The Haar 3: The Old Woman And The Sea

About this episode

This episode concludes the discussion on David Sodergren's The Haar, exploring its origins in cozy fiction and the effectiveness of its satire.

This week, we conclude our unit on David Sodergren's The Haar . Where did cozy fiction come from? Is the satire effective? How do we understand Muriel's faith and final decision? To see the video version of this week's show, click here ; to see the slides, click here ! Next week, we begin Shirley Jackson's The Haunting Of Hill House , live on Patreon on Thursday, October 16th at 9PM Central Time. Footnotes: The Haar You've Been Trumped (2011) Trump International Golf Links, Scotland Haggis Wildlife Foundation Follow Stars And Swords on YouTube , Bluesky and Instagram . To join me for the live broadcast, to support the podcast, to join the conversation on Discord and to get access to monthly bonus episodes, please visit Patreon.com/NextWord and pledge your support! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

People in this episode

Host: Next Word

Topics covered

• cozy fiction
• satire
• Muriel's faith
• David Sodergren
• The Haar
• The Haunting Of Hill House

Keywords

• cozy fiction
• satire
• Muriel
• The Haar
• David Sodergren
• The Haunting Of Hill House

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Haggis Wildlife Foundation

Books & works: The Haar, The Haunting Of Hill House

More episodes of Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction

• Mort 3: Just Us · May 8, 2026 · 1h 7m
• Mort 2: What Should Be Will Be · April 22, 2026 · 1h 12m
• Mort 1: The Uncommon Man · April 2, 2026 · 1h 15m
• Neuromancer 3: It's The Punk · March 19, 2026 · 20 min
• Neuromancer 2: No Imagination · December 8, 2025 · 1h 9m
• Neuromancer 1: But The Dreams Came On · November 14, 2025 · 1h 11m