The Shipping Forecast

What started as a Zootopia episode but eventually branched out into multiple furry films

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Grace and James saw Zootopia at the end of last year and have been meaning to discuss it ever since, join us as we barely do that, and i...

Our House, In the Middle of The Strip

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, we return to the post apocalyptic wasteland to talk about New Vegas, and the second season of Fallout. This season had big sh...

Hockey Themed Valentines

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We don't know much about Hockey. And we only know a little bit about Romance. But we do know a lot about Yaoi! Join us as the Forecaster...

Look At My Horse Girl, My Horse Girls Amazing

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, James explains his new favourite second monitor content he has on while he edits the show, While James has no knowledge about...

The Shipping Awards 2025

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, in an episode most definitely recorded and uploaded during Christmas, the forecasters share their favourite ships from 2025. ...

ACAB Includes Waterboy

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, James returns from his travels to discuss Hot People Management Simulator (also known as Dispatch). Join us as we find out if...

Frankenstein: Part Two In The Better Dark Pictures Universe

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, the Forecasters discuss Frankenstein, which James has only seen 2 hours before we recorded! Join us as we catch Nick up with ...

Its Wednesday My Dudes

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, we return to check in on the Wednesday fandom. We had a good time with the first season but time has passed and only 3 charac...

Nick and James Play Truth or Dare

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, Nick and James check in on Wikihow and discover it's provided some handy guides on playing party games. So join us as we play...

Smut Finds A Way

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, we talk dinosaurs! Join us, as we turn the tables by having Nick explain a film he saw but James did not, before we try and s...

Les prévisions maritimes parlent du yaoi de l'Expédition 33

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, James talks at Grace and Nick about Expedition 33, which has been rapidly re-writing his brain chemistry and he desperately n...

James and Nick's Terrible Taste in Music

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, after being completely out of our depth on K-Pop, Nick and James continue the trend by looking at music they know of. Join u...

Witness the Extent of Our K-Pop Knowledge

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Forecasters take their very limited knowledge of K-pop and try and find more content for K-Pop Demon Hunters. Both Grace and James lef...

Objects in the fics are sexier than they appear

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the crew get together to talk about inanimate objects, and fics involving them. Because of the UK heatwave this is an unhinged one, also Ja...

Fix it Fics, and Greggs AU

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Grace and James set out to undoom their yaoi. Today we're looking for couples that were doomed by their media but the fandom chose to ignor...

I Love You Colin Robinson (Part 1)

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we begin our long promised melodramatic reading of Dark Shrimp Emotions' surprisingly plausible Guillermo X Colin Robinson fic Join us as G...

More Muppet Intercourse than Expected (Pride Special?)

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we really tried to record a Pride special talking about ships that had been either queer baited or were heavily queer coded but not canon. ...

What Is Metal Gear Solid? Tactical Wiki Action

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, in Part 2 of the "Grace is on Holiday and its dangerous to go alone", Nick and James continue trying to understand complicated fandoms, thi...

What is Kingdom Hearts? Or "The Shipping Forecast 0.47: Weird Wiki Wandering"

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, James and Nick do some preliminary research on one of the most convoluted storylines we're aware of. Join us, as we try and understand any ...

Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we travel back to the mid 00s, to relive 14 year old James' favourite game series, Devil May Cry. Both Grace and James watched the new anim...

Fangfiction, about Nosferatu

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We've let them cook, and here we are. This week we're talking Nosferatu, the 2024 remake that was unusually horny compared to the original. Join us as...

Owl'd Man Yaoi (Helluva Boss)

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, for the first and likely not last time this year, we take a look into Hell to see what kind of shipping we can find for Helluva Boss. Join ...

Return to Teufort

22 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week (admittedly late, blame James), we revisit the Team Fortress 2 fandom, which was a delightful exploration last time. Now that TF2 has receiv...

Something Beautiful Is Going To Happen (Its Disco Elysium Yaoi)

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Grace is away so Nick & James are left to be unhinged about Disco Elysium. Now that Nick has beaten the game, we'll be talking spoilers...

Sonic 3: Tokyo Drift

16 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I think we all knew this one was coming soon right? We've been hyped enough for Sonic 3 all the way through last year, Grace and James saw it on the o...

Ships We Liked In 2024

02 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back, our haitus was slightly longer than usual because everyone got ill one week after another. This extra long episode was mostly a thinly ve...

