Episode 23: The Race

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Gable and Jonnit struggle to weigh the bids from parties interested in buying featherweave and the captain. Meanwhile, Dref and Travis are confronted by Tiberius Youngblood who appears to have a more personal interest in the Uhuru than the crew realized. CONTENT WARNING Main Show: An underage character orders a drink (but doe not drink), home invasion, violence, eye-based violence, death. Like serious death that goes beyond what we have done on the show so far. Hydrate and prepare to cry. Dear Uhuru: Nostalgia CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The thrilling conclusion to the race as the Uhuru Crew desperately tries to build up points in Aur Pióra. Once things wind down Gable and Jonnit prepare for their meeting with The Broker and potential buyers. Dref decides to hang back and study for The Show and Trevis helpfully offers to drink while he does it. CONTENT WARNING Main Show: Violence, mild teasing, bird drinking Dear Uhuru: Jokes about all of the draining terrible stuff we see on twitter. CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The race continues and Gable is here to pull off sick bird stunts, but they might have bitten off more than they can chew. Travis and Jonnit are eager to please the crowd as Dref and the rest of the crew work to cheat and subsequently cover up their cheating. CONTENT WARNING Main Show: More good clean bird racin' Dear Uhuru: Body image insults (an NPG has "big nasty muscles") CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The race begins! Travis and Jonnit are confident in their birds and ready to impress. Meanwhile, Gable and Dref will do anything to see their idiot children succeed. CONTENT WARNING Main Show: We race birds in this one, I didn't see anything bad. Dear Uhuru: Reference to strokes CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis, Jonnit, and Gable head to the bird stables to rent a griffin for the race. While they're at the stables Gable finally meets up with Hildred Gastaur who wants to show her gratitude in a way they weren't expecting... CONTENT WARNING Main Show: Bird death (it's a different bird) Dear Uhuru: We mention Ethan Hawke (I don’t know if he did anything) CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Dref studies in the hotel room like a good boy Jonnit, Gable, and Travis head to the black market to do some shopping and the reference desk for some snooping. Travis gets more than he bargained for and Gable tries to fight some natural urges. CONTENT WARNING Main Show: Brief non-canonical mention of slavery Dear Uhuru: Reference to Lennie from Of Mice and Men (in terms of strength and animals) CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to their bizarre contract with The Broker our heroes have just a day to prepare for the race which opens Aur Pióra. Can Dref help his companions: a charismatic idiot, a career layabout, and an actual child learn the obscenely complicated rules? Will Gable be able to condition Jonnit and Travis with a cross fit crash course? Who's got big piss energy? CONTENT WARNING Main Show: Brief mention of the possibility of underage drinking, bad (French?) accent Dear Uhuru: irresponsible HR policy CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew checks in to the unbelievably swanky hotel they got thanks to The Broker. Dref opts to say in and study for The Race. The rest of the crew spends their evening showing us some unique takes on "keeping a reasonably low profile." CONTENT WARNING Main Show: Reference to possible underage drinking, reference to cockfighting, extremely forward flirting Dear Uhuru: Dref gets cartoonishly high CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Sign up for the mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Skyjacks lose their ace negotiator to an ill-timed transformation when The Broker requests a night meeting. Unloading the stolen cargo may cost them more than expected. Unless, of course, they accept one simple condition… CONTENT NOTE Main Show: There is none listed for this episode CAST James D'Amato......... GM Tyler Davis.................. Jonnit Kessler Liz Anderson.............. Gable Johnny O'Mara.......... Travis Matagot John Partick Coan..... Dref Wormwood Casey Toney............... Editor Arne Parrott................ Music Join our mailing list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices