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We’re once again warming up with TV about high school, too much cringe! (8:30 to skip). Oh look, your supervisor is trying to turn your workplace into a military dictatorship. It happens. But not always a good idea! And yeah, we know why you’re here and we’re just as angry about Julia as you are. We’ll rant about her so you don’t have to. Special thanks to VOLO for th...

Luke and Dan finally weigh in on the Potato Head controversy. Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music. The post Seveneves: Part One first appeared on Don't call it a book club. .

Any First Law conversation is amiss without some good Glokta analysis, buddy you know there are other jobs, right? Big shoutout to Joe for explaining the Shanka’s eating habits, but now we gotta dig deeper to figure out where my microbes at. Colonel West has some strange preferences, and building a boat at the end of the world seems too easy. Next week we’re starting Seveneves by Neal...

Y’all have heard of snow mirages right? Huge problem up in north Angland, trust us. Luke and Dan can’t decide if Glokta has done a good job or a bad job, but Dan is still team Glokta and hoping that isn’t going to come back to bite him. Luke provides great analysis about Jezal and Dan decides to hate him anyway. Lastly, the boys ponder the dietary requirements of Shanka. Special...

Very long but important intro, learn something about dogs in this one guys (skip to 16:15 to get to the book). Forgive us if we forget or repeat things from the first book, but y’all, how great is Glokta?! And also maybe Prince Ladisla is good? Finally, shoutout to Euz for being the worst father of all time. Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music. The post Before They Are Hange...

Dan recounts his tale of woe in Old School Runescape (follow us on Twitch for the upcoming stream or skip 5:57 if you are a noob). Luke teaches Dan how to properly scare horses while Dan reminds Luke what happened in the plot of the book he supposedly just finished. Luke and Dan discuss what kind of reforms Baru is working towards and this is our first episode that has started and ended with potty...

Dan’s latest Star Wars rant is all about calling BS on Obi Wan, c’mon Obi Cruise you’re better than that (6:55 to skip). Two questions for you after reading this section: Is it worth getting scurvy if you can feel like a wolf for the winter? And are you coming to our fire focaccia party? We’re playing RuneScape live on Twitch this Saturday! Follow us on Twitch and put it in...

Blackbird182 wants to remind everyone about a certain game before we get into the book (9:57 to skip). Dan gives everyone a pass to come back to these episodes when things in "real world" are less depressing. That said, Luke and Dan are morbidly curious about how this empire functions. These peasants have got to be worried about some kind of scam going on and Luke is gonna dig it up. Spe...

Travis from The Fantasy Inn Podcast joins us to finish our discussion on The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water. Check out Part 1 on their website ! The story is short so you know we’ve got time to speculate. What’s your role in a bandit group and is getting teleportation powers worth the effort? Thanks again to Travis for joining us, make sure to keep up with his podcast and fo...

Alright keeping it a buck here, no one will blame you for skipping the intro this week (6:27). Luke and Dan rethink their ranking of the warriors from the Lot Lands and get into some serious statistics. Dan pushes back against Luke’s criticism of Tine leadership and Luke decides we have a hot new reality show on our hands. Luke and Dan have a few parenting tips and of course Dan comes up wit...

Today’s warmup focuses on our complacency in menu innovation (skip to 7:30 if you’ll hear no criticisms of fast food). Big apologies to Fetch and Oats are due, turns out they did get pretty creative with fundraising. No one is asking but we’ve got some constructive criticism for the Pits of Homage and have developed a pretty good ranking system for our lot landers. Special thanks...

Things are ROUGH for these half-orcs y’all so it’s a good thing they are all optimistic and encouraging! Dan thinks we need some new priorities in Winsome, while Luke proves to be a much more discerning reader than Dan. Who is this skinny turd boy and why is he the key to everything? Lastly, for a brief moment in your day, picture milking a horse. Ha I tricked you; now you can’t...

Looks like Dan’s plan for sneaking spheres is out, but never give up folks. Research funding must be way down in Alethi society right now because we don’t know anything about these Parshendi and it’s wild! Also Dan finally convinces Luke not to wear frillies on the plains. Brandon never disappoints with finales so stick around for the highlight reel. Next week we are starting The...

