Episodes
Monday Feb 26, 2024
A Neutral Announcement
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Hey folks! We here at Backlist and Chill have a very neutral announcement - this next season of Backlist, season 15, is going to be our last. After 5 years and 13 seasons, it's time to move on. A more detailed exploration of our thoughts and plans are in the episode, but tl;dl - we're not going away immediately! We'll be doing a final season covering the middle three Night World books starting with Dark Angel in March and ending with Soulmate in May. The public RSS will be discontinued shortly after, but we hope to maintain the Patreon feed on a $0 tier, if that's possible. And obviously, all our paid tiers will be dropped following the final episode. If there's anything y'all need to do to maintain access, we'll let you know by then.
We want to thank everyone for the support and conversation and community you've given us these past few years. It's been so great getting to know other folks for whom these books have been as foundational and life-altering as they were for us, and to share the love (and misery) with those who were new to them, but game enough to come along for the ride. Thank you for listening, and please - come chat with us before it's too late!
See you next season.
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
RL Stine: Fear Street Sagas: A New Fear
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Backlist: Bob is back - or is he? We return, arms outstretched, to Fear Street - FEAR STREET SAGAS #1: A NEW FEAR, to be specific, published in March 1996. We hoped for more goofy fun, and we found it in, ah, very limited quantities. Got a rad new photo opportunity for the park, though!
Chill: If Brandon can cut out early for dinner, so can we! Ollie is drinking Blue Moon Belgian White ale, and Cyna made something awful but pretty with Gatorade. Pics!
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.
Next time: An announcement.
(1h 42m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of gore, misogyny, murder, stalking, emotional manipulation and gaslighting.)
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Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Episode 1: Melissa Marr: Wicked Lovely
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Backlist: HEY FOLKS, WE GOT A GOOD ONE! Today we're sitting down to discuss Melissa Marr's blessedly competent WICKED LOVELY, originally published June 2007. A book with a DELECTABLE premise that also knows how to handle themes! What a concept!
Chill: Cyna is drinking an Aislinn (lavender simple syrup, lemonade, and limon rum) and Ollie is drinking a Reluctant Queen (St. George Absinthe Verte, Tension Tamer Simple Syrup, and Tension Tamer Tea). Pics in the links!
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.
Next time: A suprise!
(1h 27m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of sexual assault, rape culture, and misogyny.)
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Author Intro: Melissa Marr
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Episode 3: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes: The Maeve’ra: Bloodtraitor
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Backlist: It's over, it's finally over! On this joyous day, we gather to celebrate the momentus occasion of having finished this fuckin trilogy! It's all uphill from here, folks. We're reading BLOODTRAITOR by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, published in April 2016. NGL it's SSDD BUT we did come equipped with some jokes this time, to make it a little more bearable for everyone. Now let's all hold hands and jump into this abyss together!
Chill: Cyna is drinking The Bitter End (whiskey + blood orange cocktail mix + lemon juice) and Ollie is drinking an Exactly What I Expected (St. George Absinthe Verte + ginger ale). Pics in the links!
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.
Next time: It's finally over.
(2h 42m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, extensive discussion of rape, trauma, physical, mental, and emotional abuse against children as well as adults, slavery, and torture.)
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Friday Jun 30, 2023
Episode 2: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes: The Maeve’ra: Bloodkin
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Backlist: Only book two into this terrible endeavor of ours and already we're struggling for words to accurately describe the MALAISE this series has put us in. This time the """"book"""" in question is Bloodkin by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, tragically published in April of 2015, and we gotta be honest with you folks: not a lot of nice things to say about it.
Chill: Cyna is drinking an ESH (amaretto + lemon juice + honey + lime Bubly) and Ollie is drinking an About What I Expected (St. George Absinthe Verte + black raspberry vodka + diet ginger ale). Pics in the links!
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.
Next time: It's finally over.
(2h 22m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, extensive discussion of rape, false rape accusations, trauma, physical, mental, and emotional abuse against children as well as adults, slavery, and torture.)
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Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Episode 1: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes: The Maeve’ra: Bloodwitch
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Backlist: Hello, friends! We are back for unlucky season thirteen and this shit is just THE WORST. Today we're talking about Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' fuckin' terrible novel BLOODWITCH, published January 1, 2014. Strap in for some slave empire NUANCE, yall!
This was supposed to be the best one, but it is in fact still terrible, and things will only go downhill from here. Luckily, we were able to weather this one, at least, together in person! So please forgive any sort of wonky sound issues, this was very new to us XD
Chill: Cyna is drinking a Plaguebearer (amaretto + creme de cacao + oatmilk + grenadine) and Ollie is drinking a Bloodwitch (St. George Absinthe Verte + Bruce Cost Ginger Ale Pomegranite and Hibiscus) Pics of our drinks TOGETHER, GASP!
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.
Next time: Fuckin' Bloodkin.
Stay safe, friends.
(2h 54m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, extensive discussion of rape, trauma, physical, mental, and emotional abuse against children as well as adults, slavery, torture, and suicide.)
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Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Season Intro: The Maeve’ra
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. For the last time. Let's go.
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward. See y'all next time (face 2 face!) for Episode 1: Bloodwitch.
Thanks for listening, yall! Come and talk to us on Twitter @BacklistPodcast!
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Episode 3 - LJ Smith: Night World: Spellbinder
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Backlist: We're back with SPELLBINDER, book three of the Night World series, published in October 1996, which is somehow simultaneously the MOST and LEAST LJ Smith of the Night World books so far. At least we got to see Lisa Jane flex her horror muscles again, though!
Chill: Cyna is drinking a Love Potion (Wendy's strawberry lemonade + raspberry licour + limon rum + TOO MUCH edible glitter) and Ollie is drinking a brilliantly-conceived Cup of Lethe (spike Arnold Palmer + ginger ale) Pics! Cyna - Ollie.
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.
Next time: the EXTREMELY CURSED season THIRTEEN begins!
Stay safe, friends.
(2h 02m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of racism, murder, misogyny.)
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Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Episode 2 - LJ Smith: Night World: Daughters of Darkness
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Backlist: We're back with THE Night World book, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (originally published August 1996), in which LJ Smith tries, just really TRIES to write a murder mystery. Like, she did her best. To, ah, varying degrees of success for us. THIS MAY BE A CONTENTIOUS ONE Y'ALL.
Chill: Cyna is drinking a Horny Goat (cranberry juice + limon rum + 7up) and Ollie is drinking a Starry Night (Wollersheim Dancehall Absinthe Blanche (RIP) + blackberry ginger ale) Pics! Cyna - Ollie.
Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.
Next time: NIGHT WORLD VOL 3: SPELLBINDER
Stay safe, friends.
(1h 45m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of misogyny, sexual assault, racism, classism, violence, violence against animals/animal death.)
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