Canonical Nonsense: A Podcast Where Two Best Friends Talk About Some Books Podcast
1) Episode 14: Joust by Mercedes Lackey
This month, Jo and JoJo were looking for fast and furious with dragons, but instead stumbled upon an underrated gem from a well known fantasy author, Mercedes Lackey. In Joust, Mercedes Lackey takes u...Show More
2) Episode 13: The Priory of the Orange Tree (Parts 4-6) by Samantha Shannon
Today on the podcast, the fighting continues in The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Ead, Tané, Loth, and Niclays race toward a final fight with the Nameless One while being bombarded on...Show More
Episode 13: The Priory of the Orange Tree (Parts 4-6) by Samantha Shannon
1:45:55 | Oct 8th, 2025
3) Episode 12: The Priory of the Orange Tree (Parts 1-3) by Samantha Shannon
Today on the podcast, we find ourselves divided. This month’s book, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, is a world divided by East and West. We find this discussion divided. . . into tw...Show More
Episode 12: The Priory of the Orange Tree (Parts 1-3) by Samantha Shannon
1:51:01 | Sep 8th, 2025
4) Canonical Nonsense Goes to the Movies: How to Train Your Dragon – Live Action
In this very special mini episode, Jo and JoJo go to the movies! But not a great and wonderful movie like How To Train Your Dragon (the animation). Instead, they went to see How To Train Your Dragon (...Show More
Canonical Nonsense Goes to the Movies: How to Train Your Dragon – Live Action
20:49 | Aug 20th, 2025
5) Episode 11: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
This week, on a kid-friendly episode of Canonical Nonsense, we continue our exploration of the nonsensical dragon canon with How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell. We explore the differences bet...Show More
6) Episode 10: The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood
For this episode, Jo and JoJo take a close look at The Summer Dragon, by Todd Lockwood, and fall completely in love with the world of the Evertide. This book follows Maia, the daughter of a dragon bre...Show More
7) Episode 9: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
As we have said many times, this is a pro-horse girl podcast. This month’s episode is for all those special girls (and guys) out there. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman centers a plucky, talented, 16-year-...Show More
8) Episode 8: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
This month on the pod, Jo and JoJo read Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (no relation). A book that can only be described as what if Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice had a baby with Jonathan Swift’s A Mod...Show More
9) Episode 7: His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Today, Jo and JoJo read His Majesty’s Dragon, the first book in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. It is an alternate history that asks the question: What if the Napoleonic wars had dragons? This ep...Show More
10) Episode 6: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Jo and JoJo are flashing back to their childhood in the early 00s to read the famous story of a farm boy turned dragon rider, Eragon by Christopher Paolini. Eragon may not have been the book we rememb...Show More