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94. Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest

This week is full of new stuff! We have a new host, Eunice Hong, and our first review of an upcoming release! We talk about the role of tropes in comfort reading, what makes an author an “automatic buy,” and how the YA landscape has improved since our highschool days.

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Disney Homies #2 – The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride (1998)

We are back on the Disney Homies train and raring to go to watch our next home video release in our series – the surprisingly good Lion King II: Simba’s Pride. Join us this week as we return to Pride Rock to see some old friends and get introduced to our new young & hopeful protagonist Kiara, while being swooned by the sexiest cartoon lion in all of movies –  Kovu.

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178. Why Does Anime Food Look So Good? ft. David Flamm

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and special guest David Flamm (@atiredskeleton) explore what makes the food in anime and manga look so delicious, why that matters, and why that’s less of a thing in Western cartoon culture! Also, what happens when cottage cheese, fennel, seafood and soya sauce enter the Random Meal Generator? Surprisingly good things!

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E88 – Notebooks and Candles

Hosts Nick Watson (@fivestergram) and Brie Watson (@briewats0n) kick off the new year by sticking to their new podcasting format and so far crushing this New Year Pod Resolution. They’ve also carefully prepared their 2025 Lighthouse Word, or Word-of-the-Year and strongly recommend you do too!

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93. The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

This week, we’re talking about one of our favourite fantasy books to date. We get into different approaches to worldbuilding, and have a long conversation about the impact of the fantasy brothel trope on conversations about sex work.

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184 – Top 5 Video Games of 2024

It’s our final, epic Game of the Year ranking!

For the past 8 years, we’ve celebrated the awesome power that is video games with our GOTY deliberations. We’ve witnessed the gaming landscape change drastically over the years, but through thick and thin, we’ve delivered Top 5 lists of our favourite gaming experiences through rowdy and passionate debates. What makes PodCavern’s GOTY lists special? They’re crafted not by a gaming publication, YouTube/Twitch channel, or sponsored by a third party, but by everyday gamers who simply love video games and talking about them. We’ve gladly poured our blood, sweat, and pixels into this process year after year, playing games like it’s our job (it’s not!), just to create these lists, celebrate the medium, and frankly, have an excuse to nerd out about a topic that is near and dear to our hearts.

But now as this podcast is coming to an end, the day has come for us to rest, put down the controller, and make space for others to marathon video games and create their own lists. But not before one last victory lap! Join Tuong La and Gaming Legends Angus MacDonald, Ethan Howieson, and Mathew Whalley as they ‘press start’ together once more to rank Top 5 Video Games of 2024!

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177. New Year, New Segment, New Sandwich?

This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) ring in the 2025 season with a run-down of all the great things we ate over the holidays, and introduce a new segment: The Random Meal Generator!

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E87 – New Format on the Block

Hosts Nick Watson (@fivestergram) and Brie Watson (@briewats0n) are back after an unplanned hiatus to chat plans for the podcast going forward including new segments like: what’s filling the tank, what’s draining the bucket and what are we working on as 2024 comes to a close.

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EP125 – A Moment of Paws

Angus and Sal have found a monkey’s paw and it could be the solution to all their problems. Now the guys know that a monkey’s paw is always trying to get one over on you so they are going to try and be smart about this. Surely nothing will go wrong.

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DD63 – Moana 2 (2024)

Make way because we are setting sail across the ocean and journeying into another Disney sequel. That’s right! Disney is going back to the well on one of their beloved franchises and attempting to make a big splash with another adventure from our titular heroine. So join the Disney Dummies as they consider the coconut, go beyond the reef, and discuss Moana 2 and why….well just why???

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