This week I had the honor of being on the amazing “Just Enough Trope” podcast! We riff on Norse mythology, its obsession with its eschaton, “Thor: Ragnarok,” and my then-great anticipation of goth outer-space Cate Blanchett. (I have seen the film since the recording, and my goth outer-space Cate Blanchett needs were met and exceeded.) Give it a listen! Right here!

Awww, you’re not bastards. I think you’re really nice.

But evolution is a thing that can be explained pretty much irrefutably in like ten minutes, as I do here, and the fact that we’re having a prolonged national debate about it makes me grouchy. Continue reading…