Boars, Gore, and Swords

Crimson Sky. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Abyss of Life. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

A Stick of Time. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Ladies of the Willow World. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Broken to the Fist. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan are joined by Award winning Author and friend of the pod, Maggie Tokuda-Hall!!! Pre-Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, The Worst Ronin!!!! Maggie is the author of the 2017 Parent's Choice Gold Medal winning picture book, Also an Octopus, illustrated by Benji Davies. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea is her debut young adult novel, which was an NPR, Kirkus, School Library Journal and Book Page Best Book of 2020. Its sequel, The Siren, The Song and The Spy comes out September 2023. Her graphic novel, Squad, is an Ignyte and Locus Award nominated comic book, and her newest picture book, Love in the Library, has been named a Best Picture Book of 2022 by Book Page, School Library Journal, Booklist, and Publisher’s Weekly. Maggie is a founding member of Authors Against Book Bans. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, children, and objectively perfect dog. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

The Eightfold Fence. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Servants of Two Masters and Tomorrow is Tomorrow. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Writer, Comic, and podcast guest extraordinaire Alexandria Love was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died AND is here to talk Madame Web with Red & Ivan. Dakota Johnson, Isabela Merced, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor AND Adam Scott as an Uncle named Ben? What could go wrong!! Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

As two sleeper agents forced by ChatGPT to start a podcast, Red & Ivan are perfectly prepared to talk about Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith. They set up in their plunge pool with coffee and some green tea, and get talking. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

The original Band of Brothers, Red & Ivan, suit up to take on the latest Spielberg/Hanks WW2 production, this time on Apple TV+, with Masters of the Air. Will Austin Butler be able to shake his Elvis accent? Will Barry Keoghan make it out alive? Only Donald L. Miller knows and I’m not reading his book. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Marvel’s now released TEN tv shows in the latest wave, is this another WandaVision or are we being subjected to another Secret Invasion? Red & Ivan Went Down to GeorgiaOklahoma to investigate this Hawkeye spinoff series and inevitably get their butts kicked by Maya Lopez. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

When Comic, Writer, and favorite guest of the pod Alexandria Love agreed to be on the pod, she was given the choice of returning to the space well (Marvel), or Jodie Foster and you know she chose Jodie Foster. Alex joins Red & Ivan to form a supernatural trio solving murders in Alaska, and also talking about the premiere of True Detective: Night Country. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

First the Giant Space Lizard, now the walking Psilocybin mushroom man. The lads toss aside the plaid Better Gnomes & Goblins cookbook as Red & Ivan delve into an unlicensed underground lair to save Falin (eventually) while really getting into their dog-eared copies of Delicious in Dungeon (2023). Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

After covering Monarch: Legacy of Monsters a few months back, they HAD to talk about the greatest Godzilla movie in generations. Red & Ivan run screaming through a city and break down Toho’s Godzilla Minus One (2023). Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red!→patreon.com/boarsgoreswordsFollow us on twitter→@boarsgoreswordsFind us on facebook→facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Finally Prime Video has given the world a hero tall enough to do Lee Child proud. Red & Ivan punch their way through the single highway that takes them to Margrave, Georgia to talk Reacher. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red!→patreon.com/boarsgoreswordsFollow us on twitter→@boarsgoreswordsFind us on facebook→facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Nine years after reviewing Season 1 Episode 1 of Fargo, the lads return to cover the pilot of Season 5. Red & Ivan run down the highway talking about Juno Temple in Fargo 5x01: The Tragedy of the Commons. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Hot off losing their bid for Silo, MGM+ had two objectives: One, convince everyone they’re a streaming site, not a made up thing, and two, see if Hugh Howey wrote anything else. Red & Ivan lean up against the brain buzz machine and talk Lena Headey in Beacon 23. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Not to be confused with the 2022 Monarch featuring Susan Sarandon, this is the 2023 Monarch, starring the most famous actor of stage and screen (Godzilla). Red & Ivan crank the “monster size” dial to 11 and head out to make friends with metaphorical nuclear weapons. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

A man who’s merged with the world’s most adorable chainsaw pug? He’s just like me, fr, fr. Despite construction noises too loud and too close, Red & Ivan pull the starter cords between their pecs and go devil hunting with Chainsaw Man. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: patreon.com/boarsgoreswords@boarsgoreswordsfacebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords