The Mercy of Pods

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  Episode 37: THE FAITH OF BEASTS, Pt. III.B; Pressure Drives Convergence (Ch. 18-19) 17.09.2026 1h

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the sixth part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe. In this episode: Campar is trying to make Ghati forget that they are slaves on an alien warship through the power of positive thinking.Rickar is chopping it up with Vaudai and chopping down Campar...
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  Episode 36: THE FAITH OF BEASTS, Pt. III.A; Pressure Drives Convergence (Ch. 16-17) 12.08.2026 1h 5m

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the fifth part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe. In this episode: We get our first POV from Hater-Librarian Ekur-Tklal, learn more about the Carryx management structure, and also that it considers Dafyd to be a cute and disgusting little doll.Da...
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  Episode 35: THE FAITH OF BEASTS, Pt. II.B; Antithesis (Ch. 13-15) 22.07.2026 1h 9m

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the fourth part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe. In this episode: We get our very first Carryx POV and it is from a trans man. Christopher Nolan has gone too far.We check in on Campar and Rickar as they experience the lesbian film Blue is the H...
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  Episode 34: THE FAITH OF BEASTS, Pt. II.A; Antithesis (Ch. 9-12) 27.06.2026 1h 3m

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the third part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe. In this episode: Dafyd rounds out his cabinet by recruiting/blackmailing Uuya Tomos to be his minister of propaganda.Jessyn uncovers a loot drop of fresh fruit and also meets some new friends.Tonn...
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  Episode 33: THE FAITH OF BEASTS, Pt. I.B; Structure (Ch. 5-8) 10.06.2026 1h 7m

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the second part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe. In this episode: We check in with Tonnor Fries, who let's face it is not having a very good time.Dafyd starts leaning into authoritarianism but that the locals are getting a little punchy.The Swa...
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  Episode 32: THE FAITH OF BEASTS, Pt. I.A; Structure (Ch. 0-4) 18.05.2026 1h 7m

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the first part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe In this episode: We talk Anjiin origin myths, and how the Story of Ke fits into what we already know.Lord Dafyd Alkhor deals with many nightmares, alien, procreative, and logistical alike, and star...
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  Episode 31: THE FAITH OF BEASTS Quick Reactions 16.04.2026 37m

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 31 is a spoileriffic overview of our first read of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series, published just a few days ago! This episode comes to you from our UNDISCLOSED SECRET LOCATION (that we will never reveal) where we read the book together with friends. In this episode: We give our off-the-cuff impressions of the wonderous and ama...
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  Episode 30: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. VII (Ch. 49-Epilogue) 13.04.2026 1h 19m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 finishing our coverage of the second book from main Expanse narrative with the last set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: James Holden for the first and surely final time does something insanely stupid and heroic, and gets away with it!Bobbie faces her d...
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  Episode 29: Previewing The Faith of Beasts 08.04.2026 58m

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that AT LONG LAST is about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 29 is a SPOILER FREE preview of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series, due to be published in under a week! In this episode: We give an overview of the podcast's structure for new listeners and talk about some of the main theories we've developed so far. We lay out our plan to gaslight everyone when TFOB pro...
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  Episode 28: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. VI (Ch. 40-48) 28.03.2026 1h 30m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 sixth 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 and Chrissie board the Roci, and hilarity ensues as the crew try to figure out how to deal with the big woman and the loud grandma.Chrisjen ...
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  Episode 27: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. V (Ch. 30-39) 09.03.2026 1h 34m

  Send us Fan Mail 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? J...
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  Episode 26: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. IV (Ch. 22-29) 23.02.2026 1h 32m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 th...
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  Episode 25: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. III (Ch. 15-21) 02.02.2026 1h 30m

  Send us Fan Mail 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...
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  Episode 24: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. II (Ch. 7-14) 13.01.2026 1h 23m

  Send us Fan Mail 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...
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  Episode 23: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. I (Ch. 0-6) 10.12.2025 1h 24m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 addi...
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  Episode 22: HOW IT UNFOLDS, a James S.A. Corey short story 19.11.2025 1h 7m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 o...
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  Episode 21: MAILBAG EPISODE 05.11.2025 1h 9m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 penins...
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  Episode 20: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. VII (Ch. 50-Epilogue) 14.10.2025 1h 16m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 rea...
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  Episode 19: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. VI (Ch. 43-49) 24.09.2025 1h 28m

  Send us Fan Mail 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...
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  Episode 18: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. V (Ch. 33-42) 05.09.2025 1h 37m

  Send us Fan Mail 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 interpla...