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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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With the Good Plot finally knocking at the door, only a couple of hours being stuck on errands and with customer service remain until Jana and Bal get to join Vox Machina for dinner and a snack while covering Critical Role Campaign 1 Episode 24: The Feast.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:12:01 - Warnings: Body Horror, Loss of Limbs, Fantasy Racism, Torture, mention of Sexual Assault, Animal Abuse, Spoilers for Early CR3 and The Martian

00:13:18 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:19:00 - Where Are We At?

00:20:59 - Pay Your Staff!

00:24:48 - Trauma Conga Line

0:39:37 - Three Kinds of Customer Service

00:52:19 - Even More Errands

01:03:15 - Break!

01:04:05 - Alas, Poor Beard

01:06:33 - Sending the Lizard and Assorted Others to Dwarf Town

01:10:53 - Final Preparations

01:15:38 - The Dinner

01:30:55 - The Snack

01:37:20 - The Purvan Scale

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Jana and Bal wade through all the tits, drugs, and religious foreshadowing surrounding Vox Machina leaving Vasselheim behind for the plot and we all learn valuable lessons on treating NPCs well, lest they stabbinate you later, while covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 23: The Rematch. 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:09 - Content Warnings: Graphic Violence, Gore, Slut Shaming, Day Drinking, Violence against not quite Children, discussion of Rape 

00:08:18 - Out Of Game Tidbits 

00:20:27 - Where Are We At?

00:21:50 - Back In Town

00:26:30 - Grog, The Vengeful 

00:53:19 - Making The Tits Weird

00:55:58 - Grog, The Victorious (And Earthbaked)

01:14:10 - VICTOR

01:21:37 - Wrapping Up

01:32:20 - Careful Who You Piss Off

01:35:15 - Careful Who You Leave An Impression On

01:49:00 - Pike's Doing Her Part

01:53:44 - Knock, knock, it's the Plot!

01:58:29 - The Purvan Scale

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Jana and Bal bear very snarky witness to Vox Machina joining one cult, visiting another, and tell you why you shouldn't eat crayons just, like, in general, while covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 22 - AraMente to Pyrah.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:11:03 - Content Warning: Drinking to Cope, Animal Cruelty, Appropriation of Maori Culture, Cannibalism, Implied Zoophilia, Ableism

00:12:22 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:16:53 - Where Are We At?

00:18:35 - Logistics

00:24:43 - CULT CULT CULT CULT

00:43:39 - Reunion Time

00:59:30 Thank God We Can Go Shopping Again

01:27:45 - On The Road Again

01:37:00 - This Is Fine

02:03:25 - The Purvan Scale 

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Going back in time a bit, Jana and Bal practice some much needed self-care and cover all of Critical Role: Campaign 1 Episodes 20 and 21: The Trial of the Take Part 3 and 4 in one combined episode, and follow Team Grumpy through all the edge, the dice nudges, the hags forgotten to time, and the official start of the shipping races.

00:00:00 - Intro Music by Curran Son

00:04:42 - Look at that, this IS the first episode published in 2023!

00:09:02 - Content Warnings: Mention of sexual assault and those that commit them, disrespectful language regarding sex workers, implied cannibalism, implied rape, self harm, active shooter drill anecdote 

00:11:08 - A Road Map

00:13:59 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:25:24 - Where Are We At?

00:25:50 - High Level Recap

00:34:57 - Of Hags Not Taken

00:42:39 - Cutting Myself on All This Edge

00:57:40 - There's A Mission

01:11:11 - Combat Report

01:37:25 - Orion Complaints Corner

01:46:23 - Off To The Shipping Races

01:53:50 - The Purvan Scale

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Jana & Bal react to the official trailer for The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 as well as cast announcements and episode titles, talk about their hopes, dreams, and fears for the season, and accidentally make fun of the edgy titles they've also given their patrons. Ooops.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:06 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LULAFIA

00:05:20 - Trailer Analysis

00:43:40 - Episode Title Analysis

00:55:05 - So About Those Dragon Titles

00:59:57 - Conclusion

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 Part 3 of Jana & Bal's thorough and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the actually really good final episodes, miscellaneous thoughts, what went wrong and weird with Ripley, and demanding tribute; not for pleasure, but for equality. 

00:00:00 - Episode 10

00:10:54 - Episode 11

00:22:50 - Episode 12

00:38:40 - Insecure Writing Leads To Weaker Characters And Conflicts

00:48:29 - What is Magic and Why would Anyone Want To Learn It?

00:50:10 - The Lack of Escalation

00:53:09 - Pike and Faith, Archie, Adaptation Principles, de Rolo Family Dynamics, Gun Control

00:57:08 - The Vexleth Baiting

01:00:22 - Vex And The Perc'ahlia Of It All 

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Jana and Bal rejoin Team Happy Fun Times Paper Party Hats in Part 2 of The Trial of the Take of Critical Role's Campaign 1: Vox Machina, and debate giant personhood and the intricacies of dragon procreation, while also unabashedly simping for Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:12:45 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Vomit, Loss of Agency, Sexual Harassment, Body Horror

00:14:42 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:20:55 - Where Are We At?

00:22:23 - There are Giants in the Snow

00:36:14 - The Dragon's House

00:50:40 - Felicia Day Can't Wait To Be In You

00:54:40 - Dragon Enrichment

01:01:30 - Dragon Fight!

01:25:06 - Dragon Fight Aftercare

01:32:00 - Back To The Totally Not A Cult

01:39:14 - The Purvan Scale 

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Part 2 of Jana & Bal's exhaustive and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the life and times of Archie, what went wrong and also weird with Cassandra, a genre shift that wasn't worth it, an unexpected Vaxleth defense, and why Laura Bailey should write Everything. 

00:00:00 - Episode 5

00:17:22 - Episode 6

00:31:27 - Episode 7

00:45:13 - Episode 8

00:58:02 - Episode 9 

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Jana and Bal join Team Super Happy Fun Times on their fake mission and debate fantasy contract law, middle child syndrome, and the ethics of girl on girl bullying while covering Episode 18: The Trial of the Take Part 1 of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina. 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:16 - BIG CAMPAIGN 3 SPOILERS

00:04:36 - The Spoilers Have Stopped

00:07:33 - Content Warning: Gore, Allusions to Sexual Assault, Disrespectful Language regarding Sex workers

00:08:56 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:21:40 - Where Are We At?

00:23:39 - Getting Ready To Be Hazed

00:28:28 - Meeting The Team

00:40:40 - Set-Ups and Fantasy Contract Law

00:55:45 - Mission Start

01:06:50 - Night Time Bonding

01:14:58 - The Butt Flap Fight

01:25:16 - Moving On!

01:35:03 - The Purvan Scale 

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Part 1 of Jana & Bal's exhaustive and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the episodes that had us feeling decently hopeful because all went bad in the next section. 

 If you want to listen to the entire episode right now, feel free to support us on Patreon, where the 3.5 hour experience is available without interruptions, in addition to outtakes, notes, and other patron exclusive content! 

00:00:00 - First Disclaimer

00:02:18 - Introduction

00:04:20 - Second Disclaimer

00:08:48 - Every Content Warning (all of them), Gore, Child Death

00:10:44 - We Have A Structure! Every Spoiler Warning

00:12:45 - Episode 1

00:33:20 - Episode 2

00:49:43 - Episode 3

01:01:13 - Episode 4 

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Jana and Bal cover the three things you can do with dragons, why the Slayer's Take is a cult and MLM, the legal ramifications of kill stealing, and why the most explicit sex scene in the entire franchise is a fight scene in their discussion of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 17: Hubris.  

00:00:00 - Intro

00:08:30 - Content Warnings: Gore, discussion of Sexual Content, Sex Work and disrespectful language, Fantasy Racism, Cannibalism

00:10:23 - Out Of Game Titted Bits 

00:16:02 - Where Are We At?

