A Storm of Spoilers

This week, Da7e and Neil follow Ellie's descent into Seattle's darkest basements as their coverage of The Last of Us season two continues. In The Calm [12:58], they discuss the adaptation choice to hold the spores, consider the philosophical value of extreme violence in a post-apocalyptic world, and momentarily get very nervous about the fate of a dog. In The Storm [59:36], they obsess over what might be hiding out on level B3 of the Lakeview Hospital and look ahead to the flashbacks that could be coming in the next episode. To interact with the show, send your comments and questions to stormofspoilers@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter/X and Bluesky @Da7eandNeil. You can also support Da7e and Neil and get all kinds of bonus content (from the Game of Thrones era to the LOST rewatch to our Twin Peaks rewatch project to our current Adventure Pod and Leftovers watch project) by subscribing to our Patreon here: patreon.com/Da7eandNeil And finally, join Neil on Monday evenings on Twitch as he plays The Last of Us: Part II video game live alongside the airing of season two. Subscribe to his Twitch channel for more info: twitch.tv/Neilstradomus

This week, Da7e and Neil attempt to figure out what the f**k is wrong with Seattle as their coverage of The Last of Us season two continues.   In The Calm [11:02], they discuss the culmination of some important adaptation choices, critique murderous performance art, and seek solutions for post-apocalyptic morning breath. In The Storm [55:18], they explain why it's a big deal that the Cordyceps fungus is now airborne and look ahead as the timeline of season two comes into focus. To interact with the show, send your comments and questions to stormofspoilers@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter/X and Bluesky @Da7eandNeil. You can also support Da7e and Neil and get all kinds of bonus content (from the Game of Thrones era to the LOST rewatch to our Twin Peaks rewatch project to our current Adventure Pod and Leftovers watch project) by subscribing to our Patreon here: patreon.com/Da7eandNeil And finally, join Neil on Monday evenings on Twitch as he plays The Last of Us: Part II video game live alongside the airing of season two. Subscribe to his Twitch channel for more info: twitch.tv/Neilstradomus

This week, Da7e and Neil join the people of Jackson in their grieving over the loss of Joel as their coverage of The Last of Us season two continues. In The Calm [13:28], they discuss things that cause olfactory sensitivity, consider which of the show's actors are best at selling a lie, and decide whether Seth deserves a redemption arc. Then in The Storm [59:54], Neil explains what is to come now that Ellie and Dina have made it to Seattle, and Da7e offers up theories about how the show will deploy more flashbacks. To interact with the show, send your comments and questions to stormofspoilers@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter/X and Bluesky @Da7eandNeil. You can also support Da7e and Neil and get all kinds of bonus content (from the Game of Thrones era to the LOST rewatch to our Twin Peaks rewatch project to our current Adventure Pod and Leftovers watch project) by subscribing to our Patreon here: patreon.com/Da7eandNeil And finally, join Neil on Monday evenings on Twitch as he plays The Last of Us: Part II video game live alongside the airing of season two. Subscribe to his Twitch channel for more info: twitch.tv/Neilstradomus

This week, Da7e and Neil continue their coverage of The Last of Us season two as the show delivers its biggest and most ambitious episode yet. In The Calm [06:48], they break down the Jackson defense strategies, discuss Kaitlyn Dever's masterful performance, and explain the importance of the heroic moment for the show's dogs. In The Storm [51:44], Neil gives Da7e an important Shimmer-related update, then attempts to piece together how exactly the show might break up the second video game's story into two seasons. To interact with the show, send your comments and questions to stormofspoilers@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter/X and Bluesky @Da7eandNeil. You can also support Da7e and Neil and get all kinds of bonus content (from the Game of Thrones era to the LOST rewatch to our Twin Peaks rewatch project to our current Adventure Pod and Leftovers watch project) by subscribing to our Patreon here: patreon.com/Da7eandNeil And finally, join Neil on Monday evenings on Twitch as he plays The Last of Us: Part II video game live alongside the airing of season two. Subscribe to his Twitch channel for more info: twitch.tv/Neilstradomus

