Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second half of Book 4 Chapter 23. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

We discuss the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels and nearly forgotten memories of the Young Adult fiction that we read growing up, before getting into a nicely rounded three chapter story arc. We meet a new traveling companion and Rand showcases not only his newfound leadership skills but displays some very impressive archery. Come for the first o…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first half of Book 4 Chapter 23. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https:…

After a brutal and protracted war of attrition with Robert Jordan's endless first 10 chapters, we are finally back to 3 at a time! We somehow find a way to talk about post-apocalyptic fiction again before coming up with some new names for Nynaeve and Egwene. It's schooltime for our prospective Aes Sedai, while Rand is busy traveling the... stones a…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second half of Book 4 Chapter 22. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

The plot is finally on the move this week, and so are we! We show our range as we go from talking Furiosa and the emerging field of Forensic Scatology, to an updated discussion about Robert Jordan's writing(brought on by the inclusion of yet another clothing-oriented section). Come along with us for some of the darker chapters yet in the Wheel of T…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first half of Book 4 Chapter 22. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https:…

Arrrrgh just when ye thought this were the last episode covering the extra long and meandering first 10 chapters, we found a way to make it last a bit longer. Join us to hear about some of our favorite death scenes as well as a ranking of the approximately 1 deaths so far in Wheel of Time, before getting into the reading and some new territory: Bay…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss Book 4 Chapter 21. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/…

Things are starting to get interesting this week as we talk annoying atheists and alleged cults before getting into dark prophecies and daddy issues. Join us for some of our favorite Wheel of Time chapters yet! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the final third of Book 4 Chapter 20. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

Hope you like rooms and mildly interesting conversations because... wait what's this, a trolloc sighting?!? We discuss what we enjoy about post apocalyptic fiction before getting into some serious horn and dagger talk. Will Lord Bornhald's metophorical cloak remain spotless or will he get his hands dirty just like everyone else? Is Liandrin on the …

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second third of Book 4 Chapter 20. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: http…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first third of Book 4 Chapter 20. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

On this episode we discuss the Fallout show and grocery store book nook nostalgia, before getting into a tangled web of Aes Sedai political intrigue. How many momentarily mentioned characters will be introduced this week? Will we remember all of them? Will we remember any of them? Like, the wheel weaves as the wheel wills man. This and all episodes…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the final third of Book 4 Chapter 19. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

Wheel of Time is back, but not before we discuss our favorite weapons from science fiction and fantasy! We meet a man called Bors as he attends one of the Dark One's famous wiggle parties, Rand is still flighty and indecisive, and we make some of our famously correct predictions for the coming chapters. No better time than now to hop on the Wienerm…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second third of Book 4 Chapter 19. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: http…

We welcome our first guest host to the show, Denny, for our Piranesi wrap-up episode! We discuss Piranesi's badass confrontation with the Other, trauma and its relation to memory, and becoming a new version of yourself. Stop by and enjoy the beauty of the house one more time before we launch right back into Wheel of Time! This and all episodes cont…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first third of Book 4 Chapter 19. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss Book 4 Chapter 18. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/…

This one is a relatively bite-sized episode, covering everything from the new Dune adaptation to the old Dune adaptation as well as that other Dune adaptation, but not before discussing the dangers of cheese grating. We even find a little bit of time to talk about Piranesi. Stay tuned for the season finale coming up next, including our very first g…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second half of Book 4 Chapter 17. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

This one is all about adaptation when we talk about Dune and our favorite books translated to screen before getting back into Piranesi's struggle to survive the often inhospitable environment of the house while working around the gaps in his memory. A flood is coming and the Other sees it as an opportunity to end things with 16, but Piranesi feels …

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first half of Book 4 Chapter 17. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https:…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the final third of Book 4 Chapter 16. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second third of Book 4 Chapter 16. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: http…

