DRAGONS DADDIES DEEP SPACE

Your hosts are ready to sink their teeth into Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab with their full-spoiler, no tombstone left unturned review. Before they get there, William discusses his favorite movie of the year (if not all time), KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix, and Jacob shares spoiler-free thoughts on 28 Years Later. Then they're back in renaissance Europe, Victorian England,...

You're in for a special sweet treat this week as Jacob and William are joined by their dear friend Greg Rales, the owner and operator of NYC's Red Gate Bakery, to discuss his favorite science fiction film from childhood: The Fifth Element . But first, William bemoans M3GAN 2.0 and shares another riveting update on his ramble through The Wandering Inn . Then it's time to grab your multi...

It's Halloween in July on DRAGONS DADDIES DEEP SPACE, as the lesbian vampires of V.E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil glamour Jacob and William's socks off. But first, William mourns the loss of his beloved Kindle Oasis (discontinued), while Jacob finally confronts William over his nefarious space/time monkey business. Then your hosts get knee-deep in the fecund loam with...

It’s time for the biggest news story of June, 2025–William and Jacob are unleashing their full-spoiler, no-holds-barred review of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. But first, William describes a harrowing experience at his first county fair and pines for hot milk, while Jacob says a prayer of thanks to Peirce Brown’s Red Rising audiobook for getting him through his apartment move. And just like that,...

William and Jacob are back in the land of page-to-screen, sharing their hot takes on the new How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake. But first, William belatedly realizes the pun inherent in The Wandering Inn, Jacob shares an update on his journey to The Well of Ascension (Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn 2, to the uninitiated), and then stuns William with an unexpected foray into Leigh Bardu...

William and Jacob are feeling digressive today. William gives a spoiler-free movie review of Bring Her Back, and then reveals his latest before-bed book obsession, The Wandering Inn , a series of fantasy LitRPG doorstops. Jacob and William live-react to the new trailer for Wicked: For Good before they finally get to the alleged point of the episode and discuss the first five episodes of Apple TV+’...

Jacob and William celebrate the beginning of pride month by retooling our podcast format (shorter episodes! Less recapping! Fun, exciting new things!). And then we’re onto the most anticipated fantasy book release of the summer as we discuss Part One of Joe Abercrombie’s THE DEVILS! It has a fantasy world x historically fictitious Greco-Roman Europe mashup, a gender-flipped Catholicism, and all th...

We’re thrilled to welcome our very first author guest, Jenn Lyons, to talk about her wildly inventive, thoroughly modern, and gloriously queer A CHORUS OF DRAGONS series. We dig into queering the epic fantasy genre, the joy of seeing ourselves in these kinds of stories for the first time, the many different kids of dragons across fantasy, and what exciting new Jenn Lyons projects we have to look f...

William reels from the kill-a-palooza that was Final Destination: Bloodlines , we debate whether or not SFF books should have their own section at bookstores, and Jacob immediately dives head-first into the next book in the A CHORUS OF DRAGONS series. And then we’re onto the wonderful twisty final section of Jenn Lyon’s THE RUIN OF KINGS ! We find out who Kihrin *really* is (we think), evil villai...

Jacob shares the scary sci-fi-ification of ChatGPT and gets carried away with an impression of the alien Pleiadadian language, before William discovers the writings of author Lois McMaster Bujold , and discusses how fantasy bro author Patrick Rothfuss ALLEGEDLY scammed his fans out of a million dollars. And then on to part two of Jenn Lyons' THE RUIN OF KINGS , where in one timeline, Kihrin is...

William gives a glowing (and spoiler-free) review of SINNERS , Jacob shares his harrowing ordeal in the editing bay, and we read our first ever (!!!) fan letter. And then onto Jenn Lyons glorious epic fantasy debut, THE RUIN OF KINGS — a wildly inventive, deeply intricate, and incredibly bonkers book. It has multiple timelines, several enchanted necklaces, and a psychotic evil sexy lady demon that...

Before we get into it, William updates us on some accolades and adaptations from our previous books and Jacob describes CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 , a whacko brilliant new video game from France. And then we’re talking both of our favorite book of 2025 thus far — Sarah J Maas’s QUEEN OF SHADOWS — it’s thrilling pacing, wonderful characterizations, Aelin’s ever-evolving hair color, the even better...

Jacob and William recount their joyous in-person reunion (the first since the pod began!) and the highs and highs of Coachella. And then they keep sipping the Booktok Kool-Aid as they go all in on Sarah J Maas’ THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE and HEIR OF FIRE , in which they discuss the controversial suggested reading order for the prequel novellas, the total badassery of the Ironteeth witches, the two hot n...