This week, Da7e and Neil begin their coverage of The Last of Us as HBO's prestige fungal apocalypse drama returns to Sunday nights. In The Calm [08:30], they break down the episode, discuss the new additions to the cast, assess the adaptation choices and reshuffling of events from the video game, and consider the critical survival tactic of using empty beer bottles to distract Clickers. Then in The Storm [45:44], they make some much-needed adjustments to their season two predictions after the first episode and react in real-time as HBO releases new promo material for episode two during their recording session. To interact with the show, send your comments and questions to stormofspoilers@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter/X and Bluesky @Da7eandNeil. You can also support Da7e and Neil and get all kinds of bonus content (from the Game of Thrones era to the LOST rewatch to our Twin Peaks rewatch project to our current Adventure Pod and Leftovers watch project) by subscribing to our Patreon here: patreon.com/Da7eandNeil And finally, join Neil on Monday evenings on Twitch as he plays The Last of Us: Part II video game live alongside the airing of season two. Subscribe to his Twitch channel for more info: twitch.tv/Neilstradomus

Welcome back to A Storm of Spoilers! Dave and Neil have returned to your feeds with a new iteration of SOS to cover the latest and greatest in prestige television, starting with The Last of Us season two. New deep dive episodes will drop on Wednesdays starting April 16th, following the season two premiere on HBO.  For now, please enjoy this preview episode in which your faithful hosts look back at season one of The Last of Us, discuss the news of the show's season three renewal, lay out some stormy details from the video game, and look ahead to what's in store for this new version of A Storm of Spoilers. As always, this podcast is broken into two segments: the spoiler-free Calm [10:56] and freewheeling Storm [29:44], where no video game spoiler, theory, or early review disclosure is off-limits. To interact with the show, send your comments and questions to stormofspoilers@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter/X and Bluesky @Da7eandNeil. You can also support Da7e and Neil and get all kinds of bonus content (from the Game of Thrones era to the LOST rewatch to our Twin Peaks rewatch project to our current Adventure Pod and Leftovers watch project) by subscribing to our Patreon here: patreon.com/Da7eandNeil And finally, join Neil on Monday evenings on Twitch as he plays The Last of Us: Part II video game live alongside the airing of season two. Subscribe to his Twitch channel for more info: twitch.tv/Neilstradomus

Joanna, Neil, and Dave are podcasting once again with TRIAL BY CONTENT, the pop culture debate show that is going to definitely answer the biggest and most important questions. Subscribe now in all podcasting apps, or online for new episodes every Tuesday. 

This week, Dave and Neil drop in with JoannaBot to talk about "The New Man In Charge" the post-script to Lost that was included on the DVD releases as a post-script to the fantastic ride that has been The Storm podcast.  We also have the results on the final Island of Kisstory Polls and updates about where to find us and how to keep an eye on this feed.  Follow Neil (@rejects) and Da7e (@da7e) on Twitter! Follow us for the latest on Twitter @stormpodcast at Stormpodcast.com

This week, Joanna, Dave and Neil go back over the entire run of Lost to pick out the best of the best (with listener input!) for THE FINAL CORNERS. Only one person/thing/pairing can win each category and either your hosts agree...or Neil is right by default.  It's Joanna's final episode of THE STORM (Dave and Neil will be back to wrap things up next week), so we go all out covering: Most Mysterious Moment (Jungle of Mystery) Giacchino Corner Boone Carlisle Memorial Falling Down Award Accent Corner (Worst Accent) I MARRIED HER Coincidence Corner John Locke Memorial Coming Back Award Best Desmond Button Moment Abs Aterno Henry Gale Memorial Obviously a Lie Award A Woo Loo Loo Best Time Travel Moment Jungle of Kisstery Best Book Appearance on Lost Charlie Pace Memorial Final Words Falcon Punch Coming Right Now Act Break Award Dumb Elaborate Artifact of the Show Jeers Award - Best Burn on Jack Shepard Most 2004 Thing Best Podcast Running Joke Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) on Twitter! Follow us for the latest on Twitter @stormpodcast at Stormpodcast.com

