Episodes

  • Kingdoms of Death: Episode One
    Sep 9 2025

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    Chapters 1-19. We're back, baby! Hadrian is back, too, with a lightsaber in one hand and the multiverse in the other. We're slashing Cielcin, shmoozing emperors, and ABSOLUTELY HATING COMMUNISTS. If you think the U.S.S.R. is old news and capitalism is king, you will love this section.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Demon in White by Christopher Ruocchio: Episode Three
    Aug 12 2025

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    Chapter 58 - End. How could you possibly end a book that spans 500+ years of our dear Hadrian's life? With the space version of the battle of Helm's Deep, that's how. After meeting the future (good?) Gods of the Universe, the Quiet, Hadrian goes from Halfmortal to fully Immortal and whoops some Cielcin ass at the battle of Berenike. After a standoff with Dorayaica himself, Hadrian cements his status as both a living legend and a threat to the empire. Can't wait for Book 4.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Demon in White by Christopher Ruocchio: Episode Two
    Aug 5 2025

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    Chapters 30-57. Season Three of "Reincarnated as the Last Hope of Humanity, but Honestly I Just Wanted to Finish My Book," the anime returns with Hadrian expanding his harem once again. It's not cheating if you put your girlfriend on ice, right? Assassins abound, inquisitors inquire, and Hadrian Hadrians himself through an epic lightsaber battle in the Colosso. Finally, we get the library arc that we've all been asking for - and the epic return of GIBSOOOOOOON.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Demon in White by Christopher Ruocchio: Episode One
    Jul 29 2025

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    Chapters 1-29. It's 300 years in the future, and everyone is HOT. Hadrian is a Knight of the Round Table now, and his Emperor gives him an impossible quest -- babysit his son. And rescue a missing ship, and go fight more Cielcin, and save the galaxy - blah blah blah. Can Hadrian, the Red Company, and a thousand warrior birds defeat the Cielcin General Greivous? Is this only part one of the book?!

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Redwall by Brian Jacques + A Review of Goose at MSG
    Jul 22 2025

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    In which: the kind of mice of Redwall fight a Portuguese searat, and Travis fights a 4.5 hour jam set from Goose at MSG.

    Goose review starts at 1:05:05.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio: Episode Three
    Jul 10 2025

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    Chapters 50 - End. Hobo arc > prison arc > Christ arc (?). Join us for the EXPLOSIVE finale to book 2 of Suneater, in which we learn that men are bad but tigers are worse. Reach us on Reddit @BookTwoIsBetter or via email at booktwoisbetter@gmail.com with rapturous praise or damning criticism.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio: Episode Two
    Jun 24 2025

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    Chapters 24-49. Straight to space jail! That's the fate that awaits our fearless protagonist, Hadrian, as he manages to find his way into captivity at every point of his exploration of Vorgossos. This section is jam-packed with wild world-building, including the introduction of thousand-eyed Kharn Sagara, a cloning facility, creepy chimeras, and a primordial AI being. Ultimately, this section ends with BETRAYAL -- and the return of Hadrian's mortal enemy.

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    55 mins
  • Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio: Episode One
    Jun 11 2025

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    We made it to Book Two! We're covering Chapters 1-23 of Howling Dark, Book Two of the Sun Eater series. Time skip, baby! Hadrian and his harem are off on a space journey to find the fabled planet of Vorgossos. This section is full of new misadventures, from a painted man and his robot army to a lightsaber duel to a smuggler who eradicated the AIDS-3 epidemic. We also mourn the loss of WOT and play a little "who wrote it" game.

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    1 hr and 3 mins