The Great Dante Readthrough

Simon and Edie readthrough “Battleship Potemkin” and discuss: Spice Girls fashion, pirating your own comics, environmental devastation humor, and Mafia Monarchies.

Simon and Edie readthrough "Love and War" and discuss: who drives the narrative car, snappy dress uniforms, situational battle ethics, and Jena’s trauma-rama.

Simon and Edie interview DAVID BISHOP!

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Simon and Edie readthrough “The Rudinshtein Irregulars” and discuss: Ground troops in a future war, Jackie Daytona, Torture Castles, and agreeing with Dimitri?!

Simon and Edie RETURN FOR SEASON 2 and discuss: Simon being trapped overseas in fall 2021, definitely NOT the Black Widow, impossible architecture, and how to memorably propose to your fiancé.

Simon and Edie readthrough the second half of “The Courtship of Jena Makarov” and discuss: Andreas “Coburn” Romanov, Edwin Star, how bricks don’t float, fridging, meaningful love-making, and...the end of season one.

Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “The Courtship of Jena Makarov” and discuss: Drew Struzan, the inspiration for Julianna, communist body mods, and how Dante brings you back to the Prog.

Simon and Edie readthrough “Cruel Seas” and “Requiem for Lost Love” and discuss: Pulp novel sci-fi aesthetics, BURNS, Little Shop of Horrors-level villainy, whether Prima Nocta existed, and a distinct lack of Prussian Blue.

Simon and Edie readthrough “Fists of Fury” and “Last Dance on the Trans-Siberian Express” and discuss: a collective noun listener challenge, Dante’s influencer status, chewing ice ASMR, the best conveyor belt sushi restaurant in America, and how Prussian Blue is the saddest color.

Simon and Edie readthrough “The Hunting Party” and discuss: snowball rivalry, Nastasia getting grosser, daytime trash TV-spin offs, VC Andrews, progressive barbarians, Andy Clarke t-shirts, and more listener questions!