Episode 77: The Stories That Are Helping Us With Our Collective Trauma

Arya sure looks traumatized, doesn’t she? Normally we’d consider Game of Thrones escapist, but not now.

We're all super-traumatized by everything we've been through lately—so what kind of storytelling can we use to cope with our shared PTSD? And how will our collective trauma be reflected in pop culture? To get some answers, we talk to Sarah Gailey, author of The Echo Wife.

Notes, citations, & etc!

Sarah Gailey is at SarahGailey.com.

Follow them on Twitter and Instagram as @Gaileyfrey. They also have a newsletter.

Their latest novel is The Echo Wife, out Feb. 16.

Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted (a novella)

Bridgerton streaming series (2021)

Get Out (2017)

Game of Thrones TV series (2011-2019)

Summer Camp Island TV series (2018-present)

Hilda TV series (2018-2020)

Teen Titans Go TV series (2013-present)

Babysitters Club streaming series (2020-present)

Lupin streaming series (2021)

Mandalorian streaming series (2019-present)

Steven Universe Future TV series (2020)

Grady Hendrix, Southern Book Club’s Guide to Killing Vampires