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#163
August 20 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 163: The King's Blood Ch 25-28
Join the crew as we continue our read through of Daniel Abraham's The King's Blood. We have local film crew updates, game reviews, more pop culture references and oh yeah, there's an attempted coup in this one! Timestamps: Ch 25 (Marcus): 17 min 40 sec Ch 26 (Dawson): 28 min 10 sec Ch 27 (Cithrin): 42 min 10 sec Ch 28 (Geder): 54 min 20 sec Next Episode: The King's Blood Ch 29 (Cithrin) - Ch 32 (Geder) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 163: The King's Blood Ch 25-28. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#162
July 23 · 1 hr 13 min
Episode 162: The King's Blood Ch 21-24
In this section of The King's Blood, Dawson continues on his way to our MVP character choice, Cithrin is making money moves, Geder makes libraries look bad and Clara is deeply invested in the social order. We also talk about how we got a Very Important follow-back on social media! Timestamps: Ch 21 (Clara): 5 min 50 sec Ch 22 (Cithrin): 16 min 40 sec Ch 23 (Geder): 30 min 25 sec Ch 24 (Dawson): 44 min 50 sec Next Episode: The King's Blood Ch 25 (Marcus) - Ch 28 (Geder) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 162: The King's Blood Ch 21-24. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#161
July 6 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 161: The King's Blood Ch 17-20
We are BACK! It's been a month since our last post (sorry, we moved!) and we know you've been waiting patiently. We hope you enjoy this episode covering more of our favs having breakdowns while we slowly realize these books are just about real life (THE HORROR). We also left in tales of travel at the end and plead once more for a ROTE video game. Timestamps: Ch 17 (Marcus): 14 min 20 sec Ch 18 (Cithrin): 29 min 25 sec Ch 19 (Geder): 41 min 15 sec Ch 20 (Dawson): 54 min 25 sec Next Episode: The King's Blood Ch 21 (Clara)- 24 (Dawson) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 161: The King's Blood Ch 17-20. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#160
June 5 · 1 hr 12 min
Episode 160: The King's Blood Ch 13-16
We're covering Dawson to Dawson a double Dawson, NO COMPLAINTS! We tried so hard, we got so far, there was a weird scary thing in the grass? but Gene Kelly's thighs saved us. Some of us have no idea what's going on but Eli does! And more! CW: Discussion of alcoholism and war tactics Timestamps: Ch 13 (Dawson): 3 min Ch 14 (Marcus): 10 min Ch 15 (Clara): 25 min 20 sec Ch 16 (Dawson): 35 min 16 sec Next Episode: The King's Blood Ch 17 (Marcus)- 20 (Dawson) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 160: The King's Blood Ch 13-16. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#159
May 26 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 159: The King's Blood Ch 9-12
We have almost survived May (it's been a LOT of work and schedule challenges this month) and what better way to celebrate than a new episode of BKR? In this episode we cover The King's Blood Chapters 9-12 and Joey does a double header. We've got more speculation about what Master Kit is up to, what we'd like to see for Pyk, we declare our favorite dinosaurs, narrowly escape a Dawson sex-scene, and there's a wedding in there somewhere too! TW: Discussion of alcoholism and racism in the context of the book characters Timestamps: Ch 9 (Geder): 1 min 44 sec (YES, ONE MINUTE. WE DIDN'T DAWDLE) Ch 10 (Marcus): 17 min 40 sec Ch 11 (Clara): 30 min 50 sec Ch 12 (Cithrin): 42 min 21 sec Next Episode: The King's Blood Ch 13 (Dawson)- 16 (Dawson) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 159: The King's Blood Ch 9-12. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#158
May 5 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 158: The King's Blood Ch 5-8
In this episode covering The King's Blood we all get PTSD from a Geder chapter, disagree with Clara's choices, get sad for Dawson and wish Cithrin would get on with it. We also stray into a few book recs! CW: Don't really know how to say this but there's a penis in these chapters. Also some talk of terminal illness of a secondary character. Timestamps: Ch 5 (Geder): 15 min Ch 6 (Clara): 27 min 47 sec Ch 7 (Dawson): 38 min 27 sec Ch 8 (Cithrin): 45 min 40 sec Next Episode: The King's Blood Ch 9 (Geder)- 12 (Cithrin) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 158: The King's Blood Ch 5-8. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#157
