SEASON 5 EPISODE 6: DOUBT
We all have moments of uncertainty, and times when our convinction is tested. How do you bounce back from that? That’s what we’re unpacking this week as we read chapters 25-29.
And it’s a big week! The Gangsey go back to the woods—Cabeswater. The trees speak Latin; Noah is sick on the ley line. Maura finally cottons onto Blue’s sneaking around with her Raven Boys. Blue agrees to meet Gansey alone one day to return to the old church. They search for the ley line and find a body instead. Back at Monmouth, Gansey confronts the boys with the improbable news that they’ve been haunted.
This episode was recorded on 7 November 2021.
Show notes
This week we’re reading chapters 25-29 through the theme of doubt. If you’d like to read along with us, you can find the full breakdown here.
Firstly, this is one of the best episodes we’ve ever done, if only because Jenn D reveals all her hilarious secret anxieties around air travel, and Jen V reveals that she’s actually five Slytherins in a trenchcoat (she IS the night!). But we have each other. And that’s what really matters. <3
The quote from Sirius Black about the measure of someone being how they treat their inferiors: “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
More about The Two Towers.
Jenn D mentioned a book about how amazing trees are - it’s this one: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben.
The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile - a highly, highly recommended book that does what it says on the tin.
Rock Brain vs Superflex (aka Jenn D is a parent who has attended many, many hours of kids therapies)
Also this handout has been floating around Jenn D’s home for years now…
Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.
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Thanks for listening! Next week, we’re reading Chapters 30-34 through the theme of presence.