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a chapter by chapter spoiler-free podcast covering Worm by Wildbowevery Tuesday & Friday wherever you can find podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Overcast, Podcast Republic, Spotify, YouTube, etc.)get in touch at inchwormpodcast@gmail.comRead Worm | Support WildbowInchworm Bluesky | Inchworm Tumblr | Inchworm Discord

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01:06:52

7.x - "Always With Her"

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2025/11/18

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.x.Episode Notes:How Hannah sees ColinJenny isn’t attending this pity partyWhy does Armsmaster even want a management role if he knows he’s bad at it?If she gets the chance, will Hannah be ready to lead the heroes of Brockton Bay?Miss Militia is much more authentically patriotic than she first seemsDoes Hannah’s advancement reflect meritocracy or instrumentalization?The vision: Jenny connects a few ideas with red string and Ted asks for a vibe checkHannah keeps her

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01:10:35

7.12 - "True Heroes Are Rare"

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2025/11/14

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.12.Episode Notes:Not what Jenny expected!Taylor's not just demanding the other Undersiders agree with her. She's demanding that they agree with her without stopping to think or talk about it“They still seem like they could be good people,” we liedNot fight an Endbringer? Have you MET Taylor?Do any of the Undersiders really know Taylor, after all?The power of labelsTaylor does better with moral compromises when she has asense of purposeTaylor's headspace here is

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00:54:13

7.11 - "She's Not Walking Away"

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2025/11/11

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.11.Episode Notes:Jenny ALMOST knows what the story is aboutThe cost of working with CoilComing Soon: Insinuation 2.0Never tell me the odds (after telling me the odds in front of someone who hates all this)How Taylor can get the other Undersiders to go along with her presumed planDinah’s power and how her situation landed for JennyCoil as a perverse parentWe count the ways this is anathema to TaylorTaylor’s narrative forceJust how cautious is Coil?Are the

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00:37:16

7.10 - "Under Cover Of Light"

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2025/11/07

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.10.Episode Notes:Does Lisa’s gambit put her at odds with Coil or not?Taylor didn’t read Purity’s interlude, but Lisa got the gist of it from her powerThe potential for rifts in Empire Eighty-EightDoesn’t Coil care about his investment in this team? Or was some of this his idea?Purity wants to be seen as reasonableThis flight Purity and Tattletale took together must have been a feast for Tattletale's powerTattletale gets to be the robber she wants to see in the

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00:41:34

7.9 - "Scary vs. Scary"

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2025/11/04

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.9.Episode Notes:The lost chapter of WormCan Grue set his darkness to auto?We compare Night to Mystery Men and ScholomanceHow does Night’s power actually work? And how can they possibly beat her?We’re at the point in the story where we can fill a battlefield with over a dozen familiar cape namesWill any heroes take this chance to settle a grudge?Ted gets on board with violenceGhosts aren’t real, Crusader!Why do powers have a family resemblance?A return to Mom (and

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00:52:26

7.8 - "How Win?"

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2025/10/31

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.8.Episode Notes:The pleasures of hidden plansWhat’s that? More power interactions? Hooray!Who needs romance when you have synergyOnce again, knowledge is powerSpeaking of which, when are people going to learn not to underestimate Skitter?Despite its fallibility, Grue’s darkness is clutch!Wait, so, if his insides are hooks…? Huh?RIP legsDo morals get in the way of combat effectiveness?Coil's soldiers feel like red shirts even though they’ve all survivedOh yeah,

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00:36:45

7.7 - "I'm Not Angry, I'm Disappointed"

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2025/10/28

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.7.Episode Notes:A disas(terous chap)ter!Credit where credit is due, Brian was NOT being paranoidNeither was Lisa, in that crossing this line leads to bad placesWhat were they thinking, taking Aster like that? Both in principle and pragmaticallyOr did someone kick the hornet’s nest? (BUZZ BUZZ)Purity's white power, literallyThe thing is, there are a LOT of hornetsJenny assumes Coil is holding yet undropped shoesEven based just on what we’ve seen from E88 by the end

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00:45:45

7.6 - "The Worm Is Turning"

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2025/10/24

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.6.Episode Notes:Sophia: uh, wow, disturbingWorm ideologyThe real worm was the power we got along the waySophia calls Taylor a coward but turns out Taylor's rubber and she's glueRe-hashing Emma theoriesOops, reverse racismKeeping the bullies relevantSudden Danny feelingsGive Taylor a good boy fight any dayShe’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing in wolf’s clothingTaylor’s so honest, but Brian wouldn’t lie, right?This story doesn't need the will they/won't they narrative

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00:40:44

7.5 - "Flaunt"

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2025/10/21

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.5.Episode Notes:Jenny was not expecting this trope!Taylor gets her perv onWas this kiss poetry or a subtle use of power?It certainly wasn’t subtle that Taylor was doing this to prove something to SophiaBrian keeps his coolWhy have Sophia in this scene?The things Taylor likes most about BrianAlternative sleeping arrangementsTaylor as Brian’s confidanteAlec is the odd one out in terms of closeness to TaylorThe costume metaphor of it allHow seriously will Lisa take

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00:49:12

7.4 - "There Is No Steady State"

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2025/10/17

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.4.Episode Notes:The principle of pivot chaptersThis doxxing is fine. The timing, maybe notCan Bitch have a villain origin story if she's already a villain?Sorry, Lisa, turns out the unwritten rules are fakeLisa might actually have a conscience?The realness of neo-Nazis has us feeling differently about this whole thingCoil's already blending the cape and civilian worldsLisa might be feeling a little powerless right nowBitchBug. It's canon. You heard it here