A Discussion of Male Toilet Habits

01 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A brief discussion between Grace and James about what men really get up to in the bathroom. This one is pretty crude so feel free to skip if that isn'...

Christmas, Easter, Winter, and Teeth Special (Rise of the Guardians)

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In what is almost certainly our final upload of the year, the Forecasters opt to do every seasonal episode at once by talking about the other 2012 big...

Whats going on over Christmas

15 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey guys, No episode today, but we're posting a bunch of stuff over December so I put this out to point people elsewhere: Today, another dramatic rea...

Graces Law's of Robotics and Yaoi

01 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Forecasters discuss the ever relevant topic of which robots we would sleep with. We also take a stab at several ethical questions (but ...

Little Witch Academia: The Best Magical High School Setting

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Forecasters wanted something fluffy, so we head back to one of Grace and James' favourite anime; Little Witch Academia. Join us as we ...

The Shipping Archives: Quiz Segment

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Statement of Three British Idiots doing an internet quiz to find out which of the fourteen dark powers they would get along with best. Quiz is here i...

The Shipping Archives

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Statement of Three British Idiots as they stumble lost around an archive of mostly erotics. For our Halloween special, join us as we delve into the Ma...

Resident Evil: The Search for Cool Jackets

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, James gets to talk about his time with Resident Evil 4, which may not be super relevant right now but its new to him and dammit thats enoug...

Treasure Atlantis: Legend of the Lost Iron Road to Groove (animated films)

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the forecasters bite off more than they can chew as they try to talk about as many late 90's early 00s traditionally animated films as they...

2 Les 2 Misérables: The Hugh Jackman Special

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What started as our Deadpool episode rapidly went off the rails into talking about other Hugh Jackman related projects, so join us this week as James ...

Three British Idiots Talk Dirty (about Portal)

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're back, and this time we're doing Science! In part two of what will presumably be one day part of a Valve Trilogy, the forecasters give headfirst...

Faeries and Furries

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the chaos isn't even our fault! Last opportunity we had to sit down to record things were kicking off in the UK and honestly we wern't in t...

Which Dead Boy Detective Are You?

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, This is bonus content that didn't make it into the episode, we made Nick take a buzzfeed quiz to find out which Dead Boy Detective he is...

The Shipping Forecast and The Case of the Two Undead Twinks

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, all three of the Forecasters unite once again to talk about a topic close to our hearts; British Twinks that Solve Supernatural Mysteries. ...

The Milf Special

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, in our second failed attempt to get all of us in a room at the same time, Nick and James opt to do the opposite of the last episode by talk...

The Dilf Special

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Grace and James, in a very late Father's Day special, take some time to answer the age old question: Who has the most daddy issues? Join us ...

Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun (Fallout)

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We interrupt our usual podcast to bring you an emergency alert, remain indoors and seek shelter from the Fallout. This week we return to the Fallout ...

Dungeon Meshi Part 2: Oops All Monsters

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we conclude our Dungeon Meshi coverage perfectly timed with their season finale (which needless to say, we haven't seen at the time of reco...

RPF: Real Fiction Persons

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Grace and James take some time to discuss Real Person Fics. James does know that it is RPF and not RFP, but somehow he manages to get it wr...

The Shortest King (Dungeon Meshi Pt1)

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the forecasters get into Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon. We came for the fantastic autistic representation and Marcille/Fallin, and whi...

Beige Romance

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Please sing the title to "Bad Romance", thanks. This week, against all odds, we have assembled a Part Two episode for What We Do In The Shadows. Join ...

The Farscape Interlude

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, If you listened to our last episode, you'll know Grace's Internet cut out halfway through recording and Nick and I had no idea when she ...

The Fics We Read In The Shadows

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Forecasters venture into the dark corners of the world where only dark horrors lurk. A place so evil that few speak its name. Staten Is...

The Forecasters Practice Self Care

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Its that time again! Real life has got in the way of us doing a normal episode, so we're recording just generally chatting in the meantime! Join us as...

The Quest to Smooch Dystopian Idris Elba

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wake the fuck up Samurai, we've got fics to read This week, we try and success in Night City in the only way we know how; by trying to find fix-it fic...

Valentine's Day Special: Pornhub Insights

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Romance Day Today, after four years of making fun of Grace for her kinks, Nick and James (mostly James) spent an hour revealing they know more t...

Sheer Cardassian Rizz

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Captains Log, Stardate -360700.94. We have returned to AO3 to stock up on spicy non-human romance stories. Grace, having been freshly introduced to St...

