In this episode, Liz and Chad host Ric and Baron from Caster’s Guild.  Caster’s Guild is a geek culture podcast.  We talk about our adaptations; our favorites and least favorites.  As you can imagine a number of titles are mentioned.  Here is just a sample: * Animorphs * Dragons of Autumn Twilight * Dune * Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxies * The Wizard of Oz * The Princess Bride * Dragon Ball Z * The Lord of the Rings * Umbrella Academy * Paper Girls * Game of Thrones * The...

In this episode Felisin, Heboric, and Baudin take the worlds worst road trip.  Mappo and Icarium find a boat.  Fiddler, Apsalar, and Crokus find a road.  And Kalam…is around.  And there’s this whole rebellion thing.  It’s a big deal.  Predictions: Otataral is not simply an element that mutes magic.  Instead it is a superior form of magic that mutes magic from inferior warrens.   The situation with the Coltaine’s wagon train of civilian refugees is going to get ugly.  I know that Coltaine...

In this episode we see a violent rebellion happen in the Seven Cities.  Felisin descends deeper into addiction and trauma.   Heboric tries to nurse her back to health and sanity.  Baudin escapes the slave mines.  Fiddler, Apsalar, and Crokus stumble upon the first signs of open rebellion.  Kalam delivers the book of Dryjhna to Sha’ik who is immediately killed. Predictions: Heboric and Baudin both die trying to get Felisin out of the prison.  Icarium destroyed an ancient civilization. ...

In this episode we see the beginning tremors of a violent rebellion brewing in the Seven Cities.  Fiddler rescues two girls, then passes on an opportunity at ascendency.  Kalam gets played.  Icarium reads some books.  Also, things get strange. Trigger Warning: In this episode we discuss trauma; specifically sexual trauma. Predictions: Heboric and Baudin are planning to escape and leave Felisin, but will take her (or she’ll follow) at the final moment.  They aren’t telling her because...

In this episode we leave Genebackis and visit Unta briefly before settling into the Severn Cities.  We meet Felisin, Ganoes Paran’s sister in the worst possible circumstances.  And we explore new characters and old in the Raraku Desert, Hissan and Ehrlitan. Predictions: Pormqual won’t survive this book…anyone named Pormqual is not someone that the author wants to spend a lot of time with.  Felisin is going to the Otataral Mines.   Fid, Kalam, Apsalar and Krokus are going to get...

In this episode we encounter the Jaghut Tyrant.  He’s everything we were told he would be…and yet he isn’t even the Big Bad!  There is an epic dual at Simtal’s Estate.  The Eel is unmasked.  Lorn meets a cruel fate.  Paran is once again whisked to a magic realm.  And, oh yeah, Anomander Rake is a real party animal/dragon. Predictions: We will hear about the events of this book secondhand through new characters in Deadhouse Gates Our next episode will read the Prologue and Chapter 1 of...

In this episode Paran reunites with the Bridgeburners, Rallick and Mallet save Coll’s life, and Crokus is stupid. Predictions: Baruk saves Darujhistan.  Not Anomander Rake.   Kruppe knocked out Serat. The Finnest will be put inside Darujhistan Mammot Survives Our next episode will finish Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. If you’re looking for cool Duke and Duchess swag you can find it here! You can find us on Twitter at @thedndpodcast Here is our Facebook Page and here...

In this episode the Scooby Gang heads to the Gadrobi Hills, and run home with their tails between their legs.  Tool and Lorn have a crisis of faith while engaged in a task that they both know is stupid.  And Paran does…well everything. Predictions: Toc is not dead. Hairlock is dead. Cotillion will return to Sorry’s body at the end of this book. Our next episode will cover chapters seventeen through nineteen of Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. If you’re looking for cool Duke and...

In this episode the two main groups, the Darujhistan Scooby Gang and the Bridgeburners, collide.  So do Anomander Rake, and the Assassins Guild.  Crokus decides that “love” can make a thief into a respectable man.  Sorry kills multiple people without a second thought. Predictions: Kruppe is the Eel. * Kruppe’s warren is opposed to the Shadow Warren. * Sorry will not kill Crokus. * Sorry will confront Lorn in the Gadrobi Hills. Our next episode will cover chapters fourteen through...

In this episode the Bridgeburners make their way to Darujhistan.  So does everyone else.  We are introduced to the T’lan Imass.  Lorn, Toc the Younger, Dujek, and Tattersail have a very awkward dinner.  But, not as awkward as Paran and Tattersails burgeoning romance. Predictions: They wanted to get rid of Tattersail during the attack on Moons Spawn because of her previous relationship with the old Emporer.   And they want to keep Tayschrenn around because, while he is a powerful mage, he...

In this episode the Scooby Gang (Krokus, Rallick Nom, Murillio, and Kruppe) hangs out in Darujhistan and plays with their wax disks.  We meet the Crone, Baruk, and Circle Breaker.  Anomander Rake stops by to gloat about his superior tongue skills and drink box wine. Predictions: Anomander Rake is hiding something about Pale’s Wizards.  It’s not as straightforward as he says. Rallick wants something from the pond in the Tower’s keep. Rallick was going to assassinate Lady Simtal on behalf...

In this episode the Bridgeburners leave Pale, and we arrive in Darujhistan.  Paran stays behind, and puts his “sword” to good use.  Kruppe climbs up a hill and talks to aspects of himself that might not be aspects of himself.  Crokus Younghand was screaming in the night as he fled from super assassins. Predictions: * Darujhistan is gonna blow up! * Tattersail was somehow involved in the death of the emperor. * The older Paran sister is dead. Our next episode will cover chapters six...

