Show notes
Welcome to Poets at War, a podcast documenting the brood of writers, where art, theology, philosophy, and fun beckon your ears.Today on the program, Joshua David Ling is joined by Alex, Aaron, and Dante for a late-night work-gathering recorded February 11, 2026. Aaron kicks things off with a heavily-reworked opening chapter built around a fantasy magic system that runs on literal quantum physics — his mages control electrons, collapsing probability the way the Copenhagen interpretation demands — and the Brood breaks down why "insider trading in quantum physics" might be the best summary of a magic system ever said out loud.Then the night pivots into a full Guardians of Atlanta season-one autopsy. Dante, fresh off reading the entire series, delivers honest first-reader critiques: Cyrus reads as the true primary, William is too hot-headed for a leader, Bobby feels shallow, Brock needs a ballad. That ignites a Fellowship of the Ring vs. A New Hope debate on standalone stories, a deep dive into the Knights of Adonai's real-world church-history parallels (J. Gresham Machen, the OPC, and the fundamentalist–modernist controversy), and the reveal that the four Guardians are archetypes of the South itself. Joshua walks through his modular "10 poems per episode, 10 episodes per season" production model, the tell-and-song hybrid format, and teases season two — including a Christmas episode William would rather die than celebrate. And it all caps off with a confirmation that will break Adventures in Odyssey fans: the true identity of Mr. H.Chapters:

