Thank you to Florian for commissioning this episode! In this episode, everyone begins to engage with separate enemies, and Luffy comes face to face with Wyper in an exchange that makes me laugh because Luffy initially begs his pardon before deciding to thrown down. Meanwhile, Zorro is practicing a new technique for long-range attacks, and Chopper comes face to face with a priest of his own. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
May 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you very much to Max for commissioning this episode! So it's time to get to know General Armstrong who is clearly nobody to be fucked with, and she questions them about their business at Fort Briggs. She's no fool though, and realizes that the Elric brothers are hiding something. The two of them are sent to work, and get a tour of the place and learn a little about the culture of teamwork here. Then, Sloth arrives. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we get a closer look at what has happened to Brian, and I realize that there are some serious drawbacks to his condition that I hadn't given proper weight because I was so excited. Meanwhile, we touch base with Elgen Spears and his work with Tretyak, and the two of them get in the usual dick measuring contest while Briar Young quips from the sidelines. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a n...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you very much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! I have been resisting posting this ep because I didn't want it to be over. What a fantastic season this has been.
May 30, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! This episode is the one where our friends get to the North and we get to meet Armstrong's extremely intimidating sister, who rips up his letter of introduction exactly as he supposed she would. Meanwhile, Kimblee is pursuing Scar with more confidence now that he's narrowed down the man's direction, and they wind up having a showdown on the train. Kimblee escapes with his life, but it was a close thing. Meanwhile, we see that Dr. Marcoh and Mei Cha...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Thank you Gabriela for commissioning this episode! This episode is really full of revelations, and the one that I should have seen coming is about the fact that the Shandorans are from the piece of Jaya that shot into the sky, and they were robbed of their homeland due to the reverence of the Sky people for "vearth", which they don't have much of. It's interesting to hear Gan Fall admit all this, and I am very curious what kind of restitution he's planning on trying to make. Is he going to help ...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you very much to Joanna for commissioning this episode! This book is really heating up and I am just LOVING it. First of all, we've got Nina and Hanne going to see the Prince and watching the interaction between him and the "Lantsov Pretender", which Nina isn't as confident about anymore. Seems like he may actually be the real deal. Then there's the return of Alina, and the Darkling pulling whatever kind of bullshit he's decided to pursue now. I'm not sure how he's doing all this, but he's...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this episode! This episode is an odd one, as we wind up accidentally getting swept up in a chance meeting with the Fuhrer's son, Selim. Turns out that he's a fanboy of the Elric brothers, and this makes everything so awkward. Meanwhile, Kimblee is on Scar's trail, trying to figure out where he's heading and why. For some reason, every time that we see Scar he's only with one person, so I don't know where the rest of his crew is. Thank you so much to you...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Thank you to Bernadette for commissioning this episode! REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD! The gang's all here again, and I'm so glad that we're back to having the crew as a team once again. We find out something really interesting here, and that's the fact that the piece of Jaya that disappeared (and lost poor Noland his reputation and his life) wound up getting caught in the knock-up stream and swept into the sky. That means that this land may potentially be as full of gold as Noland promised. Tha...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Thank you very much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! Y'all, the next episode of Sex Education is the last one of the series so far, and I'm devastated. This episode was so good, this season has been so good, and I'm just really impressed with how much this show has evolved. We have the saddest and happiest things going on, from Maureen reconnecting with her ex to Jean WARNING: I cry a LOT this episode while talking about the issue of abortion. Be ready. Thanks for listening, and I wil...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! First of all, it turns out that Dr. Marcoh is still alive, and he's been taken into custody by Scar for reasons that I do not think are clear to us yet. I expect that Scar thinks Marcoh can do something for him regarding alchemy...bu Scar isn't hungry for power, he's hungry for vengeance against someone that he now knows is a Homunculi. Does he think Marcoh can help him fight Wrath???? Meanwhile, Ed is leaving Hawkeye's place and reporting to Al a...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode! This shit is really starting to get nuts. I keep thinking Nina has been found out or is in danger of being found out, and it keeps being like...borderline true? True in a way? And I'm really impressed at the way in which Leigh Bardugo is able to sustain the tension for so long and make me genuinely worry for her despite knowing that she's a main character and very unlikely to just be executed or anything. I am simply ALWAYS nervous for her! Mea...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Thank you very much to Florian for commissioning this episode! These episodes of the show are all centered around our friends dealing with the separate trials and tribulations, some of them with the priests and some with the guerilla warriors who are about to start a fight with God. They're on their way to reuniting but it's going to be an arduous path to get there, and in the meantime there's a lot of sharks as well as villains to deal with, and an ex-God who is determined to help poor Chopper ...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Thank you very much to Max for commissioning this episode! So this is a really heavy episode, in which we learn a lot more about the genocide of the Ishvalan people and the ways in which the folks we have gotten to know reacted to the orders they were given at the time. There's something reassuring about the fact that some of them had a major issue with what they were being asked to do, but it's upsetting to know how few of them actively resisted. The soldier's drive to obery runs very deep. Tha...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! This is the point at which we discovered what happened to Brian, and I'm very excited over the fact that he's going to wind up being a superhuman after all. I wasn't sure what direction we were going with him and it seems like he's going to be okay...in terms of actually continuing to be alive, at least. But he's definitely sort of a freak now. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
May 17, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you very much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! I'm so relieved that things in Nigeria don't go the way that I was fearing they would, and interestingly we've got Michael showing up at Jean's house for an impromptu therapy session. There's a lot going on at the school in the meantime, which I think might be one of the more disturbing but accurate portrayals of the kind of "discipline" a lot of schools inflict upon their students. Thanks a ton for listening, and I will see you soo...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! This episode is wild in that we're getting Wrath basically telling Ed and Al everything and saying, "So glad to get that off my chest, as you were, gentlemen." He's so cavalier about it that even Roy is like "WTF" and when he shares this info with Armstrong we find out that our sweet cinnamon roll protested what he was asked to do in Ishval and was sent home. I knew I liked this guy! Meanwhile, Ed and Al are harboring Mei Chang inside Al's armor, ...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Thank you very much to Heather for commissioning this episode! This episode starts with the final escape of Scorp and Viper from Dr. Spears' facility, which surprisingly is pulled off essentially without incident, and without a discovery of Brian because it turns out he's in a totally different place, namely at Dr. Spears' private home. Meanwhile, Ryan is grieving the damage that she's done to Jenna, and Elgin finds out what happened and absolutely panics and bails. Which is, to say it mildly, d...
