For some light summer watching/listening, Jana and returning friend of the show Lily got together to yell about the relatively tame first episode of Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited Calamity Episode 1: Excelsior; the horrors of putting a god in time-out, literal late stage capitalism, mages in charge, and being observed at a party notwithstanding.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:20 - Summer Fun Explanation

0:04:14 - Dramatis Personae

0:09:04 - Content Warnings: End of the World, Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Memory Modification, Discussion of Eco Fascism

00:11:00 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:13:10 - High-Level Recap

0:21:17 - Tone And Whiplash

0:32:39 - The Existential Horror of Flying a City Through Late Stage Capitalism

0:45:11 - Movers, Shakers, and the Most Dramatic Bitches of the Age

01:01:49 - Bread Crumb Trail of Doom

01:24:25 - The Purvan Scale

01:36:48 - Post-Credits Credits

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Comingle with Jana and Bal as they cope with Cancel Culture, Cows, cursed congregations, commerce and consumption chains, and also covid while crawling their way through Episodes 26 and 27 of Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina.

00:00:00 - Coming To

00:11:45 - Content & Spoiler Warnings: Mention of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation, Sexual Harrassment, Fantasy Racism, Animal Cruelty, Cannibalism; Spoilers for Yellowjackets, Lost, Campaign 2

00:13:34 - Content Prior To Game

00:22:44 - Collecting Ourselves

00:24:07 - Consequences

00:43:42 - Cancel Culture in a Cangaroo Court

01:07:02 - Comunity Service

01:23:27 - Cows

01:40:59 - Clash With The Plot

01:51:54 - Cringy Creeps and Coping (here's the bad shit)

02:03:26 - Copious Commerce

02:21:00 - Charming Chatting while Camping

02:25:35 - Counting Points on the Purvan Scale

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Jana and Bal are joined by surprise mystery guest Michelle to behold the blatantly horny and absoutely glorious clusterfuck that is Critical Role Campaign 1 - Vox Machina Episode 25: Crimson Diplomacy.

00:00:00 - Intro

0:01:56 - Brief TLoVM Season 2 Opinions

00:06:03 - Other News

00:10:41 - Content & Spoiler Warnings: sexual situations, violence, body horror, cannibalism-adjacent behavior, elder abuse, the BWF situation, some spoilers for CR3

00:12:56 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:21:46 - Where Are We At?

00:22:55 - Dressed Up And Ready To Go

00:46:34 - Jenga

00:59:35 - You Never Know Who You Shit On

01:01:55 - Courtyard Showdown

01:33:05 - Mopping Up

01:52:42 - This Random Encounter Is Already Forfeit

02:07:05 - The Most Important Question

02:09:32 - The Purvan Scale

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