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A podcast about The Captive's War, a sci-fi book series by James S.A. Corey. Hosted by Brigid & Clint.
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Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the fifth set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We talk a little TFOB in advance of publication in one (1) month!Naomi and Sam Rosenberg become roommates. This is probably not a euphemism? Jim Ho...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the fourth set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Bobbie Draper plays her hand at espionage, is unsurprisingly very good at it.The Roci crew discover something special hiding on their ship, and the res...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the third set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: BOBBIE DRAPER AND CHRISJEN AVASARALA MEET AT LAST.Just like Han, Prax shoots first. Hilarity ensues!We get one of the few chapters that takes place Out ...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the second set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Prax is having a real REAL bad time, fighting his way through starvation until he finds his Knight in martian armor: James Holden.Bobbie is trying to m...
Send a text HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIGID! Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the first 7 chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We meet Roberta Draper, Praxidike Meng, Mei Meng, and Queen of Clint's Heart Chrisjen Avasarala, as the narrative expands to additiona...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, and sometimes it's about The Expanse but today is about the 2023 James S.A. Corey novella How it Unfolds. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse and Unfoldsiverse! In this episode: We meet Roy Court and his former wife Anjulah as they unfold throughout the universe, discovering the beautiful and terrible possibilities of living thousands of lives on tho...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, and sometimes it's about The Expanse but today is a Low Effort Mailbag! Everyone loves those. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We reveal the podcast's process, publishing plan, and strategy for tackling The Faith of BeastsBrigid cites her recommended books, email salutations, and nutrient slurries.Clint talks pleasant peninsulas,...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the final part of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Miller finally gets the girl but, as usual, she's too good for him. Holden commits some light war crimes and finally gets revenge on Venus for some reason.W...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 43 through 49 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Holden is cranky at Miller for being cool.Miller is down apocalyptic over the loss of his job, crew, life, and most of all the love of his life (and deat...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 33 through 42 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: The crew is together and on the same page and everything is going great, with the teensy exception of Jim Holden accidentally starting more interplanetar...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 25 through 32 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Everyone Is A Winner On Eros, for a very given definition of "Winner".Miller goes all in on the love of his life, ignoring only a few of her metaphorical...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 15 through 24 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We finish Act I of the novel as all the pieces come together to send all of our characters to a nice little vacay to Eros Station.Jim gets a new ship, a ...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 6 through 14 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We spend more time with the Knight crew as they encounter the most terrifying and evil villain in the entire system: a corporate attorney.Miller journeys ...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are beginning our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the first 6 chapters of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We get introduced to the world of the Expanse with the most heart-pounding prologue chapter in sci-fi. Star Helix Detective Josephus Miller is getting ...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering The Butcher of Anderson Station, the second chronological novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We cover the very important backstory of three of our favorite characters, Fred Johnson, Anderson Dawes, and [MYSTERY CHARACTER TO BE NAMED LATER].We give ou...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering Drive, the very first chronological novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We meet Solomon Epstein and Caitlin Esquivel, a pair of star-crossed lovers just trying to make it in this crazy world (of Mars).Your hosts discuss the Constitutional Moment that ...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering Auberon, a novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We meet everyone's favorite fascists, Biryar and Mona Rittenour, and cover what hijinks ensue when they try to rule over the unruliest planet in the gate network.Your hosts pose the question that everyone...
Send a text In this TMOP Minisode, Brigid, Clint & special guest Steph discuss the seismic recent news related to The Captive's War series by James S.A. Corey. In this minisode: We cover the recent revision to Livesuit which erases the Mina/Mira split from the written canon. RIP Mira, we hardly knew ye. Your hosts shake their collective fist at JSAC and/or their editors for messing with the podcast's theories and requiring us to update the Livesuit timeline.The extremely ...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering The Churn, a novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We cover the origin story of everyone's favorite babygirl sociopath, Timothy Amos BurtonBrigid details her affection for Timmy and his amiable smile.Clint waives his tiny Erich Rules flag and yammers on...
Send a text Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 9 is a recap and overview coverage of the ENTIRETY of the published narrative for The Captive's War to date. In this episode: We talk about the overall themes and symbols of the work, including what does it mean to be human and how much of your humanity are you willing to sacrifice in order to save humanity?Brigid talks about the importance of love in ...
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