Frontline Fifth

SAFE SECTION: This week Brooke and John meet…well, like all the characters. All the ones we care about except Cam and Pal, anyway. We also give you, our dear listener, a peek at our side hustle as sparring commentators! SPOILER SECTION: Hannah obsesses over the age of Canaan House (not the first time, nor the last) and Marie blows all our minds once again. You know we are living for those mytholog...

​​SAFE SECTION: This week, our newbies touch down in Canaan House, where both John and Gideon immediately fall for Dulcinea's tuberculosis-chic energy.  SPOILER SECTION: Hannah and Marie talk planets and Marie wonders if there is more water in Canaan House than just the oceans of the First House.  Join us next week when we finally meet more of the cast (enter 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 8th houses!!!) in C...

SAFE SECTION: It's a training montage! Our newbies practice acting like *proper* Ninth Nunlets all day, but they're reading dirty magazines of their own invention all night! SPOILER SECTION: Marie and Hannah talk about why John loves the Roman Empire so much and tell Harrowhark to stop jumping to conclusions Content warning: This episode contains bones, blood, smut and swear words.   Join us next...

SAFE SECTION: Brooke and John, our sweet Ninth newbies, descend into Drearburgh and learn about the Emperor's open call for new saints. They sign up right away (the offhand for both is pocket sand, obvi). SPOILER SECTION: Hannah and Marie talk about relationships and speculate on why the Houses keep bringing swords to a gun fight. Content warning: This episode contains bones, blood, smut and swear...

SAFE SECTION: Our little Ninth nunlets meet Gideon Nav for the very first time and then, almost immediately, watch her get totally crushed under a pile of skeletons courtesy of Hannah's perma-crush, Harrowhark Nonagesimus. SPOILER SECTION: Hannah and Marie talk about Gideon's love of 2020s culture and the location of Wake's soul (Ha! New readers! You won't even remotely get that one til like 80% o...

This week's episode is a teaser! We haven't cracked the spine of Gideon the Ninth just yet...In this week's episode, SAFE SECTION: Our necro-newbies talk about their reflections on the Cover Art, Cast of Characters, and opening poem of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Then we all play FMKR, because that's who we are as people. SPOILER SECTION: Marie drops a bombshell theory about the Dramatis Pers...