Into the Fold: A Grishaverse Podcast
by Into the Fold: A Shadow and Bone Podcast
A podcast two best friends share their love of Leigh Barudgo’s Grishaverse chapter by chapter! Geoff (the expert) and Julianna (the newbie) are here serve you fun conversations, chapter rereads and hot takes about the fantastical world of the Grishaverse (the books and beyond) created by the lovely Leigh Bardugo.
Episodes
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King of Scars: Ch’s 13-16
BAM! A double dose of Into the Fold! We’re so happy to finally be putting out episodes again. Thank you so much to everyone for sticking with us while we’ve been getting ourselves together. Julianna is going to see Leigh Bardugo IRL, even if Geoff has to pay for it Zoya and Yuri are probably not...
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King of Scars: Ch’s 7-12
“Oh, how it’s been so long! We’re so sorry we’ve been gone!” Life has been really life-ing lately, but we’re glad to be back with the next installment discussing King of Scars. Leigh has been hard at work and has given us much to be excited about! Every man deserves to be punished by Zoya...
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King of Scars: Chapters 1-6
We haven’t said this for a while, but it’s time to start a new book! This week, its chapters 1-6 of King of Scars. This poor kid believes in the boogeyman, and he turns out to be right Zoya is very loyal to the throne now that her boyfriend sits in it Nikolai tries to cherry pick royal...
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Crooked Kingdom Trivia Smackdown (ft. Dani & Lucero from Sombra y Cuervos)
Get ready for an explosive episode of Into the Fold as we dive headfirst into the chaos, heartbreak, and brilliance of Crooked Kingdom—this time, trivia style! Julianna and Geoff are joined by the dynamic duo Dani and Lucero from Sombra y Cuervos for a high-stakes trivia showdown that tests just...
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Crooked Kingdom - Chapters 41 Through the End
We have reached the end… of Crooked Kingdom! This week, we are breaking down the final chapters in the second book of the Six of Crows duology (finallyyyyyyyyy). Wylan and Jesper are living in a gay sitcom (and it’s fantastic) Is it okay if Colm Fahey dates Marya Hendricks? Inej might just have...
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Crooked Kingdom Pat 6 Chapters 33-40
It’s not quite the end, but it’s close (and for one of the characters it is)! Wylan finally learned how to die Two pillars of different communities get torn down in the same place Matthias gives the gift of forgiveness before he dies Fun segment: 20 Questions! Question of the week: Would it have...
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Crooked Kingdom - Part 5
Lights, camera, AUCTION! We’re in the next-to-last part of Crooked Kingdom and all the plans are finally coming together! We have news AND a message from a new listener! Kaz wants to earn respect, THEN leadership Apparently you can just… sell your own contract? Signaling the end of Matthias...
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Crooked Kingdom Part 4: The Unexpected Visitor
We’re back to our usual format, and we’re keeping it moving through part 4 of Crooked Kingdom! Geoff still has a crush on Colm Fahey Kaz actually loves looking after Wylan for… reasons What does honoring the dead actually mean in Ketterdam? Fun segment: “Would you rather?” Question of the week…
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Crooked Kingdom: Part 3
Happy New Year! Our first episode of 2025 is a special one, because it was recorded LIVE IN GEOFF’S LIVING ROOM Read “I’ll Get Back to You” by Becca Grischow Geoff and Julianna recap their adventures in Louisville We SWEAR we are here to discuss chapters 11-16 of Crooked Kingdom The hosts trade...
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Crooked Kingdom: Chapters 5-10
In part 2 of Crooked Kingdom, we start with a visit from Jesper’s father and end with chaos in costumes while rescuing a beloved member of the team! Geoff has a crush on Colm Fahey, and we don’t blame them Matthias is a surprisingly good L&D nurse Did Inej go just a little too far this time?…
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Crooked Kingdom: Chapters 1-4
It’s time for us to get cracking on Crooked Kingdom! Retvenko Rewind: it’s okay, we forgot about him too Kaz wouldn’t really do THAT, would he? Nina’s secret plan to get Matthias to adopt Kuwei Inej’s escape plan is more horrifying than we realized Fun Segment: a double dose of Mad Lib! Question…
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Six of Crows Trivia Smackdown with Sombra y Cuervos
In this highly anticipated episode, Geoff and Julianna face off against Lucero and Dani from the "Sombra y Cuervos" podcast in an epic Six of Crows trivia smackdown! After some unavoidable delays (sorry about that, folks!), we are back with a jam-packed episode full of Kaz Brekker-level trickery,...
