Acceptable Losses: A Grimdark Podcast
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441K to 1.4M🎙 ~2x weekly·19 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
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882K to 2.8M🇺🇸35%🇨🇦11%🇬🇧11%+26 more - Active Followers
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PancreasNoWork Explains Dark Souls 1 Lore
Aug 28, 2026
1h 26m 07s
The Dark History of Cyberpunk 2020: Before 2077
Aug 21, 2026
2h 10m 22s
The Dominion War: How Starfleet Abandoned Its Morals
Aug 14, 2026
1h 57m 59s
A Guide to the Garou Tribes: Werewolf the Apocalypse | World Of Darkness
Jul 31, 2026
1h 57m 50s
Shadowrun's Most Horrifying Disaster: The Renraku Arcology
Jul 24, 2026
2h 12m 41s
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| 8/28/26 | PancreasNoWork Explains Dark Souls 1 Lore | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses This week on Acceptable Losses, PancreasNoWork, DK, and Kirioth sit down to untangle the convoluted, tragic, and absolutely brilliant lore of Dark Souls 1. From Gwyn’s terrible parenting and the tragedy of Artorias to the truth behind the First Flame, Abyss, and the Dark Soul, we break down why... | 1h 26m 07s | ||||||
| 8/21/26 | The Dark History of Cyberpunk 2020: Before 2077 | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Welcome to the darkest timeline. Today on Acceptable Losses, DK and Kirioth will dive deep into the gritty, original lore of the classic tabletop RPG, Cyberpunk 2020. Before the neon-soaked streets of Cyberpunk 2077, the world had to completely fall apart. We explore the massive divergence in t... | 2h 10m 22s | ||||||
| 8/14/26 | The Dominion War: How Starfleet Abandoned Its Morals | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses In this episode of Acceptable Losses, DK and Kirioth dive into the most devastating conflict the United Federation of Planets has ever faced: The Dominion War. After discovering a shortcut to the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran Wormhole, the Federation accidentally attracts the attention of the mo... | 1h 57m 59s | ||||||
| 7/31/26 | A Guide to the Garou Tribes: Werewolf the Apocalypse | World Of Darkness | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Welcome back to another episode of Acceptable Losses! Today Dk, Kirioth and PancreasNoWork are leaving the Kindred behind and diving into the raw, feral world of Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Unlike vampires, the Garou are inherently social creatures, making their Tribes the absolute core of their e... | 1h 57m 50s | ||||||
| 7/24/26 | Shadowrun's Most Horrifying Disaster: The Renraku Arcology | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Welcome back to Acceptable Losses. Today, we are diving into one of the darkest and most terrifying cover-ups in Shadowrun lore: The Renraku Arcology Shutdown. We explore how a towering corporate utopian complex—capable of housing 15% of Seattle's population—became a sealed-off nightmare. On De... | 2h 12m 41s | ||||||
| 7/17/26 | The Black Company: Simping for The Lady (A Quarter Million Dead) | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses The Black Company is on the run, and the casualty reports are getting completely unhinged. DK and Kirioth are back to break down the monstrous second half of Glen Cook's dark fantasy classic. From explosive spell-wars between Goblin and One-Eye to Soulcatcher flexing a literal magic carpet, the r... | 2h 16m 55s | ||||||
| 7/3/26 | The Complete Dead Space 3 Timeline | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses In this episode of Acceptable Losses, we are joined by the Remembrancer, DK, and Kirioth to brave the frozen, necromorph-infested wastes of Tau Volantis as we dissect the ultimate franchise-killer: Dead Space 3. We pull no punches as we break down exactly how EA stripped away the isolation and te... | 2h 14m 24s | ||||||
| 6/26/26 | The Black Company: When Your New Corporate Overlord is a Demonic Sorceress | https://www.orchideight.com/products/acceptable-losses-you-like-history-right-tee NEW SHIRT Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Before Warhammer Fantasy had even left its infancy, author Glen Cook took a plunge into a completely different kind of fantasy: one that traded righteous knights and glorious kingdoms for a cynical, heav... | 1h 40m 55s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Shipwreck That Turned Into a Nightmare Cult Ft. Bricky | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Surviving a shipwreck is usually the end of the nightmare. For the passengers of the Batavia, it was just the beginning. In this crossover episode of Detective Ridiculous and Acceptable Losses, we are joined by DK, Kirioth, and special guest Bricky to dive into one of the bloodiest true-crime st... | 1h 42m 16s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 | The Complete Dead Space 2 Timeline | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Get ready to return to the Sprawl. In this episode of Acceptable Losses, DK, Kirioth, and special guest The Remembrancer dissects the massive, multimedia timeline of Dead Space 2. We aren't just covering Isaac Clarke's desperate escape from the EarthGov asylum. We are breaking down the complete e... | 1h 50m 58s | ||||||
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| 5/29/26 | The Republic's Self-Inflicted Downfall | Star Wars Lore | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses For 25,000 years, the Galactic Republic stood as a beacon of democracy, but its eventual collapse wasn't just the work of the Sith—it was an inside job. In this episode of Acceptable Losses, DK, Kirioth, and PancreasNoWork join the table to break down how the Republic and the Jedi Order effectiv... | 1h 31m 26s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 | Gaia is Dead: A Deep Dive into Werewolf: The Apocalypse | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Welcome back to Acceptable Losses. In this episode, DK, Kirioth, and PancreasNoWork dive headfirst into the bloody, grimdark lore of Werewolf: The Apocalypse. To be a Garou in the World of Darkness is to be a rage-fueled, spiritually driven eco-terrorist fighting a desperate war to save a dying w... | 2h 03m 42s | ||||||
| 5/15/26 | The Terror: Agony in the Arctic | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses What's worse: being hunted by an eldritch horror, or slowly dying of lead poisoning in a freezing wasteland where the sun disappears for months? On this episode of Acceptable Losses, DK and Kirioth dissect the doomed voyage of the Terror and the Erebus. We're looking at the show, the book, and th... | 1h 59m 04s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | Why Teleportation is a Nightmare: From Star Trek to The Fly | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Think teleportation is just a convenient way to get from the Enterprise to a planet’s surface? Think again. Today on Acceptable Losses, we are peeling back the high-tech veneer of sci-fi’s favorite shortcut to reveal the visceral, molecular nightmares lurking in the buffer. From the very first ca... | 1h 43m 31s | ||||||
| 4/24/26 | All Tomorrows: The Ultimate Grimdark Evolution | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses What happens when evolution is forced on humanity as a punishment not for crimes, but for curiosity? Welcome back to Acceptable Losses. Today, DK, PancreasNoWork, and Kirioth traverse a countless amount of time to watch the fall of humanity and the creatures that rise in its ashes. We are explor... | 2h 07m 44s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | Make Us Whole: A Dead Space Deep Dive | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses This episode of Acceptable Losses is a deep dive into the cosmic horror and corporate negligence of the Dead Space universe. Join Dk, Kirioth, and The Remembrancer as they trace the timeline from Earth’s 21st-century energy crisis to the total biological collapse on the USG Ishimura. We’re cover... | 1h 48m 16s | ||||||
| 4/3/26 | Dark Sun: D&D’s Most Controversial Setting | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses Welcome back to Acceptable Losses. Today, DK and Kirioth are venturing into the most brutal, unforgiving, and controversial campaign setting in D&D history: Dark Sun. Set on the tormented, sun-scorched world of Athas, this setting is what happens when pulpy Sword & Sorcery collides wit... | 1h 54m 21s | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | The Banned UK TV Show Too Bleak for Television That Left Two Dead. | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Terraces was conceived in 1984 by Mick Jackson and Barry Hines as a predecessor to the famous post-apocalyptic movie Threads. It was a bleak, hopeless drama set in a Northern English terraced housing estate during the fallout of a Soviet-US nuclear exchange. The BBC deemed the script so repulsive and anti-Thatcher that they pulled the funding halfway through p... | 33m 20s | ||||||
| 3/27/26 | The Bleakest Fallout Game | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Welcome back to Acceptable Losses! When asked what the darkest entry in the franchise is, most people immediately point to the horrors of the Mojave Wasteland or the desolation of the very first game. But they're missing a story that didn't have the luxury of a century to heal its wounds. Today, DK, Kirioth, and PancreasNoWork are exploring a chapter where you... | 1h 59m 18s | ||||||
