Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min · 12 segments
The Hardcore Four return to discuss our winner in our Episode Pitch Competition! Congrats to Mia for this excellent suggestion, and hopefully we do it justice, as we discuss this absolutely delicious…
Calder ShillingHost
Emma ScherzarkoHost
Felix TrenchHost
Beth AyerHost
And as you may recall, I think when last the four of us were together, we posited a little competition for you all to pitch your case for what episode we should do next.
And spoilers, we will probably get to all of them at some point is, you know, time and scheduling willing, because there are a lot of really wonderful suggestions in there.
And so we are going to share some of those, our top three, our top three choices that we thought were really, really excellent.
So one of the suggestions we particularly loved was from Vincent, who suggested Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2, Scene 1.
He asks me, "'Whither wander thou?' Though the line in the play is, "'Whither wander you?' And I, as the fairy, answer him over what geography and disaster I can remember.'"
That is just so lovely.
That is just so very, very sweet.
is the best
And Vincent goes on to talk about how it's a great example of how linguistics and language have changed and how in the scene you have things like where rhyming with sphere and cough rhyming with laugh.
And also how Shakespeare's kind of built on and altered our relationship and understanding of the fae and fairies.
And as you may recall, I think when last the four of us were together, we posited a little competition for you all to pitch your case for what episode we should do next.
And spoilers, we will probably get to all of them at some point is, you know, time and scheduling willing, because there are a lot of really wonderful suggestions in there.
And so we are going to share some of those, our top three, our top three choices that we thought were really, really excellent.
So one of the suggestions we particularly loved was from Vincent, who suggested Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2, Scene 1.
He asks me, "'Whither wander thou?' Though the line in the play is, "'Whither wander you?' And I, as the fairy, answer him over what geography and disaster I can remember.'"
That is just so lovely.
That is just so very, very sweet.
is the best
And Vincent goes on to talk about how it's a great example of how linguistics and language have changed and how in the scene you have things like where rhyming with sphere and cough rhyming with laugh.
And also how Shakespeare's kind of built on and altered our relationship and understanding of the fae and fairies.
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