In this special episode of\xa0Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, reviews editors Aisha Subramanian and Dan Hartland introduce audio from a 2018 recording for Jonah Sutton-Morse\u2019s podcast\xa0Cabbages and Kings\xa0which included Maureen Kincaid Speller discussing with Aisha and Jonah three books:\xa0Everfair\xa0by Nisi Shawl,\xa0Temporary People\xa0by Deepak Unnikrishnan, and\xa0The Winged Histories\xa0by Sofia Samatar.