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Six of Crows: Book Recap
Here it is! The episode that should have been at Literary Ink but we now bring to you not live! Geoff is back and feeling better! This episode highlights what we love about this book, including: Strong women who don’t need a man Differently-abled representation Multiple perspectives Characters...
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BONUS Live at Literary Ink
Live from the Literary Ink tattoo convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee we have the one and only Julianna! Unfortunately Geoff got covid as was not able to make the convention and we were all SO SAD! But alas we make due! Please enjoy this live mini episode of just Julianna at Literary Ink…
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Six of Crows Chapters 39 Through the End
Let the record show that we kept our promise! We have reached the end of Six of Crows before we got to LIterary Ink this summer, and also in this glorious month of Pride! Inej and Nina are DEFINITELY worse off by the end of the book Kaz has been playing Jenga this entire time Matthias and Wylan…
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Six of Crows: Chapters 32 - 38
We are BACK and super psyched to get into the thick of the action with chapters 32-38 of Six of Crows! We DID read The Familiar, but our full reviews will have to wait Cheers from new friends across the globe! How to flirt while danger is imminent Should it matter that the target of their mission...
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Geoff and Julianna's Friendship Corner!!! (Life Updates!)
Hello Friends! It's been a while and we have missed you so! We just wanted to drop a quick episode to say HIIIIIIIIII! We love you! We are still here! And we will have more full episodes out soon! So please enjoy some life updates from us (Geoff and Julianna) and know that we appreciate you...
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Six of Crows Chapters 27-31
The Ice Court Job is in FULL EFFECT in this week’s episode, as we get into chapters 27-31 of Six of Crows! LB is going on tour (let us know if you plan to go)! Did Jesper kill a guy, or just knock him out? Matthias doesn’t pair well with anyone… or does he? Kaz might have more privilege than he...
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Six of Crows: Chapters 22 through 26 (aka Backstory 101)
Before Geoff and Julianna head off on their world travels, we have to talk about this prison break. So, this week, we are getting into chapters 22-26 of SoC! Some of the characters are just… there. The things Jesper has to do for love (and to break out of prison). There’s a reason Inej is holding...
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Six of Crows Book Club: Chapters 20 and 21
This week, we’re stopping off at a coffee shop (they have those) to discuss chapters 20 and 21 of Six of Crows! New goal: finished SoC by the time we present at Literary Ink in July! LB is serving some serious press realness for her new book: The Familiar “It” may be hard to talk about, but we…
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Episode 59: Six of Crows Chapters 18 & 19
We’re back on our chapter discussions (and our usual shenanigans)! Our podcast has a new executive producer ;-) Check out Geoff on TV and Movie Trivia Podcast w/ Brian Sheehan Kaz and Matthias are more similar than they think Flashbacks with seamless transitions Geoff is NOT defending Pekka...
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Winter Fete 2023 Featuring Not So Young Adults Pod
Happy Holidays to you and yours! Wherever, whatever, and however you celebrate, we are so happy to have another year with you on the books. Once again, we come together to celebrate our Winter Fete! This time, we are joined by our dear friends and podcasting pals Spencer and Jess from Not So…
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Six of Crows Chapters 16 and 17
With so much going on around the holidays, we had a lot of energy going into this week’s new episode! Bridges can be hills? Netflix canceled Shadow & Bone (spoiler alert: Geoff is not taking it well) It’s time for some GIRL TALK! The Ice Court Mission: the worst group date ever We need to talk...
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Six of Crows Chapter 14 and 15
Time to round off part 2 of SoC this week with chapters 14 and 15! Nina and Matthias are so intertwined, they even take turns telling the same backstory Nina must have been a protege Matthias gets to represent his people because he’s *not* the worst There’s a lot more Hadestown in this episode…
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Six of Crows Chapter 12 and 13
We’re back-back-back-back-BACK again! This week, we are finally getting back into our chapter discussions with chapters 12 and 13 of Six of Crows! Sorry we’re late! Life… uh… get in the way. Leigh knows we exist! HOORAY! Back stories are more delicious when you get them in pieces There’s always...
