Shows / Ghost Divers
Ghost Divers
Dive into the ghosts of old anime to discuss film and narrative theory, politics, and queerness in a biweekly show hosted by Connor and Niamh.
Episodes
Ghost Divers[S8E3] Baccano!, eps. 9–16 (with special guest John-Charles Holmes)
"Long podcasts are such a crime. They take the limited amount of time that is given to man, and rather than spending it in indolence or drowning it in pleasure…
Ghost Divers[S8E2] Baccano!, eps. 1–8 (with special guest John-Charles Holmes)
"It might be a good idea to start from within the ship Advenna Avis, which was crossing the Atlantic. It might also be a good idea to start with the tragic…
Ghost DiversManga Café vol. 2: Paradise Kiss (with special guest Em Marko)
Continuing the Yazawa Ai train, Niamh once again calls in friend-of-the-pod (and kinda just the co-host of this sporadic new manga talk show) Em Marko to talk…
Ghost Divers[S8E1] Intro to Baccano! (with special guest John-Charles Holmes)
“Let me tell you how important it is to keep your mouth shut. Me, I’ve seen so many damn people going on and on about ‘these are the important themes in this…
Ghost Divers[S7E10] Question Bucket: The best part of a bread bowl is that there's no evidence
We’re here to talk about depressing work lunches and answer all your questions about our own Ghost in the Shell AUs, kissing and tucking, soft drinks, Tony…
Ghost Divers[S7E9] Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Just as a heads up: Connor’s connection was dropping out a bunch, especially at the beginning, and was a bit laggy as well. Niamh wasn’t trying to just talk…
Ghost DiversManga Café vol. 1: NANA (with special guest Em Marko)
Niamh decided to have on friend of the pod Em Marko to talk a little about the NANA manga, since we both recently read through all of it! I'm also considering…
Ghost Divers[S7E8] Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig, eps. 20–26
In order to save this podcast from going for 4 hours, Connor and Niamh had to crash the satellite that our old Audacity files are stored on into a nuke, but…
Ghost Divers[S7E7] Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig, eps. 14–19
This week on the podcast, 2nd Gig has started to try to bring in more of the case-of-the-week format, but some of the skill and magic of the first season is…
Ghost Divers[S7E6] Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig, eps. 7–13
Hey all. Just as a general note, it is very hard for Niamh to talk about episode 11 without spoiling some minor and vague details about how this relates to…
Ghost Divers[S7E5] Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig, eps. 1–6
It’s here! It’s time! We’re watching through Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig. We know that Niamh doesn’t like is as much as the first season, but will…
Ghost Divers[S7E4] Glyph Catchers Presents: Dumpster Divers
Glyph Catchers are back with a brand new podcast, Dumpster Divers! We’re watching bad movies and just really razzing on them, you know? Just really kickin the…
Ghost Divers[S7E3] Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Hey all, I know you all might be a little confused here seeing something called Ghost Divers in your feed when you were expecting another episode of hit…
Ghost Divers[S7E2] Crossover with Ornate Stairwells: Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Welcome to the overstuffed Ornate Stairwells / Ghost Divers crossover event! Niamh watched Ghost in the Shell (1995) and recorded a Stairwells episode about it…
Ghost Divers[S7E1] Intro to Our Deep Dive into Ghost in the Shell
“In that fleeting moment when Connor and I were facing off against the Major, we envisioned the outcome of our discourse, and the hairs on the back of our…
Ghost Divers[S6E9] Question Bucket: Who on Utena tucks? (with Special Guest Star Autumn Blake)
We are joined again by Autumn Blake to talk a little about the Utena manga and answer all your emails! We also have some updates about our new diving schedule…
Ghost Divers[S6E8] Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena (with Special Guest Star Autumn Blake)
It’s time for what if Magic Knight Rayearth was Redline! We talk about the relationship of the movie to the show; look at some of the characters that only…
Ghost Divers[S6E7] Surprise Bonus Episode: Catching up on Utena with Special Guest Star Autumn Blake
We did not plan this bonus episode at all but Autumn finished the show in preparation for joining us for Adolescence of Utena and decided to call me to make…
Ghost Divers[S6E6] Revolutionary Girl Utena: Apocalypse Saga, eps. 34–39
We have made it! The final discussion for the show! Of course, we will be back in two weeks with an episode on Adolescence of Utena, hopefully with Special…
Ghost DiversThe First Annual New Year's Special: Independent People by Halldór Laxness
Happy New Year! It’s our first annual New Year’s Special and we hope you enjoy it. If you will permit us, we start with a bit of self-indulgence as we look…
Ghost Divers[S6E5] Revolutionary Girl Utena: Ohtori Akio Saga, eps. 24–33
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! We got you a gift of this discussion episode for what might be some of the darkest episodes of the series (although I…
Ghost Divers[S6E4] Revolutionary Girl Utena: Black Rose Saga, eps. 14–23
We’re trying something new for this episode where we just very intentionally do a synopsis of the entire arch right at the top and then get into a more…
Ghost Divers[S6E3] Revolutionary Girl Utena: Student Council Saga pt. 2, eps. 8–13
Welcome to Ghost Divers, the foremost podcast for tracing the influences on Cromartie High School. We’re here to discuss the second half of the Student Council…
Ghost Divers[S6E2] Revolutionary Girl Utena: Student Council Saga pt. 1, eps. 1–7
This episode is dedicated to all the GL-loving long-haul truckers in the audience. We see you, we support you, we will always be here for you. Anyway, we start…
Ghost Divers[S6E1] Intro to Revolutionary Girl Utena
Once upon a time, years and years ago, there was an awkward teenager pretending to be a boy, and they were very sad because they were bullied out of watching…
Ghost Divers[S5E7] Question Bucket: Ferio is really excited to be dating a bi girl now so he can get Chic-fil-A again (with special guest Autumn Blake)
Connor and Niamh are joined partway through by Autumn for the Question Bucket and we are basically just hanging out and having fun. We start out with some…
Ghost Divers[S5E6] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 40–49 (with special guest Autumn Blake)
We are finishing out our discussion of Magic Knight Rayearth Season 2! These are some of Niamh’s favorite episodes of anime ever! Connor and Autumn think they…
Ghost Divers[S5E5] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 31–39 (with special guest Autumn Blake)
We run a tight ship over here at Ghost, Divers, and Associates LLC. Nobody forgets to open the Google doc. No one accidentally uses their webcam’s mic to…
Ghost Divers[S5E4] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 21–30 (with special guest Autumn Blake)
Niamh keeps saying fae’s Nova and we’ve all just been waiting for this stupid brat to finally show up. We’re discussing episodes 21–30 of Magic Knight…
Ghost Divers[S5E3] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 11–20 (with special guest Autumn Blake)
Connor, Niamh, and Honorary Third Ghost Diver Autumn are back again to discuss the second half of the first season of Magic Knight Rayearth. It’s a mech show…
Ghost Divers[S5E2] Magic Knight Rayearth, eps. 1–10 (with special guest Autumn Blake)
This podcast is named after the Rolls-Royce Ghost Diver. We start out with Niamh reading through this nice little document fae created before diving into the…
Ghost Divers[S5E1] Intro to Magic Knight Rayearth (with special guest Autumn Blake)
Hold on to that dream Tomorrow knows, where and when It’s true, what you believe Don’t let go, the podcast will never end… Dive into Magic Knight Rayearth! The…
Ghost Divers[S4E7] Question Bucket: LCL is just Gamer Girl Bathwater, if you really think about it
Episode Notes Welcome to Ghost Divers, a true crime podcast or something I guess. We start by looking back a little at our long journey with Neon Genesis…
Ghost Divers[S4E6] The End of Evangelion & the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga
Episode Notes What's done is done, it feels so bad. What once was happy now is sad. We’ll never record again, our podcast’s ending. I wish that I could turn…
Ghost Divers[S4E5] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 21–26 (with special guest Brad Nelson)
Episode Notes We are joined by our first-ever guest on Ghost Divers, Brad Nelson, to discuss episodes 21 through 26 of Neon Genesis Evangelion! They are the…
