Ravin’ Girls Ep.1: Finicky Camaros

Episode Summary:

Oh geez, we’re finally here! Welcome to Episode 1, where Shannon and Nievita cover the Prologue through Chapter 3 of The Raven Boys. 

We introduce Blue and her boys, discuss fairytale inversions, the folklore behind St. Mark’s Eve, why you shouldn’t eat mistletoe, the potential supernatural nature of the Pig, and what may possibly be the longest slow-burn reveal of the whole series.

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WARNING-- Minor spoilers for American Horror Story: Coven are mentioned.

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10/14/17-- Ravin' Girls Episode 2, covering chaps. 4-8 of TRB 

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SPECIAL EPISODE RELEASE-- a Spoiler-Free Review of Maggie’s new book, All The Crooked Saints!

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Wikipedia--St. Mark’s Eve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Eve

• Maggie talks St. Mark’s Eve inspiration: http://ravenboys.tumblr.com/post/34241110284/maggie-stiefvater-answers-questions-about-raven

• Vice article: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dpxnm7/doomed-to-die-on-st-marks-eve

• James Montgomery's poem “The Vigil of St. Mark”: http://tellinghistory.co.uk/content/vigil-st-mark

• Keats poem “The Eve of St. Mark”: http://www.keats-shelley-house.org/en/works/works-john-keats/john-keats-the-eve-of-st-mark

• Incredibly well researched list of traditions with primary sources, even included reference to someone who charged to tell others if they were to die: https://traditionalcustomsandceremonies.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/custom-demised-porch-watching-on-st-marks-eve/

• Good overview of folklore: http://www.dailygrail.com/Guest-Articles/2015/4/Saint-Marks-Eve

• Venice customs and English divinations: http://www.conviviobookworks.com/blog/category/st-marks-eve/

• Book of Days: http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/april/25.htm

• “Notes and Queries” Dumb Cake Recipe: https://books.google.com/books?id=M2oEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=st.+mark%27s+eve+dumb+cake+recipe&source=bl&ots=8ak8KiYUSD&sig=fnTua6GnhuykSGMGcgbzA14do0E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4peur8L3VAhUQx2MKHa_sBL0Q6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=st.%20mark's%20eve%20dumb%20cake%20recipe&f=false

• Dumb-cake fatalities: http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/dumbcake.htm

• **MAGGIEWATCH** Maggie’s tour dates for All The Crooked Saints: https://www.maggiestiefvater.com/appearances/

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.2: Nino’s Meet-Ugly

Ravin’ Girls Ep.2: Nino’s Meet-Ugly

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 2! We cover chapters 4-8 of The Raven Boys, with a Deep Dive on Geoffrey of Monmouth. Nievita reveals her favorite Easter egg of TRC and exhibits her ignorance of the imports/exports of Virginia, much to Shannon’s amusement. We question whether ghosts have pockets, and how this could possibly be the first meeting of the Gangsey. There may or may not be some tears when talking about the Lynch brothers. 

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11/2/17-- Ravin' Girls Episode 3, covering chaps. 9-11 of TRB 

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Barrington Whelk's namesake: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/127525917436/i-have-a-question-but-i-am-not-sure-if-it-falls

• Wikipedia Article on Historia Regum Britanniae, written in 1136: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_Regum_Britanniae

• The Dragon and The Unicorn by A.A. Attinasio : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/478276.The_Dragon_and_the_Unicorn

• Entire translation of The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth (translator Aaron Thompson): http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/geoffrey_thompson.pdf

• Sleeping kings/kings under the mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_in_the_mountain

• More sleeping hero legends: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/sleep.html

• Tumblr post about Ronan’s speeding tickets (courtesy @admlynch): http://admlynch.tumblr.com/post/161705588357/yall-know-that-technically-it-was-illegal-for

• Pilot Mountain, NC legends: http://folkrealmstudies.weebly.com/lost-worlds-the-hidden-cherokees-of-pilot-mountain.html

• Coventina (Roman/British water godess) as Lady of the Lake: http://celticsymbols.net/the-lady-of-the-lake-as-a-celtic-symbol/

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.3: Sleepless In Henrietta

Ravin’ Girls Ep.3: Sleepless In Henrietta

Episode Summary:

Does anyone ever sleep in this town? In this episode, we cover three chapters that happen deep in the middle of the Henrietta night. We discover what Shannon finds spooky but Nievita loves, what the original draft versions of Gansey and Blue were like, how the Fae and corpse roads are intertwined, whether spelunking is really more dangerous than motorcycle racing, and Nievita’s headcanon for Gansey’s journal (it involves unicorns.)

Deep Dive: the history of Ley Lines and the folklore of Fairy Paths

Also mentioned: a possible SPECIAL VIDEO episode if we reach 100 subscribers. Tell your friends!

