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Episode 31: THE FAITH OF BEASTS Quick Reactions
Apr 17, 2026
37m 48s
Episode 30: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. VII (Ch. 49-Epilogue)
Apr 13, 2026
1h 19m 11s
Episode 29: Previewing The Faith of Beasts
Apr 8, 2026
58m 38s
Episode 28: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. VI (Ch. 40-48)
Mar 28, 2026
1h 30m 33s
Episode 27: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. V (Ch. 30-39)
Mar 9, 2026
1h 34m 51s
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| 4/17/26 |  Episode 31: THE FAITH OF BEASTS Quick Reactions | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 31 is a spoileriffic overview of our first read of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series, published just a few days ago! This episode comes to you from our UNDISCLOSED SECRET LOCATION (that we will never reveal) where we read the book together with friends. In this episode: We give our off-the-cuff impressions of the wonderous and ama... | 37m 48s | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | Episode 30: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. VII (Ch. 49-Epilogue) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are finishing our coverage of the second book from main Expanse narrative with the last set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: James Holden for the first and surely final time does something insanely stupid and heroic, and gets away with it!Bobbie faces her d... | 1h 19m 11s | ||||||
| 4/8/26 | Episode 29: Previewing The Faith of Beasts | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that AT LONG LAST is about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 29 is a SPOILER FREE preview of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series, due to be published in under a week! In this episode: We give an overview of the podcast's structure for new listeners and talk about some of the main theories we've developed so far. We lay out our plan to gaslight everyone when TFOB pro... | 58m 38s | ||||||
| 3/28/26 | Episode 28: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. VI (Ch. 40-48) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the sixth set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Bobbie and Chrissie board the Roci, and hilarity ensues as the crew try to figure out how to deal with the big woman and the loud grandma.Chrisjen ... | 1h 30m 33s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | Episode 27: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. V (Ch. 30-39) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the fifth set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We talk a little TFOB in advance of publication in one (1) month!Naomi and Sam Rosenberg become roommates. This is probably not a euphemism? J... | 1h 34m 51s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | Episode 26: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. IV (Ch. 22-29) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the fourth set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Bobbie Draper plays her hand at espionage, is unsurprisingly very good at it.The Roci crew discover something special hiding on their ship, and th... | 1h 32m 44s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | Episode 25: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. III (Ch. 15-21) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the third set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: BOBBIE DRAPER AND CHRISJEN AVASARALA MEET AT LAST.Just like Han, Prax shoots first. Hilarity ensues!We get one of the few chapters that takes place... | 1h 30m 29s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | Episode 24: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. II (Ch. 7-14) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the second set of chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Prax is having a real REAL bad time, fighting his way through starvation until he finds his Knight in martian armor: James Holden.Bobbie is trying... | 1h 23m 38s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | Episode 23: CALIBAN'S WAR Pt. I (Ch. 0-6) | Send us Fan Mail HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIGID! Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the first 7 chapters of CALIBAN'S WAR, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We meet Roberta Draper, Praxidike Meng, Mei Meng, and Queen of Clint's Heart Chrisjen Avasarala, as the narrative expands to addi... | 1h 24m 23s | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | Episode 22: HOW IT UNFOLDS, a James S.A. Corey short story | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, and sometimes it's about The Expanse but today is about the 2023 James S.A. Corey novella How it Unfolds. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse and Unfoldsiverse! In this episode: We meet Roy Court and his former wife Anjulah as they unfold throughout the universe, discovering the beautiful and terrible possibilities of living thousands of lives o... | 1h 07m 24s | ||||||
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| 11/5/25 | Episode 21: MAILBAG EPISODE | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, and sometimes it's about The Expanse but today is a Low Effort Mailbag! Everyone loves those. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We reveal the podcast's process, publishing plan, and strategy for tackling The Faith of BeastsBrigid cites her recommended books, email salutations, and nutrient slurries.Clint talks pleasant penins... | 1h 09m 58s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | Episode 20: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. VII (Ch. 50-Epilogue) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the final part of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Miller finally gets the girl but, as usual, she's too good for him. Holden commits some light war crimes and finally gets revenge on Venus for some rea... | 1h 16m 48s | ||||||
