The Closed Council

Circle Of The World Podcast

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A podcast by three friends, George, Harrison, and Jeffrey where they cover Joe Abercrombie's First Law series in detail and spew out their opinions and theories, no matter how tinfoil or outdated. Episodes are released weekly on Fridays and will feature guests and pick the best meme of the week for the subreddit, Houseofthemememaker. Subscribe and listen to us on this journey into this epic series, it's better to do it than to live with the fear of it!

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Episodes

Episode 28: Who Made You The Leader? 02.12.2022 1:00:37

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, in our coverage of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in the original trilogy, we cover Long Shadows, And Next...My Gold, and Fear. What was that? You have an issue with George and Harrison handling most of the burden in this e...

Episode 27: Good & Fit, Chomping At The Bit! 25.11.2022 59:05

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, in our coverage of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in the original trilogy, we cover Small Crimes, Rain, and Bloody Company. We hear you, loyal listeners, ravenously anticipating the next episode. We see you, good and fit, a...

Episode 26: The Pots Await 18.11.2022 1:08:39

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we resume our coverage of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in the original trilogy, and we will be covering Allies and Campfire Politics. We of the Closed Council believe that all should have the opportunity to rise above you...

Episode 25: It All Looks The Same If You're Drunk Enough 11.11.2022 53:50

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we resume our coverage of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in the original trilogy, and we will be covering The Condition of The Defences and The Thing About Trust. For this episode's community interaction segment, we...

Episode 24: Who Is This Man? What Is Going On Here? 04.11.2022 57:01

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we resume our coverage of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in the original trilogy, and we will be covering; Questions, and Wounds Of The Past. For this episode's community interaction segment, we will be covering this...

Episode 23: A Right Set of Assholes, He Reckoned 28.10.2022 46:21

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we begin our coverage of Before They Are Hanged, the second book in the original trilogy. For this episode's community interaction segment, we will complete our not-so-quite succinct discussion of our Reddit polls on who is t...

Special Guest Episode: Featuring The Serpent of Talins! 21.10.2022 1:12:48

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this special Episode we will be interviewing Stephanie, a first-time reader that's focused on the female characters in the series. We hope you all enjoy this last episode where we interview guests. We start Before They Are Hanged after this!...

Special Guest Episode: Featuring the Bloody Niner! 14.10.2022 59:24

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this special episode, we will be featuring our friend, the Bloody Niner! A day 1 Abercrombie fan who just loves to talk about the future of the series, Meme of the week: There is no meme of the week this week so don't bother ;) Music Credit:...

Special Guest Episode: Featuring SerSpaceman! 07.10.2022 1:20:12

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this special Episode we will be featuring our friend, supporting and head of the House of the Meme Maker page on reddit SerSpaceman! We hope you all enjoy our more free form episode and lack of direction this episode haha, you gotta turn loose so...

Episode 19: Never A Moment Of Peace, Eh Captain? - Spoilers for Part Two 30.09.2022 52:41

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we finish off our spoiler-laden review of Part Two of The Blade Itself. For this episode's community interaction segment, we continue to discuss another poll that we posted on Reddit. This week's poll was about the non-p...

Episode 18: They'll Be Back, You Cretin! 23.09.2022 45:20

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we complete our coverage of The Blade Itself, covering The Tools We Have, and rating this book out of the published nine. For this episode's spoiler segment, we will discuss another one of the polls on Reddit. This week'...

Episode 17: What The F*ck Is This?! 16.09.2022 1:08:59

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering Misery, and The Bloody Nine. For this episode's spoiler segment, we will discuss another one of the polls on Reddit. This week's topic is going to be about...

Episode 16: We're The Poorer, And The Ground's The Richer For It. 09.09.2022 1:06:28

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering Old Friends, and Back To The Mud. For this episode's spoiler segment, we will discuss another one of the polls on Reddit. This week's topic is going to be...

Episode 15: I Did Not Tell You To Trust Him.. 02.09.2022 53:10

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering Nobody's Dog, and Each Man Worships Himself. For this episode's spoiler segment, we will discuss another one of the polls on Reddit. This week's topic...

Episode 14: Now That Is Craftsmanship. 26.08.2022 1:18:49

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering The House of The Maker. For this episode's spoiler segment, we will discuss another one of the polls on Reddit. This week's topic is going to be about the be...

Episode 13: My F*cking Old Arse It Isn't 19.08.2022 1:17:50

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering Never Bet Against a Magus and The Ideal Audience. Also introducing the spoiler section! In this episode, we will discuss one of the polls on Reddit. This week's t...

Episode 12: I'll Carve You Like A F*cking Chicken! 12.08.2022 1:07:43

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering She Loves Me...Not and The Seed. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favourite meme of the week from Reddit's First Law fanbase! Inco...

Episode 11: I Am Blessed With Many Remarkable Talents.. But Combat Is Not One Of Them 05.08.2022 51:49

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering The Remarkable Talents of Brother Longfoot and Her Kind Fight Everything. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favourite meme of the week fr...

Special Episode: Spoilers For Part One 29.07.2022 1:02:23

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we switch things up a bit and take a break from our regular chapter read-throughs to bring you an episode dedicated to spoilers, foreshadowing, and some tinfoil thoughts from Part 1 of The Blade Itself! We continue to take questions...

Episode 10: It Ain't.. It Ain't Fair At All.. But There It Is. 22.07.2022 1:02:52

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, covering Dark Work and Words & Dust. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favorite meme of the week from Reddit's First Law fanbase! We know...

Episode 9: It's Not My Fault You're Shit 15.07.2022 1:46:26

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade Itself, and we cover Questions and Nobility. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favorite meme of the week from Reddit's First Law fanbase! Look, yell a...

Episode 8: It Is Forbidden.. To Eat The Flesh Of Men 08.07.2022 1:22:28

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade itself, and we cover: Next, Better Than Death, and Sore Thumb. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favorite meme of the week from Reddit's First Law fan...

Episode 7: There Are..Pipes..Beneath... The Ground! 01.07.2022 1:39:32

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we continue our coverage of Part 2 of The Blade itself, and we cover: Three Signs, The Theatrical Outfitter's and Barbarians At The Gate. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favorite meme of the week...

Episode 6: Old B*&@*%" will do for you! 24.06.2022 1:14:43

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we begin Part 2 of The Blade itself, and we cover: What Freedom Looks Like, The King’s Justice, and Means of Escape. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favorite meme of the week from Reddit's First L...

Episode 5: Nothing's Changed 17.06.2022 1:49:10

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this episode, we finish up Part 1 of The Blade itself, covering: The Course of True Love, How Dogs Are Trained, and Tea & Vengeance. We continue to highlight specific characters and we choose our favorite meme of the week from Reddit's F...