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11/16/17-- Ravin' Girls Episode 4, covering chaps. 12-14 of TRB 

12/7/17-- Ravin' Girls Episode 5, covering chap. 15 of TRB 

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Gansey was once the Mallory character: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/129499160881/maggie-my-love-will-you-show-us-more-of-your

• Gansey legitimately an old man: http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/blog/terrible-writing-the-prologue-of-the-dream-thieves/

• Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code by Stephen Skinner: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240325.Sacred_Geometry

• Ley line general info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_line

• A skeptical look at leylines: http://www.skeptical-science.com/critical-thinking/magical-ley-lines-debunked/

• A neat little article about someone following in Watkins’ literal footsteps: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10076220/Hay-Festival-2013-The-truth-behind-Alfred-Watkinss-ley-lines.html

• The book by John Michell that brought the idea of ley lines as mystical to prominence: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/743545.The_View_Over_Atlantis

• Fortean Times article tying ley lines to fairy paths and corpse roads: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/mapas_ocultotierra/esp_mapa_ocultotierra_13.htm

• Wikipedia article on fairy paths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_path

• A scholarly study of the folklore of Fairy Paths (pdf download): http://icrl.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Fairy-Paths_Devereux-Tech.Rpt_.pdf

• YA novel, The Radiant Road, deals with fairie paths: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25431173-the-radiant-road

• Elves still respected in Iceland: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/25/iceland-construction-respect-elves-or-else

• Local fairie mounds blamed for road collapse in Ireland: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/08/ancient-fairy-curse-causing-dips-road-claims-irish-mp/

• King Arthur and ravens (there are actually so many links about this it was hard to pick the most concise one): https://trickygirl.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/the-ravens-of-the-tower/

• Illegal to own native corvids (crows/ravens): http://wild-about-wildlife.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-can-i-get-pet-crow-or-raven.html?m=1

• “I Love Cats” video: https://youtu.be/mTTwcCVajAc

• The Raven Boys Recaptain by Maggie: http://recaptains.co.uk/2013/09/the-raven-boys-by-maggie-stiefvater/

• Blue was originally an empath: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/140401956176/hi-youve-posted-a-lot-of-snippets-from-your

**MAGGIEWATCH** Maggie’s tour appearances: https://www.maggiestiefvater.com/appearances/

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.4: No Object Permanence

Ravin’ Girls Ep.4: No Object Permanence

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 4, where we cover Chapters 12-14 of The Raven Boys!

So, who’s a socially awkward shitbird? Well, all of the characters, really, but Whelk in particular. In this episode we discuss Ronan and Gansey as old marrieds, Whelk being a genuinely distasteful human, how no one in the town of Henrietta seems to possess object permanence, and how sometimes your first instincts to help a situation are the wrong ones.

DEEP DIVE: Dowsing and pendulums

WARNING: These chapters deal with the direct result of domestic abuse. Please practice self-care while listening. We love you!

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12/7/17-- Ravin' Girls Episode 5, covering chapter 15 of TRB 

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SPECIAL EPISODE RELEASE-- covering the Raven Cycle Holiday Short Stories on 12/21/17!

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Dowsing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing

• Complete translation of Georgius Agricola’s De re metallica: https://tinyurl.com/y8uwqwcr

• Metallica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhT0g9jULpw

• Dowsing tools in historical contexts: https://dowsers.org/dowsing-history/

• Source of quoted poem by Samuel Sheppard: https://tinyurl.com/yb6fvvav

• “How To Dowse” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbwo0YCpV3E

• Ideomotor Effect: http://www.critical-thinking.org.uk/psychology/the-ideomotor-effect.php

• How to use a pendulum for divination: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Pendulum-for-Divination

• Map dowsing techniques: http://discoveringdowsing.com/map-dowsing-techniques/

• “Oh No Ross & Carrie” Dowsing and Pendulum episode: http://ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2014/1/1/ross-and-carrie-strike-water-dowsing-and-pendulum-edition

• Coming Apart by Charles Murray (incorrectly identified in the podcast as a Sociologist, he is a Political Scientist): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/119020/coming-apart-by-charles-murray/9780307453433/

• “Do You Live In A Bubble” quiz based on Charles Murray’s book: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/do-you-live-in-a-bubble-a-quiz-2

• National Domestic Violence Hotline (online chat available): http://www.thehotline.org/

• Help for friends and family of abuse victims: http://www.thehotline.org/help/help-for-friends-and-family/

• RAINN (rape, abuse, and incest national network) (24/7 chat available): https://www.rainn.org/

• Maggie’s post about piracy and its effect on release of her other books:  http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/166952028861/ive-decided-to-tell-you-guys-a-story-about

• **MAGGIEWATCH** Maggie’s tour dates for All The Crooked Saints: https://www.maggiestiefvater.com/appearances/

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.5: Foxy Ladies

Ravin’ Girls Ep.5: Foxy Ladies

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 5, where we cover Chapter 15 of The Raven Boys!

We Talk Tarot (a LOT of tarot) with the chapter that brings the Gangsey and 300 Fox Way together for the first time. Nievita thinks 300 Fox Way is named after a particular spooky trio, Shannon drops some Harry Potter references-- and will we ever discover the answer to the BIGGEST MYSTERY in the Raven Cycle? All this and (oh my gosh so much) more!

