Introduction

[Breakfast in Beauclair theme music by MojoFilter Media]

Alyssa

Welcome to Breakfast in Beauclair, a global Witcher Podcast. My name is Alyssa from GoodMorhen, and I’ll be your host as you, I, and our international hanza accompany Geralt of Rivia and his destiny, Cirilla of Cintra, across The Continent.

[10,000 Downloads!]

Last Tuesday, November 25th, Breakfast in Beauclair, crossed 10,000 downloads! After 8 episodes. In under 4 months. Wild.

I want to extend a thank you to our past guests: Chris, Charlotte of Vengerberg Glamarye, Cyprian, Oleg, Jess, Crisanto, and Anita & Karolina of Witcher Kitchen as well as all of our future guests. Thank you to Lars from Witcherflix for being a rockstar correspondent. A huge thank you to each patron on Patreon and every member of our international hanza—including you! Thank you for reviewing and supporting the show; thank you for sharing it with your friends and family; thank you for sharing your stories and passion with me. This project has been more than I could have imagined.

To commemorate this milestone, I want to spotlight some of the other Creators of the Continent. Along with Witcherflix, Vengerberg Glamarye, and Witcher Kitchen, who you all know and love, I want to introduce you to Brett from the Whispers of Oxenfurt podcast; Sofia, Lorena, and Ana of the Escuela de la Golondrina podcast; and Alejandro of Academia de Oxenfurt and Mahakam Workshop.

[About Whispers of Oxenfurt]

[About Escuela de la Golondrina]

[About Academia de Oxenfurt & Mahakam Workshop]

[Episode Discussions in r/thehanza]

As I’ve been meeting more of you and getting to know each of you personally, it’s become clear to me that a lot of you are interested in getting involved in the community and you’re looking for the opportunity to talk to other people about the Witcher and the podcast. One of my dreams for the show is to create an engaged, international company of friends.

So! Let’s start a conversation! Beginning with Episodes 8 and 9, which cover “The Bounds of Reason” there will be an open discussion on our subreddit, r/thehanza, for each episode. Head over to r/thehanza after listening and jump in with your thoughts, reactions to the episode, or bring up new themes and ideas that we didn’t cover—the floor is yours! I’m looking forward to bringing our community together in this new way.

[Patron Announcements]

Speaking of community—I’m excited to introduce Will P. and Brandon, two members of our international hanza, who have become our newest patrons on Patreon as producer-level patrons!

Shout out to the very first patron of Breakfast in Beauclair, Jamison, who upgraded his pledge to join our producer-level patrons: Luis of Kovir, The Owner of The Churlish Porpoise, Coolguyhenry, Arix the Godling, Katie (The Redhead of Toussaint), Jacob, Mahakam Elder Joe, Julie, and Sylvia of Skellige.

As Producer-level patrons, they receive an introduction shoutout, a spot on the website, monthly bonus content, stickers, a tee-shirt, an exclusive Producer gift, and producer credits in each and every episode.

If you’d like to explore becoming a patron of the show, head over to patreon.com/breakfastinbeauclair.

[Episode Details]

As for this episode, we’re joined by our Polish friends, Anita and Karolina of Witcher Kitchen, to discuss the first short story from Andrzej Sapkowski’s Sword of Destiny, “The Bounds of Reason.” Together, we’ll explore themes such as the at-odd feelings of love and longing that complicate the relationship between Geralt and Yennefer; Torrent tricks with a jobless golden dragon; and a second unexpected dissertation: this time on Polish swearing.

During the mid-episode break, Lars from Witcherflix returns with his biggest segment yet, recapping interviews with the cast and crew and analyzing the titles of the upcoming Netflix episodes.

Without further ado, let’s get to this episode’s short story, “The Bounds of Reason.”