Meta Station: A "the 100" Podcast

Welcome back to Meta Station for our discussion of “The Tinder Box,” where Roan has finally ditched Grandpa Theo’s crown and gotten his mojo back! We had some real structural problems with the Arkadia half of the episode, went crazy with glee at the Doctor Mechanic sci-fi movie in the other half, and continue to spiral into madness over Bill Cadogan theories. Plus Erin takes us to school on the Roman goddess Vesta, and if you’re wondering why Claire doesn’t have an appropriately dramatic reaction to the part where Erin starts talking about GIANT MAGICAL FLAMING PHALLUSES!!?!?!?! it’s because her sound cut out for like a full minute and she missed that whole thing. P.S. Claire STRONGLY considered titling each of the timestamps after Billy Joel songs and actually put an embarrassing amount of thought into it but finally tapped out after not getting any farther than “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “When In Rome.” ------------------------ 0:00 – Riley, Echo and Undead Octavia: There Are Too Many Abby’s Hospi

Erin and special guest Sachin Sahel discuss their fantasy cast for a remake of the "Back to the Future" trilogy featuring members of "The 100" cast.

Welcome back to Meta Station, where Claire's continued unspooling over how the hell she became THIS obsessed with Jaha meets Erin's analysis of liminal space and death/rebirth imagery in Octavia's storyline. Also, we pay a visit to Science Island, where the the ladies are badass and the drones are armed. We also take a deep dive into the troubling question of eugenics, find some surprising Monty/Roan parallels, are wrecked as human beings by Bellamy and Kane in that prison scene, and go to some REAL-ASS PLACES about ableism and disability representation. Also, if you haven't had a chance to enjoy this episode's outtake, PLEASE DON'T DEPRIVE YOURSELF - https://soundcloud.com/meta-station/clairin-outtakes-horse-woman And don't miss last week's interview with Executive Producer Jason Rothenberg! https://soundcloud.com/meta-station/claire-and-erin-interview-jason-rothenberg ------------ 0:00 – Hello and Welcome and Hey We Talked to Jason Last Week and We’re Still Processing It 0:01 – “What’s Your Game, The

Erin invents a new superhero named Horsewoman and Claire tells a nightmare-inducing story about a Dutch performance artist. Two out of two hosts rate this "the most macabre outtake we've ever done."

We can't believe this either, but we just spent an hour and a half talking to Jason Rothenberg! He approached us 2 weeks ago to tell us he's a fan of the podcast and would love to come talk to us, WHICH IS INSANE TO US TO YOU GUYS, FOR REAL, and ended up giving us a full hour longer than we were scheduled. To get this up as fast as possible, we've edited nothing, so please forgive Skype glitches, interruptions, lots of "um", and all of us talking over each other. But we had a fantastic, complex conversation on everything from leadership themes in season 4 to fandom and social media. Anyway, we need to go walk it off because like WE SORT OF STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED???, but we hope you enjoy!

Hello and welcome back to Meta Station, where the world is ending and everything is terrible! But don't worry, because Jackson, Nyko and Dad Miller are back. Also Raven gets a taste of what it's like to be Clarke every day, Octavia gets a new sister maybe, the ponytail's a good look on Ilian, Claire's neck and neck with Jaha for "Who's More Weirdly Obsessed with Bill Cadogan?", ain't no nuclear apocalypse gonna bring down Luna, and Murphy is going to get adopted by Abby Griffin whether he wants to or not. THIS SEASON JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER -------------------------------------------- 0:00 – Things Get a Little Loopy, Erin Can’t Say “Bagel,” and This Is the Longest Intro We’ve Ever Done 0:06 – Welcome to the Big Time, Kid!: Octavia Passed Her Murder Audition and Gets a Callback 0:10 – “One Life to Save Thousands”: This Time, It’s the Kids’ Turn to Make the Calls 0:18 – Underneath all the Stabby Blood Lust, Octavia Still Has a Soft Spot for Families 0:32 – The Representation Conversation: Why It Matters

The inside of Claire's head is like a conspiracy theorist's wall full of random news clippings and red string. Moderately NSFW.

You asked, we delivered. To tide you all over until the full 403 episode recap goes up on Sunday, here’s 50+ minutes of pure, unfiltered Bellarke, for those of you who might be interested in such a thing. We laughed, we cried (no, literally), we flailed, we analyzed, we discussed “Day Trip” and Abby/Bellamy parallels (look for Claire’s wacko tin-hat conspiracy theory about this in the episode outtakes later this week), and also we love each other so much it’s GROSS. Enjoy!