The Chat Shitting Forecast: Christmas

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

By popular demand, we have Banter episodes! This week, we catch up about new years gifts and the horrors that come with them, and then do quizzes Back...

The Shipping Forecast: The Next Generation

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Its time. I don't know who let him do this, or how Grace's arm was twisted into it, but James has been allowed to talk about Star Trek. If you though...

The True Meaning of Christmas

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our final episode of the year, we attempt to narrow down the true meaning of Christmas. Join us as we banish Mambo Number 5 to the Christmas Dimens...

Is God Benevolent, and other fandom topics (Good Omens Part 2)

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we continue to cope with the Good Omens finale by reviewing fics we can substitute for the ending until season three comes by. We also answ...

Good Omens: Combining Fashion with Blasphemy

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk about David Tennants other major work this year, as James Nick and Grace discuss season 2 of Good Omens... And somewhat bizarrely k...

The Monster Human Romance Special (Part 2)

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Monster Love Special 2: 30 Foot Long After spending two weeks in the forest that is Ao3 looking for Bigfoot (and by Bigfoot, we mean fics we like) and...

The Monster/Human Romance Special (Part One)

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Monster Love Special This week, join us as we divert from our usual format to answer the demanding questions of the modern age, like "Is Bigf...

Fire Emblem p2: Three Houses, Two Fics, One Cup (of Coffee)

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our long awaited Fire Emblem second half is here! Join the forecasters as we talk about our favourite fics of the FE3H fandom. Grace, ever soft for ed...

(Rune Factory) I'm here to Bang Anime Milves and Grow Turnips

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, join us for a semi-Chaos episode. Nick is out of town, so Grace and James have done a mini episode on Rune Factory. This episode was record...

Fire Emblem Three Houses (Part 1): A Faculty of Milves

17 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, James takes the Forecasters to enroll in our second high school of the year, this time in the land of Fodlan. We answer hard hitting questi...

Which Dragon?

14 Sep 2023

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Ahead of Sundays episode, James poses an important moral quandry...

Yuri on Ice Part 2: Figureskater Butt Illumination

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hey there, bit of an odd one this week. We recorded the episode live, since we happened to all be in the same place for the first time in three years....

Yuri on Ice Part 1: See you Skate Cowboy

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we prepare for the end of winter by getting comfy with some ice cold Yaoi. Join Grace as she explains one of the most popular M/M anime pai...

Spy X Family 2: Feng Shui for Sigma Males

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! After a whimsical side mission we have returned to Operation: Fics. This week, Grace goes on a cruise and discovers a new OTP. Nick prove...

Chaos 3: The Better Love Languages

23 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, it turns out its actually Grace that keeps us from being completely unhinged. We've had to change our schedule at short notice and as is tr...

Shipping X Forecast

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, our mission is to infiltrate the Spy X Family fandom, by blending in at Ao3 and reading some of the most wholesome Loid/Yor fluff we can. J...

Team Fortress Part 2: RIP Nick's Laptop

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we mourn a frenemy that has been with us since the very beginning, Nick's laptop. Which gave up midway through the episode and so we had to...

Team Fortress Part 1: Meet the Forecasters

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The forecasters put on their best RED outfits and infiltrate Valves Headquarters to ask them hard hitting questions, like "How does it feel...

Avatar Part 2: Into the Zuko Verse

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we pick our favourite Avatar-fics to talk about... All of which are Sokka X Zuko, but instead of sending one of us home to change, we carri...

Avatar Part 1: Everything Changed when the Zutara Shippers Attacked

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the forcasters embark on a journey to master the four elements of shipping. We'll look at Avatar and a little bit of Korra (and a tiny bit ...

Mass Effect Part 2: We'll Bang Ok?

30 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Good, you opened this message. This isn't The Shipping Forecast. They're busy tending to what's left of their fragile sexuality. So you survived our l...

The Orgasm Super cut (1-3)

16 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hey guys, I'm afraid our real lives got in the way of putting up an episode this week, so instead here is some bonus content; over on our other channe...

S4E5 - Mass Effect Part 1: I'm Commander Shepard And This is My Favourite Podcast On The Citadel

02 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the year 2023, explorers on Archive of Our Own discovered the remains of an ancient hornyposting civilization. In the decades that followed, these ...

