Trade Secrets Podcast

Sep 13 2015 139
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Each episode, the TSP crew will take on a trade paperback, hardcover, or other collected edition and tell you what they think, why they think it, and whether or not you should be reading it right now.

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Trade Secrets, Episode 0: Origin Stories and Emerald City Comicon

Mar 17 2011 71 mins  
On this episode, the TSP crew introduces themselves and the show, discusses Andy's hatred for the DC universe, and attends Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, Washington!

Trade Secrets, Episode 1: The Sixth Gun Book I - Cold Dead Fingers

Mar 19 2011 86 mins  
On this episode, the TSP crew discusses Andy's complete lack of brain function, Marvel's annoying tendency to resurrect dead characters, and the first trade paperback of Oni Press's genre-bending western-fantasy, The Sixth Gun!

Trade Secrets, Episode 1.5: Tangents, Vol. 1

Mar 28 2011 36 mins  
On this episode, the TSP crew discusses Joel's disdain for Mark Millar, Andy's hatred of the DC universe, and other random tangents we had to edit out of episode 1!

Trade Secrets, Episode 2: Chew - Taster's Choice

Apr 03 2011 71 mins  
On this episode, the TSP crew discusses all the Whos in the Breakworld, Rob Liefeld's amazing overuse of ab muscles, and the first trade of the Image Comics psychic cop dramedy for foodies, Chew: Taster's Choice!

Trade Secrets, Episode 3: Locke & Key - Welcome to Lovecraft

Apr 17 2011 91 mins  
On this episode, the TSP crew discusses Marvel & Image returning to 1995, Fox's terrible penchant for cancelling good TV shows, and the first trade of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's tale of modern gothic horror, Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft!

Trade Secrets, Episode 4: The Unwritten - Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

May 01 2011 72 mins  
On this episode, the TSP crew discusses currency made from ork junk (yes, THAT kind of junk), the asymptote of the precipice of pretentiousness, and the first trade of Mike Carey & Peter Gross's literary adventure, The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity!

Trade Secrets, Episode 5: The Last Days of American Crime

May 15 2011 91 mins  
On this episode, the TSP crew discusses the dynamic duo of Alzheimer's Mom and Dementia Dad, brainular f*ckupedness, and the Rick Remender/Greg Tocchini sci-fi noir caper, The Last Days of American Crime!

Trade Secrets, Episode 27: Casanova Luxuria

May 29 2011 54 mins  
On this episode FROM THE FUTURE, the TSP crew discusses Luke's untimely demise while reading comics in the john, Steven McTyler Jagger Connery, and Matt Fraction & Gabriel Ba's dimension-hopping thriller Casanova: Luxuria!

Trade Secrets, Episode 7: Sandman - Season of Mists

Jun 12 2011 59 mins  
On this episode, Luke and Anne have a leisurely chat about DC's upcoming reboot, the disparity in quality between some of Piers Anthony's work, and the 4th trade in Neil Gaimen's seminal work Sandman: Season of Mists!

Trade Secrets, Episode 8: Desolation Jones - Made in England

Jun 26 2011 67 mins  
On this episode, the TSP Crew makes the obligatory attempt to analyze the DCU reboot, watches Luke's descent into unintentional racism, and ruminates on Warren Ellis's noir thriller Desolation Jones!