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Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some Books
Jo and JoJo explore different canons within modern fiction. This season focuses on the evolution of the dragon in modern Sci-fi and Fantasy. Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some Books is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://canonicalnonsense.com/
Episodes
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 25: Fire Power by Mir Benitz
Today on the pod, the Jos dive into the world of dragon racing in Fire Power by Mir Benitz. Will this romantasy thriller finish first in the Jos’ hearts…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 24: My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
On today’s pod, Jo and JoJo read the classic children’s book My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Neither of the Jos read it as children so it was…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 23: After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
On today’s pod, the Jos read After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang. A novella that asks the question: what would a world with dragons look like if dragons…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 22: Blood of an Exile by Brian Naslund
For a first on the pod, Jo and JoJo enter the world of grimdark in the fantasy epic Blood of an Exile by Brian Naslund. What happens when a tech bro emperor…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 21: Sanctuary by Mercedes Lackey
Canonical Nonsense returns to Mercedes Lackey’s Joust series for a third and final time with Sanctuary. The story picks up just after the ending of Alta, as…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 20: The Saint of Dragons by Jason Hightman
This month on the pod, Jo and JoJo are reading their first listener suggested book with The Saint of Dragons by Jason Hightman. This is another retelling of…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 19: If We Wrote Fourth Wing, a Noncanonical Nonsense Special Episode
Today on the pod, Jo and JoJo decided to do something a little different. Fourth Wing has good ideas and good bones, but falls flat in execution. After reading…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 18: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Chapters 17 – 39)
Today on the pod, we finish Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. When we left off, Violet had just bonded not one but two dragons! But becoming a dragon rider…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 17: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Chapters 1 – 16)
Today, on the pod Jo and JoJo finally get around to reading the biggest dragon book in the world, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. The Jo’s are trying to…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 16: Hatching Magic by Ann Downer
This month, Jo and JoJo read one of the books that sparked Jo’s love of dragons. While she is now old enough to understand its flaws, this book still holds a…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 15: Alta by Mercedes Lackey
In this episode, Jo and JoJo read their first sequel! Alta by Mercedes Lackey depicts our main character, formerly Vetch now Kiron, and his dragon, Avatre, as…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 14: Joust by Mercedes Lackey
This month, Jo and JoJo were looking for fast and furious with dragons, but instead stumbled upon an underrated gem from a well known fantasy author, Mercedes…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 13: The Priory of the Orange Tree (Parts 4-6) by Samantha Shannon
Today on the podcast, the fighting continues in The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Ead, Tané, Loth, and Niclays race toward a final fight with…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 12: The Priory of the Orange Tree (Parts 1-3) by Samantha Shannon
Today on the podcast, we find ourselves divided. This month’s book, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, is a world divided by East and…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksCanonical Nonsense Goes to the Movies: How to Train Your Dragon – Live Action
In this very special mini episode, Jo and JoJo go to the movies! But not a great and wonderful movie like How To Train Your Dragon (the animation). Instead…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 11: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
This week, on a kid-friendly episode of Canonical Nonsense, we continue our exploration of the nonsensical dragon canon with How to Train Your Dragon by…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 10: The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood
For this episode, Jo and JoJo take a close look at The Summer Dragon, by Todd Lockwood, and fall completely in love with the world of the Evertide. This book…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 9: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
As we have said many times, this is a pro-horse girl podcast. This month’s episode is for all those special girls (and guys) out there. Seraphina by…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 8: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
This month on the pod, Jo and JoJo read Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (no relation). A book that can only be described as what if Jane Austen’s Pride and…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 7: His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Today, Jo and JoJo read His Majesty’s Dragon, the first book in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. It is an alternate history that asks the question…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 6: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Jo and JoJo are flashing back to their childhood in the early 00s to read the famous story of a farm boy turned dragon rider, Eragon by Christopher Paolini…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 5: Dragon Prince
On today’s episode, Jo and JoJo dive into a world of intense political intrigue and interpersonal drama in Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. We had a lot to…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 4: Blue Moon Rising
This month, Jo and JoJo are leaving the classics behind and starting to delve into the wider world of dragon novels. Described as Shrek before Shrek, we read…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 3: Guards! Guards!
This week, Jo and JoJo are talking about a comedy classic, Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. We dip our toes into the Discworld mythology and find out what…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 2: A Wizard of Earthsea
Jo and JoJo are back to talk about one of the earliest books in the dragon canon and a classic of the fantasy genre, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin…
Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some BooksEpisode 1: Dragonflight by Anne Mccaffrey
Jo and JoJo kick off their journey to explore the highs and lows of the dragon canon by reading the granddaddy or rather grandmommy of all dragon books. We…