{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Inchworm","home_page_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com","feed_url":"https://inchwormpodcast-com.pages.dev/json/","description":"<p>a chapter by chapter spoiler-free podcast covering <em>Worm</em> by Wildbow</p><p><br></p><p>every Tuesday &amp; Friday wherever you can find podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Overcast, Podcast Republic, Spotify, YouTube, etc.)</p><p><br></p><p>get in touch at inchwormpodcast@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://parahumans.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read <em>Worm</em></a> | <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support Wildbow</a></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/inchwormpodcast.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inchworm Bluesky</a> | <a href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/inchwormpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inchworm Tumblr</a> | <a 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characters do you have to go to find a certified Tumblr Sexyman?</li><li>The “deal” gambit will unite our herovillains if not all of Brockton Bay</li><li>Taylor and Jenny are sus-Bitch-ous</li><li>Lisa will live to sass another day</li><li>Ted does a close reading on how quickly Taylor can rationalize her emotions</li><li>Taylor gives up control</li><li>Lisa and Taylor push each other around in the best way</li><li>Maybe Taylor’s bugs will be enough to avoid the thing where there’s no way she runs six miles in thirty minutes</li><li>The title drops and we talk a lot about worms and the controlling thereof</li><li>Ok for this segment just imagine if our logo didn’t have eyes</li><li>We don’t exactly feel bad for Cherish but wow, what an ordeal</li><li>Do Cherish and Taylor’s villain gang initiations only vary by extremeness?</li><li>These tests effectively show us how the Nine, and especially Jack, operate</li><li>We consider how Cherish’s situation might be different from the average recruit’s</li><li>The Nine are incredibly acceptable targets</li><li>Jack isn’t optimizing for power, but he did have Bonesaw cook up an artificial brain to punk Cherish</li><li>Don’t bring up that study about how spoilers don’t ruin stories in front of Jack if you value your face</li><li>Powers work as a metaphor for narrative, too</li><li>Jenny bonesees right through Bonesaw</li><li>Don’t bet on Amy</li><li>Faced with the Nine, some people would just choose death</li><li>Alec’s knack for chatting up villains</li><li>Siberian-based tinker-tech</li><li>Odds and ends and predictions</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/plague-12-4/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/plague-12-4/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.4.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Jenny hates the Nine and Ted loves the chapter\n * We stop trying to make “Undlers” happen\n * Shout-out to biomechanimagical for the new team name!\n * How deep into the bench of Worm characters do you have to go to find a\n   certified Tumblr Sexyman?\n * The “deal” gambit will unite our herovillains if not all of Brockton Bay\n * Taylor and Jenny are sus-Bitch-ous\n * Lisa will live to sass another day\n * Ted does a close reading on how quickly Taylor can rationalize her emotions\n * Taylor gives up control\n * Lisa and Taylor push each other around in the best way\n * Maybe Taylor’s bugs will be enough to avoid the thing where there’s no way\n   she runs six miles in thirty minutes\n * The title drops and we talk a lot about worms and the controlling thereof\n * Ok for this segment just imagine if our logo didn’t have eyes\n * We don’t exactly feel bad for Cherish but wow, what an ordeal\n * Do Cherish and Taylor’s villain gang initiations only vary by extremeness?\n * These tests effectively show us how the Nine, and especially Jack, operate\n * We consider how Cherish’s situation might be different from the average\n   recruit’s\n * The Nine are incredibly acceptable targets\n * Jack isn’t optimizing for power, but he did have Bonesaw cook up an\n   artificial brain to punk Cherish\n * Don’t bring up that study about how spoilers don’t ruin stories in front of\n   Jack if you value your face\n * Powers work as a metaphor for narrative, too\n * Jenny bonesees right through Bonesaw\n * Don’t bet on Amy\n * Faced with the Nine, some people would just choose death\n * Alec’s knack for chatting up villains\n * Siberian-based tinker-tech\n * Odds and ends and predictions\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/plague-12-4/\n * 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