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What happens when you let a hot young woman draw you in to a dangerous drag race across a crowded city? You kick off a highly coincidental sequence of events which eventually lead to the end of the w…
Uh oh, somebody's horny, and his name starts with S! :/ In which Severian promises to meet up with Dr. Talos & Co. later, but totally bails (#relatable). Don't worry, he finds a much more interesting…
In this freewheeling discussion of chapters 15 & 16 of Shadow of the Torturer, we and Severian begin to explore the wide world outside the Torturer's Guild. On the way we encounter a big anime sword,…
Who would you cast in your dream Book of the New Sun movie? While we answer this unimaginably difficult question, Severian and The Guild have some difficult choices of their own to make. Join us as w…
What does it mean to choose to be a torturer? In which the hosts attempt to answer this question, because Wolfe sure ain't! Join us in a meandering, loosely structured discussion of chapters 10 & 11 …
Is there anything sexier than starting a new philosophical inquiry? Join us as we read chapters 7, 8, and 9 of Shadow of the Torturer and tackle humanity's biggest questions: Is religion only cool an…
In which the hosts, for the first time in their lives, are disappointed by a trip to the library. Join us as we read chapters 5 & 6 of Shadow of the Torturer. Thankfully, for those listeners who endu…
In which the hosts meet a really cool dog! Join us as we read chapters 3 & 4 of Shadow of the Torturer and you too can meet this really cool dog! Then we scour the internet's finest marketplace of id…
In which the hosts meet our protagonist, Severian. Who is he? Why is he running around in a graveyard in the middle of the night? What even is a torturer's apprentice, exactly? Are we actually enjoyi…
In which the hosts attempt to justify themselves and this endeavor to the universe, with the help of some eternal wisdom from Neil Gaiman.
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