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LIVE at LeakyCon 2023: Grishaverse 101
Thanks to all who came to see us live at LeakyCon this year! We got to do a panel all about the Grishaverse for beginners! We had a blast and know you are going to love this recording! On this live panel we broke down the Grishaverse map, chatted about favorite characters, took questions from the...
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Ante Dekovic: Emmy Nominated VFX Supervisor for Shadow and Bone
This week we are excited to have out first guest and very COOOOOOOOL guest on the pod, Ante Dekovic! Ante Dekovic was born in Croatia and grew up in Germany, before he moved to Los Angeles. . He is a Emmy award winning and 4 time nominated VFX Supervisor known for his VFX work on Shadow and Bone...
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Six of Crows: Chapters 10 & 11
Enjoy our discussion of this week’s chapters, because the next episode we have coming out will be recorded LIVE AT LEAKYCON! Congrats to the S&B Special Effects team on their Emmy nomination! Tante Heleen is the WORST (it’s a fact) You can end a chapter on a twist, but not on a cliffhanger Knives...
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Six of Crows: Chapters 7, 8 & 9
Apologies for the delay (and the audio feedback in our fun segment), but we are REALLY getting into some juicy moments from Six of Crows as we discuss chapters 7-9. Look forward to our first LIVE EPISODE recording at LeakyCon Chicago later this summer! Matthias is fueled by revenge, a misplaced...
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SIx of Crows Chapters 5 and 6 - HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!
Happy Pride Month! This week, we are discussing chapters 5 and 6 of Six of Crows. We’re breaking into prison, so that we can break into prison later, so we can break into even more prison even later. Hope you like fan claps, because there’s a lot of them. Kaz and Nina: the light side and the dark...
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We are Hell Bent for Dark Academia: A Dive into Nineth House and Hell Bent with the Book and Bottle Podcast
This week we have a guest spot we did with the amazing Book and Bottle Podcast: Callisa and Holly are joined by Julianna and Geoff in this review episode of Ninth House and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo. They discuss the heavy triggers within the book, the descent into Hell, and of course glowstick...
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Six of Crows: Chapters 3 and 4
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this episode where Kaz gets a mission! Geoff has a BIG surprise for Julianna Kaz vs. Jan Van Eck: who’s the real bad guy? Jurda parem was never a good idea Kaz is super hardcore, but there’s a little gooey marshmallow center in there...
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A Series of Unfortunate Events Movie: A Very COOOOOL Crossover with Not So Young Adults Pod
Time for a bonus crossover episode! It's a very special week here at Into the Fold as we're covering the Academy Award-winning film, A Series of Unfortunate Events! But we couldn't tackle this cinematic titan alone, so we've been invited to team up with the incredibly brilliant and dimal hosts of...
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Six of Crows: Chapters 1 and 2
We’ve been promising for a while now that we were going to start discussing Six of Crows, and now it’s finally happening! We’ve recorded SO many shows over the past two weeks, and we’re still not done The Grisha Talley actually has an update! Joost: a lessons in why putting on an act to impress...
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Shadow and Bone Netflix Show Season 2 Review
SPOILER ALERT! This week, we are sharing our thoughts and opinions on Shadow & Bone: Season 2! This is a VERY spoiler-heavy episode, so we won't be giving away too much here. Everything you need to know (about how we feel about it) is in the episode, which is available NOW! So, enjoy and then…
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Ruin and Rising Trivia SMACKDOWN with Sombra y Cuervos
It's that time again! Time for our book-ly (now) tradition of having a trivia SMACKDOWN with Dani and Lucero of Sombra y Cuervos. Join us for a 20-question trivia game all around Ruin and Rising. You will have to listen to see who wins! For the video version of this episode HERE! Make sure to…
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Shadow and Bone Trilogy Wrap Up
We aren’t just wrapping up Ruin & Rising, we’re wrapping up the whole Shadow & Bone trilogy! And we’re doing it in a way that is very “us”: with games and fun segments! 60-second summaries! Can we get it done?? Best Bits Tournament! We finally decide which bit is the best bit of ITF! Shadow &…
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Ruin and Rising Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 17, 18 and After
We’ve been threatening to reach the end of the Shadow & Bone trilogy for a long time, and now we finally have! Stay excited! Season 2 of Shadow & Bone on Netflix will be here before you know it We are going “Into the Fold” for the last time (don’t worry, the show isn’t ending) Julianna isn’t...
