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Join Kate and Alain as they discuss everything from what they just watched to what is going on in fandom.

The Speakeasy: The main podcast where we discuss what we’ve been watching, reading, and playing, plus occasional other topics.

Oct 18, 2014

First impressions of Cross Ange from Sunrise. It is streaming on Crunchyroll. Sometimes Kate just refuses to watch a show so Alain has decided to take on some of these less desirables in a new sement we're calling Riot Control. Like the S.W.A.T. Reviews, he'll watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit...


Oct 16, 2014

First impressions of GARO: The Animation from MAPPA. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a new anime series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always...


Oct 16, 2014

First impressions of Rage of Bahamut: Genesis from MAPPA. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a new anime series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As...


Oct 16, 2014

First impressions of Hi-sCool Seha Girls from TMS Entertainment. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a new anime series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As...


Oct 16, 2014

First impressions of Akatsuki no Yona from Pierrot. It is streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a new anime series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As...