The Secret Circle E19-20: "Crystal" & "Traitor"

SPIN-OFF: Mid Season Edition

Spin-off! Your hosts unsurprisingly went on a lot of tangents during the Mid Season, and they have been compiled here for your listening pleasure. Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of antisemitism, homophobia, incest, and racism. Questions, queries, or just to say hi! E-mail: animalattackpod@gmail.com [animalattackpod@gmail.com] Refs and Links: IWAA S1 [https://tinyurl.com/IWAAS1R] All our online stuff! Podcast: It Was an Animal Attack [https://redcircle.com/it-was-an-animal-attack] Twitter: @animattackpod [https://www.twitter.com/animattackpod] Instagram: @animalattackpod [https://www.instagram.com/animalattackpod] Tiktok: @animalattackpod [https://www.tiktok.com/@animalattackpod] YouTube: @animalattackpod [https://youtube.com/@animalattackpod] - (00:00:05) - Fanon, Stranger Things, Game of Thrones (00:01:53) - Moon Knight, adaptation, and ethnic erasure (00:06:05) - Everyone and their mother is in Oppenheimer (00:07:27) - Bring it On to teen drama pipeline (00:11:50) - Literary fraud in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (00:13:29) - Cassandra Clare vs Stephanie Meyer (00:20:16) - One Tree Hill drama (00:21:20) - Heathers: The Musical, Riverdale, Recess (00:25:00) - Charmed, Angel, and the Powers that Be (00:26:00) - Crystal skulls, Indiana Jones, and cultural malignment (00:27:32) - Winx Club and underwhelming spellcraft (00:28:38) - Mulan 2 and Disney sequels (00:29:42) - Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter (00:30:59) - Ashley Tisdale mum group drama (00:32:54) - Sandile's dentist troubles (00:34:51) - Sandile's traffic fine troubles (00:35:52) - Fadzai's password trauma (00:36:52) - POPI Act for who?

The Secret Circle E21-22: "Prom" & "Family"

Your hosts welcome the end for The Secret Circle! This week, Fadzai and Sandile cover: Episode 21, "Prom": Blackwell asks Cassie to use her dark magic to find a crystal hidden at the school; Faye asks Jake to prom even though he stood her up two years ago; Dawn tries to stop Blackwell. Episode 22, "Family": Jake, Melissa and Adam try to save Faye from the witch hunters; Blackwell tells Cassie and Diana that they must use their dark magic to unleash the crystal skull; Dawn and Charles discover a new way to get their power back. Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of ephebophilia, familial abandonment, grief and loss, incest, mass murder, mental illness and related stigma, pedophilia, racism, and religious bigotry. Questions, queries, or just to say hi! E-mail: animalattackpod@gmail.com [animalattackpod@gmail.com] All our online stuff! Twitter: @animattackpod [https://www.twitter.com/animattackpod] Instagram: @animalattackpod [https://www.instagram.com/animalattackpod] Bluesky: @animalattackpod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/animalattackpod.bsky.social] Tiktok: @animalattackpod [https://www.tiktok.com/@animalattackpod] YouTube: @animalattackpod [https://youtube.com/@animalattackpod]

The Secret Circle E19-20: "Crystal" & "Traitor"

Your hosts boot and rally for The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover: Episode 19, "Crystal": Everyone in the circle start looking for the remaining crystals. Meanwhile, Jane and Charles form an alliance against a common enemy and Cassie discovers another secret about her father. Episode 20, "Traitor": When a crystal is magically stolen from the abandoned house, the Circle decides it was the traitor witch working with Eben, and call for a meeting with Isaac to see if they can get him to change sides. Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of ephebophilia, familial abandonment, grief and loss, mass murder, mental illness and related stigma, racism, and religious bigotry. Questions, queries, or just to say hi! E-mail: animalattackpod@gmail.com [animalattackpod@gmail.com] All our online stuff! Twitter: @animattackpod [https://www.twitter.com/animattackpod] Instagram: @animalattackpod [https://www.instagram.com/animalattackpod] Bluesky: @animalattackpod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/animalattackpod.bsky.social] Tiktok: @animalattackpod [https://www.tiktok.com/@animalattackpod] YouTube: @animalattackpod [https://youtube.com/@animalattackpod]

The Secret Circle E17-18: "Curse" & "Sacrifice"

Your hosts band together for The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover: Episode 17, "Curse": After what happened between Cassie and Adam, Blackwell says a curse has arisen. They go to visit Jane. Faye goes to go visit Lee and is suspicious of Eva. Episode 18, "Sacrifice": An old acquaintance of Jake's shows up with a message for Blackwell; Cassie learns what Eben is planning; Diana worries that her secret is putting a wall between her and Grant; Faye and Melissa make a deal with Adam. Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of ephebophilia, familial abandonment, mass murder, mental manipulation, racism, and religious bigotry. Questions, queries, or just to say hi! E-mail: animalattackpod@gmail.com [animalattackpod@gmail.com] All our online stuff! Twitter: @animattackpod [https://www.twitter.com/animattackpod] Instagram: @animalattackpod [https://www.instagram.com/animalattackpod] Bluesky: @animalattackpod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/animalattackpod.bsky.social] Tiktok: @animalattackpod [https://www.tiktok.com/@animalattackpod] YouTube: @animalattackpod [https://youtube.com/@animalattackpod]

The Secret Circle E15-16: "Return" & "Lucky"

Your hosts dive deeper into The Secret Circle! This week, Fadzai and Sandile cover: Episode 15, "Return": Cassie's father returns, but she and Adam fear his reason for it. Callum, to his delight, discovers Melissa is a witch and confronts Lee about his unclean reasons for associating with Faye. Episode 16, "Lucky": While the school conducts a casino night fundraiser, John's search for sway raises suspicions, and a love triangle turns deadly. Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of addiction, childhood trauma, drug abuse, ephebophilia, familial abandonment, mass murder, racism, and religious bigotry. Questions, queries, or just to say hi! E-mail: animalattackpod@gmail.com [animalattackpod@gmail.com] All our online stuff! Twitter: @animattackpod [https://www.twitter.com/animattackpod] Instagram: @animalattackpod [https://www.instagram.com/animalattackpod] Bluesky: @animalattackpod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/animalattackpod.bsky.social] Tiktok: @animalattackpod [https://www.tiktok.com/@animalattackpod] YouTube: @animalattackpod [https://youtube.com/@animalattackpod]