The Acolytes of Merlin

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (trans. by Joel Martinsen) , Book 2 of Remembrance of Earth's Past! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Youtube Music, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Today will be a special episode to celebrate the podcast reaching 100 episodes! We'll be drafting a team of characters from any work of fiction in any medium to go through the challenge from the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone. We've each designed a room that our teams will have to solve in order to progress (which, besides the final room with the Stone, will act in place of the rooms defending the stone). Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Youtube Music, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's part 3 of our discussion of Wind and Truth (Book 5 of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson. Spoilers for all of the Stormlight Archive, and minor spoilers for Warbreaker and various parts of the Cosmere. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Youtube Music, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's part 2 of our discussion of Wind and Truth (Book 5 of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson. Spoilers for all of the Stormlight Archive, and minor spoilers for Warbreaker. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Youtube Music, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's part 1 of our discussion of Wind and Truth (Book 5 of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson. Spoilers for all of the Stormlight Archive, and minor spoilers for Warbreaker and Mistborn. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Youtube Music, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker! Full spoilers for all Star Wars live action movies, as well as minor spoilers for season 3 of the Mandalorian and The Bad Batch. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin (trans. by Ken Liu) , Book 1 of Remembrance of Earth's Past! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Youtube Music, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Solo: A Star Wars Story! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly Solo: A Star Wars Story). Subscribe on Youtube Music, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's part two (5-1) of our ten favorite movies list! Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's part one (10-6) of our ten favorite movies list! Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! For this episode, we're talking about the books that helped sustain our interest in reading over the years. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Morning Star by Pierce Brown, Book 3 of The Red Rising Trilogy! Full spoilers for the entire book, as well as the rest of the trilogy. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Golden Son by Pierce Brown, Book 2 of The Red Rising Trilogy! Full spoilers for the entire book, as well as minor spoilers for The Hunger Games. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Red Rising by Pierce Brown, Book 1 of The Red Rising Trilogy! Full spoilers for the entire book, as well as minor spoilers for The Hunger Games. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Warded Man by Peter V Brett, Book 1 of The Demon Cycle! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars through Episode VIII (mostly the live action movies). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee, Book 3 of The Green Bone Saga! Full spoilers for the entire series (but mostly Jade Legacy). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Jade War by Fonda Lee, Book 2 of The Green Bone Saga! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Jade City by Fonda Lee, Book 1 of The Green Bone Saga! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Last Argument of Kings, Book 3 of The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie! Full spoilers for the entire book, as well as the rest of the First Law Trilogy. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Major apologies for my (Johnny's) audio on this episode. I've figured out the issue, so please bear with us this time (it will be fixed for the next episode)! Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Before They Are Hanged, Book 2 of The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Blade Itself, Book 1 of The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! We're continuing our journey through every live-action Star Wars movie (in release order). Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! We're continuing our journey through every live-action Star Wars movie (in release order). Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Claw of the Conciliator, Book 2 of The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! We're continuing our journey through every live-action Star Wars movie (in release order). Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Apologies in advance for the audio on this episode- we had a few tech issues while recording. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! We're going through every live-action Star Wars movie (in release order)! Here's our episode discussing Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope! Full spoilers for all of Star Wars (mostly the live action movies). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Shadow of the Torturer, Book 1 of The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe! Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Season 1 of Amazon's The Wheel of Time. Full spoilers for the whole season and books 1 and 2 of The Wheel of Time (The Eye of the World and The Great Hunt). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! This one is special- we're listing our ten favorite books! We didn't have to kill our darlings, but we did have to rank them. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Once and Future King by T.H. White. Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! We're doing something a little different this time and talking about a video game! We're discussing Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64 and our respective thoughts and experiences with the game. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Full spoilers for the entire book. Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! For this episode, we're talking about the books that hooked us to reading when we were younger, as well as some of the books that have helped maintain that interest. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! Here's part 3 of our discussion of Rhythm of War (Book 4 of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson. Spoilers for the entire Cosmere (Brandon Sanderson's extended inter-connected works including but not limited to Mistborn, Elantris, and Warbreaker)- we get a bit into the weeds on this episode. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! Here's part 2 of our discussion of Rhythm of War (Book 4 of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! Here's part 1 of our discussion of Rhythm of War (Book 4 of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! We're talking about our experience at Jordancon 2021 for this episode. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! For this episode, we're listing our top ten favorite endings to completed series (of any media- not just limited to books) and describing why these endings are so impactful to us. The first part of the episode is spoiler free (we just go through our lists and a brief explanation for each placement). The second part of the episode is a full spoiler discussion for most of the stories we talk about, starting at the 39:00 mark. Subscribe to us (The Acolytes of Merlin) on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook (The Acolytes of Merlin) and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Acolytes of Merlin! Here's our discussion of Dawnshard (Novella 2 of The Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson. The novella takes place between Oathbringer (Book 3) and Rhythm of War (Book 4). Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Book 4 of The Hyperion Cantos). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Here's our episode discussing Endymion by Dan Simmons (Book 3 of The Hyperion Cantos). Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Today we're having another more broad discussion about The Stormlight Archive and The Wheel of Time. We also touch on how to have a discussion about a series when people are at different points in their reading. Spoilers for The Stormlight Archive through Words of Radiance and all of The Wheel of Time (as well as a few others series as mentioned). Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Today we're having a more broad discussion about The Stormlight Archive and The Wheel of Time. Spoilers for The Stormlight Archive through Oathbringer and all of The Wheel of Time (as well as a few others series as mentioned). Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Welcome! Today we're discussing politics in sci-fi and fantasy. This is another more broad topic, so here's a general spoiler warning for The Hunger Games Trilogy, Harry Potter, Star Wars, A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), Wheel of Time, The Stormlight Archive, and a few other stories that we mention as we bring them up in the discussion. Follow us on Facebook and Reddit (r/acolytesofmerlin), or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!