Erin and Claire talk about how "The 100" writers' room adapts story to fit the skills of their actors, and raves about how much we love this cast.

Welcome back to Meta Station for part 2 of our podcast! We covered Polis and Arkadia before Jo had to leave, so we then spent another hour and a half on Clarke/Jaha and Farm Station. SO! MANY! LEADERSHIP! PARALLELS! God this was a good fucking episode. This is a tricky one to timestamp because it’s kind of just Claire and Erin having a conversation about Culling parallels, S1 callbacks, the whole Clarke/Bellamy/Raven = Jaha/Abby/Jake thing, moral choices and leadership styles, which circles back to a lot of the same themes over and over again. But like LOOSELY, here is a general outline: 0:00 –How the Actual Hell Do We Have 40 Minutes of Thoughts on Thelonious Jaha, Ark/Delinquent Leadership Parallels, and Isaiah Washington’s Acting Choices? IDK BUT WE FUCKIN’ DO 0:40 – The Loudest Erin Has Ever Laughed at Claire In the History of Meta Station 0:48 – Ethical Frameworks, Personal Values, and That Farm Station Scene 0:58 – Bryan and Miller Broke Our Damn Hearts, Y’All 1:09 – Original Flavor Bellamy Is Ba

RILEYS AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome back to Meta Station, where we are joined by a special guest - the wonderful Jo Garfein, host of The Dropship and our IRL friend after we spent an awesome weekend hanging out together at Unity Days. This is technically part 3 of 2 (yes, you heard that right); we recorded the Polis and Arkadia half of the podcast with Jo, then the Farm Station half after she left, but then had some major technical glitches and re-recorded with Jo again two nights later. So this is our second attempt at a conversation among the three of us, and in order to get it uploaded on time, it has not been edited very heavily; we apologize in advance for how often we say "um" PLEASE DON'T HATE US Stand by for Part 2, coming up next! 0:00 - Intros: SECOND VERSE, SAME AS THE FIRST! Also Jo Garfein Is Here, Thanks Be to Riley 0:02 – Blue Butterflies and Creepy AI’s: Welcome to Ilian’s Hippie Commune 0:09 – It Took Less Than Ten Minutes For Jo to Bring Up the Fact That Claire Still Hasn’t Watched “Lost”

Welcome back to Meta Station, for the first of our weekly Season 4 recaps! We're crazypants excited about this episode and can't wait to yell about it with you! And don't forget to stop by the "Outtakes" playlist for bonus content from this episode; we talked for about 45 minutes about that Kane/Bellamy scene, and also did some giggling about Roan's dorky crown. You can find all that fun here - https://soundcloud.com/meta-station/welcome-to-meta-meta-station-or-the-great-kellamy-debate-of-2017 https://soundcloud.com/meta-station/clairin-outtakes-dopey-lies-the-crown -------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 – *Octavia Blake voice* WE’RE BACK, BITCHES! 0:03 – The Jasper of It All: Dear Show, Please Don’t Fuck This Up 0:13 – Erin Gets Real About Mental Health 0:29 – Supergenius Raven + Bravenlarke Rising 0:33 – Hot Damn We Have a Lot of Jokes About Extended Warranties for Nuclear Power Plants 0:38 – We Would Like to Place an Order for One Backstory with a Side of Plot Agency for Har

Welcome to Meta Meta Station, where Erin and Claire having an exceptionally rare moment of strong disagreement about how to interpret that Kane and Bellamy scene from the end of 401 turned into one of our favorite-ever conversations, where we meta about meta and unpack all the different ways we interpret story to figure out why one of us liked it and one of us disliked it. SPOILER ALERT: it turned out to have almost nothing to do with which one of the two is our most fave.

We had some thoughts about Roan's crown in the Season 4 premiere. And by "thoughts" we mean "cackling with hysterical laughter."