April 28 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 157: The King's Blood Ch 1-4
Amidst the discordant notes of a stalking ice cream van, the midnight activities of the Nightcutter, and at least one Cat Attack - we begin, The King's Blood! It's back our favorite crew of wastrels, old men and the spiders (oh god the spiders). Timestamps: Ch 1 (Intro/Kit): 10 min 50 sec Ch 2 (Cithrin): 19 min 30 sec Ch 3 (Dawson): 29 min 48 sec Ch 4 (Marcus): 48 min 40 sec Next Episode: The King's Blood Ch 5 (Geder)- 8 (Cithrin) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 157: The King's Blood Ch 1-4. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#156
April 4 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 156: The Dragon's Path Ch 46-47
We finish up The Dragon's Path in this episode covering the last few chapters and some group reactions to the book as a whole. How does the magic work? How old is old? We don't think that's what a spider looks like? And more! Timestamps: Ch 47 (Geder): 9 min 30 sec Ch 48 (The Apostate): 35 min 40 sec Next Episode: We start The King's Blood Buckkeep Radio - Episode 156: The Dragon's Path Ch 46-47. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#155
March 9 · 1 hr 36 min
Episode 155: The Dragon's Path Ch 41-45
Do we each have a little spider in all of us? Could you walk into the house of your enemy and make it out again? What color IS vermillion? We're almost done with The Dragon's Path! Content Warning: discussion of Alcoholism Timestamps: Ch 41 (Dawson): 11 min 25 sec Ch 42 (Geder): 30 min 10 sec Ch 43 (Clara): 44 min Ch 44 (Marcus): 59 min 21 sec Ch 45 (Cithrin): 1 hr 9 min Next Episode: Ch 46 (Geder) and Ch 47 (Entr'acte: The Apostate) Playlist: Medean Bank Elevator Music Buckkeep Radio - Episode 155: The Dragon's Path Ch 41-45. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#154
February 23 · 1 hr 54 min
Episode 154: The Dragon's Path Ch 36-40
Snowpocalypse part Deux delirium as we recorded on a Saturday. Despite our schedule woes, this part of the novel really engaged us. Many of our Every Episode Prompt categories were pinging in this section AND you can't convince us there isn't some kind of Plot Afoot (afeet? if you're a plotting spider). Content warning: depiction and discussion of Alcoholism Timestamps: Chapter 36 (Dawson): 8 min 50 sec Chapter 37 (Cithrin): 24 min 30 sec Chapter 38 (Geder): 40 min 20 sec Chapter 39 (Clara): 1 hr 40 sec Chapter 40 (Cithrin): 1 hr 17 min Next Episode: Ch 41 (Dawson) - Ch 45 (Cithrin) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 154: The Dragon's Path Ch 36-40. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey, Elena and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#153
February 2 · 1 hr 47 min
Episode 153: The Dragon's Path Ch 31-35
We've battled snow storms, power outages, cancelled rituals and the general decay of reality to bring you this episode covering Ch 31-35 of the Dragon's Path. Geder is getting closer to something? Marcus better stay in his lane. Cithrin is going wild. Dawson? Welp, there's no Dawson chapter in this section sorry Dawson stans. Content Warning: discussion of alcoholism, PTSD, and fertility Timestamps: Chapter 31 (Cithrin): 9 min 50sec Chapter 32 (Geder): 28 min 40 sec Chapter 33:(Marcus): 42 min 20 sec Chapter 34 (Cithrin): 55 min 20 sec Chapter 35 (Geder): 1 hr 10 min 20 sec Next Episode: Ch 36 (Dawson) - Ch 40 (Cithrin) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 153: The Dragon's Path Ch 31-35. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Ashley. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#152
January 12 · 2 hr 5 min
Episode 152: The Dragon's Path Ch 26-30
