Bridgeburners Book Club
The Bridgeburners Book Club is a weekly read-along series for fans of fantasy fiction. We discuss novels a few chapters at a time in each episode in addition to discussing everything happening in the wide world of fantasy whether it is TV, movies, or games! Come along for a listener centered journey we all take together!
Episodes
43 episodes
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 36-38
This week, Rand attends a party where nobody is having fun and nothing is accomplished. Thom Merrilin receives a lovely gift from Robert Jordan before Rand makes a foolish choice that leaves his friends with a lifetime of trauma. It's totally c...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:29:53
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 33-35
We have a talk about talking, movies, and sci-fi short stories before getting into how we feel about The Great Hunt so far. Rand and friends carry out their totally not useless in the end plan to attend Lord Damodred's party, Padan Fain turns h...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:07:26
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 30-32
We give an update with what we've been reading outside of the all-consuming Wheel of Time before getting into what, if anything has been accomplished so far in The Great Hunt. Hurin is vying for the supplicant of the year award, Rand gets anoth...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:21:30
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 27-29
We're back, and with several bangs! Come get cozy with us as we remember that time when Rand tried to burn down the fireworks factory, that time when Mat and Perrin met their first Aiel before immediately realizing that Rand is one, and that ot...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:27:51
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 24-26
This week, Egwene encounters a parade of hot guys and becomes besties with Elayne and Min. Meanwhile, amidst the chaos of King's Gift festivities, Rand reunites with Thom Merrilin at last as they are both pulled closer into the web of the...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:11:14
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 21-23
This week, Tyler begins writing his erotic Wheel of Time fan fiction and we compare The Great Hunt so far to its television counterpart before getting into Cairhienen consonant bombs, Moiraine's red flags, and Nynaeve's wild DMT trip while chil...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:29:54
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 18-20
We talk about some of our favorite Wheel of Time chapters yet this week as Nynaeve is forced to swallow a magical ball of sludge, Rand does his best Metal Gear Solid impression, and Robert Jordan just has to insert references to Lord of the Rin...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:21:04
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 15-17
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 showcas...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:19:50
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 12-14
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 Nynae...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:15:05
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 10-11
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 an...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:22:41
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapter 9
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 a...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:06:51
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 7-8
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!
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:27:59
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 5-6
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 meto...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:31:00
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Chapters 3-4
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 o...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:05:09
The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Prologue Through Chapter 2
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:19:21
Piranesi: Wrap-up
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:32:57
Piranesi: Part 5
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 o...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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57:56
Piranesi: Part 4.5
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 me...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:21:04
Piranesi: Part 4
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:22:14
Piranesi: Part 3
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 cont...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:14:15
Piranesi: Part 2.5
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 no...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:24:48
Piranesi: Part 2
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, b...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:30:33
Piranesi: Part 1
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 artis...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:30:02
The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World Wrap-up
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:28:47
The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World Chapters 51-53
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:00:46