DEEP DIVE: Tarot history and card meaning

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SPECIAL HOLIDAY EPISODE -- covering the Raven Cycle Holiday Short Stories on 12/21/17

We will have a short hiatus the first week of January, and return with Episode 6 on 1/18/18!

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Maggie’s art of the women of 300 Fox Way (with Special Guest, not yet appearing in this series): http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/blog/bookplates-for-blue-lily-lily-blue/

• The Fox sisters, founders of the Spiritualism Movement: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/

• More on the Fox sisters and their lives: http://www.historynet.com/the-fox-sisters-spiritualisms-unlikely-founders.htm

• Chick Tracts: http://www.chick.com

• Overview of tarot history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot

• Tarot and alchemy: https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2010

• Seventy-eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack, reference for card interpretations, further history, and ties to other practices: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344574.Seventy_Eight_Degrees_of_Wisdom_

• Quick reference guide, Major and Minor Arcana: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/5e/bd/cd5ebd1309d517f0e531e79338e384b1.jpg

• Maggie’s Raven Prophecy tarot deck and book (used by Nievita): http://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738747439

• RKLovesStroy’s tweet to us about Ronan’s tarot card: https://twitter.com/RKLovesStroy/status/928865444412375040

• A Tumblr post with card interpretations (and the Hermit for Ronan): https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/post/167341383214/incabeswater-thats-your-card-the

• Raven Prophecy deck “Moon” card: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/_img/ravens-prophecy-tarot-13189.jpg

• xla-hainex‘s interpretation of Ronan’s “Moon” card: http://trcfanzine.tumblr.com/post/149936036024/xla-hainex-the-moon-is-the-card-of-intuition

• I cannot BELIEVE I FORGOT to talk about the TRC Fanzine. YOU GUYS. See some of the art here: http://trcfanzine.tumblr.com/

**MAGGIEWATCH** 

• Scorpio Seas tarot deck and book announcement: https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/post/167396170804/maggie-stiefvater-doing-some-very-rough

• Link to The Raven King paperback pre-order with Opal “Page of Wands” card: http://www.fountainbookstore.com/rkopal

A Note From Nievita: Maggie made a post in late October (http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/166928751946/dear-readers-i-tried-to-make-this-brief-but-i) about why she does not often release extra content, a.k.a. short stories. Absolutely no disrespect meant to Maggie in the stinger, we just want MOOOOOORE.

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.6: Midnight Magic

Ravin’ Girls Ep.6: Midnight Magic

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 6, where we cover Chapters 16-18 of The Raven Boys!

I think someone slipped us the giggle juice this time around! We lose our collective minds about the subject of Paul Bunyan’s beard, debate whether baby birds are cute or ugly, give some solid advice on what to do if something tells you it can “smell you” (hint: RUN!), and Shannon makes what might be the nerdiest joke this podcast has ever seen. And that’s saying a lot.

DEEP DIVE: Scrying

MINI-DEEP DIVE on the difference between psychics and witches

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2/1/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 7, covering chapters 19-22 of TRB
2/15/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 8, covering chapters 23-24 of TRB

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Maggie talks about reading memoirs about bird rehab for details on how to raise Chainsaw: http://ravenboys.tumblr.com/post/34241110284/maggie-stiefvater-answers-questions-about-raven

• Maggie learning the Irish Pipes: https://youtu.be/Y4GNc4CAi2I

• Maggie playing the pipes during the All The Crooked Saints tour: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbxx_FfhNBD/

• Baby ravens are not all that cute: http://coyot.es/thecorvidblog/2013/10/13/i-am-not-a-baby-crow/

• D & D spell info: https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Scrying#content

• Basic definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrying

• The Art and History of Scrying: https://associationofparanormalstudy.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-the-art-and-history-of-scrying/

• Sounds sorta like what Neeve did. https://lonerwolf.com/scrying/

• John Dee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee

• Jeane Dixon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeane_Dixon

• More on Jeane Dixon: http://skepdic.com/dixon.html

• The Bloody Mary game is kinda like scrying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)

• Possible physical explanation for scrying visions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troxler%27s_fading

• Dresden Files Soulgaze http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Soulgaze

• Wikipedia page on Pareidolia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

• Definition of Pareidolia: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pareidolia

• Labradorite: https://www.google.com/search?q=labradorite&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1y5iv2P7XAhVQ8WMKHWdeAvUQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=662

• Definitions of Magic: https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/term/Magick

• The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82192.The_Crystal_Cave

• Aleister Crowley’s definition of magic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magick_(Thelema)

• Ronan’s magic is the oldest in the books: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/142690071736/the-raven-king-countdown-day-two-favorite

**MAGGIEWATCH** 

• Maggie’s Dreamer Trilogy Pinterest Board (she’s killing me!): https://www.pinterest.com/maggiestiefvate/dreamers/

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.7: Poor Sweet Noob

Ravin’ Girls Ep.7: Poor Sweet Noob

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 7, where we cover Chapters 19-22 of The Raven Boys!

Finally, it’s the episode where we get the band together! Adam finally contacts Blue (three whole days later!) by way of an apology carnation, there is an exhibition of Ronan’s dubious grasp on physics, and the Gangsey goes exploring in a highly convenient plot-icopter. Nievita does her best (absolute worst) Schwarzenegger impression, it is revealed that Nievita and Shannon went to middle school with the exact same person, and Shannon poses the question: does the Raven Cycle pass the Bechdel Test?

DEEP DIVE: Geoglyphs

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2/15/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 8, covering chapters 23-24 of TRB

3/1/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 9, covering chapters 25-26 of TRB

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• Predator film clip, “Get to the choppa!”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-Te-DPbSE

• Sexy Gansey Tumblr account: http://sexy-gansey.tumblr.com/ @sexygansy

• Liberty Bodice: http://histclo.com/style/under/gar/waist/waist-lib.html

• Liberty Bodice and ties to Women’s Emancipation Movement:https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Liberty%20bodice&item_type=topic

• The Bechdel Test: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test

• Helencopter: http://glenflower.tumblr.com/post/125233527841/if-you-think-that-helen-gansey-does-not-refer-to

• Time Life Mystic Places series: https://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Places-Mysteries-George-Constable/dp/0809463121

• Wikipedia entry on geoglyphs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoglyph

• Geoglyphs around the world: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/five-planets-most-mysterious-geoglyphs-180962917/

• Oldest geoglyph in the world, moose in Ural mountains: https://www.archaeology.org/news/2680-141104-siberia-massive-moose-geoglyph

• A modern geoglyph-- the Marree Man: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/marree-man

• Wikipedia article on the Uffington Horse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington_White_Horse

• List of white horses: http://www.wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk/index.html

• Info on Uffington Horse dating: https://wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk/uffington.html

• Is it a dog? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/oct/12/white-horse-uffington-dog

• Lots of white horse veneration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_horse_(mythology)

• Long Man of Wilmington might be “modern”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Man_of_Wilmington

• Cerne Abbas might not be either: http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_cerne_abbas_giant

• Wikipedia article on the Cerne Abbas Giant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant

• Link to an article the Dahm the Bard album (album is linked in article) https://www.santuariolunar.com.br/en/y-mabinogi-the-first-branch-by-damh-the-bard-sondag-sound/ 

• Sun Horse, Moon Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff: https://books.google.com/books/about/Sun_Horse_Moon_Horse.html?id=aGa0SChhOx0C&source=kp_cover

• Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34501.A_Hat_Full_of_Sky

• Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34529.Lords_and_Ladies

• Wikipedia entry on Nazca Lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_Lines

• New Nazca line revealed: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2715588/Mystery-Nazca-Lines-deepens-Gales-sandstorms-reveal-geoglyphs-snake-llama-Peruvian-desert.html

• How the Nazca lines may have been created: http://www.unmuseum.org/nazca.htm

• Aerial archeology: https://phys.org/news/2017-09-aerial-thermal-imagery-revolutionizing-archaeology.html

• Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91202.Chariots_of_The_Gods

Announcements: 

The Ravin’ Girls podcast is participating in a giveaway chain in honor of the upcoming release of The Raven King in paperback. Please visit us on Tumblr or Twitter for more information!

Ravin’ Girls Ep.9: Arbores Loqui Crappy Latine

Ravin’ Girls Ep.9: Arbores Loqui Crappy Latine

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 9, where we cover Chapters 25-26 of The Raven Boys!

A lot of language discussion in this one, which is terrible because neither of us speak Latin! (Please forgive Nievita’s terrible pronunciation.) The gang heads back to the mysterious wood, where they discover that Future-Ronan has left them a message on a rock: The Trees Speak (Really Crappy) Latin. Time travel! Mysterious entities! Puking ghosts! Real talk! And stick around to experience to the Ultimate MVC Rumble, the Brodown Hoedown Showdown!!

MINI-DEEP DIVE: Why the Latin is so terrible

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Next Episodes:

3/15/18 -- SPECIAL EPISODE covering the Opal short story released in The Raven King paperback

4/5/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 10, covering chapters 27-30 of TRB

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Skin hunger: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/lifetime-connections/201501/skin-hunger-why-you-need-feed-your-hunger-contact

• Water in feng shui: http://openspacesfengshui.com/feng-shui-tips/2014/12/water-element-feng-shui-shapes-colors-part-5/

• Rosetta Stone: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html

• Maggie’s tweet about learning shitty latin from the Raven Cycle: https://twitter.com/mstiefvater/status/696726830741594112

• Ronan’s/Cabeswater’s Latin is graded: http://dicaxasinus.tumblr.com/post/116672321477/i-recently-had-the-series-the-raven-cycle

