Cast a Pod to Your Witcher

Welcome back! This week we discuss the first episode of season 2 of the Netflix show, A Grain of Truth, and answer the age old question: are Witchers more afraid of cats than cats are afraid of Witchers?

Welcome back! Apologies for the two month absence, things got a little busy.  We're interrupting our series on Time of Contempt to cover the new season of the Netflix series! Join us while we chat our immediate take on the series as a whole with full spoilers for all seasons, games and books. After this we'll be covering the series episode-by-episode.

Welcome back! this week we get into the second chapter of Time of Contempt - essentially, The Witcher's version of the Stranger Things mall episode. It's a fun slice of life, except tinged with war, racism, classism, and facing the horror of killing.  cn: racism, genocide, violence

Welcome back! This week, we finally get started on Time of Contempt! Join us for discussion of Eist Tuirseach: Wife Guy, Geralt's questionable fundraising activities, and why Aplegatt is the best minor character in the Witcher canon.

Welcome back! This time, we're discussing the second half of the Netflix anime film The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf! Join us for chat about Vesemir's distrust of dark-haired sorceresses and why Witchers are like the carbon tax.   cn: violence, genocide

Welcome back! We are thrilled to bring you our first episode about Nightmare of the Wolf, the Netflix anime based on an original story and some of the properly new Witcher content in years. Join us for a chat about lore, castle design, and bath scenes.   Note, we don't go too heavily into it but as with our other non-mainline episodes this one does get into spoiler territory.

Welcome back! A wee break in our progress through the books today as we talk about some of the recent developments in the growing universe of Netflix's Witcher adaptation

Welcome back - we did it! We've finished Blood of Elves/three whole books since the first season of the show aired. Join us for a full-spoilers episode where we discuss worldbuilding, the larger themes of the book as a whole, and why you should definitely get statutory sick pay when you go through the trial of the grasses.   cn: sexual assault, rape, illness

Welcome back! After much delay, some moving and summer holidays, we finally bring you the thrilling (or, really, relatively calm) conclusion of Blood of Elves. Join us for coming of age, found family, and chill vibes.   tw: gendered slurs, transphobia, sexual assault

Welcome back! A slightly shorter one than usual this week as we round out the second half of chapter 6. Still plenty to enjoy as we discuss how Geralt is parenting goals and Philippa is.... terrifying.   cn: ableist language, torture

And we're back! Apologies for the interruption in the schedule - a data storage issue meant we needed to re-record this episode. This time, we're doing something a little different and only looking at half of episode 6 as Sapek wrote a ridiculously long chapter. Join us for chat about the nature of violence, rulership, and possibly upsetting every fandom on the internet.

Welcome back! We couldn't have known when we recorded it that this episode would be released on Earth Day but, coincidentally, topics of discussion include: the ecological niche of monsters, climate change, and water pollution. Join us for a dizzying mix of high fantasy and environmental philosophy!

Welcome back! This week's episode gets pretty heavy, with such questions as whether it is possible to remain neutral on a moving cart, the ethical limits of pacifism, and whether gastroenteritis is a sufficient punishment for Triss' crimes. cn: sexual assault, ethnic cleansing, genocide, death

Welcome back! This week, Ciri has a training montage, Triss lectures some witchers, and Geralt struggles with parenting.   cn: rape, CSA

Welcome back! Apologies for the delay - better late than never. Please join us while we finally explain why we have been talking about Triss this whole time. cn: rape, transphobia

Welcome back! This week, we finally get into the novels with chapter one of Blood of Elves. Join us while we try to figure out whether every single background character is one of Dijkstra's spies and how to reconcile reading literature in translation.

Welcome back! This week we're taking a wee break before diving into Blood of Elves to discuss one of the major themes of this series - infertility and reproduction! We're joined by friend of the show Georgia (twitter: @sniphist), a PhD student studying the history of vasectomy, to discuss the under-explored theme of Geralt and the other Witchers' infertility and relationship with reproduction. Note: this episode has spoilers for the full seriescn: miscarriage, infertility, sterilisation

Welcome Back and apologies for the slightly late episode! This week, we discuss the Sword of Destiny anthology as a whole, with full spoilers for the series. We consider the meaning of destiny, relationships with super-human lifespans, what makes a hero, and how much Sapek just really, really loves to hurt Geralt. tw: sexual assault, dubious consent

Welcome back! This week, we discuss the final story of the Sword of Destiny anthology, which is also the last of the Witcher short stories. Join us for discussion of Geralt's trauma, Witcher prophecies, and the power of good people in a scary world.cn: pregnancy, abortion, infertility

Welcome back! For the first episode of 2021, we're looking at the penultimate (and eponymous) story of the Sword of Destiny anthology. Come for a too-detailed discussion of Dryad mating practices, stay for excavation of Geralt's trauma and abandonment issues.cn: sexual assault, pregnancy

Welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus discuss the fourth story from A Sword of Destiny - 'A Little Sacrifice', a.k.a. the beach vacation DLC story. Come for the coastal hijinks, stay for the in-depth discussion of sexual ethics.notes: this should be the last episode with the echo-y audio issue. We have done our best to minimise this. Also, this story wasn't in season 1 of the show and may or may not be included in future seasons.cn: violence, dubious consent

Welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus take a wee break from Geralt and Yennefer's relationship drama to enjoy perhaps the most light-hearted story in the Witcher canon. Join us for cheesy puns, classic farce, and a strangely dark turn into the borders of medical ethics.Since we forgot to mention at the top of the episode: this story was not covered in season 1 of the TV show, but probably won't be. Just in case that is a concern.

