Episode 9: An Overview Of The Captive's War So Far

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Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 9 is a recap and overview coverage of the ENTIRETY of the published narrative for The Captive's War to date.  

In this episode:

• We talk about the overall themes and symbols of the work, including what does it mean to be human and how much of your humanity are you willing to sacrifice in order to save humanity?
• Brigid talks about the importance of love in this narrative.
• Clint gives a rundown of all the species and classes of Carryxes that we have met so far.
• Your hosts go through their ranking of good theories, not so good theories, bad theories, and those that are 100% correct (Livesuit is a prequel, do not @ us.) 
• We critically evaluate the Trap World Anjiin theory, and discuss how it fits into the overall theme of human conflict.
• The podcast does its first gimmicky top 8 list.
• We answer some of our reader questions and discuss their theories, and in doing so Brigid tells everyone her pen name.
• BOLD predictions are made for plot points in future books.

Join us next time when we start our coverage of the Expanse novellas. Have you heard about the Expanse, folks? Check it out, you might like it. Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at [email protected]. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants. 

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