Into the Fold: A Grishaverse Podcast

Happy Birthday to us! We can’t believe we’ve been doing this show for a whole year already, and now it’s time to reflect on all the inside jokes, the head canons, and the friends we’ve made so far! Geoff found an old audio clip from when they were first learning to edit We have some surprise visits from friends like Mel (not Mal) and our very own Australian Botkin Santa The theme of the day: “We d...

Dani and Lucero from Sombra y Cuervos are BACK and this time we are conducting a trivia smack down for Siege and Storm!  We hope you enjoy it and look forward to one of these trivia smackdowns at the end of each book.     CHECK OUT THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THE VIDEO VERSION THROUGH THE LINK HERE: linktr.ee/sombraycuervos   Find the Sombra y Cuervos podcast here: https://p...

It is the end! Not of the show, but of yet another Grishaverse book! Today, we complete the chapters of Siege and Storm! “Shadow and Bone” celebrates 10 years, while Into the Fold celebrates 1 year! Zoya is the life of the party, apparently… The Darkling knows exactly which buttons to push, and we don’t mean that in a sexy way Mal and Alina only have emotional growth during moments of apocalyptic...

It’s the dramatic entrance we all knew was coming! We even have the soundtrack for it all worked out! *Trigger warning: there is a brief discussion of suicidal ideation in this episode. It is brief, but we feel our listeners deserve to know ahead of time.* HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIANNA! Leigh has some big news coming, so make sure you’re subscribed to her newsletter Anna has some more interesting theor...

It is finally time for us to discuss THAT moment… The one we all knew was coming! We recycled our last podcast question to make sure everyone’s ideas got shared! Alina’s one-on-one chats bring out the best and worst in her friends at the same time Nikolai and Mal: an accidental ship Good news: the dishes are working! Bad news: Mal is spiraling Speaking of Mal: it’s time for us to discuss THE KISS...

Make sure you’ve dressed appropriately because this week we’re going to a PICKLE PARTY (in costume)! Leigh Bardugo is headed to New York Comic Con! One of our listeners offers a very thoughtful correction and an intriguing theory The Grisha Council might actually be getting somewhere  Botkin has acquired the power of DAD ENERGY! The gang sneaks out to go to a pickle party, but it’s not as muc...

In chapters 15 and 16 of Siege and Storm, Alina is trying her best. The best that can be said: it could be going worse. Tough choice: murder the Apparat or hunker down and try not to get killed by the Darkling The Second Army is bad at democracy AND friendship  Mal is either trying or just being selfish depending on your point of view David’s time to shine is great representation for neurodiv...

This week’s chapters bring the gang back to the Little Palace and set them up for… a total cluster of squabbling grisha! Leigh Bardugo’s next book is coming soon and it’s going to be HUGE! Alina is in charge of the Second Army, but will the grisha accept her leadership? Mal is most tolerable when he doesn’t talk Speaking of not talking: that’s what Alina and Mal are doing… a lot! Want to make the...

In this week’s episode, we are reunited with old characters and meet new ones that might actually be worse people than Mal Oretsev! Julianna thinks Nikolai might be neurodivergent There’s a lot of kissing here and tbh it’s pretty much all good and bad By the end of the show, everyone will be a drag queen! Nikolai would make a great king if he ever gets a shot at it “Uuuuuuugggghhhhhh…”: the sound...

Despite our Zoom call getting dropped twice, we had a great discussion this week for chapters 9 and 10 of Siege and Storm! Our Grisha tally is growing again! The etherialki are in the lead! Hope ya like triangles, because this chapter has a big one Mal and Nikolai are bad at the same thing in different ways Alina wants to save the country, and EVERYONE has an opinion about how to do it (or if she...

Bonus: Twi-Lit Podcast crossover w/ Jess and Spencer We had such a great time with our friends Jess and Spencer on twi-LIT podcast recently, we decided to release the episode on our own channel as well to make sure nobody misses out! SPOILERS for both Twilight and the Grishaverse are in this episode! There is uncensored profanity in this episode (hence the “E” rating) Spencer and Jess make sure th...

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Buckle up, kids! There’s a loooooooong chapter and a short chapter on this one. Budapest: it’s the Buda-best! Literally, nobody blames Genya Sturmhond is a better leader than the Darkling  Someone must be running an Etsy shop selling Sea Whip bracelets Leigh Bardugo’s character writing is SOLID  Sturmhond: we definitely love him, but can we TRUST him? Alina has a new sleepover pal! Are p...

