Two lifelong friends bantering about the best in fantasy books, movies, shows, and more!
Episodes
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
In this SPOILER FREE episode, The Friends discuss some of their favorite uses of the mentor trope in fantasy. Inspiration and life direction not guaranteed.
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
New year, new edition of 'Who Would Win?'! The Friends randomly generate a competition between characters across the fantasy genre and pop culture. The result? Crazy character matchups and hilarious speculations!
Sunday Jan 03, 2021
Sunday Jan 03, 2021
Say one thing about the FTF Podcast, say they're discussing book 1 of The First Law Trilogy: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie.
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
So you've read The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss... now what? In this episode, The Friends recommend books to fans of Kingkiller. This episode also includes recommendations submitted by our friends on social media. You don't want to miss it!
Episode correction: The author of The Greatcoats Series is Sebastien* de Castell
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
The internet will never forget season 8 of HBO's Game of Thrones, but can it forgive? In this episode, the Friends discuss if the internet is ready to lay off the season 8 memes and love Game of Thrones again.
Sunday Dec 27, 2020
Sunday Dec 27, 2020
The Friends enter the world of graphic novels with their buddy read discussion of the high fantasy / grimdark / steampunk series Monstress written by Marjorie Liu and drawn by Sana Takeda.
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Friday Dec 25, 2020
The Friends discuss Brandon Sanderson's theories on magic systems and how they are brilliantly executed in the original Mistborn Trilogy. This episode contains spoilers for the original Mistborn Trilogy.
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
The Friends ask each other SPOILER FREE fantasy themed 'Would You Rather?' questions.
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Our epic buddy read of The Book of the Ancestor comes to an end with our discussion of Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence.
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Looking for a fantasy series to make you "lol?" In this SPOILER FREE episode of our Recommendation Series we discuss books that are chock-full of chortles.