# Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson

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Podcast: [Breakfast in the Ruins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/breakfast-in-the-ruins-554577)
Published: 2026-03-27T16:43:28+00:00
Episode link: https://breakfastintheruins.podbean.com/e/birch-and-jay-w-allister-thompson/
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Duration seconds: 4426

## Resource

Allister Thompson returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his new novel, Birch and Jay: The Knowledge Seekers Part One. In a typically roving conversation, we get into his influences and intentions in writing about a climate apocalypse and aftermath, as well as other stuff, like bad War of the Worlds adaptations (again). This episode plays out with Why Did We Do It (The Last Ones) from Allister's tie-in EP and you can grab that along with his entire discography from Bandcamp.

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