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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.

Dec 31, 2014

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

First impressions are great but what about our thoughts after we've watched an entire series week to week? We figured our listeners might want to hear our final impressions as well so we've created the Case Closed Review...


Dec 31, 2014

Final impressions of Gugure! Kokkuri-san from TMS Entertainment. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

First impressions are great but what about our thoughts after we've watched an entire series week to week? We figured our listeners might want to hear our final impressions as well so we've created the Case Closed Review...


Dec 31, 2014

Final impressions of PSYCHO-PASS 2 from Tatsunoko Productions. It is streaming on Hulu and Funimation.

First impressions are great but what about our thoughts after we've watched an entire series week to week? We figured our listeners might want to hear our final impressions as well so we've created the Case Closed...


Dec 25, 2014

As promised this is my supplemental Secret Santa podcast where I talk about all four shows I was recommended this year. These are not full reviews but I at least explore my feelings to some degree on all four shows that I experienced. In this bonus podcast I talk about Barakamon, New Getter Robo, Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the...


Dec 20, 2014

We end our 5th year of podcasting, as we usually do, with a look back on the anime and manga news of 2104. A year is always a hard thing to sum up with even 2 hours of discussion but we try our best to get something coherent from our experiences if nothing else. We also got questions from Twitter. Shocking!

There will...