<p>“If your castle’s made of sugar, don’t blame the rain when it melts.” </p>
<p>Sometimes, you’ve just got to kill your darlings. You're a cuttlefish, say, and something’s got your arm in its jaws? No worries. Just eject it! It’ll grow back later . . .</p>
<p>In biology, that’s called “autotomy”.</p>
<p>In this episode, legendary theater director Andre Gregory talks to Jason about acts of self-reinvention and past selves left behind. There's short fiction about a utopian Christian community that keeps its peace at a hideous cost. And a rousing techno-barn-burner of a song—a lyrical and musical act of autotomy that defies description. </p>
<p>Special thanks to Chris Dunlap for the word of the episode, to Adil Sadak for music and production on the song, to Emre Gots for the theme song, and to <a href="https://nathangelgud.com/">Nathan Gelgud</a> for the episode art. </p>
