Episodes

Monday Jan 06, 2020
#259. Dresden Files Recap - Books 6-9
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Blue Team is back for a quick dip back into Dresden before taking a more extended break from it for a while. But what an interesting time the Blue Team has had with it! From a "yeah I guess we'll read this because the listeners seem to want us to" series to a "oh my word this is really really good" series, it's been a pretty wild ride through Dresden so far. Thanks for hanging in there with us. And yes, we will finish the whole series!
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Friday Jan 03, 2020
#258. The Broken Eye, chs. 56-97 (Lightbringer #3)
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Craig, Ryan, and Stephanie finally get back on the horse and continue their discussions of Brent Weeks's Lightbringer series. This time they cap off book 3, The Broken Eye. Where do Andross's loyalties lie? What will Teia do with/for the Order of the Broken Eye? Will Kip and Teia ever get together? Does Stephanie hate hot girls in books? Only one way to find out!
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Monday Dec 30, 2019
#257. The Hobbit, chs. 15-19
Monday Dec 30, 2019
Monday Dec 30, 2019
Craig, Stephanie, and Kyle are back for the final installment of our podcast series on The Hobbit. In this episode, we talk about chapters 15 through 19, including Bilbo's theft of the Arkenstone, the Battle of the Five Armies, and the return journey home.
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Monday Dec 23, 2019
#256. The Rise of Skywalker
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Craig, Ryan, Megan, Kenn, and Todd crowd around the mics to give you what you all need: another podcast of people chatting about the new Star Wars movie. It is our inevitable destiny that we'll do a minimum of one Star Wars episode every year until the end of time, so here we are again. We're finally (maybe?) putting the Skywalker saga to bed, and we give it quite the send-off, with nearly 90 minutes of argument, conjecture, and horrible, forced Star Wars puns. (ha.)
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Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Pretty much what the title says! During our latest YouTube livestream Craig, Kenn, and Megan sat down and spun the Wheel of Tangents. Megan updates the group on her progress in The Wheel of Time; Craig gives his first impressions of both N.K. Jemisin and Joe Abercrombie; and Kenn holds forth on The Mandalorian. They talked about a wide variety of subjects, obviously, but the real takeaway here, as you'll see, is that Kenn and Megan don't see nearly enough movies.
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Sunday Dec 08, 2019
#255. The Hobbit, chs. 12-14
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Craig dons his elbow patches so that he and Kyle can continue their Hobbit adventure, this time talking about the Smaug chapters: that is, chapters 12 through 14. They talk about Smaug, of course, but also about the Arkenstone, the relationship of these scenes to others in The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien's meditations on greed. Ever wondered why Smaug was so ticked off that the villagers of Lake Town had destroyed their bridges? Listen and find out!
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Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Wheel of Tangents #6
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Of all the authors we've covered on the show, whose works would we remove from existence? What takes you out of a book the quickest? How important are maps to fantasy stories? Kyle and Craig tackle these and many other burning questions on today's Wheel of Tangents.
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Monday Nov 25, 2019
#254. White Night (Dresden Files #9)
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Blue Team has finally given in to the true crime podcast craze: a serial killer is on the loose in the Dresdenverse, and Harry is on the case. Megan, Todd, and Kenn take on White Night, the ninth book in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. And between the White Court, debates of free will, and Lasciel's coin, there's plenty of discussion to be had.
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Saturday Nov 23, 2019
Wheel of Time Miscellany - Wheel of Tangents #5
Saturday Nov 23, 2019
Saturday Nov 23, 2019
The Wheel of Time is back! Craig and Kyle (and eventually Ryan) are joined by Drew and Lauren McCaffrey, Wheel of Time experts both, to spin the Wheel of Tangents--all WoT related. Together they discuss the upcoming show, tugged braids and smoothed skirts, and in-world swearing. A relaxed, wildly self-indulgent 40 minutes, but one that we hope you enjoy.
Listen to Drew on the Inking Out Loud podcast
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Sunday Nov 17, 2019
#253. The Broken Eye, chs.1-55 (Lightbringer #3)
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
It's been long enough, time to get back on that oar! Craig, Ryan, and Stephanie discuss chapters 1-55 of The Broken Eye, book 3 in Brent Weeks' Lightbringer series. Lots of questions this time around: Are we spending enough time with our villains? Is "fake it 'til you make it" a real thing? What is the most touching of human gestures? Is Ryan a monster for not laughing at Craig's best jokes? Listen and find out!
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