Breathing Fire
High fantasy. Big opinions. Humungous dragons. Big girl talk.
Breathing Fire is the Internet's #1 podcast for steaming hot, incendiary takes on all things fantasy, sci-fi, romantasy (help) and all adjacent, you know, STUFF.
Hosted by comedian and professional-genre-obsessive Jackie Jennings, Breathing Fire is a comedic deep dive into the latest and greatest in all things genre. From Game of Thrones to LeGuin, Stephen King to the Kingkiller Chronicle, Jackie and her rotating cast of comedians and creators will break it all down and offer recommendations on what to binge watch/read/eat next.
Episodes
10 episodes
Episode 10: ACOTAR Cancelled?!?! with Kris Acimovic
A few weeks ago, Variety announced (and unannounced) that the ACOTAR adaptation was dead. Then Sarah J. Maas was spotted having coffee with Margot Robie. What does it mean, other than panic and confusion for ACOTAR fans across the world? Kriste...
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44:25
Episode 9: Abandoning ACOTAR with Nicole Drespel
Ok we just spent a month absolutely extolling the virtues of ACOTAR and The Fourth Wing (with some healthy criticism mixed in). Now we're talking to someone, namely Ms. Nicole Drespel, who actually didn't finish the series -- but NOT for the re...
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Episode 8: The 4th Wing with Ali Plante (Part 2)
We're back with medievalist, librarian, yoga teacher and all around cool person Ali Plante. And we're still talking The 4th Wing/Iron Flame -- one episode just isn't enough! We're talking shadow daddies, spoliers and predictions for Ms. Yarros'...
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39:57
Episode 7: The 4th Wing with Ali Plante
It's a NEW YEAR BABY but here at Breathing Fire we're absolutely back on our horny dragon bull sugar. The guest this week is the funny, formidable, fiercely smart mothering effin Ali Plante. She's a medievalist, librarian, yoga teacher and gene...
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44:59
Episode 6: ACOTAR Part 2 with Glenn Boozan, Caroline Cotter and Maggie Widdoes
It's PART TWO of this absolute barn burner of a conversation all about ACOTAR with comedians /writers/actors Glenn Boozen, Caroline Cotter and Maggie Widdoes. They have way more credits and titles but that's not the point -- the POINT is that e...
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30:27
Episode 5: ACOTAR with Glenn Boozan, Maggies Widdoes and Caroline Cotter
IT'S HORNY MONTH!!! That means we're talking about ACOTAR and romantasy all month long on Breathing Fire with new episodes every single Friday. That's right, we're giving multiples over here and couldn't be more pleased to service your ea...
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57:04
Episode 4: Rekha Shankar
This week I'm chatting with the super smart, insanely funny Rekha Shankar from Dropout's Dimension 20. Rekha has a million other credits -- she's a crazy sharp comedy brain and perfect person to chat all about character building and D&D.&nb...
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28:14
Episode 3: Melinda Taub
I'm joined by author and comedian Melinda Taub to talk about her new book, The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennett, Witch. We cover 100 topics (I counted) including her time as head writer at Full Frontal with Sam Bee
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31:00
Episode 2: Funny/Scary with Corin Wells
On this episode Jackie is chatting with the WONDERFUL, extremely talented Corin Wells (Black Lady Sketch Show, Amber Ruffin Show) about her love of manga and a whole lot more. Like, was the Crypt Keeper funny or scary or scary/funny OR funny/sc...
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33:57
Episode 1: Toxic Ships with Nicole Drespel
Welcome to the first episode of Breathing Fire! On this inaugural episode, Jackie and her guest writer-actor-impeccable taste haver Nicole Drespel (Mystic Chirstmas, Wet Hot American Summer) discuss toxic ships. You know: Reylo, Dra...
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Season 1
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