Your Words Against Mine

Winter is finally rearing its head in the south, as talk turns to romantic ice giants and videogame journalism. Plus, with a new year comes new numbers, as Elizabeth and Thomas start to compare their current reading stats with last year's. A whole new reading race is under way!

May old word totals be forgot? NOT SO FAST! A new season of YWAM brings a mysterious new abbreviation with which to contend. There's plenty to deal with before we get to that, however, including some recent book hauls and our picks for best reads of 2021! Thanks for coming along with us this past year; you better believe the best is yet to come!

This final episode of season 1 is all about looking forward... to the start of season 2, where we'll look back on the last season in its entirety. Speaking of looking back, a surprise trip down bookstore memory lane rounds out a discussion of toothsome cats, gingerbread romantic leads, and a page-turner of a non-Russian Russian novel. (Did that last sentence track? If this year's taught us anythin...

The holiday season is in full swing with the end of another year, and our first reading contest, just around the corner. For as locked in as things may seem, surprises still lay in wait, along with discussion of Christmases' past, challenges' present, and podcast seasons' future.

A new addition to the family makes for an extra thankful (and extra late) episode, one where we dive into award winning children's books & fantastical romance stories. With the issuing of the final reading challenge of 2021, we enter the final phase of the competition!

With all the sports hubbub going on, I'm amazed we got this episode out at all. As the end of the year looms, your hosts discuss the ways that we engage with the works of problematic artists. (trigger warnings: emotional abuse & sexual assault)

A positively "dreadful" episode... but like in a good way? Okay, so it's not an especially fitting episode for Halloween, but rather one where we talk about Metroid, sports, and high school romance (that last thing can be pretty scary though).

With the Halloween season upon us, Elizabeth recounts her horror-themed reading challenge all while dealing with a terrifying home invasion. There's also a lot of Kingdom Hearts / SSBU talk, which, while not seasonal, is certainly topical.

While the battle of word totals is all but over, the war against the whims of fate and alien hoards is only beginning! This week we discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's debut novel, a series of Scottish romances, and an indie game sensation.

From 9/11 to violent bike gangs and underworlds both mythic and alien, we tread around some dark subject matter this week. To that end, rest assured there's pontificating on diet sodas & console loyalty as well to help lighten the mood.

A shorter episode for a discussion of a short novel with a big spiritual heft. Also, we see the completion of a word total exchange that, honestly, doesn't do as much as one of our hosts had hoped to level the playing field.

ugh, what time is it? OH! uhhh, good mor- afterNOON, everyone! Whose ready for a... a lively discussion about Stephen King, chess, and science fiction? I know... yawns ... I know I am...

It's that special occasion that comes around once every four years: our two hosts recording together in person! Join them as they chastise their pets, get distracted by Will Smith, dunk on Hallmark Christmas movies, and of course, engage in the most beloved sport: reading. (ed. note: apparently the Olympics were this week. Who knew?)

On this bittersweet episode, we return after a brief break to deal with a family tragedy. There's still some fun to be had, though, with several shakeups in the word totals and reading challenges. Not much pithy to say with this one, only that we're happy to have you with us and wish you well.

Great news! Thomas found his Ipod! Let's celebrate with a YWAM all about makeup, romance, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning gay novel.

As the title implies (we're doing titles now!), we're halfway through the first season of Your Words Against Mine. With the school year winding down and the reading challenges flying thick & fast, it's still anyone's game!

When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. When you play Your Words Against Mine, you get vaccination hangover and a bad little league umpire. (and for as late as this episode is, we're basically the George R.R. Martin of podcasting.)

This week, we shout out our fans around the world with a podcast analytics recap! Add to that some manga recommendations, awkward digressions around kinky romance novels, and a primo speculative sci-fi sports story, and you truly have a show that's got something for everyone!

Okay, you can listen to this episode about audiobooks and Webtoons, but you gotta promise not to rat us out to the library cops. Deal?

This week's episode has it all: Spongebob! Monster Hunter! American Football! (*wink*) And as a special treat for our regular listeners: discussion about books!!!

Joining us this week is special guest cat Bernie! We'll also have tales from the flood and a brief overview on the emotionally charged magical realism of author Aimee Bender.

Happy St. Patrick's day, with episode lucky number 7 of #yourwordspod ! We don't actually talk about the holiday that much, but we do have a reading milestone to celebrate, along with conversations about motorcycle love story crossovers and proper steak grilling etiquette.

Your hosts celebrate Black History Month with a discussion of Black musicians and authors.

Your Words Against Mine is back with its most harrowing episode to date! (sorry, I meant "to make.") Our hosts have overcome sleep and skin-stuff, but can they withstand a shocking challenge-related revelation?

Join Elizabeth and Thomas on a walk through Bridgerton as January comes to a close, and with it, the first reading challenge.