{"id":2333,"slug":"manning-cat","name":"Manning, Cat","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:46:51.741395+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"afb4eda2-6448-4976-b690-7eaeafc31769","slug":"s11e23-gestures-futilely-at-late-stage-capitalism","subject":"s11e23: \"Gestures futilely at late-stage capitalism dystopia\"","title":"\"Gestures futilely at late-stage capitalism dystopia\"","publish_date":"2022-03-24T15:57:05.134578+00:00","year":2022,"month":3,"season":11,"episode":23,"episode_label":"s11e23","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s11e23-gestures-futilely-at-late-stage-capitalism/","is_premium":0,"word_count":912,"context":" … Fun!\n\nAnother one from <mark>Cat Manning</mark>, a great continually-updated thread from 2020 (\nhere's the start\n, here's the\nmost recent one\n) showing how the combination of … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"6c9a5379-5803-4bef-85f4-31494d16c3f8","slug":"s11e21-words-and-how-to-use-them-to-achieve-and","subject":"s11e21: Words and how to use them to achieve and convey your intended effect and meaning?","title":"Words and how to use them to achieve and convey your intended effect and meaning?","publish_date":"2022-03-22T16:15:00.988885+00:00","year":2022,"month":3,"season":11,"episode":21,"episode_label":"s11e21","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s11e21-words-and-how-to-use-them-to-achieve-and/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1033,"context":" … Casting\n\nInternet friend\n<mark>Cat Manning</mark>\n, a\nNebula-nominated narrative designer and writer\n, is at GDC this week which means I get to vicariously enjoy all the good bits … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"90e43c77-f52b-4760-971e-4c5ea4cbb400","slug":"s08e20-gestures-at-everything","subject":"s08e20: *gestures at everything*","title":"*gestures at everything*","publish_date":"2020-10-10T18:50:40.646000+00:00","year":2020,"month":10,"season":8,"episode":20,"episode_label":"s08e20","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s08e20-gestures-at-everything/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1624,"context":" … So you should read <mark>Cat Manning</mark>’s\nprimer on Blaseball\nfrom their newsletter\nThe Garden of Forking Narratives\n. One thing about Blaseball (I could go on) is that … ","reading_minutes":8}]}