ask a politician but never had the chance before! And she delivers! Check out Tessa over at: tiktok.com/@tessashadenough [https://www.tiktok.com/@tessashadenough] instagram.com/tessamarshallblaidwerdd/ [https://www.instagram.com/tessamarshallblaidwerdd/] The Welsh Green Party : wales.greenparty.org.uk [https://wales.greenparty.org.uk] If you heard of Zack Polanski, the leader of the UK Green party (some say he’s the British Zohran Mamdani) this is his podcast boldpoliticswithzack.com [https://boldpoliticswithzack.com] Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod [https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod] Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod [https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com [https://scintillaepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

My Partner is Trans, Now What!? ✨ Scintillae Podcast ep. 07

Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod [https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod] Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod [https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com [https://scintillaepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

From Beauty and the Beast to Astarion: The Abuse Romanticization Pipeline ✨ Scintillae Podcast ep. 06

The romanticisation of abuse in dark romantasy. From Beauty and the Beast to Joss Whedon's Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the reinterpretation of the trope by white women since the 2000s with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses, Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches and yes, Tom Hiddleston's Loki to Astarion pipeline. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod [https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod] Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod [https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com [https://scintillaepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The End of the World ep.5

CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSIONS OF Suic!dE and Suic!dal Intrusive Thoughts. In this emergency episode we discuss the beginning of 2026 with the US attack of Venezuela, kidnapping its president and immediately casting their imperialistic eye onto Greenland, what that would mean for world diplomacy and the problematic possibility of it triggering World War 3 with some of the international intricacies explained Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod [https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod] Find us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod [https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod] 00:59 How to "end" oneself 02:18 Religion and the right to end one's life 08:14 Venezuela to Greenland 14:25 Diplomacy and Democracy 20:23 the Birth of Propaganda 24:32 We are in a Plutarchy 29:02 capitalism patriarchy and r*pe culture 33:29 how can world war iii start now? 40:44 do the US want to go to war with Europe? 49:07 Bif Tannen and Donald Trump 50:28 The Rules 54:33 Nuclear Deterrents 56:53 build the skills to become partisans 📚BIBLIOGRAPHY📚 Philosophy Tube - Suic!de and Ment@l He@lth | Philosophy Tube ★https://youtube.com/watch?v=eQNw2FBdpyE [https://youtube.com/watch?v=eQNw2FBdpyE] Devon Price Ph.D. - Laziness Does Not Exist US https://bookshop.org/a/115825/9781982140113 [https://bookshop.org/a/115825/9781982140113] UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781982140113 [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781982140113] Annie Jacobsen - Nuclear War: A Scenario US https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781804996003 [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781804996003] UK https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nuclear-war-a-scenario-annie-jacobsen/7598736?ean=9781804996003&next=t [https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nuclear-war-a-scenario-annie-jacobsen/7598736?ean=9781804996003&next=t] Sheffield University - The Invisible Government: Edward Bernays, Public Relations and Propaganda https://newhistories.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/volumes/2013-14/volume-5/issue-1-media/the-invisible-government-edward-bernays-public-relations-and-propaganda [https://newhistories.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/volumes/2013-14/volume-5/issue-1-media/the-invisible-government-edward-bernays-public-relations-and-propaganda]  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCd9MAjVvBqhb2bkhMZpErfw] @adamcurtisdocumentaries  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCd9MAjVvBqhb2bkhMZpErfw] Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com [https://scintillaepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]