Show notes
Today on the program, Joshua pulls back the curtain on a recording he almost missed: a late-night session with John (Ramzait), Dante, and Daniel, recorded February 18th, 2026. John, deep into the fifth volume of his Royal Road serial at chapter 167, shares the high life of the web-serial trenches: five-star reviews, the one loyal reader who says 'thanks for the chapter' every release, the regent's scorched-earth siege that cost him a follower, and the plan to give readers a Discord home, free — because the VA disability comes first. The conversation spirals through Joshua's favorite serial Worm, the Powerpuff Girls as a perfect story machine (via a mysterious dual-sided DVD and a cameo from Hazel), the theology of self-sacrifice in storytelling, and a glorious history deep dive: Henry II and the end of Ireland's High Kings, Cromwell as 'fine, I'll do it myself,' Lady Jane Gray (the nine-day queen who named the Lings' third daughter), and John Knox — galley slave, author of the most clickbait title in Reformation history, and the man who threw Mary's picture out an oar window with 'The lady is light enough, let her swim.' Then Dante arrives with Warhammer 40K's corpse starch and Horizon Zero Dawn's deleted library, Daniel pitches the seven-book Maiden's Child with a heist for book four, and Joshua relates the Knights of Adonai — Protestant knights with HEMA style training. Chapters:

