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TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea follows Linus Baker, a lonely caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, sent to investigate a remote island orphanage housing six extraordinary children, one of whom is the literal Antichrist.

In this episode of Resistance Reads, Michael Kilman and Matt Wellstrom step away from heavier material for a warmer, more whimsical read that still has real teeth. They dig into institutional bureaucracy and rules versus compassion, the history of forced removal and boarding schools for Indigenous children, why nonprofit and social work burnout happens and why it isn’t malicious, the ethics of travel and cultural respect, and why children might be the most powerful resistors among us.

They also announce their new Patreon, launching this week, and Resistance Reels, a new segment dissecting film and television starting with Andor.

New episodes every three weeks. Next episode is Their Eyes Were Watching God on August 10th 2026