This week, Joanna is talking to Jeff Jensen and Dan Snierson who produced and starred in the Totally Lost show for Entertainment Weekly during the final seasons of Lost, including being on set for key moments in the sixth season. Dan even revisited the show just for this podcast! Then, after the interview, Joanna, Dave and Neil want to prepare you for next week's big episode THE STORM: THE FINAL CORNERS, which could include: Most Mysterious Moment (Jungle of Mystery) Giacchino Corner Boone Carlisle Memorial Falling Down Award Accent Corner (Worst Accent) I MARRIED HER Coincidence Corner John Locke Memorial Coming Back Award Best Desmond Button Moment Abs Aterno Henry Gale Memorial Obviously a Lie Award A Woo Loo Loo Best Time Travel Moment Jungle of Kisstery Best Book Appearance on Lost Charlie Pace Memorial Final Words Falcon Punch Coming Right Now Act Break Award Dumb Elaborate Artifact of the Show Jeers Award - Best Burn on Jack Shepard Most 2004 Thing Send your e-mails with FINAL CORNERS to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) on Twitter! Follow us for the latest on Twitter @stormpodcast at Stormpodcast.com

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil have some updates on The Storm podcast, then Joanna breaks off for a surprising chat with Damon Lindelof about The Final Season of Lost.  Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil just realized that Joanna has been in the email hatch pushing the button this whole time.  That's right, it's a post-finale episode comprised of your emails and reactions to Lost, the podcast itself, the pandemic, and your humble hosts. We've compiled some amazing emails from you, our listeners and stitched them together in this not-tight episode of reactions and feelings. Plus - we'll tell you what LOST stuff we have coming up! Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are revisiting some special content wrapping up their Lost Re-Watch. Now that we all know what the cork is, we thought we'd share this wonderful bonus episode made by Neil and Joanna covering the 10th Anniversary of the Lost finale. On May 23, 2010, LOST aired its final episode. In this very special bonus episode, Joanna converses with friends from around the LOST community as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the finale! This podcast is all STORM and includes contributions from Alan Sepinwall, Dan Fienberg, Mo Ryan, Myles McNutt, Jacob Stolworthy, Josh Wigler, Mike Bloom, Emily VanDerWerff, Jeff Jensen, Lani Diane Rich, Jo Garfein, and Jorge Garcia Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show and be part of next week's mailbag! Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are wrapping it up for Season 6,  Episode 17 -  "The End" - Things get climactic on the Island and we finally learn what the Sideways is/was/forever-will-be.     Although this is the last episode specific podcast, there will be more The Storm: A Lost Rewatch podcast with some wrap up episodes in the following weeks! Including a LOST mailbag for next week's episode, so send your Lost comments and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com! You can send e-mails about ANYTHING having to do with Lost. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com Theme by DJ EMPIRICAL

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are having some fireside chats with Jacob for Season 6,  Episode 16 -  "What They Died For" - In the Sideways, Creepy Desmond seems to be making some progress, Jacob breaks down what it all means to the final Candidates, Ben and Widmore meet again.     This podcast is split into two main sections THE CALM that only discusses the preceding episodes...so this week everything but the finale and avoids all spoilers from the finale, and a second section called THE STORM. For the last week on Lost It's a “Storm” of spoilers discussing this week's episode in the context of having seen the finale and over a decade of Lost fandom.. Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show! You can send e-mails about ANYTHING having to do with Lost. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com Theme by DJ EMPIRICAL TIMECODES: THE CALM (Through Season 6, Episode 16 discussion)  - 22 minutes, 24 seconds THE FINAL STORM - (SPOILERS!) -  1 hour, 33 Minutes and 13 seconds

