About this episode

Mal and Jo dive deep into ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Episodes 5 and 6, discussing key plot points and character introductions.

Mal and Jo dive deep into ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Episode 6! They also check back in on Episode 5! They discuss the introduction of Akasha, a séance, and the best song of the season so far. (00:00) Intro (05:27) Opening Snapshot (28:00) Let’s begin at the end (41:10) The queen arrived! (01:00:08) “Stained Glass Eyes” (01:05:52) “Dick Salt” (working title) (01:10:31) Dan gets a suntan (01:14:49) Exorcising demons (01:21:45) Back on the bench (01:28:08) A roundup of fun and funny things (01:33:17) Book spoilers! Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin Producers: Carlos Chiriboga and Scott Lee Studio Production: Jacob Cornett Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Joanna Robinson, Mallory Rubin

Topics covered

• The Vampire Lestat
• Episode analysis
• Character introduction
• Music discussion
• Seance
• Book spoilers

Keywords

• The Vampire Lestat
• Episode 5
• Episode 6
• Akasha
• seance
• music
• book spoilers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Vampire Lestat, Stained Glass Eyes, Dick Salt

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