Bridgeburners Book Club

We discuss the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels and nearly forgotten memories of the Young Adult fiction that we read growing up, before getting into a nicely rounded three chapter story arc. We meet a new traveling companion and Rand showcases not only his newfound leadership skills but displays some very impressive archery. Come for the first of many badass moments from the Dragon Reborn, stay...

After a brutal and protracted war of attrition with Robert Jordan's endless first 10 chapters, we are finally back to 3 at a time! We somehow find a way to talk about post-apocalyptic fiction again before coming up with some new names for Nynaeve and Egwene. It's schooltime for our prospective Aes Sedai, while Rand is busy traveling the... stones and learning to be a leader. Things are m...

The plot is finally on the move this week, and so are we! We show our range as we go from talking Furiosa and the emerging field of Forensic Scatology, to an updated discussion about Robert Jordan's writing(brought on by the inclusion of yet another clothing-oriented section).  Come along with us for some of the darker chapters yet in the Wheel of Time! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email...

Arrrrgh just when ye thought this were the last episode covering the extra long and meandering first 10 chapters, we found a way to make it last a bit longer. Join us to hear about some of our favorite death scenes as well as a ranking of the approximately 1 deaths so far in Wheel of Time, before getting into the reading and some new territory: Bayle Domon's head, matey! This and all episodes...

Things are starting to get interesting this week as we talk annoying atheists and alleged cults before getting into dark prophecies and daddy issues. Join us for some of our favorite Wheel of Time chapters yet! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

Hope you like rooms and mildly interesting conversations because... wait what's this, a trolloc sighting?!? We discuss what we enjoy about post apocalyptic fiction before getting into some serious horn and dagger talk. Will Lord Bornhald's metophorical cloak remain spotless or will he get his hands dirty just like everyone else? Is Liandrin on the side of the dark one or do her motives l...

On this episode we discuss the Fallout show and grocery store book nook nostalgia, before getting into a tangled web of Aes Sedai political intrigue. How many momentarily mentioned characters will be introduced this week? Will we remember all of them? Will we remember any of them? Like, the wheel weaves as the wheel wills man. This and all episodes contain original music by Ben Thede . YouTube Ins...

Wheel of Time is back, but not before we discuss our favorite weapons from science fiction and fantasy! We meet a man called Bors as he attends one of the Dark One's famous wiggle parties, Rand is still flighty and indecisive, and we make some of our famously correct predictions for the coming chapters. No better time than now to hop on the Wienermobile! This and all episodes contain original...

We welcome our first guest host to the show, Denny, for our Piranesi wrap-up episode! We discuss Piranesi's badass confrontation with the Other, trauma and its relation to memory, and becoming a new version of yourself.  Stop by and enjoy the beauty of the house one more time before we launch right back into Wheel of Time! This and all episodes contain original music by Ben Thede . YouTube In...

This one is a relatively bite-sized episode, covering everything from the new Dune adaptation to the old Dune adaptation as well as that other Dune adaptation, but not before discussing the dangers of cheese grating. We even find a little bit of time to talk about Piranesi. Stay tuned for the season finale coming up next, including our very first guest! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us a...

This one is all about adaptation when we talk about Dune and our favorite books translated to screen before getting back into Piranesi's struggle to survive the often inhospitable environment of the house while working around the gaps in his memory. A flood is coming and the Other sees it as an opportunity to end things with 16, but Piranesi feels the need to warn her. Things are falling into...

This episode covers the last 3 entries for Part 3 of Piranesi and through the entry "Light in the Darkness" in Part 4. We talk cults of personality, digging through bird droppings, and the Other discovers how easy it is to buy a gun. Come along with us as we build to the exciting finale over the next few weeks, then back to Wheel of Time we go! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us...

We take on Part 3 of Piranesi and really start to solve some mysteries on this one! Travel between worlds is confirmed, the Prophet warns Piranesi about the other, and Ben gets cancelled. Again.  This and all episodes contain original music by Ben Thede . YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

We finish out the second half of Part 2 in this one, but first we respond to a listener email! Then, the other tells Piranesi that he has a faulty memory and of the existence of a sixteenth person, before our guy goes sniffing around in that not-at-all fishy first hall. P.S. Please try to remember to take your multivitamin.  This and all episodes contain original music by our own Ben Thede . YouTu...

This episode covers Part 2 from the entry "A white cross" through the entry "None of the Dead claim the name Addy Domarus". We discuss what we've been reading recently and our distaste for the way that the Other treats poor innocent Piranesi, before writing our own versions of small talk between Piranesi and the birds of the house. This and all episodes contain original mu...

We take our first trip to the house this week, when we begin our reading of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi .  Follow us through all of Part 1 and the first entry of Part 2: "Batter-Sea". We discuss how the book came to be, Italian artists, Plato, hypothetical cats, and indoor ecosystems. This episode features(more) of Ben's original music! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us...

One more time around the wheel! We give our final critique and ratings, discuss the future books, the Amazon adaptation, and Robert Jordan's own words. One book ends... and with the turning of a page, a new one begins.  YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

This is part 2 of our The Eye of the World Final Chapters Megasode! We discuss the Easter Egg Hunt of Valere, abrupt endings, and Robert Jordan hesitating to harm any of his characters. One more episode to wrap things up and bridge the gap to Susanna Clarke's Piranesi ! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

This is part 1 of our Eye of the World Final Chapters Megasode! We talked so long that we decided to split it up into two episodes after all. We discuss a new addition to the scope of the show before getting into the defensive capabilities of Fal Dara's watchtowers, get into what it means to be a Green Man for real this time, and act out some intimate lines between Lan and Nynaeve. This one&a...

We're out the the Ways and on to Fal Dara before you know it this week! Moiraine fires up her blowtorch, our boys are too embarrassing to take out into public, and we're *so* surprised that Lan is a secret king.  YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

The gang is finally back together and we have a convenient new fast travel and fast plot device known as the Ways, a place that the book spends longer discussing than describing. We really explore what it means to be a green man, Ba'alzamon is back up to his old dream tricks(more like Ba'alzayawn, amirite?), and Lan does some breaking and entering. Check out Jagged Gap, coming to the CW...

This one is a beast of an episode! We talk about what makes a good bookstore and discuss some of our favorites. Rand embraces his new role as "very special boy that can't truly make a mistake" and decides to fall into the lap of a princess, before being reunited with every one of his traveling companions outside of Thom Merrilin. We only mention scarves, carts and innkeepers a few t...

We took on four chapters this week and ended up with a neatly divided pair of stories! Rand adopts an Ogier who tells him that he's the most specialest boy in the whole wide world, Nynaeve goes Metal Gear Solid and everyone knows that Perrin is into some weird stuff with animals now. Stick around to the end for our chapter predictions and how there is going to be an epic Charlotte-style web w...

Either we get into some Memento Tarantino fever dream non-linear storytelling this week, or Mat and Rand are stuck in some sort of time loop. Questionable structural decisions lead us into a broader discussion about the evolution of editing and publishing in the world of fantasy fiction. Make sure to stick around for the definitely not movie related fan-fic's at the end! YouTube Instagram Twi...

As we dive a little deeper into the back half of The Eye of the World, we find ourselves along for a real American road trip style hitchhiking and busking tale with Mat and Rand as they use their underwhelming Gleeman's skills, earning a pittance that is somehow a step up from their previous circumstances: getting used for form labor before being chased out by dogs before being paid. We write...