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Nona the Ninth: Part Two

Get warmed up by learning a fun fact about the Heimlich maneuver, although double-check those dates before you play trivia (10:30 to skip). Don't worry. We know and understand precisely what happened in this book and can explain it to you perfectly.

Today we can announce that we worked with VOLO to design a new pod image that we're putting on our stickers. Big thanks to VOLO for this and letting us use his music for so long! Check out his website and Instagram for more art!

Next week check out All Systems Red by Martha Wells.

Locked Tomb Tamsyn Muir

Nona the Ninth: Part One

Luke is starting a grassroots movement dedicated to improving restaurant nachos (9:32 to skip). Leave it to your astute hosts to clear up any confusion or questions about Nona the Ninth. How long are y'all waiting before you get to the wacky stuff? Luke and Dan will be holding try outs for their body buddies.

Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

Locked Tomb Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth: Part Two

You have a mission this week: get destroyed over-the-board by a child (10:10 to skip). Your hosts are legally obligated to summarize what happened in this book because they are honestly still coming to grips with it. Luke reignites the highly contentious "what is a planet" debate. Dan needs to know about some new innovations in the necromancer prank game. Nona the Ninth is Next.

Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

Locked Tomb Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth: Part One

Stick around for the extra long warmup today and tell us your rules and regulations for socializing (18:35 to skip). Literally what is going on in this book folks, help us make some sense of it. Make sure to come up with your teeth art, and don't sleep on the middle school S.

Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

Locked Tomb Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth: Part Two

Dan has a very shady fun fact about body parts to get us warmed up (7:00 to skip). Ya boys come up with their ideal secret-telling liquid and pick a Pa-bone-us. Shouts out to Tamsyn for picking the least gross part of necromancy to focus on, we thank you.

We're continuing with the Locked Tomb series, start Harrow the Ninth for next week!

Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

Locked Tomb Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth: Part One

Dan and Luke start this episode talking about how Spiderman should be way more concerned with wage theft (8:45 to skip). In this episode we tell you when you should fight a bone lord.

Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

Locked Tomb Tamsyn Muir