Words About Books

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  Discussing Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green 16.08.2026 1h 17min

  This week we're discussing a book that jumps around a bit by talking in a way that jumps around a bit. It's one of the few non-fiction books we cover and I get why. I figured it out. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Talking About Tolkien - The Grey Havens (Return, 6-9) 12.08.2026 1h 4min

  I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Discussing Small Gods by Terry Pratchett 09.08.2026 1h 22min

  This is what the patrons wanted. I hope that this is what they wanted. Be sure to let Ben know how wrong he is for his opinions. Not Nate though. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Discussing The Way of Hermes - Corpus Hermeticum (Part 1) 07.08.2026 1h 30min

  Ben and Chy discuss The Way of Hermes. A new(ish) translation of The Corpus Hermeticum and The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius. Don't know what these things are? I'm honestly not sure if anyone does. *Correction to episode: I accidentally conflate the Nag Hammadi find of the gnostic texts in Egypt with The Dead Sea Scrolls find in the Qumran Caves. The larger point about the mystique around the Dead Sea Scrolls is valid, but I'm off about the circumstances of the find. ...
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  Talking About Tolkien - The Scouring of the Shire (Return, 6-8) 05.08.2026 1h 46min

  How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold... Others can be rectified by a well-armed militia. This is of those. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https:...
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  Discussing The Biome by Enrique Ventura 02.08.2026 1h 42min

  Nate tells me I'm opening the flood gates by accepting a request for a review from a new independently published author, but when I hear there's a new books about a mysterious purple substance mutating an ecosystem into some horror movie stuff...well...I just couldn't resist. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wor...
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  Talking About Tolkien - Homeward Bound (Return, 6-7) 31.07.2026 32min

  I don't want to hear anything about 6-7 Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Discussing A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas (Part 3) 26.07.2026 1h 48min

  CW: Sexual Content, Mentions of Sexual Violence, Gratuitous Backseat Generaling We might have gotten a little too into the war planning. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Talking About Tolkien - Many Partings (Return, 6-6) 22.07.2026 1h 5min

  The gang says a series of farewells from East to West. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Discussing A Court of Wings and Ruin (Part 2) 19.07.2026 1h 36min

  Content Warning: Sexual Content, Explicit Content, Mentions of Sexual Violence Well, you've read the content warning. We're back with Part Two of a A Court of Wings and Ruin. In this episode Ben and Nate discuss the upcoming war with Hybern while simultaneously trying to devise a method of quantifying "spice" level. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspo...
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  Talking About Tolkien - The Steward and the King (Return, 6-5) 15.07.2026 1h 9min

  Faramir kind of checks out for his last two weeks on the job and tries to convince Eowyn that he would be a worthy silver metal. Aragorn also has a romance. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Discussing A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas (Part 1) 12.07.2026 1h 23min

  We're back with the third installment of Sarah J. Maas's Sexy Romance Fantasy. A Sexromantasy, if you will. Last time Feyre failed to stop the king of Hybern from claiming the cauldron. Now she's back at the Spring Court and doing her best to bring Tamlin down from the inside...wait, I mean...like metaphorically...like she's politically sabotaging him, not you know...sexy stuff. CW: Sexual Content, Sexual Abuse Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.s...
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  Talking About Tolkien - The Fields of Cormallen (Return, 6-4) 08.07.2026 49min

  Sauron's dead. Volcano's are exploding. Orcs are going nuts and...is that?...THE EAGLES ARE COMING! Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Discussing The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego (Part 2) 05.07.2026 1h 28min

  And we're back! Is this a podcast that I'm publishing? Did I record this? I finished editing it. I'm putting it in the dropbox. I'm clicking on "schedule for future" and publishing it this coming Sunday at midnight. I'm putting in the title now. Oh wait is this a bone spur in my back? Am I choking to death? Where did all this blood come from? Oh geez everything is going black. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNR...
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  Talking About Tolkien - Mount Doom (Return, 6-3) 01.07.2026 56min

  The episode is uploaded. But I do not now choose to write the description that I came to write. I will not do this deed. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Discussing The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego Part I 28.06.2026 1h 16min

  Bust out your bagpipes as we delve into the depths of an ~~ancient~~ slightly old library. It’s THE LIBRARY AFTER DARK by Ande ~~Peligrino~~ Pliego. Witness the dark secrets of someone who knows that a book reader is reading their mind and so will never directly voice said secret until the end of the book. ~~Suddenly~~ Eventually the elevator crashes and we enter the murder phase of this murder ~~mystery~~ reveal. It’s a ~~locked room mystery~~ slow motion series of reveals for the ages! This...
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  Talking About Tolkien - Land of Shadow (Return, 6-2) 24.06.2026 56min

  Tolkien really wants you to know how miserable this last bit of walking is. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  Talking About Genre With John Bierce 21.06.2026 1h 35min

  We sit down with Wabby Award Winning Author John Bierce to discuss the relatively new genres of Progression Fantasy, LitRPG, and Isekai. --- Pre-order Mage Errant in hardcover at a bookstore of your choice and send John a proof of purchase at mage.errant.bonus.story@gmail.com to get access free early access to a new short story. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net...
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  Talking About Tolkien - The Tower of Cirith Ungol (Return, 6-1) 17.06.2026 59min

  We're back! Find out how Sam gets past an army of orcs to rescue Frodo using no less than 3 magic items requiring attunement. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/
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  World First - Two Idiots Talk About Stoicism on a Podcast 14.06.2026 1h 10min

  Today the boys are talking about Epictetus...kind of. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/