00:17:30 - Standing Around Forlornly, Taking a Sparkly Shit

00:25:15 - Heading to where the Fun is

00:34:55 - The really gnarly, gory, dishonorable, sexy fight scene that is really a sex scene

00:46:52 - Licking Wounds

00:57:30 - The Slayer's Take Makes No Sense (Legally)

01:04:20 - Hydra Killing or Something

01:18:02 - Joining the Cult/MLM

01:30:43 - The Purvan Scale

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Think of this as 5 days early instead of 2 days late. Will we return to a regular publishing schedule? Possibly. Eventually. No promises. 

Jana and Bal take a grand tour of the lore of future past while the party loses some demonic but also some gnomish cargo in Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 16 - Enter Vasselheim.  

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:00 - Second Recorded Birthday Week

00:10:35 - Content Warnings: Fantasy racism, spiders

00:12:03 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:21:30 - Where Are We At?

00:24:03 - The Math Bit

00:30:11 - Keyleth has a Backstory

00:34:00 - Look, it's Vasselheim

00:49:00 - Temple Security Detail 

01:06:20 - A Tangent About Songs in Fiction

01:08:09 - The Buzz Kill to Kill All Buzzes

01:11:58 - A New Break Gimmick!

01:14:38 - Back to Divine Security

01:24:59 - One Gnome Short

01:29:15 - The Purvan Scale

01:37:44 - Arc Musings

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Jana and Bal cover hitching an airborne ride to Vasselheim, the nastiness of fighting in the skies, Bunny Rabbit Hit Point Maximums, and many a bisexual maneuver in their discussion of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 15: Skyward.

00:00:00 - Intro Music

00:00:19 - Introduction

00:03:00 - Bal Stole a Cat

00:06:45 - Teasing the TLoVM Episode

00:11:40 - Content Warnings: Fantasy Racism, mention of Sexual Harassment

00:13:24 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:27:23 - Where Are We At?

00:28:10 - Dividing The Goods

00:34:30 - The First Rant

00:38:51 - Back Into The Shop

00:43:10 - Weekend Projects

01:03:18 - Airship Time

01:19:17 - Combat Starts

01:28:12 - The Second Rant

01:34:30 - Back to the Combat

01:47:08 - The Purvan Scale

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Finally free of the Underdark, Jana & Bal now embark on a sightseeing tour of NPCs and also exactly what the title says while covering Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 14: Shopping and Shipping.  

00:00:00 - Intro Music

00:00:19 - The Art of the Recuperating Episode

00:05:12 - Recent News, New Intro!

00:10:20 - Door Gag

00:11:03 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Anti Ziganist Slurs, Fantasy Racism, Body Horror, Discussion of Sexual Harassment, Mention of Torture

00:12:48 - Out of Game Tidbits 

00:21:24 - Where Are We At?

00:22:50 - The Main Character Arrives

00:33:50 - Tea Time with Allura

00:54:50 - The Council of Foreshadowed Insignificance 

01:31:00 - CN: Discussion of Sexual Harassment

01:35:28 - Breaks and Lore

01:39:53 - GILMORE!

01:50:27 - Shopping and Shipping

02:05:20 - The Purvan Scale

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Jana and Bal celebrate finally leaving the Underdark and the least good arc of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina behind with a little musical interlude while covering Episode 13: Escape From The Underdark.

Climb on top/life is yours to conquer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa6ZVuw9xi0

Out of the Abyss in 7 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=474ln_UxZBk

00:00:00 - Intro Music 

00:03:15 - EXU: Calamity Sure Was Something (slight spoilers)

00:08:03 - The Perils of Podcasting

00:15:39 - Content Warnings: Loss of Agency, Body Horror, joke about sexual assault, discussion of Cannibalism

00:17:51 - Out Of Game Tidbits 

00:25:26 - Where Are We At?

00:27:50 - Fight Into Flight

01:17:40 - WE'RE OUT OF THE UNDERDARK

01:23:30 - The Least Ethical Pub Crawl

01:34:45 - So Why Don't We Trust Kima, Again?

01:46:36 - The Purvan Scale

01:55:37 - Special Outro Music

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Joined by Bal's DM and person who cares about fighting mechanics Lily, Jana and Bal learn all about action economy and why you should really trust your DM when it comes to balancing boss fights, while covering Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 11: The Temple Showdown.

