Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to a special episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are tackling each boss in Genshin Impact as we decide who’s the worst and best. With categories like “I’d rather hang with Dottore” and “So much fun I thought it was Twink Tank,” we find out our hosts have lots of opinions on your weekly and monthly boss fights. After listening, you and your friends can make your own Tier List and show us your results. Check out the Tier List Templ...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re taking a trip to Petrichor to meet up with the Daydream Club! We know many travelers may be confused as to what the Daydream Club is, but you’re more familiar with them than you think! We’ll introduce you to their most famous members: Garcia of Sumeru and Fontaine fame and Xavier, best known for his passion for film and work on Tatarasuna. Then we’ll meet members you’re less familiar with l...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 6Ep. 111
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re at Angel’s Share with the one and only Corina Boettger! Corina is best known in Teyvat for previously playing the best travel guide, our emergency food, and Traveler’s best friend: Paimon! Our talkative companion shares the same lively energy with their former English voice actor who has been acting since they were eight. Our hosts sat down with Corina to ask them about their experience recording Genshi...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re heading into the stacks of the Sumeru library as we discuss the ever frazzled Layla. After a quick review of the structure of the Sumeru Akademiya, the academics we’ve met before, and the recent changes that have turned the school upside down, our hosts discuss their initial thoughts on Layla. Afterwards, we take a closer look at her stress levels, reputation across Sumeru, and her shadowse...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 6Ep. 110
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re crossing stormy seas to Inazuma to discuss the most wholesome, yet scary, character in Teyvat: Thoma. After discussing Thoma’s beta design that didn’t see the light of Teyvat, our initial reactions to his design, and his closeness to Childe, our hosts take you on a trip through Thoma’s childhood. Afterwards, our hosts will discuss his homesick feelings for Mondstadt, search for his father i...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 6Ep. 109
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the mysterious person in the shadows as we hunt for intel with Yelan! After our hosts discuss Yelan’s Aventurine spirit, popping lip gloss, and involvement in the Twink Tank, they discuss their initial thoughts on Yelan’s character. Afterwards, our hosts discuss Yelan’s addiction to danger, main character energy, and connection to gambling. Later, we review her story quest and t...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Season 6Ep. 108
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we gathered all of the lucky charms we could find before discussing the most unlucky guy in Teyvat, Bennett! After we discuss our initial introduction to Bennett, either through pulling him or playing his hangout, our hosts discuss all the ways the developers trolled Bennett and his bad luck. Afterwards, our hosts walk through Bennett’s hangout and the numerous endings it has, discuss his involv...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 6Ep. 102
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re swinging through the Scions as we discuss Saurian Hunter Kinich! After a brief discussion on our initial thoughts about Kinich, and the controversy over his pixel apparel, our hosts recap his involvement in the Natlan Archon Quest. Afterwards, our hosts will walk through the Scions of the Canopy world quest, trudge through the trenches of Kinich’s tragic childhood, and rehash the traumatic...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Season 6Ep. 106
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are heading back to the Sumeru Desert as we discuss the Golden Slumber World Quest and learn about our favorite NPC, Jeht. After our hosts quickly discuss the abomination that is Albedo’s court trial, and Feens holds back tears, our hosts recap important factors and factions in the desert. Our hosts will do a full walkthrough of the quest, from our introduction to our favorite scammers ...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 105
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our travelers enter the Court of Fontaine to discuss the false archon, Furina! But first, back at Angel’s Share, our hosts are in for a surprise when someone crawls through the window during the recording! The TOTS are excited to have Melty, co-host of Genshin Impact podcast The Resonance, join us for this recording. As the self-proclaimed number one Furina fan, Melty brings expertise on the cha...