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Ruin and Rising Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 15 and 16
Getting close to the end of Ruin & Rising (no really, we mean it) and there’s NO shortage of moments to talk about: Read Hell Bent, and send us your reviews! Huge thanks to Kalyn for bringing back some incredible notes from the Q&A with Leigh Bardugo Geoff might need a hug, because a certain...
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Ruin and Rising Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 13 and 14
Everybody’s heard that the (fire)bird is the word… but is it, though? Alina and the crew are splitting in two and going off on missions in chapters 13 and 14 of Ruin and Rising! We are no longer censoring our curse words! You have been warned ;-) All the different types of men (well, at least 3)...
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Winter Fete 2022 - An Annual Tradition (Now)
2022 is coming to a close, and we are celebrating the holiday season with our (now) annual Winter Fete! Get ready for some delightful, unhinged, unpredictable, and festive fun as our hosts play games together Don’t worry: we’ll be back with our usual show in 2023! See you on the other side Have a...
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Ruin and Rising Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 11 and 12
Have you ever thought to yourself “Well… what do we do now?” In this week’s episode, our heroes find themselves wondering just that! We are hell bent on getting our hands on Hell Bent! The Darkling is still the Darkling… but not quite as much “Darkling” as he was when we started out The only…
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Ruin and RIsing Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 8, 9 and 10
We’re discussing chapters 8-10 of Ruin and Rising this week. No, really! We’re actually doing it. We got a breakdown of the Grishaverse panel at NYCC thanks to Kelly! Julianna got something cool in the mail Alina gets some very important background info on three different people The Darkling…
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Demon in the Wood, Julianna in the Chicago and Geoff in the LeakyCon
Geoff and Julianna have been off on their own amazing adventures in the past few weeks, much like the Darkling in Leigh Bardugo’s latest release. So, we’re taking some time to talk about each of them: NYCC, Kitt Young’s new Netflix movie, and Leigh Bardugo gives life to a fellow author’s iconic...
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Geoff is Thirty, Flirty and Nerdy!
This week Geoff and Julianna are jet-setting so we have a special episode from the other Juliana for you! Enjoy! Summary: “Be yourself because everyone else is already taken” is a quote from Oscar Wilde that Geoff lives by. Geoff is on the podcast today to talk all things on the importance of...
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Ruin and RIsing Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 6 and 7
There are a lot of highs and lows (no really, they literally go up super high after being underground) in chapters 6 and 7: It’s not a question of “are we going to get Hell Bent?” It’s a question of “which version do we pre-order?” THE TEASER FOR SHADOW & BONE: SEASON 2 IS OUT! The return of...
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Ruin and RIsing Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 4 and 5
We are full of funny voices and Kate Bush references in this week’s episode, where we discuss chapters 4 and 5 of Ruin and Rising (NOT Seige and Storm) Leigh is working on some exciting stuff and we are EXCITED Our first five-star review since February is something to be grateful for! The crew…
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Ruin and RIsing Book-Club Read-Along: Chapters 2 and 3
There’s some crafting (and ambulances) in the background of this episode, so clearly good AND bad things were happening in the world while we were recording. Don’t worry, our usual level of nonsense is still there! If anybody manages to attend the Grisha Gala in October, PLEASE send us details…
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Ruin and RIsing Book-Club Read-Along: Before and Chapter 1
It’s time to start Ruin and Rising! After two months of doing other things, it’s nice to get back to our chapter discussions. Hope you like our new logo (don’t worry, it’s still us) Have fun and stay safe if you’re going to NYCC to meet Leigh and the cast of Shadow and Bone The Apparat is ruining...
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Into the Fab Wizard Rock World! A Bonus with WZRD Radio Podcast
For this bonus episode, we're switching it up a little! While Julianna was off on vacation, Geoff had a conversation with our friend Bess from WZRD Radio Podcast about her recent adventures at Orlando LeakyCon. Check out WZRD Radio on all social medias and everywhere pods are cast! Next time…
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About this show
A podcast two best friends share their love of Leigh Barudgo’s Grishaverse chapter by chapter! Geoff (the expert) and Julianna (the newbie) are here serve you fun conversations, chapter rereads and hot takes about the fantastical world of the Grishaverse (the books and beyond) created by the lovely Leigh Bardugo.
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