We read the interesting yet undersauced Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia!

Next month we'll be reading The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Episode airs, November 12th.

James Acaster's Repertoire is available from Netflix.

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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke

Content warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, addiction, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, censorship, child abuse, child endangerment, classism, colonialism, conspiracies, cults, death, existentialism, fame, fatphobia, foster homes, Harry Potter, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, J.K. Rowling, lying, mental illness, mind control, murder, neglect, oligarchy, prisons, racism, royalty, self harm, self hatred, settler colonialism, stabbing, suicide/suicidal ideation, transphobia, trials, undeath, wounds

Sorry for the late upload y'all, I ended up doing the last third of this episode behind the bar at work.

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

We discuss the broader Cosmere, as well as some of the finer points of the ending of Warbreaker.

Come back next week for Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystalia.

This conversation is less professional, we can only hope it's entertaining.

Content warnings for this episode: colonization, death, discussion of sexuality, settler colonialism

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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We read the bright, colorful, and most importantly - good Warbreaker in its entirety.

Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia, Episode Airs: October 15th

https://x.com/headfallsoff/status/1051484419251425280

Message I sent to Jack during the pod, potential spoilers for Word of Brandon and Stormlight. https://imgur.com/HeaTJ6v.jpg

I highly recommend this Library of Congress National Book Fair Talk with James SA Corey https://youtu.be/OWSo3qSKAuM?si=aKm4yKIRcgabOsO4

All those lectures and talks were quite good, if one sticks out to you give it a listen.

There was an audio issue in the original version of this episode that has since been remedied, shout out to our listeners who got back to us so quickly.

Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child abuse, child death, child sacrifice (non lethal), classism, colonization, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, fatphobia, fridging, gaslighting, genocide, human sacrifice, insanity, J.K. Rowling, knives, maiming, marital rape, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, non-traditional use of the word "rape", puppets, racism, rape, rape culture, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, settler colonialism, sexual content, sexual assault, sexual violence, skeletons, slavery, stabbing, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infection

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)