We said that stuff was going to go down in these chapters, and we were right! “FYI” now stands for “F*** YOU, IVAN!” Leigh Bardugo eloped and the pictures are beautiful “Please tell me they have toothbrushes” Don’t make plans when the Darkling needs to talk to you Welcome to another episode of “Days of Our Lives (of Saints)” Shoutout to LB for never giving up on her dreams We are officially moving...

It’s time to start a new book: Siege and Storm! We are looking forward to the new characters we will meet and the conversations we are going to have with each other and our listeners! New book, new logo. Don’t worry, it’s still us! CAST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SHADOW AND BONE: SEASON 2! Pros and cons of the “boy and girl” POV Julianna admits that Mal is desirable and that’s how we are remembering this mo...

Happy New Year, everybody! We are happy to (finally) present our first trivia crossover with Dani and Lucero from Sombra y Cuervos covering Shadow and Bone. We meant to have this out a little earlier, but better later than never. We hope you enjoy it because we're hoping to do this together whenever we reach the end of a book. Spoiler alert: Geoff gets his butt kicked!  CHECK OUT THEIR YOUTUBE CHA...

Come one, come all! Join Geoff and Julianna as they celebrate the end of the year by throwing their very own WINTER FETE! It’s all fun and games (with a few well wishes from listeners): Leigh has given us A LOT to think about  The Darkling is getting some interesting Christmas presents this year  One of our listeners gave Julianna a new favorite expression  Secret Santa: What we wou...

We apologize for the delay, but we finally tracked down the volcra that stole our episode and got it back! Here we are wrapping up our discussion of Shadow and Bone, with plenty of help from our audience!! Overall thoughts about the book Our hosts rate the book on a “Fabulous Darkling Tent” scale Favorite moments MVP Characters Favorite quotes Team Darkling, Team Mal (or Team Alina)? How did the e...

We have reached the end of Shadow and Bone! But don’t worry, the fun won’t stop here! We have plenty more books to talk about and some holiday-themed grishaverse fun on the way! Keep an eye on our social media pages because we have some stuff planned for our next two episodes! Thanks to a listener, we now have a gender-fluid stag named Becky in our head canon Choices are hard, especially for the S...

We are SO CLOSE to the end of Shadow and Bone, we can smell it! Even though we had some technical issues with this one, we had a great conversation about chapters 19 and 20. Most of our listeners seem to agree they should have let Morozova’s stag go, and one of them might just be Julianna’s new best friend We noticed a slight issue with the pacing in these two chapters Mal and Alina are making up,...

*SPOILER ALERT*  - This bonus episode contains spoilers for the entire Grishaverse (that means ALL the books). Leigh Bardugo recently did an interview as part of the PEN/Faulkner Literary Conversations series, and Geoff and Julianna were in the virtual audience. We decided to record our thoughts and share them with our listeners. Enjoy!  CONTACT US: You can listen to us everywhere pods a...

We are getting SO close to the end of book 1! There will be a lot of talking in these chapters (and on this podcast): Ben Barnes gave an interview where he shared some information on season 2 of the Netflix series You can add yourself to our Grisha Order tally through our poll on Anchor or Spotify (or email us at intothefoldpod@gmail.com ) These two chapters are the most time Alina and Mal have be...

We’re getting close to the end of Shadow and Bone! This week, it’s chapters 15 and 16. Geoff’s voice is worn out and Julianna’s hat is a squid holding a piece of toast (yes, you read that right) Keep an eye out for our first bonus episode covering Leigh Bardugo’s recent interview with PEN/Faulkner We got an Australian Botkin Santa recording from out listener Claire! Last week, fabrikators were ope...

Our hosts Geoff and Julianna discuss chapters 13 and 14 of Shadow and Bone and sing a lot of songs (seriously, it’s a lot)! We are planning our first bonus episode (more details to come) Our friend Dani gets us talking about representation and queer coding  Alina buried her power for Mal, now it’s the other way around Australian Santa Botkin... yup! You read that right Self-esteem is importan...

We discuss chapters 11 and 12 of Shadow and Bone this week with all the usual nonsense! Shoutouts to two grishaverse podcasts we just became aware of: “Grishaverse” and “Crow’s Corner” If you read the Apparat in Gilbert Gottfried’s voice, he’s more likeable (according to Geoff) Enter Zoya Nazyalensky: big mean girl energy that gets shut down surprisingly fast The Apparat is incapable of just walki...