Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie

Mar 07 2025 430 ep. 51 mins 17

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Tuesdays: thoughts & theories about art (movies, games, comics, shows, etc.) Fridays: chapter-by-chapter fantasy discussions (current project: A Game of Thrones)

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A Game of Thrones, Vol. 67 [Bran VII]

Mar 07 2025 30 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! This chapter has a little something for both of us. Maggie gets to talk about dreams and Cam gets to lose himself in the endless rabbit warren of philosophy. But it all comes down to this: is it really the dearly departed Ned Stark who visits his kids in their dreams? What would this spiritual confirmation mean for the supernatural a

Heretics of Dune

Mar 04 2025 36 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! The fifth Dune novel feels like a master of the craft finishing his central story and then just continuing to explore the world he created. This is another swirling, violent meditation on inescapable cycles of history, with an ever greater focus on the concept of manufactured immortality. Heretics of Dune is both the least essential

A Game of Thrones, Vol. 66 [Arya V]

Feb 28 2025 33 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Spoiler alert: Ned Stark is finally dead. The chapter we've all been waiting for and dreading is finally here, and this episode tackles the one question that we're both consumed by. Why does he die in an Arya chapter, instead of a Sansa chapter, or - you know - an Eddard chapter. Lighting our way towards an answer is a whole cavalcad

Billions

Feb 25 2025 40 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Billions is the best show you haven’t seen — and that’s either because it aired on Showtime or because you assumed it was a Succession clone. Our mission in this episode is to correct these impressions, because not only is Billions nothing like Succession, it is also the hidden gem of prestige television dramas. Topics include:

A Game of Thrones, Vol. 65 [Daenerys VIII]

Feb 21 2025 43 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! As we race towards the finale of A Game of Thrones, the supernatural elements are coming out to play. This chapter alone gives us blood magic, fatal prophecies, and dancing witches. Cam follows these threads to finally uncover what might be the root of this novel's constant Macbeth echoes. Maggie takes a look at the curious role that

Diablo IV [Season of Witchcraft]

Feb 18 2025 42 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Season of Witchcraft is all about ‘fun factor,’ from the campy purple aesthetic to the loot piñata gameplay. The classes are better than ever too, as Maggie rolls her third Rogue and Cam makes his triumphant, dreaded return to the Barbarian. But there’s a tension underlying this season that complicates our experience: the cons

A Game of Thrones, Vol. 64 [Catelyn X]

Feb 14 2025 34 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Another week, another battle, another curveball! Cam’s analyzing the subversive, pointedly indirect way that GRRM stages his battles. Maggie takes a look at the ongoing bad luck of the Starks for its historical and religious implications. Are they actually cursed? Have they been forsaken by the Old Gods? LINKS: Patreon, YouTube, Sp

Challengers

Feb 11 2025 61 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Happy Valentine’s Day, it’s time to discuss the messiest love triangle of the decade! Cam argues that Challengers is an intricate restaging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth — where no one is allowed to die. This wrinkle presents fresh insights about both works of art, and some creative character mapping reveals an unexpected, revelat

A Game of Thrones, Vol. 63 [Tyrion VIII]

Feb 07 2025 37 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Despite winning the battle, the big loser of this chapter is Tywin Lannister. His money, power, and more “civilized” brand of evil undercut his wins and guarantee his family’s losses. Our discussion catalogues these failures and the seeds of mistrust that have broken the house that should easily dominate the Seven Kingdoms. In

Red Rooms

Feb 04 2025 39 mins

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Strap in folks, this might be the most disturbing, fascinating, and unforgettable horror movies we’ve ever covered on the show. Our discussion of Red Rooms starts with comparisons to Funny Games before spiraling through audience complicity, weaponized curiosity, the joy of impossible questions, a celebration of uncomfortable art, a