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Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering The Butcher of Anderson Station, the second chronological novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse!   

In this episode:

• We cover the very important backstory of three of our favorite characters, Fred Johnson, Anderson Dawes, and [MYSTERY CHARACTER TO BE NAMED LATER].
• We give our sure to be controversial fancasts for those characters. 
• Your hosts hone their drama kid chops to dramatize the interaction between Fred and Dawes.
• Brigid defends the ethics and utility of frontier justice.
• Clint compares Fred Johnson to Frank Castle, and sings the praises of uber utilitarian Anderson Dawes.
• Fred's idealism is crushed forever, replaced by a dogged sense of righteous justice.
• Dawes drags Fred through some popular psychology with and without milk.
• The podcast finally gets to compare something from the show to the written work, and debates the strengths and weaknesses of both. 
• Your hosts discuss the similarities between this and the Captive's War, and the Expanse in general. 
• We build rapport. Lots of rapport. 

Join us next time when we cover the very first part of LEVIATHAN WAKES. Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at [email protected]. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants. 

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