Best Empty Set Entertainment | Realm Podcasts (2025)

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SLAY Episode 117: Quickdraw 36:05

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Icepick and Herbie the Love Bug crashed Dante’s victory party at Callista’s club. Icepick took out Dante, Billy, and Lincoln, and put the “Oleous Oakbeard Big Druid Whammy” on the Cursed Armor of Sir Arnault the Pure. That destroyed the suit and zapped Magda’s spirit back to her body in the Old Stone Church, leaving Billy and Linc at Icepick’s merc…

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DEEP CUTS Episode 72: How We Melted Down Meeting Famous People 47:46

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You think of meeting your heroes or someone whose work you enjoy, and you figure you might be a little starstruck, but you know you’ll be mostly cool. That’s not what happened to us. Here are four times we met famous people, and our reactions were as far from “cool” as you can get. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Ste…

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SLAY Episode 116: Empty Suit 29:22

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Dante used Callista’s dormantus—the piece of her soul that channeled raw magical power from the anemones in the cavern beneath the Alnwick Poison Garden—to blackmail her into giving him her Lumencia properties and criminal organizations. She is also giving Dante the contract that keeps Lincoln’s son, Samuel, trapped on The Shelf. As soon as Ariella…

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DEEP CUTS Episode 71: Genre Mashups that Shouldn’t Work But Do 42:55

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SLAY Episode 115: Blackmail 40:21

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Lincoln, Billy, Dante, and the cursed suit of armor controlled by Magda left Cordis and have transited to the Lumencia train station. They have the dormantus, and are preparing for the final showdown with Callista at her club. Can they blackmail her into giving up her Lumencia criminal holdings, and with it, the contract that keeps Sam locked up on…

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DEEP CUTS Episode 70: Alien Earth Empty Set Review! 46:43

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Here at Empty Set, we are Alien fans. Alien stans, if you will. And as such, you know we had to watch ALIEN: EARTH. We talk all about it, let’s get into it! Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Let’s get right into it! Come on n…

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SLAY Episode 114: Carved in Stone 48:45

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Linc thought he killed Wyrmmother, but the big stone bitch survived the blow and is ready to finish the job. This delicious bit of payback will blow you away. Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watc…

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DEEP CUTS Episode 69: Fall Movie Preview 45:13

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Now that autumn is officially here, we chat about movies we’re looking forward to seeing! On our list: ASH, Spinal Tap 2, HIM, Anemone, Good Boy, The Smashing Machine, Predator: Badlands, and Running Man. Since we recorded this episode, we’ve seen HIM, and it was totally worth the watch! Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced …

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SLAY Episode 113: Wyrmmother 38:08

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Billy got a face full as well, but managed to get control of the insidious insemination before turning that power around and blasting the living bejesus out of cultists and polyps alike. He, Linc, Magda, and Dante now face the ultimate threat—Wyrmmother is on her way. Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produc…

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DEEP CUTS Episode 68: NFL Football is Back! 50:20

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NFL Football is back for the 2025/2026 season! Scott has some hot takes to discuss! We talk our hopes for the season ahead, some of the craziness that happened in Week 1, and not a single prediction to be had since we’re not jinxing nothin’! Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by All…

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SLAY Episode 112: Surrounded 35:45

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The gang got the dormantus that will let Dante blackmail Callista to get Lincoln’s son out of purgatory, but there’s a problem. Anyone can have the dormantus… the trick is to leave with it, and there is a mob of angry pus cultists who don’t want that to happen, and a passel of polyps dead set on turning Billy into an anemone bush. Billy tried to so…

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DEEP CUTS Episode 67: Our 2025 Summer Movie Recap 54:07

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As summer 2025 winds down, Scott & A chat about the movies they saw and loved this summer, and at least one they’re looking forward to before summer’s end! Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment I’d love to see what Ryan Coogler o…

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SLAY Episode 111: Just The Tip 39:37

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Linc and the gang have Callista’s dormantus, but can they escape through the cultists and the… um… “happy to see you” polyps? A mob of cultists, polyps that want Billy, Alarm Mushrooms, and more–It’s wall-to-wall carnage as Callista’s defenses dig in to stop the theft. Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produ…

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DEEP CUTS Episode 66: Twenty Years of Podcasting Then vs. Now 35:10

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Scott started podcasting in March of 2005, and Evo Terra was already an expert in the space even then. Two decades later, they sat down to chat about friendship, podcasting, how podcasts have changed, and where it’s going. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright …

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SLAY Episode 110: Cover Your Bung 40:49

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Thanks to a resurgent Cray-Cray Bray, Linc and the gang got past the Alarm Mushrooms and have just entered the polyp chamber. It’s time to meet the cultists, see the evil Callista has wrought, and experience the moving trauma that are the free-ranging polyps. Mercutio wants out of this nightmare, Dante wants Callista’s dormantus, Lincoln wants his …

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DEEP CUTS Episode 65: How An Author Preps for a Con 30:54

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The FDØ ramps up for Dragon*Con in Atlanta. How does a creative get ready for a big shindig like this? We cover the stuff you should bring, how to take care of yourself while there, how to interact with fans, how to not get bubonic plague, etc. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by …

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SLAY Episode 109: Shroomazoomzoom 40:36

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Magda, who controls the Cursed Armor of Sir Arnault the Pure, continues to carry the comatose Cray-Cray Bray. Lincoln realized he’s using those around him in a way not that different from how Callista uses him—without kidnapping their children and putting them in purgatory, guarded by a huge Naga, of course—but still. Billy knows he must control hi…