Meet The Ravin’ Girls
“Listening to this podcast is like drinking a cup of perfectly spiced hot coco, sitting by a particularly well articulated fire rumbling in a particularly thought provoking fireplace, with a pair of wonderful friends. Shannon and Nievita have such lovely rapport, and their insights are always so interesting and well thought out. Listening to their podcasts always adds something new to my experience with the raven cycle, and I always learn something fascinating from their deep dives. More importantly though, they just bring me joy.”
Who We Are
Shannon
I’m Shannon. I grew up in West Virginia, and now live in Portland Oregon. I love to read, write, draw, and game. I also love science (I work in a lab) and animals (I volunteer weekly at the Oregon Zoo).
Nievita
Hi, I’m Nievita. I discovered The Raven Cycle late in 2016, and was immediately and completely enamoured. I quickly realized I needed to share my obsession with my co-host Shannon. I am so delighted to be a member of the smart, talented, passionate Raven Cycle fandom.
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Why the “Ravin’ Girls”?
We kicked around a few different names for the podcast (Nievita took one of them for her personal Tumblr) and ultimately this is the one that made us smile the most. Of course, it’s a play on The Raven Boys, and we (or at least Nievita) do a lot of raving!
What We’re About
We discuss the Raven Cycle as a cycle: analyzing the connections and foreshadowing running throughout the series, tracking the deep character arcs, and researching the themes, history, and mythology of the Raven Cycle with our Deep Dives. We create loving but critical analysis of Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle books, taking a few chapters at a time and delving into the origins, mythology, and fandom that surrounds TRC. Episodes will be posted twice monthly, with each episode focusing on approximately 3-5 chapters of material.
“I can’t even put into words how much I love this podcast and how many EMOTIONS it has given me about a series I am already HIGHLY emotional about. Shannon and Nievita are so funny and genuine and real, and their analyses are spot-on! I love how passionate they are about their deep dive topics and about the characters, and how fantastic they are at drawing parallels across the texts and pointing out connections, mirrors, foreshadowing, etc., that I never realized on my own. So excellent and I can’t wait for more of them!!!”
What We've Achieved
Two years, two books, two seasons, including over half a dozen Special Episodes covering Maggie Stiefvater’s other works.
Over 50,000 downloads from every continent in the world (except Antarctica. Antarctica isn’t even on our map. Maybe we do have downloads in Antarctica.)
Hit #30 on the United States Arts&Literature iTunes charts.
And hit #15 in Malaysia!
Hosts have been dubbed, “The Queens of Analysis and Minutia”
Somehow managed to talk about rocks with holes in the middle for 15+ minutes and make it fun!