00:00:00 - Intro Music

00:00:20 - Introducing Lily

00:03:38 - Still Timely Intro Musings

00:08:13 - Content Warnings: Vomit, eye horror, animal cruelty, mention of torture and body horror, character death, non-respectful mention of sex work

00:09:56 - Spoiler Warnings: Mention of places from the end of campaign 2

00:10:32 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:23:35 - Where Are We At?

00:31:20 - How to Catch a Fomorian

01:04:00 - Tactical Giant Sleepover

01:22:38 - Setting Up

01:36:30 - The Problem with B-Plots

01:44:45 - Eye Assault Excellence

02:06:14 - The Purvan Scale

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In a bit of a musical mood, Jana and Bal take on the absolute filler that is Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machine Episode 10 - K'varn Revealed.

00:00:00 - Intro Music

00:01:15 - We're Fine

00:07:25 - Remember the Campaign 3 Opening?

00:14:30 - Content Warnings: Mention of Child Death, Body Horror, Loss of Agency, Sexual Harassment

00:15:25 - Spoiler Warnings: Lion King (lol), end of Campaign 2

00:16:08 - Q&A Highlight Reel

00:39:25 - Where Are We At?

00:42:30 - Irrelevant Combat, Zombie Edition

00:50:00 - Looting etc.

00:58:23 - Irrelevant Combat, Cloaker Edition

01:10:33 - Avoiding the Main Quest Some More

01:21:39 - Spellcaster Genders

01:22:57 - Scanlan Fucks Up (CN: Sexual Harassment, Loss of Agency)

01:27:15 - nrav'K Revealed

01:34:57 - Reconnaissance 

01:41:33 - The Purvan Scale

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Joined by their long-time fandom friend, local geologist, and Illithid Aficionado Christine, Jana & Bal hit the homestretch of this first and most forgettable arc, the last tentacl-y bits of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina while covering Episode 9: Yug'voril uncovered. 

 00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:14 - Too Many Percys

00:07:48 - So How About That Time Paradox

00:08:48 - Christine's Origin Story

00:13:02 - Content Warnings: Sexual Harrassment, Body Horror, old time-y tropes about sex work, TORTURE

00:14:53 - Spoiler Warnings: Nott's Story in CR2, Star Wars Prequels, Order of the Stick

00:15:34 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:26:53 - Where Are We At?

00:34:25 - The Episode Starts With A Fight Scene

00:45:10 - Is Trinket Edible For A Mind Flayer?

00:49:25 - Spells and Logistics

00:54:00 - Clarota Defense Squad and horrifying Illithid Lore

01:01:19 - End of Combat, Discussion of Torture

01:05:00 - K'varn Says Hi

01:12:08 - Keyleth vs. Kima Part whatever

01:19:46 - Kima needs a Vacation (CN: Sexual Harrassment)

01:28:20 - The Start of Vaxleth?

01:31:30 - Welcome to the Cube (and Sexual Harrassment)

01:32:20 - Here's How Clarota Can Still Win (And Get It)

01:38:44 - Clarota the Red Nosed Reindeer - A Christmas Special

01:42:26 - Things Happen

01:51:38 - Groaning About Tiberius Hitting on Vex

01:56:44 - Looting Mishaps & Shenanigans

02:02:20 - Lakes and Boats and So Many Caves

02:17:52 - The Purvan Scale

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While talking about Critical Role: Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 8: Glass and Bone, Jana and Bal are taken back to the world of performative ~* sTrOnG iNdEpEnDeNt wOmAn *~ feminisim of 2015, and of November 2021, as they are officially out of the time paradox. Sort of. 

00:00:00 - Intro Music

00:05:24 - Content Warnings: slurs against sex workers, animal cruelty, body horror, scat, cannibalism

00:07:40 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:16:35 - Where Are We At?

00:19:06 - Licking Wounds

00:36:44 - Kima x Clarota? 

