Spoil Me

Thank you to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode!This is the one where we finally get to see some of Robin's past and where she grew up, how she was raised, and how she learned so much about archaeology and the ponoglyphs. We also meet a new giant!Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode!These chapters are the ones where our friends head INTO THE LABYRINTH, if you can believe it! I should have seen this coming, but I was not keeping track of how much book there was to go so I didn't realize we were coming on the dealine!I am genuinely worried for Hugh here, and I really thought Godric might be dead. I was freaking out a little, y'all!Thanks for listening, and I will see you next week!

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode!I can't believe this book is already over, but I hope that I managed to do it some kind of justice. I like where things are going with the Blossom Gang, but I'm a little worried about Savo/Kinri now that he's out there in the world by himself. Where is he going to go? What's he going to do? And what the fuck is happening with Jia's drug drop?Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with the start of Speaking Bones.

Thank you to the One Piece crew for commissioning this episode!In this installment of the attack on Enies Lobby, the gang's all here! (No really, someone literally says that in the dialogue!) But Robin is still determined to not be rescued, and Franky is losing his patience with her. Meanwhile, Sanji is just a mess, and Zorro still has no sense of direction.Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you all again soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Danny for commissioning this episode!In these chapters, there's a bit of a Moment with Talia when she follows Hugh back to his hidey-hole and gets nailed by his wards. They make up, though, and we get to see a lovely birthday celebration and adventure as our friends descend into the restricted section of the library.Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you so much to Joanna for commissioning this episode!These chapters are the ones where we finally find out both what happened in that room with Darlington, and what happened at Ground Zero. And I am HERE FOR ALL OF IIIIIITTTTTTTT Thank you for listening, and I will see you next week with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we get a kind of baffling third challenge in the Restaurant Wars, and a real Moment between Kinri and Dandelion. Meanwhile, Mota is up to something with his plan to infiltrate Last Bite, but I can't figure out what that could be. And Thera is grieving while her children fight to live in the City Of Ghosts. Thank for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you ever so much to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode!This is the section where it looks like everyone is about to level-up in terms of their powers, whether it be by sheer force of will or through consuming a Devil Fruit. I'm very curious to see what the powers will be that the CP9 agents have just acquired, and of course I desperately wanna know how Luffy's hot water bottle power works!Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Dan for commissioning this episode!In these chapters, we find out what the story is not only with Talia and Sabae, but with our main character Hugh, whom we actually know very little about. Turns out they are each in oddly disadvantaged positions for various reasons that manifest in their relationship with magic, but now that they're working together...maybe things will turn around!Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode!I have to say, while I'm super sad that this show is over, I feel that this finale was a perfect stopping place, in terms of the overall arc for the show's growth as well as tonally being a little melancholy but mostly hopeful. I think it's a good indicator that a TV series ended when it should if you're feeling both sad but satisfied.Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode!This is the one where the Rocketman finally manages to catch up with everyone else at Enies Lobby and sails right up over the walls and gates to land smack in the outer courtyard. Meanwhile, we've got a villain monologuing and getting his head almost bitten off, Zorro smug AF that he's more recognizable than Sanji, and Nami finally using her Climate Batons again!Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon soon!

Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode!It's time to start a whole new journey, and we've got magical school with a more cohesive magical system than Hogwarts but with the same drawbacks as an American public school; namely a rigid, uniform approach to learning that offers no flexibility to students with special needs of their own.Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Claire for commissioning this episode!This is the one where Jane starts to realize that she's got some feelings going on for Raphael that are getting impossible to ignore. Meanwhile, Michael is over here lying more and more to cover up Petra's involvement and it's really beginning to snowball. Jane has decided that she's ready to have sex, but I'm glad that circumstances aligned so that she doesn't go through with it.Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode!This trio of episodes starts us off on the Enies Lobby arc, and we've got new music too which I forgot to mention in the recording! (I like the new music this time around, I'm a fan of the faster beat because it suits the sort of frantic vibe of the show.) This is when Luffy kicks things off by launching himself over the gates, in complete opposition to their original plan.Thank you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode!There were so many fun happy things going on in this one that I completely let my guard down and then the last scenes happened and knocked me on my ass.I hate this.

Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode!This was a fun parents-only episode about the wildest night of their lives back in '77 when they were all in school living through some of the worst of the violence of the Troubles while trying to just have normal lives.I'm very into this secret, and the way they told the story was super fun to watch. I love this show!Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode!This duo of eps felt really strange and disconnected to me, and I think I'm going to let my show-notes at that and you can listen to exactly what I mean.Thanks, and I will see you again soon!

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode!In this one we've got the ghost of Nadja running away inside that little doll, Laszlo and Colin getting lured in by a siren, and Laszlo getting a little carried away at Best Buy.Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Claire for commissioning this episode!In the second delightful installment of this wonderful series, I once again underestimate how hard this show is willing to go. We've got injuries and murders, lies and deceptions, affairs, and a few people in the mix who really are just doing their best.I love this show!

Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode!I'm so VERY into this book, y'all (As of this posting, I have already read the 4 chapters that come after this and OH MY GOD), and I am starting to see the shape of what Leigh Bardugo is doing in this book. At least, I think I am. Sexual assault being tossed around as a plot point is something that I don't love, but she's clearly zeroing in on the way women are treated in a universe run by rich and powerful men, so this feels like it's really going somewhere.I'm here for it.See you soon (but not soon enough!) with a new episode!

Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode!In this episode of Derry Girls, we get an interesting overlap in the plots where the girls are convinced the house they've been assigned to clean is haunted, while the parents are together trying to contact a spirit of their own. In the end, one of the ghosts is proved to be a regular flesh-and-blood man, but the other seems to be interested in helping Joe find something he's misplaced.Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you so much to Florian for commissioning this special holiday episode!For this one I get to watch a couple of delightful drag queens really duke it out over their views on Christmas, with some truly funny songs and fucking FABULOUS holiday outfits. This was a total change of pace and a really great way to spend an hour during the holidays, so if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.Happy Holidays, everyone!

Thank you ever so much to the One Piece crew for commissioning this episode!These are the ones in which we get even more fighting against the crazy cook, Frankie going up against Nero, and Usopp desperately trying to convince Robin to let herself be rescued.Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode!This is yet another installment in the Restaurant Wars, which don't get me wrong I *am* enjoying but I'm also a little puzzled? This gonna be the whole rest of the book? Apparently not everyone loved it, and while I can definitely understand why I have to admit that I'm really kind of here for it. Anytime we have a focus on a bad restaurant manager and how a team that actually LIKES each other can work together, I love it.Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode! These are the ones in which we meet Sogeking, Usopp's alter ego, which is designed to shield him from the shame he feels after everything that has happened between him and the Strawhats while allowing him to participate in Robin's rescue. It's a great idea and I love it. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Gabriela for commissioning this episode! I'm very excited about the way this series has started out, because it has managed to make me care about characters almost immediately which is not an easy thing to pull off. The narrator is a really fun choice, and the absurdity of the series of events is well lampshaded and made to feel truly possible. I'm very much looking forward to more of this. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece crew for commissioning this episode! These are the episodes where Luffy and Zorro finally manage to escape the places they got trapped after their fights with Lucci, and they decide that they're going to risk it all to save Robin from the dire fate that awaits her on Enies Lobby. Kokoro has a trick up her sleeve named Rocketman, and a lot of people besides the Strawhats get on board to pursue the Sea Train.Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode!This is the one where the whole crew is heading down Portrush for a seaside holiday, and there's a lot of excitement on the train ride down. Poor Claire is left behind to take a separate train by herself, and James inadvertently switches bags with a criminal who is carrying a gun and cash and...a bag of crisps. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode!This is the one where the girls decide that they're going to enter into a talent show as the Spice Girls, and are completely killing it, but end up being derailed by a very hot plumber that Erin thinks is railing her mom. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode! In this trio of episodes, we find out about the deal that Robin made to turn herself into the marines in exchange for their restraint in attacking Water 7 because she was so intent on saving the friends that she made in the Strawhats. We also see that there's a distinct similarity in the way that Robin ignores the potential consequences of her research and the way that Frankie made weapons without thinking through how they might be used. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! This is the one where the Sire, the original vampire who is the ancestor to every other vampire, is neglected and escapes from his cell. I really enjoyed this one because I was a big fan of the added lore, as usual, especially since it remains inconclusive. And of course, the Baron is back! Delightful!Thank you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode.

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! So this recording is kind of fun because I start out saying one thing because it turns out there's a post-credits scene that I missed initially...well, you'll see! But it was delightful to me. And of course, I'm rooting for Guillermo learning to manipulate Nadja and Nandor, but he's not as successful as consistently as I'd hoped.Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we get to see how Jia is taking some of the information being sent her way about the pirate problem going on around Unredeemed Dara. But mostly what we get is more of the competition between the Splendid Urn and the Treasure Chest, and I'm starting to get frustrated with our side for their lack of creativity in dealing with this clown.Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece crew for commissioning this episode! In this trio, we get to see some of the history of Water Seven's sea train and its creator, Tom. Turns out that Kokoro was his wife, and sheand Tom took in Icebarg and Franky as apprentices and taught them a great deal about shipbuilding. But sadly, Tom didn't have a lot of interest in playing by the usual rules when it came to clientele, and he lands himself in some hot water. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! In this premiere for the third season of a truly delightful show, the crew decides that they're going to break into their school to find out their test results early, but they interrupt some intrepid robbers and unwittingly help them out. Meanwhile, Joe and Gerry nearly come to blows over the issue of Seamus the cat. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode!In these chapters we're getting a look at one of the other Houses Of The Veil, namely Manuscript, which is a house that focuses on illusion magic. Darlington is none too pleased when they manage to drug him into making a fool of himself at party, but it's interesting that even after the drug wears off he still believes that what he saw was real. Meanwhile, Alex is over here getting attacked by yet another unseen being, this time in a really public place, and Dean Sandow tells her to keep it to herself which is NOT SUSPICIOUS AT ALL. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece crew for commissioning this episode! I'm really loving the direction things are going in, both with Frankie turning out to be Not So Bad, and the fact that there's a spirit to the Going Merry that manifested for Usopp to see and hear. There's something very touching about all of this, and I'm fascinated to see what happens with this ship and what happens to Frankie. Thank you all so much for listening!

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! In this installment of their adventures, our friends head to Atlantic City to celebrate Charmaine and Seanie's anniversary. Turns out there's some more lore about the vampires that we hadn't heard about, and their ancestral soil is actually important in this universe as well! But they aren't as careful with it as they should be, and Guillermo winds up going on a quest to replace it. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode!So in these chapters we get a few further juicy tidbits about what happened at "Ground Zero" and I'm chock full of vague theories with no basis to them whatsoever. Also, we get info about the murder of Tara, which for some reason has gotten under Alex's skin and she's not sure why. And then there's the vague undercurrent of anxiety the comes from the fact that she's on academic probation and is desperately trying to hold on to her place at Yale. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode!These chapters concern the complete desolation wreaked by Cutanrovo and her so-called "Purification Packs", and then the restaurant war still going on between The Splendid Urn and The Treasure Chest. Cutanrovo has seemingly backed Tanvanaki into a corner, and we find out that poor little Mozo Mu is being blackmailed to participate in this contest. FUCKING HUTO. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode!So this is when we find out that Frankie is actually part of Icebarg's backup plan, and it has to be really embarrassing for Icebarg that Lucci figured it out like this. However, Frankie is off somewhere harassing Usopp so it remains to be seen just how CP9 is going to get the blueprints from him. Meanwhile, Luffy punches ineffectually at iron bodies, and Chopper admires Zorro's iron body. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode!These are the chapters that tell us what happened all those years ago to cause Alex to fall apart. I was surprised to see what a supportive and loving mother she seemed to have, and I'm sure it broke her heart to watch her daughter start going down such a destructive road. Alex has had some truly harrowing experiences, and I'm not sure that Darlington is ever going to find out just how bad it really is. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!