Episodes

  • Episode 29 - The Ethics of Cow Metaphors
    Aug 21 2024

    Jana and Bal marvel at the seeds of rebellion being planted ever so slowly (and occasionally blasted with holy lasers), work out some fun religious parallels, and dish out some beef on both ethics and certain adaptational choices when covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina episode 29: Whispers.


    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:04:44 - Warnings: Anti-ziganist slurs, implied sort of child abuse, violence, sexual humor, alcohol as a coping mechanism

    00:05:54 - Out Of Game Tidbits

    00:21:34 - Where Are We At?

    00:22:38 - Concerning Genres, House Warming, and Competitive Botany

    00:34:55 - The Final Boss

    00:50:24 - Combative Botany and A Good Night's Sleep

    01:00:55 - Don't Be Suspicious

    01:18:20 - First Hit

    01:27:45 - Unethical Aftermath

    01:47:36 - The Purvan Scale


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    Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo


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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • Episode 28 - Over The Hill
    Aug 7 2024

    Jana and Bal enjoy how nice the weather is now that a dark cloud has lifted, marvel at surprisingly successful scouting, don't shut up about the Hunger Games and then get hit by immense genre shift whiplash while covering Critical Role Campaign 1 Vox Machina Episode 28: The Sun Tree.


    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:04:10 - Artbook Issues

    00:07:50 - Other Assorted Issues (in April 2023)

    00:16:39 - Content Warnings: Death of a Child, Body Horror, Scat, Cultural Insensitivity, light CR3 spoilers

    00:17:30 - Out Of Game Tidbits

    00:30:55 - Where Are We At?

    00:31:44 - Happy Fun Times Combat

    0:50:17 - Post Battle Clean Up

    01:11:19 - Approaching Whitestone

    01:28:21 - Coming To The Tree

    01:43:32 - The Purvan Scale


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    Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo


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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • CRB Episode 4: Enormous and Personal Violence
    Jul 24 2024

    Jana and Lily wrap up their little summer side project with the longest minute and unsafest BDSM session in D&D history, magical high-speed lawyering, hitting the undo and re-do button on reality, ending some books and failing to stay hydrated while covering the final episode of Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited Calamity: Fire and Ruin.


    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:02:40 - Content Warnings: discussion of end times, mind and memory magic, self harm, suicide, gore, limb loss, body horror, spoilers for Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica and the D&D Movie

    00:03:39 - Out Of Game Tidbits

    00:06:49 - Synopsis

    00:20:09 - Comfort/Hurt

    01:00:59 - Book Ends

    01:26:13 - Great Workings Were Indeed Possible

    01:46:02- It Did Happen And It Did Matter

    01:56:26 - The Purvan Scale


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    Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo


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    2 hrs and 9 mins
  • CRB Calamity Episode 3: The Consequences Of Our Actions?!
    Jul 17 2024

    Jana and Lily continue their light summer watching with Episode 3 of Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited Calamity: Blood and Shadow, featuring wizard on wizard crime, girl bossing too close to the Dutch oven, playing among us irl, ditching your friends at the club, dealing with hostile horticulture, and literally inviting evil in, dick first.


    00:00:00 - Intro Music

    00:01:41 - Warnings: Mind and memory magic, body horror, mention of childbirth and child death

    00:02:34 - Out Of Game Tidbits

    00:08:11 - Synopsis

    00:16:27 - Sexy High Level Magic Combat

    00:40:47 - The Most Dramatic Bitches In Exandria

    00:56:09 - A Thorny Situation

    01:11:24 - Brennen Appreciation Not-Hour

    01:31:28 - The Purvan Scale



    Episodes will be published weekly throughout July, and available one week early on Patreon.


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    Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo


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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • CRB Calamity Episode 2: Stop Making Freud Stronger
    Jul 10 2024

    Part 2 of the Easy Viewing Experience that is Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited: Calamity takes Jana and Lily on a wild ride through the messed up implications of living in a magocracy, personalized call outs, theological and legal debates, and comparative literature readings in relation to being horny on main for the devil.


    Mind those warnings. Having a law degree comes with the occasional callousness regarding sensitive topics and I apologize.