00:38:25 - Kima vs. Keyleth

00:52:00 - Moving On

00:57:27 - A Tangent About College and Brownies

00:59:50 - Here Be The Titular Thing

01:05:50 - Fight Scene!

01:09:05 - Girl Power Feminism

01:13:30 - Kittens and Hit Points and Fight Scenes

01:18:53 - Post-Battle Body Horror and Implied Cannibalism

01:24:28 - The Purvan Scale

Next episode should be out in 2 weeks, we are however dealing with 3 people on the podcast rather than 2 or the first time, so that might make production take a little longer.

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Tackling the worst episode of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina so far, Episode 7: The Throne Room, Jana and Bal choose to lighten the load with a pop quiz and many a Willhand'ildan joke.

00:00:00 - Intro Music by Curran Son

00:00:17 - Introduction

00:01:48 - This is a Bad Episode, let's have a Gimmick

00:03:23 - Animal related tangent

00:05:58 - Tearing into the Campaign Guide: Quarter Elf Edition

00:11:57 - Tearing into the Campaign Guide: Divorce Edition

00:17:45 - Content Warnings: scat, cannibalism, body horror, sexual harassment, torture, desecration of corpses, discussion of suicide

00:19:44 - Out of Game Tidbits 

00:26:46 - Where Are We At?

00:27:50 - Episode Start; Kima & Keyleth (& Vexleth)

00:31:03 - First Question

00:33:03 - This Dungeon Crawl is Not A Trap

00:40:25 - Pike is a Blunt Weapon (with a serrated mace)

00:44:44 - Second Question

00:46:00 - Knock on Wood! Here be toilet humor in the broadest sense

00:50:41 - Third Question

00:52:18 - Just Crawling through these Dungeons

01:01:30 - Preparing for an Actual Trap (and the fourth question)

01:06:26 - Big Battle & Yelling

01:15:56 - And that's the episode! And remaining questions.

01:20:25 - The Purvan Scale

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Discussing Episode 6 of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Breaching The Emberhold, while making healthy life choices such as drinking coffee at midnight, and calling out the absolute DISRESPECT Kima had to deal with. 

00:00:00 - Intro Music

00:00:20 - Introduction

00:05:45 - A Lindsay Ellis Tangent

00:10:30 - Content Warnings: Body Horror, Torture, Gratuitous Violence, Icky Pikelan flirting, jokes about Cannibalism, Sex Jokes, Mention of Child Death, mention of Alcoholism

00:12:16 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:20:44 - Where Are We At?

00:23:16 - Episode Starts

00:33:30 - Tangents about Character Design recorded before The Legend of Vox Machina aired

00:35:08 - Approaching the Emberhold (and getting food)

00:37:37 - Pikelan and Middle School Shenanigans

00:45:44 - Tracking the Stitch Monster

00:50:05 - The Logistics of Kissing, Eiffeltowering, and Bicycles

00:53:58 - Doing A Sneaky-Sneak

01:04:55 - The Emberhold Has Been Breached!

01:23:23 - WE HAVE FOUND KIMA! Time to antagonize her.

01:42:02 - The Purvan Scale 

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Discussing Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 5: The Trick About Falling, among an assortment of fun things bodies can do and the joys of no progress being made. 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:26 - Explaining The Time Paradox

00:08:20 - Content Note: Animal Death - Remembering Dagon

00:11:20 - Content Warnings: Loss of Agency, Drinking to Cope, Body Horror, Sexual Jokes

00:13:00 - History of Fanfiction

00:15:22 - Out Of Game Tidbits (Warning for International Tabletop Day)

00:20:10 - Grog Jaw-Jaw

00:22:35 - DANCE PARTY!

00:24:20 - Bardic Philosophies

00:27:46 - Where Are We At?

00:28:44 - Ironic Tangents About Sound Mixing

00:30:24 - Duergar Interrogation (Warning: Loss of Agency, Body Horror, Discussion of Sexual Content)

00:31:57 - Keyleth and Sad Boys

00:38:43 - Alignment Tangent

00:42:24 - The Falling Portion of the Episode

00:47:35 - Running Away and Resting for the Night (Warning: Drinking to Cope)

00:52:31 - ARROWS!