This episode covers the last 3 entries for Part 3 of Piranesi and through the entry "Light in the Darkness" in Part 4. We talk cults of personality, digging through bird droppings, and the Other discovers how easy it is to buy a gun. Come along with us as we build to the exciting finale over the next few weeks, then back to Wheel of Time we go! You…

We take on Part 3 of Piranesi and really start to solve some mysteries on this one! Travel between worlds is confirmed, the Prophet warns Piranesi about the other, and Ben gets cancelled. Again. This and all episodes contain original music by Ben Thede. YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first third of Book 4 Chapter 16. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

We finish out the second half of Part 2 in this one, but first we respond to a listener email! Then, the other tells Piranesi that he has a faulty memory and of the existence of a sixteenth person, before our guy goes sniffing around in that not-at-all fishy first hall. P.S. Please try to remember to take your multivitamin. This and all episodes co…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the final third of Book 4 Chapter 15. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

This episode covers Part 2 from the entry "A white cross" through the entry "None of the Dead claim the name Addy Domarus". We discuss what we've been reading recently and our distaste for the way that the Other treats poor innocent Piranesi, before writing our own versions of small talk between Piranesi and the birds of the house. This and all epi…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second third of Book 4 Chapter 15. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: http…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first third of Book 4 Chapter 15. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

We take our first trip to the house this week, when we begin our reading of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi. Follow us through all of Part 1 and the first entry of Part 2: "Batter-Sea". We discuss how the book came to be, Italian artists, Plato, hypothetical cats, and indoor ecosystems. This episode features(more) of Ben's original music! YouTube Instagr…

One more time around the wheel! We give our final critique and ratings, discuss the future books, the Amazon adaptation, and Robert Jordan's own words. One book ends... and with the turning of a page, a new one begins. YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the Book 3 Chapter 14. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the final third of Book 3 Chapter 13. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

This is part 2 of our The Eye of the World Final Chapters Megasode! We discuss the Easter Egg Hunt of Valere, abrupt endings, and Robert Jordan hesitating to harm any of his characters. One more episode to wrap things up and bridge the gap to Susanna Clarke's Piranesi! YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second third of Book 3 Chapter 13. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: http…

This is part 1 of our Eye of the World Final Chapters Megasode! We talked so long that we decided to split it up into two episodes after all. We discuss a new addition to the scope of the show before getting into the defensive capabilities of Fal Dara's watchtowers, get into what it means to be a Green Man for real this time, and act out some intim…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first third of Book 3 Chapter 13. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

We're out the the Ways and on to Fal Dara before you know it this week! Moiraine fires up her blowtorch, our boys are too embarrassing to take out into public, and we're *so* surprised that Lan is a secret king. YouTube Instagram Twitter Discord Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.comBy Ben Thede, Tyler Blackwell, Sean Pass

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the final third of Book 3 Chapter 12. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

The gang is finally back together and we have a convenient new fast travel and fast plot device known as the Ways, a place that the book spends longer discussing than describing. We really explore what it means to be a green man, Ba'alzamon is back up to his old dream tricks(more like Ba'alzayawn, amirite?), and Lan does some breaking and entering.…

This one is a beast of an episode! We talk about what makes a good bookstore and discuss some of our favorites. Rand embraces his new role as "very special boy that can't truly make a mistake" and decides to fall into the lap of a princess, before being reunited with every one of his traveling companions outside of Thom Merrilin. We only mention sc…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the second third of Book 3 Chapter 12. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: http…

Send us a Text Message. Billy and Kamraun explore Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. In this episode, they discuss the first third of Book 3 Chapter 12. New intro written and performed by The Dark Composer and based on the original written and performed by Billy. Check out his channel: https…

We took on four chapters this week and ended up with a neatly divided pair of stories! Rand adopts an Ogier who tells him that he's the most specialest boy in the whole wide world, Nynaeve goes Metal Gear Solid and everyone knows that Perrin is into some weird stuff with animals now. Stick around to the end for our chapter predictions and how there…