The Podcast Was on Fire and It Wasn't My Fault --A Dresden Files Podcast

Wherein Harry calls Santa Claus a liar. (Next Week: The Law pts 1-5) (discord: https://discord.gg/bEmxEGh5PD) We dive into some holiday short stories this week, and both are very sweet. First, we head back in time to the good old days to celebrate Valentine's Day, Blampires and our boy Tomas. Its a fun little Dresden adventure and a building burns down! Second, we spend a Christmas Eve with Harry...

Wherein Harry puts a ring on it. (Next Week: It's My Birthday Too--Side Jobs, Christmas Eve--Battle Ground) (Discord: https://discord.gg/bEmxEGh5PD) We close out Battle Ground and clearly the dust hasn't settled yet because we both get a little misty eyed at points. Harry has to carry on withhout Murph, sharing grief at Mac's and Graceland; but the work and life wont stop. He gets a castle and a f...

Wherein Harry binds a gd TITAN to his will. (NEXT WEEK Battle Ground ch 32) (Discord: https://discord.gg/bEmxEGh5PD) We only bit off three chapters this week, but there's still a whole lot of ooey gooey Dresden goodness to be getting along with. Marcone owns the week but chooses to forgo the spoils of war--at least of the powerful magical artifact variety. We have a good long talk about where the...

Wherein Harry finally pulls out the spear. (next week: Battle Ground ch. 33-36) (discord: https://discord.gg/bEmxEGh5PD) Things are somehow ramping up even further as Battle Ground reaches its frantic peak. There's a unicorn for every season, Ivy mows the lawn, One Eye leads the Hunt, and Ethniu mops the floor with all of em. Butters owns the chunk, Sanya is cool as always, and the one hero the Ti...

Wherein Harry plays general. (next week: Battle Ground ch. 29-32) (discord: https://discord.gg/bEmxEGh5PD) Harry and Sanya command the troops of vanilla Chicagoans as the battle continues, unabated by the crushing loss of last week. Tactics are key to any battle but especially when at a numerical disadvantage, and we see a number of moves meant to even the odds for our plucky defenders. Mab and Wi...

Wherein Harry looks upon an empty house. (next week: Battle Ground ch. 25-28) (discord: https://discord.gg/bEmxEGh5PD) This week we discuss trigger discipline, redemption arcs, and empty houses. The tragic events bring us both to tears yet again, but we try to hammer down with some good analysis. Nothing is okay, Jim Butcher is mean, and I too need a beverage. A very morose Battle Ground chunk 6 s...

Wherein Harry learns a hard truth about the mantle. (next week: Battle Ground ch. 21-24) (discord: https://discord.gg/bEmxEGh5PD) We have another action packed week with Chicagoland under siege! Our pluckly heroes regroup at Memorial Park and pick up an army of normies along the way. Even without The Sight, however, they see some things that will haunt them forever. Harry scares even Bob with his...

Wherein Harry loses some pals. (Next week: Battle Ground ch. 17-20) (Discord: https://discord.gg/raHK7qKV) We get back to the action this week only to find the corpses--or worse-- of Yoshimo and Bill at the outset. Our plucky wizard and one Ramirez, slightly damaged, manage to escape Mavra and the Black Court Goons, but things dont get much better. Cops, Fire Giants, and octokongs are all potentia...

Wherein Harry tells a knock-knock joke. (Next Week: Hiatus, Lyssy is on Birfday Vaycay) (Two Weeks: Battle Ground ch. 13-16) (https://discord.gg/gxMw9BP5) As the Fomor vanguard nears the castle, Harry and the 'squatch go hunting for huntsmen there is some squishing. Gore abounds enough to satisfy even the most mortbid of readers, but that is just the warm-up. Thanks to the Major Generous we get t...

Wherein Harry defends the pizza. (Next Week: Battle Ground ch. 9-12) (Discord: https://discord.gg/gxMw9BP5) This week is the calm before the storm, but its not so calm! Assasin squid are flying everywhere, countered by the largest collection of Little Folk we have ever seen! Harry shares some locker room talk with the Baron, Molly leaves on a mystery mission, Mab tries to enroll in philosophy 101,...

Wherein Harry double soul gazes. Souls gaze? (Next week: Battle Ground ch. 5-8) (Discord: https://discord.gg/HR7DmacU) Harry gets back from the island just in time to get ripped overboard by a freaking Kraken! Luckily he has three super human ladies and one super cool lady to bail him out! We use a VERY powerful artifact to keep Mac's open for business-and protection, and run into our two favorite...

Wherein Harry meets a billy goat. (Next week: Battle Ground ch 1-4) (https://discord.gg/6ydkvmbQ) This week we catch up with not-yet-Captain Anastasia as she chases some necros down in the 1870s Kansas heat. About 120 years later, Harry heads to home base of the Tylwyth Teg in hopes of helping the home club win a Series. We take a wonderful short story fueled breath before the wildness of Battle G...

Wherein Harry gets a handle on Lara. (Next Week: A Fist Full of Warlocks, Curses--Brief Cases) (discord: https://discord.gg/SXZu2w82) We finally make it to Demonreach and Thomas will be safe! Hooray! Of course, there's a catch: he will have to join the inmates and become a prisoner of Alfred and everything the creepy island has to offer its tenants! Lara takes umbrage but of course, is no match fo...

Wherein Harry dies glamour-ously. (Next week: Peace Talks ch. 34-36) (Discord: https://discord.gg/SXZu2w82) Marcone assumes command of the heaviest hitters this side of the Gates, a dragon goes digging, Mab puts herself back together again, and Harry hustles to get Thomas to the island before the anyone realizes he's missing. The big action piece this week is a doozy, in overt and subtle ways. Har...

Wherein Harry is friendly and in the neighborhood. (https://discord.gg/S3bqf9kB) (Next week: Peach Talks ch 30-33) Harry, Lara, and Murph finish their Thoma-xtraction, but things get nutty at the BFS! The Fomor arrive, and to the shock of no one but Christos, they aren't interested in peace at these talks. King Corb makes his presence and his character known as he has his minions murder dozens of...

Wherein Harry keeps his mouth shut...TWICE! (Next week: Peace Talks 26-29) (Discord: https://discord.gg/S3bqf9kB) We make our move for Thomas's freedom! Murphy makes a daring casting decision, Grey catches us all up on Justine, Lara agrees to Murphy's plan, and Freydis is just thirsty AF. Lyssy goes on a philosophy tangent, Josh wasted all his good stuff on attempt one, but hey at least all our mi...

Wherein Harry summons the Padawan. (Next Week Peace Talks 22-25) (Discord: https://discord.gg/kVZ6uW9p) Harry learns Molly's humanity is fleeting, takes a truck stop shower, and tries to save Sanya's hand. Michael returns with all his expected wisdom, and our Peace Talks pre-party puts Christos's negotiating skills on display. We ruin into a very large, very shaggy old friend, and beat the crap ou...

Wherein Harry tries diplomacy. (Next week Peace Talks ch 16-20) (discord: https://discord.gg/YaUrnQc8) Harry tries to figure out who has eyes on Justine, almost gets into a scrap with (against) Ebeneezer, gets into a fight with (same side) Ebeneezer, learns a bit about Starbornedness, quibbles with sexy Butters, smashes sticks with a vampire, and compares johnsons with the Wardens. All in a days w...

Wherein Harry's confused about Thomas's motive. (next week Peace Talks 11-15) (discord: https://discord.gg/yWj29jGP) Welcome to the sixth-most listened to California geography podcast, where we discuss Lyssy's most recent splash in the dating pool, celebrate Joshie's qualification for national championships, are bring back an old musical segue. Harry rushes back the the Svart-stead to check on his...

Wherein Harry scorches Earth with Ebeneezer. (Next Week Peace Talks ch 7-10) (Discord: https://discord.gg/yWj29jGP) Thomtine is pregnant!! And everyone is sad pants about it. Maggie and Bonea are the cutest team up ever, Ebeneezer is a dick, and Carlos is confusing in context. Rudolph is positively Rudolphian, and Murphy is still pretty busted up. Throw on some Beach Boys and meet us at the clubho...

Wherein Molly and Carlos are sittin' in a tree. (https://discord.gg/AZ8xGkTv) (Next week Peace Talks Ch 1-6) This week, Marcone plans a murder, and Molly executes a kidnapping! We learn a lot about Marcone's plans and inner circle, including the softer side of Hendricks. Gard is a Runed axe wielding badass, and it might be my favorite short story yet! Cold Case is super depressing, though we get a...

Wherein the Dresdens go to the zoo. (Next Week: Even Hand and Cold Case [Brief Cases]) (Discord: https://discord.gg/AZ8xGkTv) No one but the dog is quite sure of themselves this week. We cover a butters POV where he's growing into a Knight of the Cross, and a mixed POV where the Dresdens are growing into a family! Day One is a great look into Butters, and Zoo Day is just the absolute ADORABLEST th...

Wherein Harry stops waiting for the opportune moment. (Discord: https://discord.gg/DqbXhckM) (Next Week: Zoo Day and Day One [found in Brief Cases]) This week, Harry gets knocked down, but can't get up again, and searing pain and fatigue look like they're forever gonna keep him down. So Dr. Butters decides to save the day. He too gets knocked down--by Denarians--but he gets up again...you're never...

Wherein Harry puts a beat down on a Fallen Angel. (Next week: Skin Game 50-51) (Discord: https://discord.gg/DqbXhckM) True literary GENIUS is on display in chunk 9. Though the story starts and ends in a bleak place, there are still quite a few moments of triumph. Harry smacks down Hannasciel and Genoskiel, we learn a dark truth about Butters, and Uriel puts a smile on a bad guys face! Well....on h...

Wherein Harry makes Nicodemus cry. (Discord: https://discord.gg/JKB8fcnC) (Next week: Skin Game ch. 46-48) We meet the Lord of The Underworld, and he's really a swell guy! Harry hides some weapons Nic gets suspicious, and our two heroes take VERY different lanes while appealing to Nicky's humanity. The cauldron that was this temporary team finally explodes and we see where all the pieces lay. Two...