Happy New Year dear listeners! This episode is no filler, ALL episode! That's right, we're all here (almost) to discuss the questionable actions of our favorite characters. Join us as we ask, "is this still Fiction?", "is it MORE dangerous to fight an inexperienced opponent?" and, most importantly, "who is shipping Geder/Jorey?" Content Warning: alcoholism, mass murder, PTSD, interest rates Timestamps: Chapter 26 (Dawson): 2 min 45 sec Chapter 27 (Geder): 27 min 20 sec Chapter 28 (Marcus): 44 min 40 sec Chapter 29 (Geder): 1 hr 3 min, 27 sec Chapter 30 (Dawson): 1 hr 26 min Next Episode: Ch 31 (Cithrin) - Ch 35 (Geder) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 152: The Dragon's Path Ch 26-30 Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey and Elena. Special Guest: Jenny's radiator. The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#151
Dec 27, 2025 · 1 hr 54 min
Episode 151: The Dragon's Path Ch 21-25
In this episode we go through a backlog of bird mail, ponder if we have RoTE syndrome, realize we've been very wrong about Geder and discuss the pros and cons of vigilante bank investment. Happy Winterfest Season! Content Warning: alcoholism, mass murder Timestamps: Chapter 21 (Cithrin): 25 min 53 sec Chapter 22 (Dawson): 33 min 12 sec Chapter 23 (Geder): 53 min Chapter 24 (Cithrin): 1 hr 10 min 38 sec Chapter 25 (Marcus): 1 hr 27 min 10 sec Next Episode: Ch 26 (Dawson) - Ch 30 (Dawson) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 151: The Dragon's Path Ch 21-25 Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Joey, Ashley and Elena The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#150
Nov 27, 2025 · 2 hr 12 min
Episode 150: The Dragon's Path Ch 16-20
Have YOU ever seen a gauge before? Taken a bite of a soy log? Cuddled in a kotatsu? What do you think about book vandalism? This and actual book content are covered in this Thanksgiving episode reading The Dragon's Path. Content Warning: Alcoholism, Murder Timestamps: Chapter 16 (Geder): 15 min 40 sec Chapter 17 (Cithrin): 33 min 33 sec Chapter 18 (Dawson): 50 min 31 sec Chapter 19 (Marcus): 1 hr 7 min 53 sec Chapter 20 (Geder): 1 hr 27 min Next Episode: Ch 21 (Cithrin) - Ch 25 (Marcus) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 150: The Dragon's Path Ch 16-20 Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey, Ashley and Elena The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#149
Nov 10, 2025 · 1 hr 45 min
Episode 149: The Dragon's Path Ch 11-15
What is the shape of a soul? Why is this bathtub a giant hand? Is Big Bird hot? YES! These questions and more important things are covered in this episode reading The Dragon's Path. Content Warning: Alcoholism, Teen Sex, Eye Gouging Timestamps: Chapter 11 (Dawson): 5 min 41 sec Chapter 12 (Cithrin): 27 min 9 sec Chapter 13 (Geder): 44 min 39 sec Chapter 14 (Dawson): 59 min 56 sec Chapter 15 (Marcus): 1 hr 19 min 38 sec Next Episode: Ch 16 (Geder) - Ch 20 (Geder) It's a Double Geder! Buckkeep Radio - Episode 149: The Dragon's Path Ch 11-15. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey, Ashley and Elena The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#148
Oct 27, 2025 · 1 hr 47 min
Episode 148: The Dragon's Path Ch 6-10
Join us as we continue our read through of the first book in the Dagger and the Coin series, The Dragon's Path. In this episode we discuss the magic system of this world, the importance of mule health, Abraham's pop culture references and more! Timestamps: Note - For our audio book listeners we are using the prologue as chapter 1 Chapter 6 (Geder): 4 min Chapter 7 (Marcus): 22 min 20 sec Chapter 8 (Geder): 38 min Chapter 9 (Cithrin): 4 min 55 sec Chapter 10 (Marcus): 1 hr 9 min 12 sec Next Episode: Ch 11 (Dawson) - Ch15 (Marcus) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 148: The Dragon's Path Ch 6-10. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey, Ashley and Elena The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#147
Oct 16, 2025 · 2 hr 22 min
Episode 147: The Dragon's Path Ch 1-5
The long awaited start to our read through of The Dagger and the Coin series by Daniel Abraham is here! This series is already moving and we're sorting through new fantasy races and places. Spiders! In the blood! Dragons? Unreliable narrators, who IS the sadsack? and More! Content Warning: General fantasy violence, war Timestamps: Note - For our audio book listeners we are using the prologue as chapter 1 Chapter 1 (Prologue: The Apostate): 17 min 40 sec Chapter 2 (Captain Marcus Wester): 22 min 10 sec Chapter 3 (Sir Geder Palliako Heir of the Viscount of Rivenhalm): 1 hr 0 Min 45 sec Chapter 4 (Cithrin Bel Sarcour Ward of the Medean Bank): 1 hr 23 min 30 sec Chapter 5 (Dawson Kalliam Baron of Osterling Fells): 1 hr 42 min 45 sec Next Episode: Ch 6 (Geder) - Ch10 (Marcus) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 147: The Dragon's Path Ch 1-5. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey, Ashley and Elena The Dagger and the Coin series is written by Daniel Abraham Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#146