• “Caber” root word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caber#Galician

• Photos of the the Lake District: https://www.google.com/search?q=lake+district+uk&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuq8LogMrZAhUL0GMKHZlmCTEQ_AUICygC

• Maggie explains why the Latin is crappy: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/133806611826/hey-i-love-the-raven-cycle-its-a-great

• Maggie tells a story about being a Latin student: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/109976107566/hi-big-fan-just-wanted-to-say-that-i-find-it

• “Waren” root word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waren

• Genus loci tweet from Maggie: https://twitter.com/mstiefvater/status/961610592833458176

• Meaning of “amabo te”: https://classics.osu.edu/Undergraduate-Studies/Latin-Program/Wheelock/sententiae-unit-5

• Maggie’s ReCaptains page for The Raven Boys: http://recaptains.co.uk/2013/09/the-raven-boys-by-maggie-stiefvater/

• Sad Charlie Brown Parody (Arrested Development): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHwpw4jscQ8

**MAGGIEWATCH**

Links to digital copies of the Opal short story: 

• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Cycle-Story-Maggie-Stiefvater-ebook/dp/B079MFCV2B

• Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Maggie_Stiefvater_Opal_a_Raven_Cycle_Story?id=wsxKDwAAQBAJ&hl=en

• Barnes and Noble: https://www2.barnesandnoble.com/w/opal-maggie-stiefvater/1127941159?type=eBook

Announcements: 

Nievita will be at Emerald City Comic Con from March 1st-4th, email substnceprty@gmail.com if you will be there as well!

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

Christmas Time Is Here by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1965 Charlie Brown Christmas Special) used under parody.

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.10: I Noah Guy

Ravin’ Girls Ep.10: I Noah Guy

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 10, where we cover Chapters 27-29 of The Raven Boys!

Nievita and Shannon wander deep into the world of Ghost Stories as one of the biggest twists of the series is revealed! No, wait, it was revealed in Episode 2... our bad. We debate whether Calla is a fan of German Expressionism, where Gansey might keep his mint leaves, who is the bigger fashion disaster between Gansey and Blue, whether or not Bluesey is a “Puzzle Couple”, and somehow Nievita makes way too many D&D jokes. Yeah, I guess that’s actually something that can happen. Who knew?

DEEP DIVE: Ghost Story Tropes

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Next Episodes:

4/19/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 11, covering chapters 30-32 of TRB

5/3/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 12, covering chapters 33-35 of TRB

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Even Dwarfs Started Small: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RA3JrqEPRI

• Maura Sargent used to drag race: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/115715951521/shelfconsciouskatie-maggie-stiefvater

• Gansey and Podcasts: http://theronancycle.tumblr.com/post/171935838802/nobody-tell-gansey-about-podcasts

• Jamie Zurn is basically Gansey: http://britishhistorypodcast.tumblr.com/

• “Danger, Will Robinson, Danger”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWwOJlOI1nU

• Maggie’s Las Vegas Ghost Experience: http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/blog/a-las-vegas-bathtub-story/

• List of ghost types: http://www.real-british-ghosts.com/types-of-ghost.html

• More descriptive ghost types: http://motorcityghosthunters.com/typesofghosts/

• An illustrated guide to ghosts: https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2014/oct/31/ghosts-guide-jonathan-stroud-halloween

• Stone Tape Theory: http://www.forensic-architecture.org/lexicon/stone-tape-theory/

• TV Tropes on Ghost Stories: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhostStory -- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhostlyGoals

• Ghost story conventions: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGhostsAreDifferent

• Types of ghost stories: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-main-types-of-ghost-story-and-how-to-recognize-the-1644561587

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_story

• Maggie talks about Noah: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/163677095286/i-have-a-rather-important-question-regarding-noah

• What was Noah doing before: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/128294652371/what-was-sad-ghost-noah-doing-before-he-met

• Andrew Lang’s Book of Dreams and Ghosts: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11397908-the-book-of-dreams-and-ghosts

• On Project Gutenburg: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12621/12621-h/12621-h.htm

• Sweater ghost story: https://thewitcontinuum.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/the-sweater-a-halloween-ghost-story

• Grey Man:
  http://www.plantationresort.com/2015/10/the-grey-man-legendary-ghost-of-pawleys-island/

• Greenbrier Ghost: http://www.cracked.com/article_25237_6-ghosts-who-solved-their-own-murders.html

• More Greenbrier Ghost: http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2009/12/zona-heaster-shue-greenbriar-ghost.html?m=1

• Greek ghost stories:  http://www.theghoststory.com/ghost-stories/ancient-greek-ghost-stories/205

• Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11250317-the-song-of-achilles

• Residual ghost definition: https://www.theparanormalmd.com/types-of-hauntings-entities.html

• Blip WoD: http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Vitality_(Orpheus)

• Ronan as Monmouth building manager: https://declanapologist.tumblr.com/tagged/the-industrialist%27s-answer-to-the-gay-separatist-commune

• Noah POV (or lack of) explained: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/102448121536/yo-is-there-any-particular-reason-that-noahs

**MAGGIEWATCH**

Maggie will need to cancel all upcoming appearences, possibly due to curse: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/172071101701/guys-im-unfortunately-going-to-have-to-cancel-my

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.11: Glendower In The Back

Ravin’ Girls Ep.11: Glendower In The Back

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 11, where we cover Chapters 30-32 of The Raven Boys!