May 03, 2022•59 min
Thank you again to Joanna for commissioning this episode! These chapters, we find out that there's quite a huge payoff to Nina being on the ground in Fjerda. She's able to tip them off about a secret attack that would have flattened them if they hadn't been prepared, but even with warning the losses are substantial. Meanwhile, Nina is being contacted with a new mission, one that's subtle and dangerous enough that she's going to be walking the edge of a knife, and Nikolai comes back to his palace...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you very much to Max for commissioning this episode! So this is the episode where the boys finally meet Father, but if I hoped that this was going to be a major reveal of what the objective is for this crew of homunculi, I was disappointed. Instead of getting a straight answer out of him regarding what he's doing and why, we've got a convergence of almost all our characters (except for Roy's crew and Wrath) in one room duking it out. Also, Ling submits to the Father's experimentation, and ...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you very much to Joanna for commissioning this episode! I'm so excited to be starting this book so quickly after finishing the previous one, and I'm very much here for the way things begin even though it's super unexpected and super SUPER unsettling. I didn't think we were going to see the Darkling being able to flex his power this quickly, and if he's able to do this sort of thing already, what will he be capable of if he's loose??? Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon wi...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! This is the episode where everyone is taking trips to new places, either to France as in the case of most of the class, or to Nigeria in Eric's case. I remain extremely concerned about Eric's trip and will breathe a huge sigh of relief when he's safely home. Our friends in France, meanwhile, are getting up to a lot of hijinks, whether it's because they're throwing their own shit out the window or hooking up after being left at a rest ...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! So this episode was a little tough to cover because most of it is re-treading a lot of things we've already seen. While it's understandable that we might need a refresh while watching this in real time, for the way I'm watching it just feels really redundant. However, there are also the interspersed scenes of Hempstool dreaming that he's at a party with Pinako, and reflecting on how human beings are violent and stupid and make the same mistakes ov...
Apr 26, 2022•59 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! So in this section we get a pretty cool series of scenes that have me really wondering what's in store, between Brian deciding to undergo the procedure and Ryan contacting Jenna the AI. Also, there's something shady going on with Reggie and I'm dying to know what it is, because Chance can tell something is up and he's bound to find out eventually. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Thank you so much to Joanna for commissioning this episode! This book ends on such an amazing cliffhanger that I'm delighted I'm going to be able to start the next one so soon. I can't believe I didn't see this coming in the first place because in retrospect it seems so obvious that we were heading in this direction, but now that we're here I'm dying to see what Zoya is gonna do with this amazing power she's inherited. And on another note, what's up with her dragon eyeballs? Thanks so much for l...
Apr 26, 2022•59 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! This one is pretty fascinating because we've got the confluence of a few things going on. First, we've got Al heading to see the Father with Gluttony, and their journey underground in an area guarded by weird creatures. They're being pursued by Scar and Mei Chang, who wants her panda back, and I'm fascinated by what's going to happen when Al meets The Father. Meanwhile, Ed is on another journey through the portal, and it turns out that yes indeed,...
Apr 26, 2022•59 min
Thank you to Florian for commissioning this episode! So these are the ones in which we find out that Conis and her father are up to no good. It's not entirely their fault, because shit seems like it's being run by a psychotic being bent on low-key fascism, but it's a nicely handled reveal because I had a feeling something was off but I couldn't put my finger on it. Meanwhile, the Going Merry has been grabbed up by a giant lobster and carried away, and Nami, Robin, Chopper, and Zorro end up at a ...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! In this one, Ed is stuck (with Ling and Envy) inside Gluttony's belly, which it turns out is actually a failed attempt to recreate a portal. They spend a lot of time looking for an exit without success, and then we get to see Envy's true form and it's TERRIFYING. Meanwhile, Al is out in the regular world making a deal with Gluttony that the big guy should lead him to the Father, and Gluttony seems totally on-board for this idea. Thanks so much for...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! This episode is the one where we actually get an attempt at real sex-education in the school (and by real attempt, I by no means mean accurate or correct, I mean that there's a full class setup instead of weird little asides thrown out there before the start of chemistry or whatever) and it goes VERY poorly. As it should. Meanwhile, Maeve is connecting with Isaac again in an intimate scene that I really loved, while Ruby pulls away from Otis ...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Gabriela for commissioning this episode! In this section, Nami pulls up on the weird earthlike island called Upper Yard and witnesses a strange scene. There's a group of weirdos with wings ganging up on a tattered man who seems harmless, and they're debating who gets to take him out. In the midst of this, that dude with the bazooka turns up and starts some shit, but then this massive bean of light shoots down, like God himself smiting with a laser, and the tattered man is gone. What...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min
