"Half-Truths, Whole Drinks" w/ Gilbreth Bernardus

Episode 16: “A Whole Hour of Half Truths..” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-up; deep dive. One drink, one story, one long ramble of questionable recollection.Setting: Crickets chirping outside. Occasional distant chanting. Late at night in a backroom tavern near a bridge in the “slum-dump educational district” of Borjira. “…well, it’s an […]

Episode 15: Bonus Episode: “The IOU Ledger – Volume 1 & Volume 2 ” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Echoey room, fire popping in the hearth, voice low and theatrical; flame crackles, soft footsteps pacing. “Most folks keep ledgers to track coin.I keep mine to track shame.Favors, broken promises, debts paid […]

Episode 14A: “The Time I Married Into a Cult for Free Room and Board” + Episode 14B: “The One Night I Wasn’t Lying” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Crickets chirping outside. Occasional distant chanting. Gilbreth sounds… hesitant. “Usually, when I meet someone new… I lie.Not to hurt them.Just to feel interesting.Safe.Unknowable.” […]

Episode 13 pt. 2: “Letters from Breui I Never Sent Back” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Alchemist’s den — magical hum in the background, objects faintly glowing on shelves; A cork is popped. “I didn’t mean to collect curses. They just kept happening. Usually after a kiss… or a con.Sometimes both.” […]

Episode 13 pt. 1 “Letters from Breui I Never Sent Back” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Candlelit attic, rain tapping on the roof — soft, unsteady breathing between readings; soft rustling of parchment “Breui… if you’re out there…I never stopped writing.. I just stopped sending…” :: TRANSCRIPT :: Gilbreth speaks low, […]

Episode 12: “The Whisperjack Incident: I Met My Own Alias and He Tried to Kill Me” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: A candlelit room with the shutters nailed shut and a dagger wedged into the doorframe — for ambiance; low thunder ‘I just wanted to be someone worth remembering.’ He didn’t […]

Episode 11 “How to Leave a Party Before You’re Thrown Out (While Still Stealing the Wine)” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Echoes of clinking glasses, background ballroom music, and faint laughter that doesn’t sound entirely friendly Don’t steal from people who expect to be robbed. Steal from people too proud to […]

Listener Submissions Special: “Dear Gilbreth: You’re a Fraud and I Want My Goat Back” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Gilbreth at a tavern table, reading from a messy stack of letters with a mug in hand; shuffle of parchment. “Dear Gilbreth: You’re a Fraud and I Want My Goat Back” :: […]

Episode 9: “A Lady, a Lie, and a Locked Room with No Door” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Echoey room, fire popping in the hearth, voice low and theatrical; flame crackles, soft footsteps pacing. “Woke up alone. No lady. No bottle. Just the locked room… still without a door. Took me […]

Episode 8: “The Love Letter I Forgot I Wrote (and the Curse It Triggered)” Host: Gilbreth BernardusStyle: One-part advice, two-parts bragging, three-parts made-upSetting: Mid-con. Somewhere between a noble’s library and the wrong end of a duel challenge. “This one’s about a letter — a love letter, technically — that I wrote…and forgot.” -Gilbreth Bernardus :: […]