| 9/24/25 | Episode 19: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. VI (Ch. 43-49) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 43 through 49 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Holden is cranky at Miller for being cool.Miller is down apocalyptic over the loss of his job, crew, life, and most of all the love of his life (and... | 1h 28m 05s | ||||||
| 9/5/25 | Episode 18: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. V (Ch. 33-42) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 33 through 42 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: The crew is together and on the same page and everything is going great, with the teensy exception of Jim Holden accidentally starting more interpla... | 1h 37m 50s | ||||||
| 8/12/25 | Episode 17: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. IV (Ch. 25-32) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 25 through 32 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: Everyone Is A Winner On Eros, for a very given definition of "Winner".Miller goes all in on the love of his life, ignoring only a few of her metapho... | 1h 29m 40s | ||||||
| 7/18/25 | Episode 16: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. III (Ch. 15-23) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 15 through 24 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We finish Act I of the novel as all the pieces come together to send all of our characters to a nice little vacay to Eros Station.Jim gets a new shi... | 1h 21m 58s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | Episode 15: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. II (Ch. 6-14) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are continuing our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with chapters 6 through 14 of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We spend more time with the Knight crew as they encounter the most terrifying and evil villain in the entire system: a corporate attorney.Miller jour... | 1h 15m 39s | ||||||
| 6/7/25 | Episode 14: LEVIATHAN WAKES Pt. I (Ch. 0-5) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are beginning our coverage of the main Expanse narrative with the first 6 chapters of LEVIATHAN WAKES, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We get introduced to the world of the Expanse with the most heart-pounding prologue chapter in sci-fi. Star Helix Detective Josephus Miller is get... | 1h 24m 33s | ||||||
| 5/15/25 | Episode 13: THE BUTCHER OF ANDERSON STATION, an Expanse novella | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering The Butcher of Anderson Station, the second chronological novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We cover the very important backstory of three of our favorite characters, Fred Johnson, Anderson Dawes, and [MYSTERY CHARACTER TO BE NAMED LATER].We gi... | 57m 50s | ||||||
| 5/8/25 | Episode 12: DRIVE, an Expanse novella | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering Drive, the very first chronological novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We meet Solomon Epstein and Caitlin Esquivel, a pair of star-crossed lovers just trying to make it in this crazy world (of Mars).Your hosts discuss the Constitutional Moment ... | 46m 28s | ||||||
| 4/23/25 | Episode 11: AUBERON, an Expanse novella | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering Auberon, a novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We meet everyone's favorite fascists, Biryar and Mona Rittenour, and cover what hijinks ensue when they try to rule over the unruliest planet in the gate network.Your hosts pose the question that eve... | 1h 22m 27s | ||||||
| 4/14/25 | 🚨EMERGENCY TCW MINISODE🚨 Mira Erased & Book 2 Title and Release Date Revelations | Send us Fan Mail In this TMOP Minisode, Brigid, Clint & special guest Steph discuss the seismic recent news related to The Captive's War series by James S.A. Corey. In this minisode: We cover the recent revision to Livesuit which erases the Mina/Mira split from the written canon. RIP Mira, we hardly knew ye. Your hosts shake their collective fist at JSAC and/or their editors for messing with the podcast's theories and requiring us to update the Livesuit timeline.The extre... | 22m 12s | ||||||
| 4/7/25 | Episode 10: THE CHURN, an Expanse novella | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast that is normally about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, but today we are covering The Churn, a novella in the Expanse series, also by James S.A. Corey. This episode is spoilers for the entire Expansiverse! In this episode: We cover the origin story of everyone's favorite babygirl sociopath, Timothy Amos BurtonBrigid details her affection for Timmy and his amiable smile.Clint waives his tiny Erich Rules flag and yamme... | 1h 03m 28s | ||||||
| 3/27/25 | Episode 9: An Overview Of The Captive's War So Far | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 9 is a recap and overview coverage of the ENTIRETY of the published narrative for The Captive's War to date. In this episode: We talk about the overall themes and symbols of the work, including what does it mean to be human and how much of your humanity are you willing to sacrifice in order to save humanity?Brigid talks about the importance of lov... | 1h 30m 45s | ||||||
| 3/1/25 | Episode 8: LIVESUIT, Pt. II | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 8 covers the second and FINAL half of The Captive's War's first novella, LIVESUIT. In this episode: We watch the futuristic noir crime drama Silent Horses through the eyes of our loveable dingbat Kirin, and we compare it to the Maltese Falcon and Blade Runner. The squad goes on vacay in Liribas and meets several interesting locals while engag... | 1h 30m 32s | ||||||
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