The Vesta Clinic

I’ve been doing a LOT of commuting this week. Though an audiobook put my audio drama on the back burner a wee bit, here’s what accompanied me on my journeys! 🚙🔊

💀 Our Wars Have Ended by @thesiltverses (5) What an INSANE episode. I’m consistently in awe of just how talented this entire team is! I feel like this show consistently twists the knife and then twists it again. Not only do we have the gut-punch of Dogged being brought back, the ‘Yes, farder’?? AWFUL! There’s something I need to chew over about Sore’s understandable aversion to the dead and his inability to escape them. 

⛪️ Forgive Me (2.08 - 2.09) It feels like entirely the wrong time of year for these episodes, but they were still incredibly enjoyable! I sometimes feel the stirrings of my lightly-Christian upbringing listening to this and Father Ben’s homily did get me feeling fond of that little, shit-covered family in the barn! 

📖 @storiesfromylelmore (205 - 206) Ohhh, poor Rion 🥺 I’m really glad that he has such a good friend in Keryth! The werewolf change is such an interesting vessel through which to explore so many things! The effects of puberty, racism, family (pack!) dynamics etc, etc! I want MORE werewolf audiodramas!!!

🌵 @desertskiespodcast (27) This show blends the silly and the serious so well! What do you MEAN there’s a part of the astral plane where people age?! Who is He?! And what does he want with Mac specifically? We got as many answers as new questions in this one! 

🚚  Don’t Tell Alice (1,9) Robb! I’m a huge fan! I thought that the other woman in the Jeep was the oracle! It’s Keisha?! I think they *do* need to have a long, long conversation. 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot wait to listen to the third season!

AAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

🦋 @remnantspod (54) Oh, damn, this episode got me even more than usual! How stunning: the poetry, the description of niqab, the scene in the hospital, Elio, Rachel. I listened to this on the way into work and was just emotionally floored by the time I got there. I really got a sense of healing from this remnant, a recognition of how people had been hurt by EP, but also how they found community and family in the wake of his life. So much to sit with and unpack here! 

⚓️ @eelerschoice (12) Eeler’s finale! What a thoroughly enjoyable episode! I felt it did such a good job of tying up everyone’s arcs this season and I was especially thrilled for Nama! 🌬️ Again, I thought the action scenes were beautifully executed and I could really feel the heart of the show shining through in the resolution of the series!! 

🧋 @hinaypod (89) Ohh, it’s so sad to spell out the misunderstanding around Mari’s connection to the Mambabarang and how it’s still affecting the people she left behind at home ☹️ It is nice that it’s (?she’s) still keeping the police out of her local area though! It must be so hard to hear loved ones fearing for her safety about something that she created! ‘Intercessors’ is such a fun word for Michael and Lori! 

⛪️ Forgive Me (2.05 - 2.07) St Patricks continues to deliver a lighthearted giggle or two! I’ve never attended a Thanksgiving dinner before, but this ep didn’t really sell it to me 😂 I loved hearing from Clara again! She is a fave of mine! 

📖 @storiesfromylelmore (204) This might be my favourite SFY episode so far! I adoreddddd Keryth’s PI bit (and what a talent to be able to voice someone pretending to voice someone else!) and I can’t fault the logic of being sure to finish first. It *is* always the Dame, I hope by sharing this unflattering part of their past, Elas is able to progress forwards in a less puce manner! 

🌵 @desertskiespodcast (26) This Inter State episode had one of the best cold openings of the season. ‘The desire is growwwinnngg. The desire is subsiding. . . Now it is growing again’ - SO funny. The ep was a lovely blend of nostalgia and healing. But what an ending! I fear Evil Jennifer Coolidge has returned!! 

🚚  Don’t Tell Alice (1,8) oooh I love the notion of Praxis as an ongoing network of community and support! These people have been indelibly changed and they’re still willing to help make things better! We finally meet the person behind the murders and… they’re human?! I think Keisha has her hands full here…