    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:00:20 - This Is A Personalized Call-Out

    00:01:44 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Impending Doom, Mutilation, Body Horror, Religious Trauma, Suggested Suicide, Loss of Agency, Incest, Rape as a Legal Concept, Terfs, Mention of Child Abuse

    00:03:26 - Out Of Game Tidbits

    00:08:56 - Synopsis

    00:20:35 - Magiscience and Magical Dystopia

    00:38:11 - Theology!

    00:53:02 - WARNING RAPE AS A LEGAL CONCEPT PART 1 (includes terfs)

    00:54:33 - Simpathy For The Devil

    01:10:22 - WARNING RAPE AS AN ETYMOLOGICAL CONCEPT

    01:13:50 - WARNING RAPE AS A LEGAL CONCEPT PART 2 (includes terfs and legal definitions)

    01:14:50 - Quoting High Literature At Each Other About Being Horny On Main For The Devil

    01:25:46 - Those Disaster Bread Crumbs Sure Got Bigger!

    01:32:03 - The Purvan Scale



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    Music "Red Fox Tavern" by Curran Son, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpKUIyOHdo


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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • CRB Calamity Episode 1: Welcome To Late Stage Capitalism
    Jul 3 2024

    For some light summer watching/listening, Jana and returning friend of the show Lily got together to yell about the relatively tame first episode of Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited Calamity Episode 1: Excelsior; the horrors of putting a god in time-out, literal late stage capitalism, mages in charge, and being observed at a party notwithstanding.


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    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:00:20 - Summer Fun Explanation

    0:04:14 - Dramatis Personae

    0:09:04 - Content Warnings: End of the World, Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Memory Modification, Discussion of Eco Fascism

    00:11:00 - Out of Game Tidbits

    00:13:10 - High-Level Recap

    0:21:17 - Tone And Whiplash

    0:32:39 - The Existential Horror of Flying a City Through Late Stage Capitalism

    0:45:11 - Movers, Shakers, and the Most Dramatic Bitches of the Age

    01:01:49 - Bread Crumb Trail of Doom

    01:24:25 - The Purvan Scale

    01:36:48 - Post-Credits Credits


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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Episode 26/27 - Cancel Culture, Cows, and Other Assorted C-Words
    Jan 10 2024

    Comingle with Jana and Bal as they cope with Cancel Culture, Cows, cursed congregations, commerce and consumption chains, and also covid while crawling their way through Episodes 26 and 27 of Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina.


    00:00:00 - Coming To

    00:11:45 - Content & Spoiler Warnings: Mention of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation, Sexual Harrassment, Fantasy Racism, Animal Cruelty, Cannibalism; Spoilers for Yellowjackets, Lost, Campaign 2

    00:13:34 - Content Prior To Game

    00:22:44 - Collecting Ourselves

    00:24:07 - Consequences

    00:43:42 - Cancel Culture in a Cangaroo Court

    01:07:02 - Comunity Service

    01:23:27 - Cows

    01:40:59 - Clash With The Plot

    01:51:54 - Cringy Creeps and Coping (here's the bad shit)

    02:03:26 - Copious Commerce

    02:21:00 - Charming Chatting while Camping

    02:25:35 - Counting Points on the Purvan Scale


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    2 hrs and 37 mins
  • Episode 25 - Putting The Erotic In Necrotic
    Jul 12 2023

    Jana and Bal are joined by surprise mystery guest Michelle to behold the blatantly horny and absoutely glorious clusterfuck that is Critical Role Campaign 1 - Vox Machina Episode 25: Crimson Diplomacy.


    00:00:00 - Intro

    0:01:56 - Brief TLoVM Season 2 Opinions

    00:06:03 - Other News

    00:10:41 - Content & Spoiler Warnings: sexual situations, violence, body horror, cannibalism-adjacent behavior, elder abuse, the BWF situation, some spoilers for CR3

    00:12:56 - Out Of Game Tidbits

    00:21:46 - Where Are We At?

    00:22:55 - Dressed Up And Ready To Go

    00:46:34 - Jenga

    00:59:35 - You Never Know Who You Shit On

    01:01:55 - Courtyard Showdown

    01:33:05 - Mopping Up

    01:52:42 - This Random Encounter Is Already Forfeit

    02:07:05 - The Most Important Question

    02:09:32 - The Purvan Scale


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    2 hrs and 23 mins