Episode 4: The Mercy of Gods, Pt. 4; TURNABOUT

The Mercy of Pods

Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 4 covers the fourth part of The Mercy of Gods, TURNABOUT.
In this episode:

• we take note of the various turnabouts that happen between our heroes, the Night Drinkers, the Carryx and other various sundry folks
• Dafyd and the Swarm finally make whoopee, and Tonner is sad about it
• the Night Drinkers attack, the humans counter-attack, and earn a surrender
• we guess as to whether "humans are endurance hunters" is foreshadowing for the larger narrative (SPOILER: yes).
• Brigid details empathy as a competitive advantage
• Clint cannot help but bring up political philosophy
• your hosts dissect Ekur-Tklal's torture of the Five Fold Enemy, and the Swarm's connection to the starfish troopers
• we speculate about Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Book 11, part VII, which goes like this:

"A branch cut off from the continuity of that which was next unto it, must needs be cut off from the whole tree: so a man that is divided from another man, is divided from the whole society. A branch is cut off by another, but he that hates and is averse, cuts himself off from his neighbour, and knows not that at the same time he divides himself from the whole body, or corporation. But herein is the gift and mercy of God, the Author of this society, in that, once cut off we may grow together and become part of the whole again. But if this happen often the misery is that the further a man is run in this division, the harder he is to be reunited and restored again: and however the branch which, once cut of afterwards was graffed in, gardeners can tell you is not like that which sprouted together at first, and still continued in the unity of the body."

Join us next time when we cover tMoG Pt. 5, FISSURES, where the team engages in some fair play. Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at [e-mail]. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants.

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