Apr 30, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 104
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we set sail to Inazuma to discuss Guuji Yae Miko! After a quick check-in after last week’s unfortunate schedule change, and a confirmation that our hosts were not killed by a certain Kitsune or Doctor, we discuss our initial thoughts on Yae Miko. From her cunning abilities to her sly tone, our hosts were in a trance and scared of her abilities and antics. Afterwards, we discuss her part in the I...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re heading to Liyue to discuss our favorite Wushou Dancer, Gaming! We start our episode in Chenyu Vale where a demon-esque Gaming lives a happy life with his mom, dad and large extended family. After a brief conversation about his childhood, our hosts discuss the traumatic moments that tore his happy family apart - his move to Broadway and death of his mom. Afterwards, we’ll discuss his move ...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 99
Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to season 6 of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re taking a trip to the past as we discuss 1.1’s Unreconciled Stars Event! We find a fresh-to-Mondstadt Traveler Traveler at the Adventurer’s Guild, where Katheryne pairs us with Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort to investigate mysterious meteors. After a brief confusion over Fischl’s vernacular and her flying translator, we set off to save Mondstadt and Liyue. Join us as we do a walk through of the ...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 6Ep. 101
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to a very short episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are popping by for a quick announcement: we’re releasing playlists! Check us out on Spotify to listen to our Hoyo-Mix Favs, individual playlist based on our music tastes and a playlist that represents each Genshin villain! Don’t forget to join us on April 2nd for the launch of our sixth season, as long as the Fatui don’t get us! Let us know your thoughts on the playlists in the ...
Mar 19, 2025•22 min
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to the season 5 finale of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are celebrating our 100th lore episode as we discuss the Teyvat timeline. At the start of the episode, our hosts announce an exciting social media giveaway and another surprise to celebrate 100 episodes! Afterwards, we introduce some travelers, and friends, from across Teyvat who have questions and thoughts on the timeline. Throughout the episode, we hear from more friends as we...
Feb 19, 2025•3 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 100
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing the number one chef in all of Teyvat, Xiangling! This week we also welcome guest host Vanessa, best known for being our Fischl expert and a Honkai enthusiast (much to Tif’s dismay), to discuss this Liyue character. Our hosts start by discussing our initial introductions to Xiangling through character trials and Spiral Abyss freebies, making many travelers swoon over her Pyro-nado. After,...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Season 5Ep. 99
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing one of the hardest workers in Teyvat, the almost knight, Noelle! Our hosts start by reviewing our initial introduction to Noelle, outside of the Mondstadt archon quest despite her desperate desire to tackle the evil from the source. After, our hosts debate whether or not Noelle is being coddled or protected by the Knights of Favonius and Acting Grand Master Jean. Later, we discuss her ag...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 98
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing one of the worst mothers in all of Teyvat, Rhinedottir, AKA Gold! Our hosts start by giving an overview look at who Gold is: Sinner, Alchemist, Albedo’s terrible mom. After Feens threatens anarchy on her potential mother-in-law, we take a deep dive into all of Gold’s great, and terrible, creations including Durin, Sus-Bedo, and the Rifthounds. After, we discuss her role as one of the fiv...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing one of the most anticipated characters in Teyvat, the new Knave, Arlecchino. Our hosts start by remembering our initial introduction to Arlecchino in Hoyo’s video A Winter Night’s Lazzo and what we could expect after talking to her co-workers Childe and Scaramouche. After, we discuss Arlcecchino’s first appearance in Fontaine and how she participated in the Fontaine Archon Quest. Later, ...
Jan 22, 2025•2 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 96
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are traveling to Sumeru to discuss Forest Watcher Tighnari! A fair warning, there is lots of Feenster gushing this episode! Our hosts start by reviewing their initial introductions to Tighnari in the game and their opinions on his design and personality. Then, we take a look at the Valuka Shuna scrapbook, reviewing who the Tighnarians are and their part in the history of Tulaytullah and the Temple of S...
Jan 15, 2025•2 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 95
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re taking on Beidou’s offer to bring us to Inazuma as we prepare to discuss Kujou Sara. But wait, there’s an extra churl at Angel’s Share today as we invite Beefy from the Shade Chamber podcast to join us for this episode. Beefy starts us off with the IRL history of the Tengu Yokai of Japan and how they relate (and differ) from the Tengu we see in Teyvat. Our hosts then talk about our introduction to Sara du...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Season 5Ep. 94
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re hitting the high seas as we discuss Liyue’s number one captain, Beidou! After discussing the recent dealings of the Twink Tank, our hosts rewind into Beidou’s past to discuss her traumatic childhood. What kid doesn’t love being an orphan? A bad omen? Run out of a town? Definitely not Beidou! After a quick recap of all that trauma, we go to The Crux, home of the one true therapist in all of Teyvat, which is...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to a very special episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Ancient Names existed outside of Natlan? What characters from each region would deserve an ancient name? Would they all be Vision holders? Well you’re in luck! This week, our hosts select their top picks from each nation to be an ancient name originator and the bearer of that ancient name. Would Sucrose get an ancient name over Albedo? What about al...
Dec 25, 2024•53 min
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re moving from the faded castle to Ochkanatlan as we discuss the Unfinished Reverie Artifact set! After our hosts complain about Natlan lore being hidden in a Fontaine domain and artifact set, they set their DeLoreans for the distant past as they enter a forgotten time in Natlan. To set the scene, we introduce some of our main characters, such as the Scarlet-Eyed Hero, Sakkuk, Manqu, and the rest of our anci...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 92
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re going under the sea as we discuss Remuria and the Sea of Bygone Eras. After a quick recap of all the pivotal plot points in Fontaine - starting with the dragon sovereigns and ending with Fontaine today - our hosts introduce a cast of characters that help create the story of Remuria. This ancient city, founded by the God King Remus and Sybilla the Seelie, fills in the gaps from when Egeria was locked away ...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 5Ep. 91
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re getting into our studies as we discuss Kaveh, Light of Kshahrewar! After a proposition to Kaveh from the podcast that he can’t refuse, our hosts go back 25-30 years to the time of Kaveh’s birth, recapping the very pleasant adolescence he had…until he was like five or ten… Afterward, our hosts follow the turbulent timeline of Kaveh’s life - from his father’s death to his time at the Akademiya. Afterward, w...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Season 5Ep. 91
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, in a special episode of Tales of Teyvat, we’re talking all about our personalities. Are you feeling like Ororon and searching for a part of your soul? Did the Primordial one turn your juices into a Gnosis and now you’re not sure who you are? Or did your god abandon you as you sank beneath the sea, left to live in the dark not knowing who you truly are? Then we have the episode for you! Join our hosts as they an...
Nov 27, 2024•48 min
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re returning to Inazuma to discuss Teyvat’s ray of sunshine, Yoimiya! After our hosts talk about our initial thoughts of her design and character, questioning if she’s ever gotten seriously injured by her fireworks, we take a trip down memory lane and discuss Yoimiya’s involvement in the Inazuma Archon quest. This leads our hosts to discuss her spitfire personality, love for yap, and ability to make every si...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 5Ep. 86
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re going to Chenyu Vale to discuss our favorite carp, Adeptus Fujin! Our hosts start with a recap of Chenyu Vale’s release, location, and important features before taking a trip to the past, thousands of years ago, discussing the sweetest friendship between Fujin, Herblord, and Lingyuan AKA Bluey until the Archon War came and ruined it all. After some much-needed blood rivers, death, and betrayals, our hosts...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 88
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re returning to the Pyro nation and discussing Natlan’s war with the Abyss! Our hosts recap the ending of the 5.0 archon quest in Natlan, bringing us back to the stadium to find out who is helping the Fatui and Il Capitano. Afterward, they take travelers through the 5.1 Archon quest, which was emotional, to say the least. We meet Ororon and Citlali, members of Masters of the Night-Wind, one of the tribes we ...
Nov 06, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 87