S4E4 - Wednesday Part 2: Oops All Wenclair

19 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, despite all the hype for big women last episode, this week they all fall for three fics about the greatest dynamic of all: The grumpy one i...

S4E3 - Wednesday Part 1: They Woe Roommates

05 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we throw away all our colourful clothing and attend our favourite Magic School for Goths. Join us in our cursed journey, as we weigh up wh...

S4E2 - Doctor Who Part 2: Goo Snake

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The forcasters tell us about the three fics they took home to read from the Doctor Who fandom; Grace manages to find romance even during th...

S4E1 - Doctor Who Part 1: Dalek X Dalek

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're back, and we've come full circle. This week the forecasters return to the Doctor Who fandom* in an attempt to redeem their pilot episode, now th...

Christmas Special: The Waifu Show and Tell Episode

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we wrap up the year by each bringing a fic from a fandom we enjoyed this year but didn't have a chance to talk about properly: Grace, after gai...

2 Sonic 2 Hedgehog (four in total)

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we rush to the finish line, of both the year and our last round of fic reviews for the year. In today's episode, James reviews a fic that t...

Sonic Part 1: Gotta Fic Fast

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The forecasters attempt to break the sound barrier by reading as much Sonic fanfiction as they can. Its.. actually more wholesome than we e...

Grace's Wild Ride

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This bonus clip comes from this Sundays episode, it made it into its own section because the episode was getting a bit long. Grace recounts the tale o...

Persona 5 Part 2: The Early Christmas Special

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Nick has been left in charge and we accidentally made a Christmas special in November. Starting with James, who joins Rise in learning the ...

No Homo 4: Silent Grange Hill

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we read the final Chapter of Dynagonic's No Homo, along with a very special fic starting some very cool people. The first fic in this epis...

Persona 5 Part 1: Oops All Akechi Goro

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week, James, Grace, and Nick are all mysterious transfer students at your local Japanese High School. We learn about the Persona Trilogy (which b...

Bioshock 2: Schrodinger's Wank

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we continue our adventures below the sea and above the sky, with fanfics from the Bioshock fandom. Grace learns the appeal of both Pegging ...

No Homo 3: Lovely, but Unhinged

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We continue our reading of No Homo, debate the merits of each flavour of J2O, why they call Grace "big daddy", and why Vinnie Jones should have been c...

Fanfics and Chill!

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fanfics and Chill, on some Fridays. Here https://open.spotify.com/show/26MC97qZ1JGhiv7r7UIAhm and all the other fanfic places too. Got a fic you lik...

Bioshock 1: Would you Kindly listen to this podcast?

02 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, We jump into the ethical dilemmas of the Bioshock Universe, and solve hard hitting moral quandaries, like, "Do you have to be stupid to be ...

Hannibal 2: Grace, No!

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Forcasters sit down for a delicious meal. A delicious meal of Fanfiction from the Hannibal fandom. For Breakfast, Nick has prepared us...

Hannibal Part 1: Eat Pussy Not People

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Forecasters become one step closer to becoming a true crime series as we read Hannibal fanfic (we are SO sorry it took this long) To be...

The Untamed 2: Everywhere I go, My Dick Points to You

21 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Forecasters use the power of maths to establish Lan Zhan's Length and Girth in the fixed foot. We learn about the dangers of trusting a...

No Homo Part 2: Cottagecore in the Streets

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We continue our reading of Dynagonic's No Homo, this time it gets serious as we have multiple perspectives all at once. Nick turns Charlie's diary int...

Untamed Part 1 Impregnated By Lan Zhan, My Alien Boyfriend

07 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week, The Forecasters are invited to attend Cultivator training in Cloud Recess, they promptly break every rule. Then again, based on the fics we...

The Forecast Reads: No Homo (Part 1)

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week, the Forecasters do something a bit different, by performing a full reading of No Homo a "Homolicious" love story between the two bullies of...

Heartstopper Part 2: The Trial of Ben Hope

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Forecasters and The Fic List team up once more, to decide once and for all if Ben Hope is a Bastard or not. And despite this monumental...

Heartstopper Part 1: Stopping Hearts with The Fic List

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Forecasters team up with their arch fanfiction frenemies The Fic List (The Fic-ers?) to talk about the one topic that unites them: fanf...

Yakuza Part 2: The Shipping Forecast Kiwami

26 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kiwami means Extreme. On this weeks show, Nick goes out to buy a dessert and instead finds love, in Creme Caramel, Beer and Strawberry Shortcake Grac...