Jacob and William chat about their hopes and fears for the LEGEND OF ZELDA film, unpack the truly bizarre choices made in THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES , and gear up for their imminent reunion at COACHELLA . And then they're back in the Arena for the violent, epic, and heartbreaking final act of Suzanne Collins' SUNRISE ON THE REAPING . One of them loved it, one of them hated it, and...

Jacob and William are recording in the wee hours of Jacob’s birthday, prompting a brief discussion of Hunger Games Astrology, before the pair revisit the film version of CATCHING FIRE . Then, it’s back to SUNRISE ON THE REAPING for Part 2: THE RASCAL , where Haymitch and the gang of Newcomers are in final preparation mode for the Fiftieth Annual Hunger Games.

Jacob starts our violent YA fantasy hour by telling us all about R. F. Kuang’s THE POPPY WAR and William shares his love for other Asian-inspired fantasy series. After a quick touch base about the *other* prequel (and it’s many, many songs), we go right back into Panem, District 12, and the Capitol all over again in the highly anticipated new book in the HUNGER GAMES franchise — SUNSET ON THE REAP...

Jacob and William are joined by Brittnay Johnston, co-host of HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST PODCAST, to bring out their own inner Booktok girlies by dipping their toes into the Maas-verse. But first, Jacob has a harrowing ordeal with a dodgy meat stick, William day drinks until he talks to a dolphin, and Brittnay shares the dizzying highs and mids of starting her own podcast. Then it's a two-for-one...

First, William and Jacob imagine an alternate reality where Jake and Will host a very different podcast. Then they devolve into a discussion of Lady Gaga's MAYHEM , Bong Joon Ho's MICKEY 17 and the new hit video game SPLIT FICTION, before announcing their April Book, SUNRISE ON THE REAPING . Once that's all finished, they finally get to the point and ALIEN CLAY concludes, as Daghdev an...

Before we get deep into ALIEN CLAY: PART TWO, Jacob spirals about Paradise-triggered fear of the end times, William online shops for realistic mermaid babies, and they both continue their love affair with Jenny Haniver. And then we finally travel with the Excursionistas into the wilds of Kiln in all its disturbing and bizarre, extraterrestrial glory, culminating in the alien monster attack of our...

We’re thrilled to announce an absolute departure of a book, where we’re trading high fantasy for hard sci-fi and crash-landing face first into Adrian Tchaikovsky’s ALIEN CLAY, a novel of terrifying alien ecologies, political rebellion against an oppressive regime, and the fight to understand a world that defies human logic. We get sidetracked in our introduction to relive a brutal friend fight dur...

 Our very first stand-alone episode! We have the absolute pleasure to speak with TOO SCARY; DIDN’T WATCH’s own podcast host extraordinaire (and close personal friend) Henley Cox to discuss a (Hugo Award winning) hopeful book in a hopeless climate, cozy fantasy, solarpunk, and everything in between – including the nuts and bolts that put Ratlantis together and housed thirty six baby rats in a one h...

City boy Jacob dies hugging a tree as he details Idina Menzel’s tree-climbing aerial choreography, William’s so scared by the latest Grady Hendrix novel that he forgets how to count, and we finally recount the ending of Brandon Sanderson’s MISTBORN book one! In this final section, Vin attends her last party ever, Shan Elariel tries to murder her ex-boyfriend, the Lord Ruler gives us a tour of his...

It’s time for MISTBORN PART 3, in which Sazed reveals that his earrings are more than just fabulous accessories, Spook teaches Vin the hanky code, our resident circuit queen “Lady Valette” does the Cotton-Eyed Joe, Elend reveals he is just like all the other guys, and we meet our latest obsession, Shan Elariel, the Queen B*tch of the of Luthadellian Ball circuit.

Before we begin, Jacob receives some devastating news about Idina Menzel’s REDWOOD: The Musical and William is forced to read a book for little children (Philip Reeve’s LARKLIGHT, natch) as his resentment towards Jacob builds. And then onto MISTBORN PART 2, in which Vin gets a new haircut and goes to her first party, hot twink and total bookworm Elend Venture gets flirty with “Lady Valette”, and K...

A little lore goes a long way when Jacob and William reveal some of their tragicomic backstory and shared herstory. And then in MISTBORN PROLOGUE and PART 1, William spills the tea on all things Brandon Sanderson, Jacob gets his Cosmere v-card swiped, Kelsier does hot guy shit, and Vin trauma dumps all over the place.