Both Shannon and Nievita bring the salt this episode! We get into some mild dragging of Dick Gansey the Second, Neeve continues to be a terrible human, we reject the canon of Noah’s shoes, Shannon holds the line as Blue Sargent Defense Squad, and Nievita is just the worst at pronouncing names and doing accents. You’d think by now she’d learn!

Note: Shannon only almost caused the car to crash because Nievita put her ice cold hands on Shannon’s face while pretending she was Noah, then laughed so hard she couldn’t see to drive. It was justified on Shannon’s part.

DEEP DIVE: Holey Stones (from approx. the 40:00 minute mark to 54:20, depending on player) 

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Next Episodes:

5/3/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 12, covering chapters 33-35 of TRB

5/17/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 13, covering chapters 36-38 of TRB

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Maggie moves furniture around: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/119857525916/hello-i-want-to-write-something-that-makes-me

• Fandom “Lightning Boy”: http://theronancycle.tumblr.com/post/168198743627/who-is-lightning-boy

• Dartmoor Holey Stones Folklore: http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/hag_stones.htm

• The Tolmen Stone: https://philsorrell.com/tag/tolmen-stone/

• Folkore and Magic: http://cauldroncraftoddities.blogspot.com/2012/10/hag-stone-lore.html

• Overview: https://meanings.crystalsandjewelry.com/holey-stones/

• Nightmare Stones from The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones by Isidore Kozminsky : https://books.google.com/books?id=plJ_AAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA231&ots=brGKHb-rGr&dq=ephialtes%20stones&pg=PA230#v=onepage&q=ephialtes%20stones&f=false

• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Holy_Stones_of_the_East_and_the_West

• Ballads: Romantic, Fantastical, and Humorous by William Harrison Ainsworth: https://books.google.com/books?id=nmFfAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA144&ots=bUstdK_GCo&dq=ephialtes%20stones&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q=ephialtes%20stones&f=false

• Witch’s Ladder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch%27s_ladder

• Hag stone charm: http://ecoenchantments.co.uk/myspellsncharmspage.html

• Good luck charm: https://books.google.com/books?id=UcEGAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA109&ots=Z1zW_qw44S&dq=ephialtes%20stones&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q=ephialtes%20stones&f=false

• Where they’re found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adder_stone

• Guards Guards reference: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/GuardsGuards

• Hat Full of Sky Reference: https://www.lspace.org/books/apf/a-hat-full-of-sky.html

• Dobbies: https://esmeraldamac.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/dobbies-boggles-ghosts-and-the-19th-century-journalist/

• The Seeing Stone (Book 2 of the Spiderwick Chronicles) by Holly Black: http://spiderwick.wikia.com/wiki/The_Seeing_Stone

**MAGGIEWATCH**

Maggie’s editor, David Levithan, called the new manuscript “really fucking good”: https://twitter.com/mstiefvater/status/981594415566290944

Announcements: 

We have an amazing new logo! Please visit http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ or https://twitter.com/tinlitheeum to see the artist’s other work, and please support them however you can! Thank you, Mio!

Ravin’ Girls Ep.12: The Great Butternut Caper

Ravin’ Girls Ep.12: The Great Butternut Caper

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 12, where we cover Chapters 33-35 of The Raven Boys!

In this episode, we ponder the deepest of all philosophical questions: whether or not Gansey might be seeing alternate timelines, what the bathing habits of wizards truly are, what “butternut” is actually a euphemism for, and the hotly-contested eternal debate between, “The Pig is magic,” vs. “The Pig is just a piece of crap”. And, Lovely Listeners, this time around be happy that podcasting is not a fully sensory experience! They don’t call it “Devil’s Dung” for nothing...

DEEP DIVE: Psychometry

MINI-DEEP DIVE: Asafetida

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Next Episodes:

5/17/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 13, covering chapters 36-38 of TRB

6/7/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 14, covering chapters 39-43 of TRB

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• WishingStardust’s map of TRC locations: http://wishingstardust.tumblr.com/post/170779466832/always-wanted-a-nearly-exhaustive-map-of-all-the

• Maggie driving her Camaro (very loud): https://youtu.be/1xl1qHg4i9k

• Maggie calls her husband “Lover”: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/96643088586/oh-i-just-found-the-old-18-walmart-engagement

• Maggie talks about tripping and falling into a mirror: https://twitter.com/mstiefvater/status/984881686730166273

• Asafetida as a spice: http://theepicentre.com/spice/asafetida/

• Acifidity bags and medicinal uses: https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/3613