| 3/20/26 | The Cosmos is a Nightmare: A Lovecraft Lore Primer | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Merch: https://shop.orchideight.com/collections/acceptable-losses In this episode of Acceptable Losses, we stare into the cosmic abyss with special guest TheAmberKing for a complete primer on Lovecraftian lore! If you’ve ever been confused about the difference between a Great Old One and an Outer God, or just want to know why everyone is so afraid of tentacles... | 1h 27m 06s | ||||||
| 3/6/26 | Piloting Cthulhu: Black Marauder & Other Supernatural Horrors of BattleTech | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Welcome back to another episode of Acceptable Losses! Today, we are diving into the terrifying, unexplained, and straight-up supernatural side of BattleTech with our host PancreasNoWork to swap some of the most chilling war stories traded in the deep black of space. In this episode, we cover: How a religious splinter faction unleashed a bioengineered versi... | 2h 07m 35s | ||||||
| 2/27/26 | Vampire Clans | World of Darkness Lore | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 In this episode of Acceptable Losses, we dive deep into the shadows to explore the storied lineages of the Kindred. While a mortal might see only a monster, those within the World of Darkness know that the differences between the clans are staggering, ranging from aristocratic rulers to creatures of actual cosmic horror. Join us as we break down the thirteen ... | 2h 12m 37s | ||||||
| 2/14/26 | War Without End: The Complete Gears of War Timeline | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Is the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) the savior of humanity or its jailer? In this episode of Acceptable Losses, we are joined by lore archivist The Remembrancer to tear into the blood-soaked history of Gears of War. We aren't just talking about chainsaw bayonets; we're diving deep into a timeline defined by desperate fascism and the total collapse of... | 1h 53m 49s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | SHADOWRUN: Never Cut a Deal with a Dragon | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 https://shop.orchideight.com/products/acceptable-losses-you-like-sci-fi-right-tee NEW SHIRT! 00:00 Intro 05:00 Episode! "Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, ever, cut a deal with a dragon." In this episode, DK, Kirioth, and PancreasNoWork cover the neon-soaked, magic-fueled dystopia of Shadowrun. We break down the end of the "Fifth Worl... | 2h 11m 44s | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | Vampire Origins | World of Darkness Lore | Support us and get episodes early: https://www.patreon.com/c/AcceptableLosses Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nhX9NJ3EW7 Join Dk, Kirioth and special guest PancreasNoWorks as we crack open The Book of Nod to uncover the terrible truth behind Vampire: The Masquerade. From Caine’s first murder and his time with Lilith to the rise of the Antediluvians and the prophecy of Gehenna, we explore how the Kindred began and why they fear the sun. | 1h 52m 24s | ||||||
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Chart history for Acceptable Losses: A Grimdark Podcast
Peaked at #3 in Finland, top 10 in 1 of 40 tracked markets, currently #3 in Finland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| Finland | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| United States | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| PL | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| PH | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| Canada | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| HU | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| Ireland | — | #24 | #24 | — |
| VN | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| CZ | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| Mexico | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| AE | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| South Africa | — | #46 | #46 | — |
| Sweden | — | #47 | #47 | — |
| PT | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| Denmark | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| Norway | — | #71 | #71 | — |
| Australia | — | #72 | #72 | — |
| Spain | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| Finland | — | #75 | #75 | — |
Chart Positions
40 placements across 29 markets.
Chart Positions
40 placements across 29 markets.