Intentionally Blank

Intentionally Blank is a conversational show about whatever catches the attention of two fantasy authors with fast mouths and highly specific opinions. Its center of gravity is pop culture, but the route there is rarely straight. A typical stretch might begin with RSV, listener corrections, or a travel disaster before landing on Batman, Bourne, Mistborn, Fable Haven, crowdfunding, or the mechanics of movie production. The show likes arguments that sound casual until they suddenly become organized. Rankings matter here. So do comparisons. A trilogy can be judged by its best entry, its weakest sequel, its cohesion, or whether the third movie finally beats the first two. That same argumentative energy carries into publishing and adaptation talk. The Mistborn film episode, for example, turns fan curiosity into a grounded discussion of screenwriting, directors, producers, on-set rewrites, and the limits of author control. Guest conversations can bring in book launches, fantasy series, crowdfunding campaigns, and the practical weirdness of trying to get a story onto a screen. Then the show will happily pivot to stolen lobsters. Food heists have become one of its clearest recurring pleasures, with escargot thefts, Costco-bound lobsters, and a supposedly stolen underwater gin sphere treated like evidence in an ongoing comic case file. The tone is playful, but not empty. Space news, medical tourism, airplane fainting, and Hollywood process all get moments of actual explanation. The best parts come when a joke and an analytical point arrive at the same time. Intentionally Blank suits listeners who enjoy author brains at leisure: informed, easily distracted, sharply opinionated, and willing to follow a bit until it becomes a theory.