THE FALL: INNOCENCE & DESPAIR
This is our first one shot episode! We’re taking a break in between our seasons to spend some quality time with our favourite pieces of media and see what lessons we can learn when we treat them as sacred texts. To kick things off, we’re watching the film The Fall together through the themes of innocence and despair.
This episode was recorded on 10 April 2021.
Show notes
CONTENT WARNING: The Fall is a film that portrays suicide ideation and one suicide attempt on screen (through overdose of morphine pills). If this is too heavy for you, go ahead and skip this one! Look after yourselves. If this brings up anything for you or someone you know, please reach out for help. You can call Lifeline Australia at 13 11 14, or Lifeline NZ at 0800 543 354. You can find more resources for support in Australia here, and for support in New Zealand here. A list of International helplines is available here.
Jen V talks about her mental health struggles and how EMDR therapy made a massive difference to her life - you can find out more about what EMDR is here. There are lots of different types of therapy out there and it can take a while to find something that helps. Same goes for finding a therapist. Don’t give up if the first one doesn’t take! Here is some advice for shopping for a therapist.
Read more about the Sedlec Ossuary in Kutná Hora (the bone church in the Czech Republic). Photo courtesy of Jen V’s backpacking archive.
More about the Paris Catacombs (one of Jenn D’s favorite tourist experiences).
We love Catinca Untaru as Alexandria! What a revelation. She’s on Instagram.
LEE PACE. The thirst is real, y’all. Truly sorry for objectifying you, Lee.
More about Jack Reacher.
Supanova Con - and here’s our friend Kris’ Bandit cosplay! 10/10.
Darwin & Wallace: learn a bit more about Alfred Wallace here.
HPST Class - Harry Potter & The Sacred Text have been offering zoom classes for each of the books in the series. Find out more.
Check out Emily of New Moon!
More about non visual thinkers (aphantasia) here. And you can read a first person account of it here.
Suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound - the CDC has some interesting breakdowns here and here’s a decade-long report that looks at method of suicide.
More about The OA.
Any excuse for Jen V to mention Fall Out Boy - you can listen to the song ‘Young Volcanoes’ here.
Season 3 kicks off next week. We’ll be reading Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor through the overarching theme of knowledge, with weekly themes. For the first episode, it’s Prologue through to Chapter 6 through the theme of expectations. Check our theme section for a full season breakdown!
We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where this episode was recorded - the Guringai and Darug people, and tangata whenua of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.
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Thanks for listening!