Frontline Fifth
Episodes
NtN Teaser - “Sleep, I’ll Wake You In the Morning”
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise! We are benevolent bone witches, and so we interrupt your longing with a leetle teaser episode. We all talk about the Dramatis Personae and n...
Season 2 Interstitial: Oops, All Games
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Kara, the Mastermind of Bone Island and other quality content, joins the cast to play a succession of exceedingly silly games. Find Ka...
SPOILER Season 2 Interstitial: Do Fans Have Hinges?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Lizzi joins the bone witches as they go into RAMPANT SPECULATION land and trade their most favorite and close-held theories. Follow L...
SAFE Season 2 Interstitial: Do Fans Have Hinges?
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Lizzi joins the bone witches and newbies to rate fan theories by their level of unhinged on a scale of Brooke to John. Follow Lizzi on...
Season 2 Interstitial: Much Wanted Guests
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: This episode contains series spoilers through Nona the Ninth! Recurring guest stars Sonia and Josh join Hannah and Marie for a perfor...
Season 2 Interstitial: “As Yet Still Unsent”
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is SAFE for anyone who has read Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, The Mysterious Study of Dr. Sex, and As Yet Unsent. In this episode, ...
HtN Wrap Up - “Dying is for Suckers”
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We contemplate past Brooke and John's preseason predictionsm return to FMKR, and let the newly budded Lyctors rampantly speculate ...
Sanitized SPOILERS for HtN Episodes 12-19
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Have you been reading along for the first time with Brooke and John, and you've been dying to know what Marie and Hannah talk about b...
Sanitized SPOILERS for HtN Episodes 11-15
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Have you been reading along for the first time with Brooke and John, and you've been dying to know what Marie and Hannah talk about b...
Sanitized SPOILERS for HtN Episodes 6-10
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Have you been reading along for the first time with Brooke and John, and you've been dying to know what Marie and Hannah talk about b...
Sanitized SPOILERS for HtN Episodes 1-5
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Have you been reading along for the first time with Brooke and John, and you've been dying to know what Marie and Hannah talk about b...
HtN Chapter 52, 53, & Epilogue - “Not Yet”
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke and John end the books with a collective groan of dissatisfaction while the bone witches cackle with glee, and spend a good amoun...
SPOILERS: HtN Chapter 50 & 51
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Hannah and Marie spend more than 2% of the time snickering at n00b speculation, but also a good amount of time in their own reckless ...
HtN Chapter 50 & 51 - "Genuinely Sad, Bordering on Very Funny"
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We were veeery chatty this week so in this (only) SAFE SECTION: Brooke asks whose sunglasses were those to begin with, John asks if it counts as...
Insert Bernie Meme Here
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
HtN Chapter 48 & 49 - “Love is a Revenant”
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We all collapse into giggles multiple times over John's puns and Tamsyn's Ianthe/Gideon buddy cop routine, and we plan our next fo...
HtN Chapter 44-47 - “Sick of Roses and Horny for Revenge”
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: No one appreciates John's comedic genius, Brooke is very unhappy about pincers, we all make monsters worse than the worst bees. SPOILER ...
HtN Chapter 40-43 - “Absolutely Not”
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke and John get some answers, but not enough for their liking, and everyone collaborates on their own Locked Tomb Alternate Un...
HtN Chapter 38,39,& Epiparados - “What It Is To Be Fractured”
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: John and Brooke have a lot of puzzle pieces but still don't know what puzzle they are working on, and we all examine each others heads i...
HtN Chapter 35-37 - “Into the River With Us, Boys!”
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We ponder "none houses, left grief" for a very long time, Brooke admits to her competitive streak, John makes plans for the Bone Z...
HtN Chapter 32-34 - "Kill Us Twice, Shame on God"
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We celebrate Brooke's prescience, John exponentially expands the murder board, Hannah quotes Keats or Yeats or something, and Marie unco...
Quick Announcement
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ahem... see you tomorrow!
HtN Chapter 30&31- “Dios Apate Minor”
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: The gang see an ancient distraction method play out, and make a...proclamation? SPOILER SECTION: Hannah and Marie pick apart the babes r...
HtN Chapter 27-29 - "A Once in a Lifetime Genius, An Insane Imbecile, Or Both"
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Hannah reveals her ovine work environment, Brooke and Marie disagree over who is the genius and who is the imbecile, but either wa...
HtN Chapter 23-26 - “You Make Soup”
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke illustrates the utility of writing down your own thoughts, John praises the advantages of necromancy for cooking, and every...
HtN Chapters 19-22 - “Oh, Then He Just Wants You Dead”
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke finally gets frustrated about Meanwhile Back at Canaan House, John is the Saint of Vexation, and no one is able pronounce anythi...
HtN Chapter 16,17, &18 - “At Least We Suffer Together”
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: John drops video game lore, Brooke is in full gardening mode, Marie is easy to insult, and Hannah cheats. SPOILER SECTION: Marie and Han...
HtN Chapter 12-15 - “No Ghosts But Your Own”
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: John calculates the half-life of uranium while Brooke contemplates joie de vivre and everyone makes sad soup. SPOILER SECTION: Mar...
Announcement
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
See y’all tomorrow!
HtN Chapters 9,10,&11 - "Heroes are Passé"
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Everyone gets a new vocal tick (phwoar!) and plans their funerals SPOILER SECTION: Hannah and Marie get a phone call from John. Jo...
HtN Chapters 6, 7, & 8 - “Monsters Were Never Beyond Her”
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke gains an unfortunate Google search history, John wants a hyperpotomous for Christmas, and the gang spend way too much time in eso...
