Zoe Archer

This week, LC gets her geek on over two of her favorite things: board gaming and romance novels. It’s all about Pandemic: Legacy and the works of Zoe Archer, including: Board games with plot: What makes Pandemic: Legacy different than vanilla Pandemic How a board game can evolve with its players Adventure romance, competency porn, […]

Episode #25: Pandemic Legacy and the Books of Zoe Archer

We’re back, baby! This week, LC digs into two of the things that have kept her sane over the past few weeks: Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Trespasser, the final DLC for Dragon Age:Inquisition, including: Uprooted and the the dark, bloody history of fairytales Why friendship as a fairytale motivator is so unusual Trespasser as humanism […]

Episode #24 – Uprooted & Trespasser

This week, LC solos a short, mostly spoiler-free show about Hatoful Boyfriend, the post-apocalyptic pigeon dating sim (yes, you read that right) that’s eaten her brain. Highlights include: A quick update about LC’s health and posting schedule How did a dating sim about birds get to be so good? How does one romance a bird, […]

Episode #23: Hatoful Boyfriend

This week, LC geeks out with Sylvia Monreal, creator of @comosedicenerd, over The Terminator films. It’s an extra-huge episode to contain our extra-huge feels, including: The Terminator as humanity’s case for existence The man in the machine, the machine in the man: Where does Kyle Reese – or Sarah Connor – end and the Terminator […]

Episode #22: The Terminator Films

This week, Feminist Deck creator Kiva Bay returns to the show to talk about The Triplets of Belleville, the 2003 dark and weird animated French movie about road racing, grandmothers, and 1920’s movie stars, including: How a movie without words can communicate so much about family, aging, and horses Why do grandmothers and aging starlets […]

Episode #21: The Triplets of Belleville

In honor of our 20th episode, LC welcomes our first guest, Jay, back to the show to talk about Jurassic Park films, including: Ellie Satler: Fending off velociraptors and gross male academics since 1993 How Lex Murphy got a generation of girls interested in STEM Our lasting impressions of The Lost World: Crushes, gymnastics and […]

Episode #20: Jurassic Park

This week, we record live (sort of) from Rabbitcon!  LC pulls in some of the women in attendance to talk about what they’re reading, watching and playing now. Join Jen, Kate, Kittylexy, Ariel, Sam, JennSka and Lola as they talk about: Pretty Little Liars; Sue Ann Jaffarian’s Odelia Gray mysteries; Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 […]

Episode #19: Live from Rabbitcon Summer 2015

Nadia comes back to the show to geek out over Portal, the 2007 first-person puzzle platformer by Valve and source of a thousand memes, including: Looking back on Chell as a heroine, eight years later GLaDOS as the dark mother, and how a computer got to be so good at emotional abuse Why LC never […]

Episode #18: Portal

Jane The Virgin

This week, LC is joined by Sylvia Monreal, creator of @ComoSeDiceNerd and one of the organizers of GeekGirlCon, to dig into Jane the Virgin, the CW’s awesome foray into the world of telenovelas, including: Drama with heart, characters without shame: How Jane the Virgin subverts stereotype How women propel the action, while men struggle with […]

Episode #17: Jane the Virgin

LC is joined by Tess, one of our Patreon patrons, to geek out over Ms. Marvel, the new Kamala Khan-led line that’s taking the comics world by storm, including: Why we love Kamala Khan and the parts of her that are “too big, too weird” Why so many adults struggle to write believable teenagers Kamala […]

Episode #16: Ms. Marvel

A podcast focusing on women's stories in genre fiction and pop culture.