• Traditional Appalacian medicine: https://ozarkhealingblog.com/2015/12/14/221-asafetida/

• Magical uses for asafedita: http://herbalriot.tumblr.com/post/55166750539/the-magickal-uses-of-asafoetida

• Definition and history of psychometry: https://www.thoughtco.com/need-to-know-info-about-psychometry-2593072

• More history of psychometry: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Psychometry

• Manual of Psychometry: The Dawn of a New Civilization, Volume 1 by Joseph Rodes Buchanan, pub. 1893: https://books.google.com/books?id=o0RDAAAAIAAJ&dq=Manual%20of%20psychometry%20%3A%20the%20dawn%20of%20a%20new%20civilization&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=Manual%20of%20psychometry%20:%20the%20dawn%20of%20a%20new%20civilization&f=false

• How To Do Psychic Readings Through Touch by Ted Andrews, pub. 2014: https://books.google.com/books?id=VD3PBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT22&vq=location&pg=PT20#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Stefan Ossowiecki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Ossowiecki

• Psychometry and animism: https://www.themystica.com/psychometry/

• Animism definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism

• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/williams/rabbit/rabbit.html

• Tsumogami: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukumogami

• Cold reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading

• James Randi quote: http://skepdic.com/psychometry.html

• Hood sweater experiment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5314164.stm

• Synesthesia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

• Synesthesia after stroke: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/808777

• Wired article about the Avogadro Project: https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff-kilogram/

• Achim Leistner: https://blog.adafruit.com/2015/05/03/achim-leistner-better-than-a-machine/

Announcements: 

We have an amazing new logo! Please visit http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ or https://twitter.com/tinlitheeum to see the artist’s other work, and please support them however you can! Thank you, Mio!

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls logo and banner art © 2018 Mio Mäkijärvi, All Rights Reserved. Please visit  http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ for more information.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.13: Triskaidekaphobia

Ravin’ Girls Ep.13: Triskaidekaphobia

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 13, where we cover Chapters 36-38 of The Raven Boys!

While 13 is generally one of Nievita’s favorite numbers, this episode feels very unlucky indeed. We take a dark ride through the confrontation between Adam and Robert Parrish and the immediate aftermath--and while we do cry, it’s possibly not as much as we thought we would. We tackle some pretty heavy topics such as the responsibility of Adam’s mom, Ronan’s expression of his pain and frustration, the protection that white privilege affords some of the characters, and how Gansey’s own parental emotional neglect may have played in to his responses (but does not excuse his victim-blaming.) Strap in, my friends… you know it’s a tough one when Whelk is the comic relief.

WARNING: These chapters deal with the direct result of domestic abuse. Please practice self-care while listening. We love you!

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Next Episodes:

6/7/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 14, covering chapters 39-43 of TRB

6/21/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 15, covering chapters 44-48 of TRB

Past Episode Guide: https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/episodes

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Story structure: https://timstout.wordpress.com/story-structure/blake-snyders-beat-sheet/

• Freud’s theory of the Id, Ego, and Super-Ego: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego

• HIPPA privacy protections: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/faq/488/does-hipaa-permit-a-doctor-to-discuss-a-patients-health-status-with-the-patients-family-and-friends/index.html

• A post from Maggie about Adam and his recovery from abuse: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/121382807521/hi-maggie-saw-that-adam-v-his-father-post-and

• The likability of Gansey vs. Adam: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/115211556436/i-am-always-surprised-to-see-how-much-hate-there

• Maggie’s favorite bit of writing in the Raven Cycle: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/128040788706/first-your-posts-are-amazingly-helpful-and

• National Domestic Violence Hotline (online chat available): http://www.thehotline.org/

• Help for friends and family of abuse victims: http://www.thehotline.org/help/help-for-friends-and-family/

• RAINN (rape, abuse, and incest national network) (24/7 chat available): https://www.rainn.org/

• What to do (and what not to do) if a friend is in an abusive relationship: https://nurselofwyr.tumblr.com/post/102127422584/selfcareafterrape-selfcareafterrape-i

Announcements: 

We have an amazing new logo! Please visit http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ or https://twitter.com/tinlitheeum to see the artist’s other work, and please support them however you can! Thank you, Mio!

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls logo and banner art © 2018 Mio Mäkijärvi, All Rights Reserved. Please visit  http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ for more information.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.14: Guacamole Love

Ravin’ Girls Ep.14: Guacamole Love

Episode Summary:

Welcome to Episode 14, where we cover Chapters 39-43 of The Raven Boys!

We are just one episode away from the end of Season 1 and wrapping up the first book of the Raven Cycle. It’s been a lot of laughs and tears so far, and just like these chapters we are winding up to go out with a stampede! Or, well, something like that. Shannon drops some Transformers trivia and calls Nievita out on her taste in men; Nievita makes a Rick Riordan joke and questions whether Punxsutawney Phil is actually immortal as claimed; and we discuss terrible lunch habits and that Whelk is indeed correct on one thing and one thing only… guacamole might be worth committing murder for.

