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Equivalent Exchange: A Fullmetal Alchemist Podcast

Stay Together Network | Ellen, Kayla, & Kassem

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Teachings that do not speak of pain have no meaning, because humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. In alchemy, to obtain something, something of equal value must be lost—this is equivalent exchange. Join hosts Ellen, Kassem, and Kayla as we read through Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa chapter by chapter, exploring every twist, turn, explosion, transmutation-gone-awry, and moment of connection (and hubris) the series has to offer. Fans old and new wil ...
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In our last regular episode, the final battle against Father ends, and we find out what happens to all our favorite heroes. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time for our finale! We talked about the outtakes from FMA: Brotherhood during the episode, and since we’re all caught up on what happens, here’s the link! https://www.youtube.com/watch…
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Ed faces off with Pride, questioning his continued loyalty to Father. Wrath and Scar face off. Lan Fan joins to avenge her grandfather, but isn’t able to deal the final blow. Father puts up a fight in his perfect form, but massive counter attacks led by Hohenheim and Scar weaken him significantly and strengthen the alchemists in the fight. Thank yo…
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With all the human sacrifices assembled, Father executes his plan. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time! Send questions for our finale recap episode here: https://twitter.com/equivexpod https://equivexpod.tumblr.com equivexpod@gmaill.com You can send us a lil’ tip on our Ko-fi if you want: https://ko-fi.com/staytogethernetwork…
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Geed!Ling, Fu, Buccaneer, and the Briggs troops manage to fend off Bradley, but not without losses. Bradley survives, but uses the last of his strength to help the gold-toothed doctor with Roy, ultimately forcing Roy’s decision to attempt human transmutation. In the depths of the tunnels under central, the homunculus Father finishes collecting the …
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The fight in Central continues. Wrath fights Greed!Ling, Fu, and Buccaneer. Ed, Roy, Riza, and Scar come across the gold-toothed doctor who created Wrath, and attempt to fight him. He opens a portal that takes in Ed there, an d Izumi from the tunnels underneath the Führer’s chamber. Al, with Yoki, Dr. Marcoh, and Heinkel arrive just in time for Al …
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Izumi and Sig join Olivier and Alex in the fight against the doll soldiers. Armstrong is emboldened by his muscly ally. Hohenheim begins to face off with Father, who hasn’t stopped changing since he left the flask. Hohenheim reveals more about his knowledge of the power of the philosopher’s stone within him. Wrath makes a stunning comeback entrance…
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Mrs. Bradley speaks, Briggs strikes, and Izumi helps additional reinforcements tunnel into the command center. Roy stalks Envy, torturing them with his flame alchemy. Riza, Ed, and Scar catch up and help him come to his senses. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time! Follow our Twitter and Tumblr for updates: https://twitter.com/equivexpod h…
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Armed with the philosopher’s stone, Al takes on Kimblee and Pride. Marcoh and the healed Heinkle join the fight, as well as Yoki, who helps them make an escape. Olivier and Alex Armstrong continue to fight the sparkly fight against the doll army, with Olivier convincing the soldiers sent in to kill her to join fight against the monsters. Ed, Scar, …
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Roy’s troop starts their non-deadly rampage across the city, with many old friends returning and helping them along the way. Olivier starts a takeover of HQ, and a really General Bad Decisions starts up the soul army. Ed uses his… um… military clout? To get the gang into the tunnels under Amestris via the lab, and the gang splits up. Hohenheim spli…
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The fight against Pride continues. Some of our old allies return just in time to help out. When Al recovers, he and Hohenheim make a plan to shut down Pride. In Central, Roy’s gang makes final preparations for the Promised Day, taking Mrs. Bradley as their hostage. Scar and Marcoh arrive at the outskirts of Central as well, and hear that a certain …
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Ed and his crew—I mean Greed’s crew—and Winry and her body guards connect hilariously in Resembool. Scar, Marcoh, Jerso, Zanpano, and our favorite character little Yoki reunite, and meet up with Scar’s master and other Ishavalan refugees, and head toward Central. The Armstrong mansion is repaired, and Roy pays Olivier a visit. The northern and east…
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Al reconnects with Hohenheim, Rosé and Winry connect, and Jerso, Zampano, and a reluctant Yoki help with the reconstruction of Liore. Olivier learns more about the army’s great plans with the homunculi and father… then encourages her father to retire and travel, and fights with Alex over control the Armstrong estate. Greed!Ling and Bido’s unfortuna…
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Hohenheim arrives in Liore, looking for something. Under the old church of Leto, Rose and the restaurant owner lead him to a tunnel, where he confronts Pride. At Briggs, Kimblee has led the Drachman army to a confrontation, promising that with Olivier gone, the control of the fort will devolve into chaos. It doesn’t go how Kimblee and the Amestrian…
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A plan to kill Kimblee doesn’t go… as planned, leaving Ed seriously injured. The Scar gang connects with Al, but he slips away again. They finally get an opportunity to review Scar’s brother’s notes, and make new discovery. Kimblee gets a special visit from our favorite zoop-y homunculus. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time! Fullmetal Ana…
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Olivier arrives and makes her case for killing Raven to the Führer, including a deal for his seat at the table. Roy and Riza have a coded conversation. The military looks for Izumi, who has randomly run into Hohenheim on a train. Hohenheim’s past and how he became the way he is today is explored. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time! Follo…
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A surprise phone call helps Riza recover after her encounter with Pride. The Briggs tunnel rescue crew returns just in time. We flash back before the end of last chapter. Winry devises her own plan to escape being used as a hostage to manipulate Ed and Al. Ed, Al, Scar, and Miles help pull it off. Kimblee and his military crew are forced to fall ba…
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In Central, Roy gets a secret message from Briggs. Riza makes the unfortunate acquaintance of Pride. A Briggs, soldiers are rescued from the tunnel. Kimblee gives Ed his new assignments from the Führer. The search for Scar heads to Baschool. Ed, Al, and Winry coordinate to get away from Kimblee’s influence. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next …
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Hohenheim again in the woods. He reflects on a past memory with Ed, Al, and Trisha. The tunnel a Briggs is explored, to disastrous results. General Raven spills the beans about the army’s big plans to Olivier and asks if she’s in. He orders that they put the Sloth back in the hole and seal over it, but may have gotten more than he bargained for whe…
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Marcoh and May continue to study Scar’s brother’s notes and discuss alchemy. Yoki and Scar head to meet them after the fight with Kimblee. The Briggs crew rounds up Sloth, and while not able to kill him (even with tanks), they at least remove him from the fort, and start to investigate the tunnel he was digging. Kimblee is able to make a quick reco…
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Ed and Al make their way to Fort Briggs, but not before being surrounded by soldiers in a snowstorm. They meet Major General Olivier Armstrong and her subordinates, and learn more about the strict code of conduct at the fort. May and Marcoh recover Scar’s brother’s notes. Kimblee and Scar meet again in an epic battle. Thank you for listening! ❤️ Se…
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Scar breaks Marcoh out of Father and the homunculi’s prison, but the homunculi call in an old friend to hunt him down. With all his loyal subordinates gone, Roy may be down, but he’s not out yet. He makes a covert call and schedules clandestine meeting call to try to stir another old ally into action. Knox’s unwanted guests May and Lan Fan finally …
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We take a look back at the series so far and answer your questions about the Fullmetal Alchemist manga & anime, and about us three hosts! Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time! Follow our Twitter and Tumblr for updates: https://twitter.com/equivexpod https://equivexpod.tumblr.com You can send us a lil’ tip on our Ko-fi if you want: https://…
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Edward returns Riza’s gun and asks her about what happened in Ishval. Through a series of flashbacks we learn more about Riza and Roy’s intimate past, Armstrong, Roy, Hughes, Riza, Marcoh, Knox, and Kimblee’s roles in the extermination campaign, and the Rockbells’ clinic in Ishval. We see the impact of the destructive power of alchemy on Scar and h…
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Ed and Al are taken to meet with Wrath after the incident in Father’s lair. Roy’s team is disbanded, but the fight isn’t over yet. Knox’s house is overrun with guests/patients. Scar meets another key player from the extermination campaign. Ed goes to return what he borrowed from Riza. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time! Remember to send …
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 464 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in September 2011 titled, “That Time I was Exploited by a Day Laborer“; and an article he wrote in May 2018 titled, “Compounded Ignorance Leads to Hubris“. Listen to Episode 464 (17m, mp3, 64kbps)
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More is revealed about Father while in his lair. Ed starts a fight against him, Scar and May end up in making it to the lair just in time to get involved. Ling makes choice. Thank you for listening! ❤️ See you next time! Make sure you send questions for our mid-series recap special by April 3rd! https://twitter.com/equivexpod https://equivexpod.tum…
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Roy’s team of supporters is swiftly and systematically dismantled, and we learn the truth about the creation of Wrath. Al and Gluttony, followed by May and Scar, make their way into the depths of the Father’s secret hideout under Central. Ed nearly gives up during a fight against Envy, but just before it’s too late he gets the inspiration to save h…
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In his uncontrolled rage, Gluttony swallows Ling, Ed, and Envy. In the mysterious disgusting void, Ed and Ling learn how truly horrifying homunculi can be. Roy takes the battle to a different front. As he continues his quest for the top role in the military state, he realizes, perhaps too late, just how entrenched the military the homunculi may be.…
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Thanks to May, Scar escapes the fight with Ed & Al, but it seems the encounter with Winry continues to give him pause. Ed & Al reconnect with Winry, and Ed finally tells her what he knows about her parents. At the hotel, she takes a call that helps her see that she’s not always the one waiting on others. The brothers see her off at the train statio…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 463 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following aphorisms written by Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski: “A ‘guaranteed profit’ is something akin to a riskless danger.”; “A fool believes that liberty comes from participation in power. A person of reason knows that it comes from dissipation of power.”; “A libe…
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Hohenhiem stops bandits with his body, but not in the way you’d expect. Ling and Lan Fan continue to face off against Wrath and Gluttony. Lan Fan makes a great sacrifice to enable their escape. Winry hears about the fight going on between Ed, Al, and Scar, and stumbles in to Ed asking Scar a question she may not want to hear the answer to. She trie…