Ghost Divers[S4E4] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 14–20
Episode Notes We are back again and ready to dive into the back half of Neon Genesis Evangelion with episodes 14 through 20. We start by looking at what…
Ghost Divers[S4E3] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 7–13
Episode Notes We are back once again with our discussion of episodes 7 through 13 of Neon Genesis Evangelion. These may be what are generally considered the…
Ghost Divers[S4E2] Neon Genesis Evangelion, eps. 1–6
Episode Notes Welp, here we go... I hope you aren’t interested in hearing two people talk a bunch about the lore of Neon Genesis Evangelion because that’s not…
Ghost Divers[S4E1] Intro to Neon Genesis Evangelion
Do you want to become one with us? To be of one mind and body? It’s a very, very comforting feeling. Email us anytime. Come dive with us into Neon Genesis…
Ghost Divers[S3E4] Question Bucket: Magical Realist Tokusatsu
It’s Question Bucket Time! As always, we start out by wrapping up our series discussion, including some discussion of The 08th MS Team’s reference to the…
Ghost Divers[S3E3] Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, eps. 7–12
Episode Notes Connor and Niamh are under new direction (maybe this joke will land in the description?) but are back to discuss the final half of Mobile Suit…
Ghost Divers[S3E2] Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, eps. 1–6
Episode Notes Connor and Niamh break the Shinigami curse that killed their first attempt at recording this episode and successfully scribe a podcast episode…
Ghost Divers[S3E1] Intro to Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
Episode Notes “I’m gonna live! And I’ll marry Aina!” Dive into Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team! Follow us on Twitter! @ghostdiverspod @foxmomnia…
Ghost Divers[S2E4] Question Bucket: Kissing the Homies Goodnight or: GF stands for Guardian Fbottoming (with special guest Autumn Blake)
Episode Notes In what is most certainly the rowdiest, most chaotic episode yet, the Ghost Divers are joined by special guest and person who is hosting this…
Ghost Divers[S2E3] Sakigake!! Cromartie High School, eps. 14–26
Episode Notes Niamh and Niamh’s Cohost discuss episodes 14 through 26 of the first season of Sakigake!! Cromartie High School. We take a slightly more…
Ghost Divers[S2E2] Sakigake!! Cromartie High School, eps. 1–13
Episode Notes Connor and Niamh can’t remember the name of a song that’s stuck in their heads, so they try to distract themselves by discussing episodes 1…
Ghost Divers[S2E1] Intro to Sakigake!! Cromartie High School
Episode Notes Dear Listeners Booting Up This Episode On Their Podcast App of Choice: The guys that appear in this anime are delinquents. So, please do not…
Ghost Divers[S1E6] Question Bucket: Let's talk about gender, baby, let's talk about you and me
Episode Notes Hello and welcome to this very focused and concise Question Bucket episode. We only got two emails, so we definitely didn’t somehow record for…
Ghost Divers[S1E5] Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, eps. 20–26
Episode Notes It’s time to finish out our episode discussions with our breakdown of episodes 20 through 26. We get right into this with high energy because we…
Ghost Divers[S1E4] Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, eps. 14–19
Episode Notes We decide that this is just going to be podcast with some long ass episodes and really dig into episodes 14 through 19 of Ghost in the Shell…
Ghost Divers[S1E3] Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, eps. 7–13
Episode Notes This week, we get deep into episodes 7 through 13 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. We try a little harder this time at doing some…
Ghost Divers[S1E2] Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, eps. 1–6
Episode Notes Connor and Niamh discuss episodes 1 through 6 of the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. We get into some of the core themes…
Ghost Divers[S1E1] Intro to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Episode Notes "It is a time when, even if nets were to guide all consciousness that had been converted to photons and electrons toward coalescing, standalone…
- Ghost Divers
Welcome to Ghost Divers
Episode Notes Hello and welcome to Ghost Divers, an anime podcast with Connor and Niamh. In this introduction to the podcast, we go over the general format and…