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00:40:51

7.3 - "Lunchtime Trauma"

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2025/10/14

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.3.Episode Notes:It’s almost lunchtime, and we know what that means…Here’s Skitter!Just how rational is this brutality? And how disturbing?We greatly prefer a coldly rational combatant to a tropey Hollywood heroWhen Taylor fights, she leaves nothing on the tableSurprisingly, Bitch holds steady while Taylor escalatesWill this situation push Bitch toward taking Coil’s deal?She doesn’t just have collies, she has colleagues!E88 are an uncomfortable presence in Brockton

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00:27:12

7.2 - "The Best Job She Can Get"

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2025/10/10

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.2.Episode Notes:Bitch: a mystery box that's just as good when it's open!Bitch is just Undersiding for the dogsTaylor's working so hard at equalizing the dynamicBitch as a chosen name rather than a cape nameBitch is a dog healer!Bitch brings out Taylor's impulsive sidePower synergy in a non-combat situation!Dogs in packs, being socializedWildbow is good at avoiding repetitionWe don't think Taylor's getting punchedSelf-soothing via bug viewfinderAre humans Coil's

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00:44:08

7.1 - "Fight And Flight"

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2025/10/07

Jenny and Ted discuss Buzz 7.1.Episode Notes:It’s a loft chapter!Why Bitch trusts Taylor and not CoilWhat Bitch, Alec, and Taylor have in common (or not), family-wiseAlec has one foot out the doorWe’re heartbrokenWhat, if anything, is Alec feeling?Well, he definitely felt something about Taylor’s bulliesTaylor might need to keep a close eye on Alec…… or maybe not! He’s really tough to readWith Heartbreaker out there, no wonder people are scared of Canary (and Gallant!)SomeBuzzThe sparring is

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00:56:13

6.x - "Incredible Bucket Technology"

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2025/10/03

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.x.Episode Notes:We're so invested in CanaryJenny is incensed about the "justice" systemFeeling safe vs. being safeWildbow is a master of adjusting our allegiancesCanary the revolutionary?We analyze some power classificationsWe want to know so much more about this Birdcage tech!Dragon passes the vibe testHow does the Birdcage deal with teleporters?Turns out Lung is funny! And surprisingly straightforwardTinkers sampling other capes' powersBakuda and Taylor,

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00:56:28

6.9 - "Too Powerful For That"

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2025/09/30

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.9.Episode Notes:The shoe drops on our emotions, sparing the plotIt’s nowhere near as bad as 5.4 for JennyAt the spoiler warning, skip ahead 30 seconds if you don’t want to hear how this is different than what happens in Buffy season 2Which came first, the chicken(ing out of talking to Danny) or the egg(knowledgement of her Under-desires)The comb-over as slippery slopeJenny finishes the letterWait, Taylor likes friends more than the mission? Taylor??Brian gives

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01:02:55

6.8 - "Minions Of The Highest Order"

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2025/09/26

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.8.Episode Notes:Jenny was right about Alec!!Will Taylor sell her soul for the ferry?Jenny loves Coil........as a characterCoil is making all his promises contingent on practicality, not virtueHow much respect does Taylor have for the existing government, really?Theheroes are already unelected leaders... how else are civics different in this world?Ah, the temptation of competent tyranny (and of influence!)Coil as a foil of Armsmaster: he's a GOOD manager and a

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00:56:41

6.7 - "Let Them Do The Dirty Work"

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2025/09/23

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.7.Episode Notes:Jenny might call it a wreck-tangle, Ted might call it a cutsceneWe learn that the Undersiders couldn’t have won on their own……and should focus up, especially when Tattletale is downJenny walks us through the play by play of how she experienced all these revealsWe don’t really know anything more about the Travelers, but we do now see why they’ve had such a strong featured roleCoil’s playing the big game and cares about making a strong first

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01:03:31

6.6 - "The Scariest Of All"

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2025/09/19

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.6.Episode Notes:This was so satisfying; we’re so happyTaylor with the witty banter!Armsmaster is quickly rising as our main antagonistTaylor's bugs are gonna go viralThank goodness Armsmaster is both competent and unlikeableDoes Armsmaster have technological assistance in keeping his cool?Does psychic shielding imply there are psychics, actually?The Undersiders operate so well as a team. Unlike the ProtectorateNew boss theories! If only Armsmaster hadn't

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00:44:32

6.5 - "Just Keep Winning"

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2025/09/16

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.5.Episode Notes:Will the heroes finally apprehend Skitter? Couldn’t happen when Armsmaster has this much hubrisArmsmaster did his homework and we like to see itAn embarrassment of embarrassmentThe tension comes not from whether the foam will work but when their luck will run outThe suspense is getting to Jenny, but she can’t talk herself into thinking they’ll actually get arrestedIs Taylor getting more comfortable with using human shields?Chekhov’s

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00:48:02

6.4 - "The Person She Thought She Was Being"

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2025/09/12

Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.4.Episode Notes:The plan? Jenny loves to (not) see it even though it’s a bad ideaDoes the narrative demand Taylor lose this one? What if we really want her to win again anyway?Before we do any analysis, Jenny pitches a pun-based strategy: Waiters UndersidersWe dig into the villainous nature of “embarrass them”Jenny introduces us to the boss: Bruce WhyneIt’s chaos in Brockton Bay, villain-wise, and we can’t quite make out any bigger pictureHow $1.25M might change

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