Our knees hurt and the music is too loud. Ben, NiNi, Shan and friend of the pod Turtles talk Gelboys and Heesu In Class 2.Episode transcript available here.00:00 Welcome00:55 Introduction08:36 Gelboys: A Portrait of Modern Youth17:32 Gelboys: Technology, Loneliness and Distraction30:58 Gelboys: Our Not-So-Fab Four40:30 Gelboys: Perspectives On The Ending44:28 Gelboys: Final Thoughts and Ratings53:17 Heesu In Class 201:00:41 Heesu In Class 2: The Story Is Storying01:09:55 Heesu In Class 2: Friendship, Family, Queerness and Acceptance01:24:57 Heesu In Class 2: On Seungwon01:28:06 Heesu In Class 2: The Galloping Disk Horse, Final Thoughts and Ratings01:38:31 Outro: Things Are Dire
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American Toxic Yaoi
Prestige TV is gay now! Historical bottom dementia is on the menu as we tackle two different era-spanning toxic romances. Ben, NiNi and friend of the pod Captain Hands talk Interview With the Vampire and Fellow Travelers.Episode transcript available here.00:00 Welcome00:55 Introduction02:25 Interview With The Vampire12:27 IWTV: The Vampire Mythos17:28 IWTV: The Best Bits21:35 IWTV: Claudia26:55 IWTV: Queerness in the Story36:19 IWTV: Gay Paree41:24 IWTV: Final Thoughts and Ratings51:16 Fellow Travelers01:04:44 Fellow Travelers: Hurt People Hurt People01:13:22 Fellow Travelers: The Saga of Hawk and Tim01:21:20 Fellow Travelers: Final Thoughts and Ratings01:28:38 Outro: More Toxic Tales Please!
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Scent Of A Woman
FINALLY SOME GOOD GL. Ben, NiNi and Twig talk Fragrance You Inherit and Fragrance of the First Flower.Episode transcript available here.00:00 Welcome00:55 Introduction03:16 Fragrance You Inherit08:34 Fragrance You Inherit: All About the Relationships17:46 Fragrance You Inherit: Sakura's Coming Out21:50 Fragrance You Inherit: On-chan24:21 Fragrance You Inherit: Final Thoughts and Ratings29:08 Fragrance of the First Flower37:14 Fragrance of the First Flower: A Friend and a Foe45:22 Fragrance of the First Flower: Life Life-ing Is Good Drama!52:49 Fragrance of the First Flower: Final Thoughts and Ratings57:04 Outro: Lesbians!
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The Untamed Episodes: The Second Life
In Part 2 of our Untamed discussion, Ben, NiNi, Shan and Bookworm talk our love for Jiang Cheng, our hatred for Meng Yao/Jin Guangyao, and why we will always hold out hope for more Chinese BL.Episode transcript available here.00:00 Welcome00:55 Intro: More Notes From The Future01:45 The Second Life09:23 The Second Life: The Fallout of Wei Wuxian's Choices16:52 The Second Life: Meng Yao's Dastardly Deeds26:52 The Second Life: The Tragedy of Wen Ning32:35 The Second Life: Two 'Fools'37:41 The Second Life: Various Random Musings48:18 Page to Screen (and Audio, and Anime, and Stage, and...)56:59 Afterlife: The Impact of The Untamed on BL and Fandom
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The Untamed Episodes: The First Life
It's 'the biggest goddamn BL in the world', and we're finally going to talk about it. Ben, NiNi, Shan and Bookworm talk The Untamed. In Part 1 of our two-part episode, we talk censorship, the journey from MDZS to The Untamed, and the first half of the story.Episode transcript available here.00:00 Welcome00:55 Introduction03:55 Censorship in Media: A Global View12:37 The MoDaoZuShi Phenomenon24:33 The Big Picture33:36 The First Life40:07 The First Life: Thoughts and Impressions46:21 The First Life: WangXian and Other Fucked Up Love Stories01:01:17 The First Life: Various Random Musings01:11:02 Outro: Notes From the Future
The Conversation is a podcast all about Asian BL/GL/QL (and sometimes other queer media), coming at you from a film crit perspective. We swan in every other week-ish to shoot the shit on faves, flops and trends, artistry and industry nerdery, and also crack and simping, because we contain multitudes.
NiNi is our editor and producer. Ben is our creative director and content manager. Shan is our associate producer. Twig is our correspondent. Our theme music is Dedication by Ron Gelinas Chillout Lounge (Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com).
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