This week, LC is joined by the fantastic Kiva Bay, creator of the Feminist Deck, to deep dive on The Secret of NIMH, Don Bluth’s dark and weird and weirdly dark 1982 animated flick, including: What makes Mrs. Brisby such an unusual heroine for a kid’s movie Women are from the field, men are from […]

Episode #15: The Secret of NIMH

This week, LC is joined by the delightful Apple Cider Mage, cohost and editor of the Justice Points podcast, to talk about The Fifth Element, Luc Besson’s deeply problematic yet deeply awesome 1997 futuristic classic, including: A strong disclaimer — is The Fifth Element really a good example of a lady story? Our problems with […]

Episode #14: The Fifth Element

This week, LC and Nadia tackle one of our most requested topics: Farscape, the cult classic sci fi show by the Jim Henson Company, including: Raindrops, tentacles and body swapping: When we fell in love with Aeryn Sun Zhaan, Jool, Noranti, Grayza… so many women, so little time! Is John Crichton the “competitively ineffectual” girlfriend? […]

Episode #13: Farscape

This week, LC welcomes Jay Kateel back to the show to talk about Final Fantasy, the game series that defined a generation of games and gamers alike, including: What makes Final Fantasy’s female characters so unusual? Heroine’s Journeys and humanism porn: Why these games are our catnip Defending the Sorceress and the Knight trope Why […]

Episode #12: Final Fantasy

LC Brown is once again joined by nerdcore rapper SΔMMUS to talk about math, music and of course video games,  including: How the “Internet-ization” helps female musicians and makes the gatekeepers obsolete Why it’s never been a better time to be a black nerd girl What she’s listening to right now Details of her upcoming […]

Episode #11 Bonus: Breaking Beats with SΔMMUS

This week, LC Brown is joined by rapper SΔMMUS, a.k.a. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, to talk about Samus Aran and the Metroid series, including: Behind “the plot twist of the century”: Why Samus’s gender both matters and doesn’t matter Dark, slow, quiet: Metroid as “a game for introverts” How Samus challenges the narrow definition of Strong Female […]

Episode #11: Metroid

Tanya DePass, creator of #INeedDiverseGames, once again joins LC Brown to discuss Rat Queens, the Image Comics title by Kurtis J. Wiebe, including: What Rat Queens and D&D have in common Women getting ugly: Why it matters Is Rat Queens getting women back into comics? The power of word of mouth: Which other comics are […]

Episode #10: Rat Queens

LC Brown grabs the mic for herself and forces everyone to sit through an academic analysis of how the Heroine’s Journey story archetype applies to Jupiter Ascending, because she has gone mad with power and nobody can stop her MUA HA HA: Maxi pad first aid, space DMVs, and weddings as the death of self: […]

Episode #9 Bonus: Jupiter Ascending, A Modern Heroine’s Journey

LC Brown is once again joined by myjusticecake to talk about their love of Jupiter Ascending, the trashiest movie to ever trash its way into our hearts, including: Jupiter’s bad choices, period dresses, and space rollerblades: The Wachowskis’ celebration of being a 14 year old girl What Jupiter Ascending has in common with Fushigi Yuugi […]

Episode #9: Jupiter Ascending

LC Brown chats with Angela and Aubrey Webber about the past, present and future of The Doubleclicks, including, Falling into a vat of atomic liquid: The Doubleclicks “origin story” What they’re playing now, including which game is best for drunken con shenanigans, and how they spice up games about subsistence farming Everything you need to […]

Episode #8 Bonus: A Q&A with The DoubleClicks

Great podcast.  Exactly what I've been missing in my line up.  I love the variety and the depth of female analysis.  All things nerdy and feminist.  I hope that the host can come back to the podcast someday soon.  I'll be waiting!

Wonderful! I Hope for More.

This is a great podcast that explores women and women-centric stories. It’s filled with great guests  who unique looks at pop culture you can’t get anywhere else. Love it!

Host L.C. Rocks!

The Heroine's Journey

The Heroine’s Journey is a weekly podcast by women, for women, about women. Each week,  LC Brown and a rotating cast of guest hosts shine a spotlight on the lady-driven stories they love. “Episode #4: The Works of N.K. Jemisin” This week, LC Brown is joined by Tanya DePass of #I Need Diverse Games to […]

Episode #4: The Works of N.K. Jemisin

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