00:53:40 - How exactly does resting work again?

01:02:20 - Breaking Camp

01:06:15 - There is a fight scene (Warning: Lava Related Body Horror, Sexual Content)

01:25:11 - The Purvan Scale 

WATCH THE DANCE PARTIES!

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Discussing the Great File F*ckening, a plethora of Critical Role related controversies, lost and found Campaign 3 predictions, unhingedly looking at the bright side, and maybe also Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 4: Attack on the Duergar War Camp. 

 00:00:00 - A Pre-Warning: Discussion of Colonial Imagery and Violence

00:01:26 - Introducing the Time Paradox and File F*ckening

00:07:02 - Boasting about Predictions (slight CR3 spoilers regarding characters)

00:10:24 - A Bouquet of CR related controversies

00:11:30 - The Copyright Freak-Out

00:12:50 - The Twitch Leaks Freak-Out

00:17:25 - Discussing the Campaign 3 Opening

00:27:53 - Content Warnings: racist microaggressions, cannibalism, loss of autonomy, excessive violence, mention of attempted sexual assault

00:29:05 - Spoiler Warnings: Twilight (Breaking Dawn), Dragon Ball Z, Naruto (technically Boruto I guess), Campaign 2

00:30:00 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:38:53 - Where Are We At?

00:40:15 - Pike Arrives!

00:45:55 - Clarota Made No Promises

01:02:20 - Back to Planning

01:11:08 - Skip this tangent about CR3 seating arrangements, please

01:14:47 - BACK TO THE EPISODE

01:21:30 - The Actual Attack Starts (with Laura!)

01:34:45 - Bal's Gun Show

01:37:11 - The Fight Scene Goes On (Things Happen)

01:49:40 - The Purvan Scale

01:55:50 - Outro

01:59:53 - Scheduling Announcement 

 Further reading on the opening controversy: https://twitter.com/EvilCleverDog/status/1470886547004215300

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Discussing Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 3: Strange Bedfellows, along with torture, cannibalism, metaphysical dicks, and dragon god sex. It's a ride, y'all. 

00:00:00 - Jana from the future has warnings and announcements

00:02:36 - Intro starts

00:10:29 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Discussion of cannibalism, torture, slavery, sexual content, MAJOR spoilers for Campaign 2!!!

00:13:13 - Cold Open on Torture and Cannibalism

00:18:40 - Out of Game Tidbits (remembering we have a structure)

00:22:35 - Where Are We At?

00:25:15 - Discussion of Always Evil Races

00:28:24 - The Torture Scene

00:33:45 - Metaphysics of Dicks & Straps & Topping as a personality trait

00:37:27 - Pike and the Hole She Leaves

00:41:55 - God Talk

00:45:05 - MASSIVE CR2 SPOILERS

00:45:50 - Spoilers Over, Scanlan being Creepy

00:47:37 - Greater Restoration Ritual

00:48:20 - MAJOR CR2 SPOILERS

00:50:35 - The Party Moves On

01:03:23 - We Find the Plot. Across a Crevasse.

01:08:10 - The First Vox Machina Planning Session (tm)

01:14:19 - Attacking vs. Exploring

01:21:00 - Screw Democracy, Do It Anyway

01:29:35 - The Purvan Scale

01:37:10 - Outro 

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Discussing Critical Role Campaign 2: Vox Machina - Episode 2: Into The Greyspine Mines, and many, many vaguely related topics because there's just not a lot going on. 

00:00:00 - Intro Music by Curran Son

00:00:17 - Intro

00:04:11 - Content Warnings: Loss of Autonomy, Violence, Gore

00:05:11 - Spoiler Warnings: Campaign 1, minor Campaign 2 spoilers

00:06:40 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:08:55 - A Rocky Horror Tangent

00:10:40 - Shirt Choices, Content Warning: Incest jokes?

