Episodes

  • Ep 1: The Adventures of Nikolai Dante

    Ep 1: The Adventures of Nikolai Dante
    Feb 20 2021
    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Adventures of Nikolai Dante” and discuss: the value of Imperial Seductress undergarments, attendance problems at the court of the Tsar, bathing with an audience, twincest, and a hidden homage to Lone Wolf and Cub.
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    56 mins
  • Ep 2: The Romanov Dynasty

    Ep 2: The Romanov Dynasty
    Feb 24 2021

    Discussion about sexual assault from 51:56 to 53:56. This involves Nikolai’s mother Katarina and Dimitri Romanov and is a major plot point, but you can feel free to skip that part.
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    57 mins
  • Ep 3: The Gentleman Thief

    Ep 3: The Gentleman Thief
    Mar 2 2021
    Simon and Edie readthrough “Russia's Greatest Love Machine” and “The Gentleman Thief” and discuss: dirty comics at the Vatican, low-hanging cheese, mini-Anna Nicole, disappointing Dante, and the Arbatov drinking game.
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    39 mins
  • Ep 4: Moscow Duellists

    Ep 4: Moscow Duellists
    Mar 10 2021
    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Full Dante” and “Moscow Duellists” and discuss: Surprise Arkady, Italian pagan goddesses, a sentimental captain’s wheel, Face Palaces, baby elephant cuddles, and improbable chandeliers.
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    46 mins
  • Ep 5: The Gulag Apocalyptic

    Ep 5: The Gulag Apocalyptic
    Mar 17 2021
    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Gulag Apocalyptic” and discuss: shower power plays, the lack of space-skirts, Kentucky space-guns, Red Guard industrial farming, and Romanov-branded merch.
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    48 mins
  • Ep 6: The Trouble with Cruel Britannia

    Ep 6: The Trouble with Cruel Britannia
    Mar 24 2021
    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Trouble with Arbatovs” and “Cruel Britannia” and discuss: natural Arbatov selection, Shooty McGunwagons, regal rings, attack hot tubs, and the new British national anthem.
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    41 mins
  • Ep 7: The Great Game Part 1

    Ep 7: The Great Game Part 1
    Mar 31 2021
    Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “The Great Game” and discuss: secret earring origins, robot mustaches, thoughtful knee pillows, going full Jack Kirby and physics be damned!
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Ep 8: The Great Game Part 2

    Ep 8: The Great Game Part 2
    Apr 7 2021
    Simon and Edie readthrough the second half of “The Great Game” and discuss: toasting the end of an epic, defenestrating Dante, Gail Simone, grief as an actual black hole, and how not to win at class warfare.
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    52 mins