Welcome back to Meta Station! We’re back from the magnificently delirious weekend of nerd fun which was Unity Days 2017, and we’re here to tell you all about it! Joining us are special guests Brittany Rae and Robyn Jeffrey (formerly of The Giantist, now co-hosts of the Afictionados podcast network) and Sam Coley of TellTaleTV, who – along with The Dropship’s Jo Garfein – were our fellow panelists for the Unity Days Friday night Meta Panel, where we answered fan-submitted questions and meta prompts about the show. For those of you who missed the fun live, we’ll recap our weekend experience, from the best questions we got at the panel to our favorite cast member encounters to the most exciting season 4 tidbits we picked up along the way. We also got way too many meta questions submitted to answer live at the panel, so we’re recreating the magic here and answering a few more of our favorites on air that we weren’t able to get to at Unity Days, discussing everything from Hogwarts to My Little Ponies. And sta

Kabby sex! Bellarke snuggles! Dark Octavia! Power vacuum in in Polis! Drones chasing Raven! Radiation! Explosions! Literal, actual, mountains of corpses! There was a LOT to unpack in the Season 4 trailer, and we are HELLA FUCKING PSYCHED about the direction the show seems to be headed in. So like .... of course we had two hours' worth of things to say about it. Two vital disclaimers about the following podcast: 1) We wanted to get our s4 predictions up the day the trailer aired, so this was a quick and dirty version. We have not edited at all. Like, at ALL. So try not to think of it like a nice, polished, cleaned-up podcast and more like you’re eavesdropping on a Claire and Erin phone call – which begins (as they all do) with hysterical giggling, and ends (as they all do) with Erin’s husband telling us to get off the phone because we’ve been talking for way too long. It is rambly and interrupty and there is background noise and coughing and it does not sound fancy or professional in ANY WAY, so just know th

Welcome back to Meta Station for the first of our “Who Are We Kidding Ourselves We Can’t Possibly Cover Two Episodes at Once, Let’s Just Go Back To Giving Each of Them Two Hours As the Good Lord Intended” podcasts. Erin says “hegemonic” but also refers to the Grounders as “Juggalo Murder Clowns”, we finally find something nice to say about Finn, and we both get a little real about our own families while crying over the Blakes. This one is a RIDE, y’all. 0:00 – INTRODUCTION! Claire’s 35 Now and Erin Has Been Chasing a Spider For Four Hours 0:02 – “I’ve Abandoned All Pretense of Journalistic Integrity”: In Which We Discuss the Most Charitable, and the Least Charitable, Interpretations of Finn’s Behavior In This Episode 0:11 – Finn/Raven and Bellamy/Octavia Parallels (NOT IN A GROSS WAY, This Podcast Is a Blakecest-Free Zone) 0:22 – Raven and Clarke Subvert The Love Triangle Trope 0:30 – “Use Your Words, Lincoln” 0:40 – From John Locke to Juggalos: Season One’s Problematic Grounder World-Building 1:01 – A

Erin and Claire take a break from discussing Finn to unpack the etymology of the phrase "compliment sandwich."

Welcome back to Meta Station! After a not-entirely-planned hiatus due to an avalanche of Life Stuff for both of us, we’re back with the second half of our 104/105 podcast! LET’S HAVE SOME FEELS ABOUT THE CULLING, MY DUDES! It turns out that the answer to “Are Claire and Erin, in fact, capable of covering an entire episode in just over an hour?” is “Yes, if it is preceded by five hours of watching two episodes back-to-back and then discussing another episode and it is very late and we are tired and punchy and our brains are mostly dead.” Don’t worry, I edited out all the parts where one of us just sort of . . . . trailed off into nowhere. THERE WERE A LOT. 0:00 - Nope, No Intro, Just STRAIGHT Into the Jake Flailing 0:08 – So We're All Agreed That the Culling Storyline Is the Best Thing This Show Has Ever Done, Yes? 0:12 – The Tragedy of the Culling Is That Everyone To Blame Was Just Trying To Save Someone Else 0:16 – It's Time For Another Installment of "Why Is Jaha the Worst?" 0:17 – "He's the Jafar of

Welcome back, fam! We ended up with so much to say about 104 and 105 that we split this podcast into two sections, one for each episode, to keep from making our heads explode with editing craziness. So you’ll notice that this one kind of ends abruptly without an outro, and the next one will start right in without an intro, but like I TRUST THAT WE’LL ALL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. Anyway, please join us for the rollercoaster ride of “Murphy’s Law,” for our money the first truly great episode of this show. Charlotte! Nygel! Murphy! Vera! Raven! Flarke sex! The legacy of Wells! Unexamined racism and misogyny! An intro we recorded after we’d been talking for four hours and were beginning to absolutely lose our damn minds! STRAP IN KIDDOS, THIS EPISODE’S A RIDE 0:00 – I Can’t EVEN Describe to You How Cracked-Out This Intro Is 0:02 – Today on “Tumblr Asks with Erin”: “Is Wells’ Death Racist?” 0:12 – Wells’ Legacy: Forcing the Camp to Get Its Shit Together 0:19 – Scapegoats and Cassandras: The Tragedy of