DEEP DIVE: The Folklore of Weather Forecasting (approx. 33:53-47:25 depending on player)

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Next Episodes:

6/21/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 15, covering chapters 44-48 of TRB

HIATUS-- We will be taking a short break between Season1: The Raven Boys and Season2: The Dream Thieves -- stay tuned to social media & subscribed to our feed for giveaways and announcements!

Past Episode Guide: https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/episodes

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

• Maggie compares the fandom’s reaction to Adam to Voldemort: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/115211556436/i-am-always-surprised-to-see-how-much-hate-there

• Maggie describes Adam’s hair color: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/84317929621/i-dont-know-if-youve-answered-this-question

• Virginia Soil Judging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvaBEoyoInc

• Some good general weather forecasting folklore: https://paddling.com/learn/how-to-forecast-the-weather/

• Can leaves predict a storm?: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/can-leaves-predict-a-storm-3195

• Rain crow article: http://www.heraldcourier.com/outdoor/rarely-seen-rain-crow-is-actually-two-related-birds/article_e85daaf8-652f-11e4-b095-0017a43b2370.html

• Mourning Dove: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/overview

• Yellow-Billed Cuckoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrfLVIXZMdI&t=50s

• George Freier, author of Weather Proverbs: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/01/04/environment/2d86b1b1-0dd2-4f78-a156-1dd34b53e178/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5cacf5a6155c

• Goodreads page for Weather Proverbs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1383556.Weather_Proverbs

• “The Bends” or Decompression Sickness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness

• Wooly worms: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/can-woolly-worms-predict-the-weather

• Woolly Bears: https://www.almanac.com/content/woolly-bear-caterpillars-and-weather-prediction

• https://www.weather.gov/arx/woollybear

• Moon Halo: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/ring-around-the-moon-9657 

• Stephen King’s The Sun Dog: http://stephenking.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sun_Dog

• Sun dogs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

• Willow stuff: https://www.druidry.org/library/trees/tree-lore-willow

• Mountain Ash berries: http://www.ktvz.com/news/bend/the-truth-behind-winter-weather-proverbs/68661754

• Confirmation Bias: https://sites.google.com/site/skepticalmedicine//cognitive-biases

• Weather Folklore that has scientific backing: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/22-old-weather-proverbs-that-are-actually-true/

• Groundhog Day History/Folklore: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/groundhog-day-history-folklore-23718

• Matthew 16:2-5: https://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/matthew/passage/?q=matthew+16:2-5

• Rick Riordan: http://rickriordan.com/

• The height of Hobbits: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Hobbits

• The Greek Goddess Artemis: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Artemis-Greek-goddess

**MAGGIEWATCH**

Maggie describes “the worst thing that fandom has ever done”, sparking a wildfire debate over Adam Parrish: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/174212970391/friend-whats-the-worst-thing-fandom-ever-did-me

Announcements: 

We will be taking a brief break between Seasons 1 & 2 (well, we won’t--but there will be a break in our release schedule!) Please keep an eye on our social media for announcements of when we will be back, and stay subscribed for teasers and other promotional information!

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/

The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls logo and banner art © 2018 Mio Mäkijärvi, All Rights Reserved. Please visit  http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ for more information.

Ravin’ Girls Ep.15: Full (Ritual) Circle

Welcome to Episode 15, where we cover Chapters 44-48 of The Raven Boys!

Here we are, at the end of the first book of the Raven Cycle and the end of our first season of The Ravin’ Girls! Join us as the earth shakes, bad guys quake, animals stampede and visions take heed. Adam makes his sacrifice and gains a leafy new best friend and Ronan admits that Chainsaw is a cliffhanger ending--leading us directly into Season 2: The Dream Thieves. Oh, and Shannon drops a piece of knowlege that has Nievita questioning everything she thought she knew about their friendship. Revelations and new beginnings, indeed!

No Deep Dive, but we do have an informal discussion about the podcast and Seasons 1 & 2, starting at 56:12 (depending on player)

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Next Episodes:
8/16/18-- We will return from our short hiatus on August 16th Boys and Season2: The Dream Thieves -- stay tuned to social media & subscribed to our feed for giveaways and announcements!
Past Episode Guide: https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/episodes

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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:

• Maggie posts about the song Kavinsky is listening to in TDT: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/113805153926/so-a-couple-of-people-asked-and-im-sure-many

**MAGGIEWATCH**
Maggie has announced a few personal appearances over the next few months. As always, you can find those listed on her website at https://www.maggiestiefvater.com/appearances/

Announcements: 
We will be taking a brief break between Seasons 1 & 2 (well, we won’t--but there will be a break in our release schedule!) Please keep an eye on our social media for announcements of when we will be back, and stay subscribed for teasers and other promotional information!

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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.

Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/
The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.

Ravin’ Girls logo and banner art © 2018 Mio Mäkijärvi, All Rights Reserved. Please visit  http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ for more information.