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil taking it waaaaaay back for Season 6,  Episode 15 -  "Across The Sea" - Learn about the origins of Jacob and The Man in Black in this very different episode of Lost.     This week's INTERVIEW is with returning guest, Rolling Stone's Chief TV Critic, Alan Sepinwall! You can follow him on Twitter @Sepinwall, read his Rolling Stone writing hereand check out his book with Matt Zoller Seitz - The Sopranos Sessions. He's also the creator and host of the Too Long; Didn't Watch podcast. This podcast is split into two main sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains. Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show! You can send e-mails about ANY of the sixth season episodes of Lost, just include the title of the episode you're addressing. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com Theme by DJ EMPIRICAL TIMECODES: THE CALM (Through Season 6, Episode 15 discussion)  - 22 minutes, 23 seconds THE INTERVIEW (No Spoilers) - 1 hour, 25 Minutes and 29 seconds THE PENULTIMATE STORM - (SPOILERS!) -  2 hours, 5 Minutes and 48 seconds

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are not happy with the body count in Season 6,  Episode 14 -  "The Candidate" - Sideways Father Jack digs deeper into why Sideways Locke won't let Jack try and fix him, on the Island, all plans to escape go horribly wrong.     This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains. Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show! You can send e-mails about ANY of the sixth season episodes of Lost, just include the title of the episode you're addressing. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com This week's podcast is brought to you by BetterHELP. Let them know we sent you by heading to betterhelp.com/Storm Theme by DJ EMPIRICAL TIMECODES: THE CALM (Through Season 6, Episode 14 discussion)  - 11 minutes, 32 seconds THE STORM - (SPOILERS!) -  1 hour, 25 Minutes and 52 seconds

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are sneaking off with The Elizabeth in Season 6,  Episode 13 -  "The Last Recruit" - After Jack learns a bit about Flocke, most of our Losties take a boat ride to Hydra Island. In the sideways, characters seem to be colliding, sometimes literally.    This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains. Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show! You can send e-mails about ANY of the sixth season episodes of Lost, just include the title of the episode you're addressing. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com Theme by DJ EMPIRICAL TIMECODES: THE CALM (Through Season 6, Episode 13 discussion)  - 11 minutes, 42 seconds THE STORM - (SPOILERS!) -  1 hour, 22 Minutes and 16 seconds

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are around for explosions in Season 6,  Episode 12 -  "Everybody Loves Hugo" - Hurley talks to Michael, stuff blows up, except Desmond who falls down. In the sideways, Libby is back and she's on a fajita field trip.   This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains. Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show! You can send e-mails about ANY of the sixth season episodes of Lost, just include the title of the episode you're addressing. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com Theme by DJ EMPIRICAL TIMECODES: THE CALM (Through Season 6, Episode 12 discussion)  - 13 minutes, 19 seconds THE STORM - (SPOILERS!) -  1 hour, 27 Minutes and 41 seconds

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are charging their solenoids for Season 6,  Episode 11 -  "Happily Ever After" - Desmond is on Hydra Island and an electromagnetic blast sends him into...the sideways?  This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains. Send your Lost comments to @StormPodcast on Twitter and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com to talk back at the show! You can send e-mails about ANY of the sixth season episodes of Lost, just include the title of the episode you're addressing. Follow Neil (@rejects), Joanna (@jowrotethis), Da7e (@da7e) and the show (@StormPodcast) on Twitter!  Subscribe to get exclusive content!  - www.patreon.com/stormofspoilers Check us out at Stormpodcast.com Theme by DJ EMPIRICAL TIMECODES: THE CALM (Through Season 6, Episode 11 discussion)  - 18 minutes, 05 seconds THE STORM - (SPOILERS!) -  1 hour, 38 Minutes and 48 seconds