Welcome back - sorry this one's a little late, but better late than never! Join us this week for A Shard of Ice, the sad, jaded counterpart to the romantic hopefulness of The Last Wish.  cn: suicide

Welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus kick off the second book in the Witcher series by discussing dragon STDs and discovering the works of Michael Moorcock. Join us, won't you?Production note: This episode has a slight echo on the dialogue due to an overly-sensitive mic. Every effort has been made to correct it but we apologise for not meeting our usual standards of audio quality.CN: sexual assault, violence

Welcome back! This week Dov, Erin & Magnus discuss The Last Wish as a complete work, complete with spoilers for future books and games. Or at least, that is what they were supposed to do. Instead, tune in for too many comparisons to A Song of Ice and Fire, chat about the third novel in the series, and debate over whether this whole book was Nilfgaardian propaganda. Beware, spoilers abound. cn: violence, dubious consent

Welcome back! This week, we have finally arrived at eponymous final story in The Last Wish - in our humble opinions, one of the finest love stories ever written. We ask the important questions: what was Geralt's last wish? is Dandelion a half elf? and what, exactly, are the borders of anatomical possibility for a djinn?cn: injury, death, dubcon

Hello, and welcome back! We are back with your regularly scheduled episode from The Last Wish. This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus read The Edge of the World, aka the first story with Dandelion/Jaskier. Join us while we discuss the magical properties of hemp and whether or not Dandelion is secretly a half elf.cn: drugs, violence, sexual harassment

No regular episode today, sorry! This week, in place of our usual episode, we take a wee detour from our trip through The Last Wish to bring you 'A Road with No Return' - the story of Visenna, aka Geralt's mom. 

Welcome back! Today, Dov, Erin & Magnus discuss the 4th story from The Last Wish - A Question of Price. In this episode: What does Sapkowski have against bagpipes, and why are fantasy authors so obsessed with child brides? cn: forced marriage, dubious consent, statutory rape

Welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus discuss the third story in The Last Wish - The Lesser Evil, aka the Renfri story. 

Welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus discuss the second story in The Last Wish - 'A Grain of Truth'. Erin also profusely apologises to the entire nation of Ireland. cn: Suicide, Sexual Assault

Hello, and welcome back! This week we start our second season of sorts, a journey through the books starting with The Last Wish. In this episode we cover the eponymous first story - 'The Witcher' as well as 'The Voice of Reason I', which roughly correspond with episode 3 of the television series. cn: emetophobia, incest

Welcome back! Today we wrap up season one with some concluding thoughts on the season as a whole and its relationship with the books. Warning: we have waived our usual spoiler policy so proceed with caution! cn: rape, infertility, suicide

Welcome back! This week - we made it! The final episode of season 1, but not the final episode of the podcast. Join us for pathos, quarantine madness, and an episode full of war crimes.

Welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin & Magnus discuss Season 1, Episode 7 - Before a Fall. We may over-identify with Yennefer's jaded grad student attitude.  cn: infertility, racism

Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus discuss Season 1, Episode 6 of the Netflix series 'Rare Species'cn: infertility

Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus bring you another bonus episode in which we explain some feminist film theory terminology we used in episode 5 and discuss the wider feminist themes and portrayal of women and sexuality in The Witcher franchise as a whole. Spoiler warning: we include material up to and including the end of the books in this episode!cn: sexual assault

Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus discuss Season 1 Episode 5 of the Netflix series, 'Bottled Appetites' cn: dubious consent, sexual assault, drugs

Hello! Since we are all stuck in quarantine, we have made some bonus episodes! Spoiler warning: for bonus episodes, we are discussing the books, games, and TV show. This week, we are talking about the portrayal of Jaskier in the Netflix show, and queer coding and queerbaiting in media more broadly. This episode relied on the broader discussion in the fandom, and full show notes and references can be found at http://thewitchercast.tumblr.com/cn: homophobia

Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin and Magnus discuss Season 1 Episode 4 of the Netflix series, 'Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials' cn: domestic violence, gender based violence, racism, infertility

Hello, and welcome back! This week, Dov, Erin and Magnus are joined by guest Fiona to discuss Season 1 Episode 3 of the Netflix Series, 'Betrayer Moon'.cn: ableism, suicide, sexual assault, infertility, abortion, domestic violence

Hello, and welcome back! This week Dov, Erin & Magnus explore Season 1 Episode 2 of the Netflix series, 'Four Marks'. cn: suicide, self harm in context of a character's in-show experience.

Hello and welcome to our first episode! In this episode, we discuss S1E1 of Netflix's The Witcher series, 'The End's Beginning'.Content note: sexual assault (in context of discussing an in-episode character's experience)

Hello! Welcome to Cast a Pod to Your Witcher, hosted by Dov, Erin and Magnus. We are a new podcast covering the entire Witcher franchise, including the show, the books, the games, and other associated media. This is just a brief introduction to your hosts and what our plan for the show is. New episodes every other Thursday.