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Aching God: Mike Shel Interview

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Mike Shel pretty much schools us on Aching God, RPGs, psychology, and proper methods of maniacal, sadistic punishment. We laughed. We cried. Dan was almost flayed alive. A good time […]

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Aching God: Part Three

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To start this episode we revolutionize the book adaptation world by throwing out video game ideas (10:50). Tweet us your video game adaptations of books with #adaptmyvideogamealready and we’ll rant […]

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Aching God: Part Two

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Get excited, we are talking about swords this episode. Do you agree with Dan and his perfectly reasonable stance about swords being tools with a somber purpose and thus not […]

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Aching God: Part One

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Dan gets this episode started by giving away a great fantasy plot idea for free, then we start discussing the first 13 chapters of Aching God by Mike Shel (5:30). […]

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The Lies of Locke Lamora: Part Three

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vBuSSMINnD"><a href="https://dontcallitabookclub.com/podcast/the-lies-of-locke-lamora-part-three/">The Lies of Locke Lamora: Part Three</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dontcallitabookclub.com/podcast/the-lies-of-locke-lamora-part-three/embed/#?secret=vBuSSMINnD" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;The Lies of Locke Lamora: Part Three&#8221; &#8212; Don&#039;t call it a book club." data-secret="vBuSSMINnD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://dontcallitabookclub.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Luke and Dan debate the merits of skipping leg day (spoilers: don’t.) But feel free to skip to 6:25 to hear fan favorites like, "Why are we giving sick people […]

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The Lies of Locke Lamora: Part Two

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No intro segment for this episode, we start already warmed up to cover the first 10 chapters of the Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Dan spends a while […]

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The Lies of Locke Lamora: Part One

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Tune in to this episode to hear Dan’s very controversial opinions on lobotomy, but first listen to Luke give some advice on healthy living. Oh and in case you’re not […]

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A Fire Upon the Deep: Part Three

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Remember The Colony show from 2009? Well Dan does…Ya boys develop a theory live in episode. We also get into some dubious astrophysics, but who’s going to call us out […]

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A Fire Upon the Deep: Part Two

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No warm-up this time, just those clean, 100% pure, pristine book nuggets. Speaking of dank nugs, this week we once again return to talking about space dogs smoking that sticky […]

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A Fire Upon the Deep: Part One

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Luke and Dan rile each other up over audiobooks, then start the first episode on the Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Both of us spend a good amount […]