Luke hits us with a blast from the past (6:20 to skip). Dan suggests a silver lining to chasm duty and Luke is *emotional*. We also find out why Luke isn’t a regular blood donor or a member of the Heralds. Also, Dan actually provides some real life knowledge in this episode. Finally, the best laid plans of mice and men…really need some work apparently. You know what, maybe they weren&#...

To get us warmed up Dan wants to reframe our generational nerd terminology (skip to 7:30 for book discussion). Bring Luke some frilly laces to throw on under his jacket, it honestly looks great and Dalinar needs to refine his arguments a little. Dan is sick and tired of us exploiting our limited natural resources. Sustainable living y’all. Also what’s your SPM? Special thanks to VOLO f...

Of course Luke and Dan are gonna talk about the limitations of having a safehand and the power of these eyebrows. Luke points out which spren would be the most embarrassing to see and Dan postulates about what to transform this rock into. Finally, this family doesn’t need money they need therapy ASAP. Happy Holidays! Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music. The post The Way of K...

Today we’re starting off with a rant that everyone is going to relate to (skip to 6:30 for Rage of Dragons). I’m not the bravest person in the world but surrendering in this case seems great, right? Also find out why Tau is all brawn and no brains and who is winning in the demon world leaderboard. Next week we are starting the Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, read the first quarter o...

Dan may have his dumbest warm-up rant yet and Luke decides to add his own magic to the mix (9:45 to skip). Dan is pissed about the Chosen’s abstinence only education BS. Luke isn’t very on board with these "Gifted" and the boys take a strong position against ableism. Also if anyone can send us a picture of an avocado tree that would be super useful for part of a future discus...

If you were worried about Dan after last episode let us put your fears to rest before getting to the book. Finally we’re back to dragons, and we’re already going deep into the pros and cons of dragon scale swords. Big winner for this section; wood! Have we been underrating good quality wood? And yes Dan mispronounces Lekan this whole episode. Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and ou...

Luke is concerned that he may be sharing too much, and Dan definitely shares too much (please skip to 6:00). Dan needs to get deeper into a comment from the subreddit. Luke and Dan have some suggestions for this empire, mostly fortifications based. Lastly, but most importantly, smash the patriarchy. First third of The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter next week! Special thanks to VOLO for the intro a...

A double warmup for this episode, skip to 9:40 if you’re only interested in Furies of Calderon. Dan updates his Tavi theory and brings us way out on a limb. Bernard is coming off way too good in this book so we’ve got to take him down a peg or two. And Dan has a great new opportunity that he wants to pitch to the Marat. Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music. The post Fur...

Did anything exciting happen this week? Luke and Dan can’t think of anything (4:50 to skip). Dan leads Luke immediately astray on the pronunciation of Amara’s name but they are sticking with it. Are these Cursors extremely busy or extremely lazy? Dan wants to know why fantasy worlds are so in love with dictatorships and empires, while Luke is amazed by the ability to move a sword so fa...

Incredibly hot take to open this one, skip to 5:30 if you don’t want to get mad at Luke and just want to hear about the ending of to Sleep in a Sea of Stars. We’re changing our vote for most overrated characters and I feel pretty good about the newest candidates. Also let’s talk about this gift giving ceremony, did someone get stiffed here? Next week we are reading Furies of Cald...

Cryotubes: do we want them or naw? Luke wants to talk about the most boring part of this book AGAIN. Also, Kira clearly needs to get a face tattoo and Dan is hoping for this book to take a radical turn near the end. Who the eff is approving hornets? Goodbye, little insect. Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music. The post To Sleep in a Sea of Stars: Part Two first appeared on Don't ca...

This is a long book and we read a third of it so make sure you get to Part II Chapter 11 before listening. As always Dan is incredibly suspicious and wants us to question everything. We go deep into some of the details of the new technology. For example these neural implants, are you getting them? Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music. The post To Sleep in a Sea of Stars: Part One f...