In this episode The Duke and Furiosa review part one of Dragons of Autumns of Twilight, the first novel in the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy. If you’re looking for cool Duke and Duchess swag you can find it here! You can find us on Twitter at @thedndpodcast Here is our Facebook Page and here is our Facebook Group Page! Click here for our Instagram Page. Click here for the The Duke and Duchess Subreddit Click here for our Goodreads Group! And here is our...

In this episode Tattersail and her cadre attack Moons Spawn and Anomander Rake.  Ganoes Paran shows up to take over command of Whiskeyjack’s ninth squad.  It doesn’t go well. Predictions:  The “Claw” from the Empress is the one that killed (or facilitated killing) Calot, and Hairlock. Tayschren stood under Moons Spawn, because it put him furthest away from the assassin on the plains.   WhiskeyJack and the Bridgeburners are going to turn to Cotillion to attempt to kill...

In this episode we are introduced to Ganoes Paran, twice.  He’s a pawn in the imperial power structure.  He’s sent out to find Sorry, who is a pawn of the gods.  Or at least some high level baddies.  We’re also introduced to history.  A whole lot of history.  We’ll help you get through it in this 2 and a half hour introduction to Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, the first book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Predictions:  Laseen wants to squash all magic that is not under...

In this episode we cover the final chapters (120-Epilogue) of Oathbringer.  It’s been a long run! Stick around to the end to find out how you can win a Duke and Duchess tee shirt. Thank you to everyone who has come onboard since we started Stormlight Archive.  And thanks to everyone who has been with us the whole time!  You are the reason why we do this.  This one has been a long project.  The podcast has grown a great deal, and we’ve grown as podcasters since we started.  We’ve been doing...

In this episode everyone comes together at Thaylen city for an epic showdown with Odium and the Voidbringers. Predictions:  * In the next section that cavalry will arrive…I don’t know who the cavalry are…. * Those listeners who escaped…show back up. * Adolin makes a bond. * Shallan gets “outed” for her relationship to the Ghostbloods. Our next episode will cover chapters 120 through the epilogue of Oathbringin’ by Brandon Sanderson. If you’re looking for cool Duke and Duchess swag...

This is the most epic game of Marble Madness ever.  But, the loser gets abandoned by all of his friends. Kaladin, Shallan, and Adolin get hunted by the Fused in Shadesmar.  Dalinar gets punk’d by history.  And the alien invaders were us all along! Predictions:  * Azure disappears….only to show up much later at a critical moment related to Szeth. * Urithiru is a giant weapon.  That’s why it was abandoned * The Original Listeners were somehow involved in the destruction of the “Human”...

In this special announcement the Duke and Duchess reveal their next exciting adventure! If you’re looking for cool Duke and Duchess swag you can find it here! You can find us on Twitter at @thedndpodcast Here is our Facebook Page and here is our Facebook Group Page! Click here for our Instagram Page. Click here for the The Duke and Duchess Subreddit Click here for our Goodreads Group! And here is our SoundCloud Page. Ask Dear Duchess at...

In this episode everyone goes a million places at a million miles an hour.  Revelations about Syl’s past impact the entire crew.  And someone sets a boat on fire. Predictions:  * Dalinar is going to bring Venli into one of his visions.  And it’s going to backfire. Because Odium already has his eye on Venli.  * The Nohadon vision actually came from the Spiritual Realm.  Perhaps Nohadon himself. * Adolin revives his deadeye. * Adolin will abdicate power. * Ico comes back to haunt...

In this episode we play Sword, Hammer, Hog.  We nearly go over the 2 hour mark and drop more than our usual amount of F-bombs.  Also, we read Oathbringer.  Specifically about Szeth and the Skybreakers, Navani in Utithiru, and the scooby gang in Shadesmar. Don’t forget to participate in our Pimp of the Week (fortnight) contest, where if you “pimp us out” you could win fabulous merchandise from our merch store on TeePublic.  We will announce the winner in the following podcast...

In this episode our heroes confront several difficult truths along side formidable enemies. Don’t forget to participate in our Pimp of the Week (month) contest, where if you “pimp us out” you could win fabulous merchandise from our merch store on TeePublic.  We will announce the winner in the following podcast episode. Predictions: * Shardblades are the only way to seperate voidbringer from voidspren…thus destroying their bond and allowing them to be killed. * The Unmade were unmade...

In this episode love hurts and reality bites.  We meet some larger than life characters and engage in the 2020 1st Annual Celebrity Roast of Evi.   Predictions: Sadeas actually was involved in the trap at the Rift.  He wanted to burn the city to destroy some evidence of his treachery. Those spirits and emotions that are tainted by the Unmade are what cause the Spren to be perverted.  “Some men, as they age, grow wiser. I am not one of those, for wisdom and I have always been at...

In this episode Jim Morris…uh..Kaladin rides the storm.  Shallan sneaks the scooby gang into Kholinar, and pays for it!  Lift eats Dalinar’s lunch. Predictions: * Dalinar causes his wife’s death. * The only way to restore sanity to this broken world is to unite them….as in unite the disparate shards of Cultivation and Odium, and Honor. * Dalinar and the other two bondsmiths will have to unite the shards. * The Thrill is from Odium Our next episode will cover chapters 67 through 76...