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Havoc is discharged, but not off Roy’s list of allies just yet. Ed returns to central, more sure than ever that Al’s body can be restored. Unsure of how exactly to move forward, they decide they need to learn more about the lab and the homunculi. With Scar on the loose again, they team up with Ling and Lan Fan to execute a (classically audacious) p…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 461 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: taking responsibility for a fetus whose mother wants to abort it; taking responsibility for a child whose parents want to abandon it; taking responsibility for your neighbor’s welfare; taking responsibility for a criminal’s incarceration; and m…
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Ed “reconnects” with his father Hohenheim in Resembool. In spite of their poor relationship, Hohenheim is able to get Ed to question if the body he and Al transmuted was truly their mother. Ed enlists Pinako to help with determining who—or what—that thing was. In Central, Ling’s quest for immortality continues. We all learn that, as great as it see…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 460 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics from r/blackpeopletwitter and r/whitepeopletwitter: the preference for a 4 year police academy instead of a 6 month one; the Gamestop incident and revealing the rigged game; non-religious people and privately practiced religion; Marjorie Taylor …
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 459 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in August 2011 titled, “When Does Law Become Criminal?“; and an article he wrote in May 2018 titled, “Technology Kills the State, Over and Over“. Listen to Episode 459 (22m, mp3, 64kbps)
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In Resembool, Ed and Armstrong join Breda and a mysterious man named Mr. Han from Xing, who sneakily leads them out of Amestris to the ruins of Xerxes. Exploring what seems like ancient alchemical marks, he nearly gets kidnapped by Ishvalan refugees, but is spared by an older woman with a shocking connection to him. In the east he encounters some f…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 458 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following news stories: the short squeeze that happened to, at least, GameStop stock, costing one hedge fund $13.1B in losses (see Wikipedia); from CTVNews.com, “Ontario barbershop reopens despite provincial lockdown using loophole“; and from Reuters.com, “Scott…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 457 has Skyler reading and adding commentary on a blog post by psychology research professor Dr. Peter Gray, who shares and analyzes research by Dr. Kirsten Olson on the many wounds caused by schooling. Article: “How Does School Wound? Kirsten Olson Has Counted Some Ways” by Peter Gray Book: Wounded by Sc…
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Roy decides to fish for more information about the dark schemes going on within the military using Barry the Chopper as bait, but the homunculi’s scheme of using Barry’s body to find his soul ends up leading the gang all the way to bowels of Lab 3, where they encounter a more challenging enemy than than they planned for… - Thank you for listening! …
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 456 welcomes back Alex R. Knight III to the podcast to chat with Skyler on the following topics: pessimism about the future of America; the display of dominance by the corrupt left over Trump for 4 years; the press revealing their strong leftist bias by going silent now that the Presidency is in Democrati…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 455 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: why Martin Luther King, Jr. and the fight for civil rights was a libertarian movement; where wages came from and why they have been a blessing for humanity; why spanking is unintelligent, lazy, selfish, and unnecessary; and the central problem …
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 454 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and what is and is not libertarian about it; Amazon Web Services cancelling their contract with social media platform Parler without the contractually specified notice of 30 days; what shoul…
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Ed, Al, Winry, Ling, Lan Fan, and Fu arrive in Central… where Ling promptly faints and gets picked up by the police for traveling without a passport. No one is able to break the news of Hughes’ death to Ed, Al, and Winry, but they soon find out nonetheless. Roy continues to investigate the military and Hughes’ death with the help of Sheska. The hom…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 453 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following news stories: from APNews.com, “Leading human rights group calls Israel an ‘apartheid’ state“; from TheRegister.com, “Facebook appeals ruling that it stole tech. So, Italian judge issues new judgment: Pay 10 times the original fine“; from TheGuardian.c…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 452 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: he starts the episode with a complaint against Quora for banning it’s most prolific author, Dennis Pratt; “How do Libertarians intend to implement/enforce the NAP?”; “Libertarians, what do you make of the argument that taxation is…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 451 welcomes back Shepard the Voluntaryist to chat with Skyler on the following topics: sitting on the sideline during political uncertainty; trying on different colored glasses to see the world more clearly; JP Sears success and using comedy to fight the state; Washington DC redneck hooliganism; the outp…
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Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). Episode 450 welcomes back Jim Carigan to chat with Skyler on the following topics: surviving 2020 in Kentucky; living is learning; facial hair; memorable years in his life comparable to 2020; his Yankee mom and Dixiecrat dad; comparing mask mandates to the Vietnam War draft; recent attention on Federal spending; …
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