00:12:03 - The Author is Ideologically Blocked on Twitter

00:12:58 - More Shirts and other Early Game Nostalgia

00:15:08 - Where We Left Off Last Episode

00:16:15 - The Actual Episode Recap Starts - Greyspine Negotiation Shenanigans

00:19:15 - The Foreman

00:28:40 - Attack on House Thunderbrand 2: Swedish Dwarf Boogaloo

00:42:40 - Son of Syngorn Goes Shopping

00:44:10 - Suspiciously Timely Concerns about Kith & Kin (and assassin school which is for assassins)

00:46:10 - The Inevitable Perc'ahlia Tangent: ARROWS!!!

00:50:00 - Back to the Episode, Into the Mines

00:54:05 - What Even Is Darkvision

00:56:36 - There Is Combat (With Mind Control Elements)

01:01:20 - Bal's Gun Show

01:03:30 - Back to the Combat and more Vision Shenanigans

01:13:03 - No Rest Allowed

01:18:14 - The Purvan Scale

01:27:30 - Effervescent

01:29:13 - Outro

01:31:58 - Jana From The Future 

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 Discussing Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 1: Arrival at Kraghammer and why it might not be the best episode to start your Critical Role journey with - but also certainly not the worst.  

00:00:00 - Jana from the future has something to say

00:01:30 – Intro

00:02:40 – Gushing about Artwork

00:03:53 – Content Warnings: Sexual Content, Sex Work, Mention of Attempted Rape, Death of Civillians, Fantasy Racism

00:05:12 – Spoiler Warnings: CR2, Beauregard’s Backstory, Reani

00:06:08 – Out of Game Tidbits

00:08:40 – How do we feel about the intro movies?

00:16:22 – What Happened So Far/Why the Comics Are Not Canon (to us)

00:19:21 – Episode Recap starts

00:26:32 – The Party Splits (CN: Sexual Content, Sex Work)

00:29:42 – Tiberius casts spells at a house for 5 minutes

00:30:40 – Back to the Bear Bar

00:34:15 – On to the mines

00:35:00 – The Fight Scene (CN: Civilian Casualties)

00:37:43 – How Do You Want To Do This? The Cultural Impact Thereof

00:40:08 – 5E and What Even Are Rules

00:42:50 – Combat Review

00:44:13 - Highly Ironic Philosophizing About Audio Quality

00:46:22 – The Inevitable Perc’ahlia Tangent

00:47:47 – General Characterization and Worldbuilding Tangent

00:51:30 – A Gay Bar full of Bears

00:52:25 – Pillars of Eternity On The Brain

00:53:57 – Matt playing female NPCs

00:56:26 – Are any of Matt’s female NPCs straight?

00:58:28 – Bal’s Gun Show

01:03:01 – Sex Work on Critical Role (CN: Sexual Content, Sex Work)

01:06:56 - What a Shawm Is (And Isn’t)

01:09:09 – Grab Bag of Whatever Else to Talk About (CN: Sexism)

01:12:14 – Hints of a Very Different Game (CN: Sex Work, Mention of Attempted Rape)

01:16:26 – Not the Best Place to Start?

01:22:15 – The Purvan Scale

01:33:28 – Be Nice to People Doing Something New

01:34:35 – Outro 

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It's Session 0 of Critical Role-Back! 

Here we go over our general plans for and approach to this podcast, how we're going to handle trigger and spoiler warnings, and just who we are and why we're doing this. 

00:00:00 – Lovely Intro Music by Curran Son

00:01:07 – What exactly is this?

00:02:43 – Content Warning Policy

00:03:15 – Spoiler Policy

00:04:21 – Podcast structure explained

00:07:11 – The Purvan Scale

00:18:15 – This is a Labor of Love, not of unconditional positivity

00:19:48 – Trigger Warnings (what we’re going to warn about and what you should just expect every episode)

00:30:17 – Our discussion of warning about blood goes a little out of hand with the examples, so tw/cn: Discussion of blood in many, many forms

00:35:09 – The cast tries not to be assholes, and we try not to be assholes

00:38:00 – Orion Acaba

00:43:35 – Who are we, anyway?

00:55:55 – Messages from the future

00:58:00 – Additional content warnings

01:00:23 – First episode announcement 

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