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Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

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Season 2 Episode 1: Make It Make Sense, Part I

Our April Fools Day prank is luring our friends who have actual STEM degrees into an episode on what may (or may not) actually be going on, astronomically speaking, in the Rukbat system! In this...

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They've now finished their initial goal of a run through all of Anne MacCaffrey's solo-authored Pern novels, but have just announced that they'll come back and do some more episodes for a second season. I'm so glad! And so is my partner, because our home will be cleaner. 5/5

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Ever since I discovered this podcast (full name: Dragons Made Me Do It - great name btw) it's been my go-to listen, and the only podcast that will get me to do chores because there's a new ep out and housecleaning is when I listen to podcasts. 4/

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What is the dragon population? How does the economy of Pern actually work? How problematic is class in the Pern novels? (Spoiler: very!) 3/

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Highly highly recommend this. They take Anne MacCaffrey's Pern novels probably much more seriously than they deserve to be taken, and debate the nitty gritty of all of the details. What is the human population of Pern? (At various points in time!) 2/

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Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

@dmmdipodcast.bsky.social It seems to be the season for telling podcasters how much I like their work - so let me say how terrific this podcast is. I did not imagine when I started listening to it how much I would enjoy an insanely deep dive into the Perniverse. 1/

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In the first of two episodes on The Skies of Pern, we get excited about the pacing, interrogate the concept of consent in a mating flight, and support Talina’s right to chill. Transcript is available on our website! dmmdipodcast.neocities.org

Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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In this 90s retrospective episode, we muse about globalization and autonomy, delve into McCaffrey’s collaborative empire, and reflect on the rise of the female protagonist in science-fiction and fantasy media. Transcript is available on our website!

Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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In this bonus episode on Runner of Pern, we're dubious about the ancient history of the Runner Craft, get wildly sidetracked by the minutiae of Crafthall economics, and conclude that it would be extremely inconvenient to transport 42,000 gold dinars across the Sahara desert. Transcript available!

Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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In our episode on The Masterharper of Pern (1998), we are perturbed by Petiron and Merelan’s marriage, intrigued by homosexual subtext that’s edging toward text, and disappointed to realize that F’lar is a nepo baby. dmmdipodcast.neocities.org/episodes/dmm...

a screenshot of an article from "Lainey Gossip" with a picture of Matt Damon in a baseball cap and a surgical mask. the article title has been edited to read: "F'lon not wearing wedding ring again during another visit to Robinton's house which could mean nothing"; the preview text has been edited to read "Last week I posted about F'lon, as he was photographed after a visit to Robinton's, and he..."

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Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

In this bonus episode on the literary history of Dragon(rider)s, we discuss the origins and enormous influence of Pern from Beowulf to Baldur’s Gate 3, try to pin down McCaffrey’s specific contributions to the genre, and ponder the logical next step from mating flights. Transcript available!

Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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as a quick heads-up, in the interest of making sure Lleu only has to edit one episode all by himself, we're taking a brief hiatus, but we'll be back on the 16th with a bonus episode on the literary history and legacies of the concept of dragonriders!

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Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

In this episode on Red Star Rising/Dragonseye, we ponder the homophobia around green dragons, meet Menolly 5.0, discuss what makes a smallholder a smallholder, and realize we can’t make it all the way through this book in a reasonable timespan. #Pern dmmdipodcast.neocities.org/episodes/dmm...

Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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In this episode on The Dolphins of Pern, we ponder dolphin phonics education, return to the family as a site of violence, are confronted with zombie Oterel, and decide that T’Lion is a good egg. Warning for an extended discussion of eugenics and ableism. Transcript available.

Megan Crouse @fullofwords.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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have I ever told you about my dragon ratio. dragon books ought to have a dragon on like 50% of pages minimum. maybe 75

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 22/05/2025

Like I adored Anne McCaffrey but then you go back and read the Dragonriders of Pern now and it's like "um the specific color dragons pick you based on if you're gay or not what the fuck"

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Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

In our final episode on the short stories from The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, we decentralize the Weyrs, decide we don’t have time to contemplate Torene’s sexy legs, manage to agree on a definition of stalking, and utterly fail to pin down the definition of “wingsecond.” Transcript available!

Dragons Made Me Do It @dmmdipodcast.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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Hello and welcome to Dragons Made Me Do It, one of potentially many podcasts about Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series... but the only one by us! Check out our website for episodes, transcripts, other (better) book recommendations, artisanal Pern memes, and more.