Monthly Archives: January 2025

VoK 849: Wolf Hall

Posted on January 29, 2025 by vokalias | Leave a comment

Join vassals Michal (inkasrain), Bina (Bina007), Stephanie (gsgd), and Marie (Nymeria) as they pass time with good company and get deep in discussion of the jaw-dropping BBC series Wolf Hall. Based on the epic novels by Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall follows Henry VIII’s faithful minister Thomas Cromwell as he rises — and eventually falls — in the viper’s nest of the Tudor court. Be wary of 500-year-old spoilers, suppurating ulcers, and nepo-babies onscreen and off.

Credits:
Edited by inkasrain

Music:
“Betrayal” from Wolf Hall, The Mirror and the Light

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VOK 848 – Agatha Christie 64 – Postern Of Fate

Posted on January 27, 2025 by bina007 | Leave a comment

In this minipod Bina007 discusses the final novel that Agatha wrote, a Tommy and Tuppence thriller, originally published in 1973. It is sad to see an 83 year old Agatha clearly struggling to keep hold of the plot after a very promising set-up. But despite the bagginess of the novel it’s still fun to spend time with Tuppence as she solves an historic crime involving espionage and proto-fascism.

Spoiler free to 20m45s.

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VOK 847 – Agatha Christie 63 – Elephants Can Remember

Posted on January 22, 2025 by bina007 | Leave a comment

In this minipod Bina007 discusses the final Ariadne Oliver novel, published in 1972. It was also the final Poirot novel that Christie wrote. Ariadne is asked by an odious woman to investigate the twin murder of her son’s girlfriend’s parents. Did the father kill the mother or did the mother kill the father? It is a moving novel not least because of Ariadne / Agatha’s discourse on ageing and loss of memory.

Spoiler free to 24m45s.

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VoK 846: 2024 Video Game Discussion

Posted on January 17, 2025 by vokalias | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to the video game world to discuss the games they enjoyed playing in 2024 and look ahead to the new releases in 2025. Join Zach (Alias), Bing (Shoeshiner), Matt (blu3arm0r), Katie (Lady Griffin), and Alex (LuckyCharms) as they talk the year 2024 in gaming.

This podcast will contain spoilers for the games discussed and probably other things too.

6:35 — Persona 3 Reload
20:00 — FF7 Rebirth
33:30 — Dragon Age: The Veilguard
55:20 — Metaphor: ReFantazio
1:08:50 — Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
1:14:35 — Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
1:19:05 — Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
1:27:40 — Astro Bot
1:32:20 — Rapid Fire of Other Games We Enjoyed
1:56:45 — Most Anticipated Games of 2025
2:28:50 — Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Music:
I Am Astro Bot (ASTRO BOT Remix)
Full Moon Full Life – Persona 3 Reload

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VOK 845 – Agatha Christie 62 – Nemesis

Posted on January 11, 2025 by bina007 | Leave a comment

Pat and Bina007 put up a passionate defense of the 1971 Miss Marple murder mystery. The first half may be baggy as Miss Marple investigates a past murder by the son of the plutocrat Jason Rafiel. But the psychology and tragedy of the crime, as well as the audacity of the final set piece, elevate the novel.

Spoiler free to 58m. Thereafter spoilers for Nemesis, Death on the Nile and Body In The Library.

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VOK 844 – Dune Part Two

Posted on January 6, 2025 by bina007 | Leave a comment

Long believed lost, but rescued by brave Fremen, after a 20 worm ride into the deepest Southern Desert of Arrakis, the VOK Dune Part 2 podcast finally arrives. Vassals Pat, Michal, Jock and Michael discuss Denis Villeneuve’s 2024 epic science fiction film, Dune: Part 2.

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