HtN: Chapter 3,4,&5 - “Power Vomit and Murder”
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke cooks up conspiracies, John writes himself a note, and everyone finds out that they should have joined the military. SPOILE...
HtN: HtN Chapter 1&2 "The Dubious Privileges of the First House"
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke and John consider Ortus Nigenad while Hannah imagines her career as an interior decorator of the Houses, Marie spends some time v...
HtN: Prologue and Parados - "Hell Spat You Back Out"
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke and John learn a lot from the Dramatis Personae, and then realize they know nothing by the end of the Parados. And of cours...
Interstitial 2: As Yet Unsent
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode contains full series spoilers through Nona the Ninth. SPOILER SECTION: This week SPECIAL GUESTS Sonia and Josh join Hannah and Marie to g...
Interstitial 1: The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: John starts a cult and Brooke haunts her husband as the whole gang coos over teenage Cam and Pal. SPOILER SECTION: Hannah starts...
Gideon the Ninth Wrap-up
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we all spend some time with the extra materials, consider what it all might mean, add to our rampant conspiracies, and return to FMKR. Join ...
Sanitized SPOILERS for Episodes 9-16
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Have you been reading along for the first time, and you wanted to know what Marie and Hannah were saying behind that spoiler warning?...
Sanitized SPOILERS for Episodes 1 thru 8
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER SECTION: Have you been reading along for the first time, and you wanted to know what Marie and Hannah were saying behind that spoiler warning?...
Chapter 37 and Epilogue- “What’s Done is Done is Done”
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We all grapple with the implications of the Epilogue and sign up for lifetime subscriptions to each other's nerd facts. SPOILER SE...
Chapter 35 & 36 - “One Flesh, One End”
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke makes a lot of "wah" sounds, John cusses a lot about being "so close!", Marie is a homewrecker, and Hannah keeps us all on ...
SPOILER Episode 16: Chapter 32,33,&34 - “The Civilised Thing To Do”
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a long one this week so this is the SPOILER SECTION: Hannah and Marie spend waaaay too long examine Ianthe's inner psyche and blech! ew! Join us ...
SAFE Chapter 32,33,&34 - “The Civilised Thing To Do”
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a long one, so this is only the SAFE SECTION: Everyone walks into a bar (lyctor lab) to find Ianthe and learn more about her and Lyctors than the...
Chapter 30 & 31 - “The Sacred Silence We Keep”
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning: This week we tackle some heavy chapters, and that includes talking about suicide. If that is not a safe topic for you, we understand ...
Chapter 28 & 29 - “A House of Broken Promises”
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke and John are bystanders to some awkward conversations and dig into the meanings of names. SPOILER SECTION: Marie and Hannah are b...
Chapter 26 & 27 - "Every Weirdo in Canaan House"
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We all witness a really terrible fight, watch Brooke and John devolve into a puddle of rampant speculation, and alternatively trade insu...
Chapter 23, 24, & 25 - “Fidelity! Fidelity! Fidelity! Fidelity!"
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: John and Brooke go loud while Hannah counts to four and Marie takes a break. SPOILER SECTION: Marie and Hannah make a list and che...
Chapter 21 and 22 – “Someone’s Dead”
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Someone’s dead! Again! And we don’t know who! SPOILER SECTION: Marie and Hannah hit a time loop to talk about who is and isn’t...
Chapter 19&20: “It’s Very Easy to Die”
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: John and Brooke explore a Lyctor lab and then Marie and Hannah siphon their life juice (it was for a good cause!). SPOILER SECTIO...
Chapter 17&18: "Chalk and Ink and Blood"
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We all work together to summon some ghosts, but boy do we suck at spirit magic. We flesh and bone witches here on Frontline Fifth. SPO...
Chapter 15&16: "So Usefully Down in the Dark"
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: We measure Hannah's medium biceps and John's giant head at our dream dinner parties and then mourn the tragic loss of the Fifth Ho...
Chapter 13&14: "It's Gideon Nav Talking Time"
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke is definitely the prude of the podcast; We all enter the bone zone. SPOILER SECTION: Marie and Hannah do the math and the ...
Chapter 12: "Sweat and Blood and Old, Burnt Bone"
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: This week our newbies enter the Facility for the first time!!! Don't worry, dear listener, we got permission first. Brooke is disa...
Chapter 9,10,&11: "Alone Amid Very Strange Strangers"
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: This week Brooke and John meet…well, like all the characters. All the ones we care about except Cam and Pal, anyway. We also give you,...
Chapter 7&8: "Welcome To Canaan House"
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: This week, our newbies touch down in Canaan House, where both John and Gideon immediately fall for Dulcinea's tuberculosis-chic en...
Chapter 5&6: "Ten Thousand Years of Tradition"
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: It's a training montage! Our newbies practice acting like *proper* Ninth Nunlets all day, but they're reading dirty magazines of their o...
Chapter 3&4: "A Bad Bone Saint"
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Brooke and John, our sweet Ninth newbies, descend into Drearburgh and learn about the Emperor's open call for new saints. They sign up r...
Chapter 1&2: "A Disgrace in a Vacuum"
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAFE SECTION: Our little Ninth nunlets meet Gideon Nav for the very first time and then, almost immediately, watch her get totally crushed under a pil...
Frontispiece, Dramatis Personae, and Epigraph
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is a teaser! We haven't cracked the spine of Gideon the Ninth just yet...In this week's episode, SAFE SECTION: Our necro-newbies t...