Sep 22, 2025 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 146: Glimpses and what's next
In this episode we discuss Lynn Flewelling's Glimpses collection and wrap up our Nightrunner coverage. We also catch up on birdmail, discuss what we're reading next and give some recommendations. Content Warning: Glimpses is categorized as an erotic novel, explicit scenes of sexual nature are throughout. Timestamps: Glimpses discussion begins at 22minutes What's Next? discussion begins at 48 min 21 sec Rec List: I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me - Lorna Shore Voices in the Atmosphere - Small Fools (out Sep 24th, 2025) Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab Thrawn Trilogy (Legends/EU) - Timothy Zahn The Naturalist Society - Carrie Vaughn Shifter and Shadow - Sharon Shinn Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir Stardew Valley (do the dew) Next Episode: The Dragon's Path (Book 1 of the Dagger and the Coin series) by Daniel Abraham, Chapters: Prologue - Dawson Kalliam Baron of Osterling Fells (there are no chapter numbers we will have to go by headers) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 146: Glimpses by Lynn Flewelling and What's Next? Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey, Ashley and Elena The Realm of the Elderlings novels are written by Robin Hobb. The comic book adaptation is published by Dark Horse Comics. Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#145
Sep 8, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
Episode 145: Assassin's Apprentice Comic III Issues 5-6
In this episode we recorded before Dragon Con we talk about the last few issues of the Assassin's Apprentice comic book adaptation. Enjoy the hum of summer cicadas I couldn't quite remove from the audio, our increasingly desperate con crunch mentions along with our Ode to the Horses of Buck. Our discussion of the comic book adaptation is All Spoilers for the RoTE Series (our book read-a-longs are spoiler free). Enjoy and we recommend having your issues to read along with our discussions. Timestamps: Bird Mail goes from 3 min 30 sec to 19 min 30 sec Issue 5: 19 min 40 sec Issue 6: 48 min 20 sec Next Episode: We're reading Glimpses by Lynn Flewelling (this is the Nightrunner short story collection) Buckkeep Radio - Episode 145: Assassin's Apprentice III comic Issue 5 and 6. Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Jenny, Eli, Joey, Ashley and Elena The Realm of the Elderlings novels are written by Robin Hobb. The comic book adaptation is published by Dark Horse Comics. Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine
#144
Jul 28, 2025 · 1 hr 53 min
Episode 144: Stalking Darkness Ch 49-52
In this episode we finish Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling. Seregil and Alec have a water park show down, Irtuk wins most horrible lizard, and we still don't know who the vanguard is? This arc ended in a very satisfying way and we discuss our favorite moments. The other big announcement in this episode is that we will not be continuing the Nightrunner novels. This felt like a good place to leave off and explore something new. We're going into our traditional end of summer break as we prepare for con season but stay tuned for continued coverage of the Assassin's Apprentice comic and we also plan on reading the Nightrunner short stories as suggested by our listeners. Timestamps: Ch 49: 12 min 15 sec Ch 50: 40 min 5 sec Ch 51: 1 hr 2 min Ch 52: 1 hr 18 min 20 sec (CW for mention of suicide in this chapter) Next Episodes: Glimpses by Lynn Flewelling (the Nightrunner short stories) and we will finish up the Assassin's Apprentice Comic issues Buckkeep Radio - Episode 144: Stalking Darkness Ch 49-52 Featuring Rachel, Alyssa, Eli, Elena, Jenny, Joey and Ashley. The Nightrunner Series is written by Lynn Flewelling Our theme is The Streets of Sant-Ivo by Mid-Air Machine

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