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The 40k Lorecast

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The 40k Lorecast is a weekly dive into all the Lore that surrounds Warhammer 40k. Brad Chester and John will take you on a deep dive into everything that is the lore of the Warhammer 40k Universe. Our weekly podcast is dedicated to…

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Episode 163 – The Iron Hands pt 1 – Were the Iron hands supposed to be traitors? Or are they just weirdly independent? 2026-11-03 · 59m
Episode 162 – The White Scars pt 3 – The truth about the Webway project, Jaghati disappears, and a legion fracturing under itself. 2026-10-26 · 50m
Episode 161 – The White Scars pt 2 – Jaghati is forced to choose sides despite not liking either of them, and wow were the warrior lodges a bad idea. 2026-10-19 · 57m
Episode 160 – The White Scars – The creation of the 5th Legion, their transformation to the Star Hunters, and the evolution of Jaghati Khan. 2026-10-12 · 54m
Episode 159 - Dante pt 3 – The Devastation of Baal, Arks of Omen, and a bit more. 2026-10-05 · 69m
Episode 158 - Dante pt 2 – Are the tales of Dante real, fabrications, or a combo of both? 2026-09-28 · 60m
Episode 157 - Dante pt 1 – How the lessons learned throughout his early life shaped Dante to be the leader he is today. 2026-09-21 · 62m
Episode 156 - Armageddon pt 3 – Ghaz goes all in on Hades, and Yarrick goes all in on pissing Ghaz off. 2026-09-14 · 61m
Episode 155 - Armageddon pt 2 – the orks are here, and luckily the planetary leader is an idiot. But there is a hero waiting in the wings to rise up and become a legend. 2026-09-07 · 55m
Episode 154 - Armageddon pt 1 – a planet that is a hellscape, a future hero of the imperium ascends, and the greatest ork to ever be born is reborn. 2026-08-31 · 58m
Episode 153 - The Tanith First and Only pt 4 - The siege of Verunhive 2026-08-24 · 64m
Episode 152 - The Tanith First and Only pt 3 - The luck of the Tanith continues, but the civil war on Verghast is forming. 2026-08-17 · 57m
Episode 151 - The Tanith First and Only pt 2 - Voltemand, Bucephalon, Fortis Binary, and Menazoid Prime 2026-08-10 · 65m
Episode 150 - The Tanith First and Only pt 1 - Origin of the Sabbat Crusade, Rise of Ibram Gaunt, and the fall of Tanith 2026-08-03 · 66m
Episode 149 - Titan Legions pt 2 - Machine Spirits, Maniples, and the Heresy. 2026-07-27 · 66m
Episode 148 - Titan Legions pt 1 - The origins of Mars, creation of the first titans, and the hilarity that is titans themselves 2026-07-20 · 66m
Episode 147 - Word Bearers pt 4 - Erebus loses his face, Lorgar loses his legion, but then things get better 2026-07-13 · 62m
Episode 146 - Word Bearers pt 3 - Heresy is a go, but Erebus and Lorgar have some different ideas of next steps 2026-07-06 · 66m
Episode 145 - Word Bearers pt 2 - The emperor's censure and the legions subsequent jaunt into the eye of terror 2026-06-29 · 70m
Episode 144 - The Word Bearers pt 1 - The creation of the Imperial Heralds and the complete opposite thing happening on Colchis 2026-06-22 · 62m
Episode 143 - Legion of the Damned, yeah turns out they were a little over the top. 2026-06-15 · 63m
Bonus Episode - Our Takes on 11th Edition 2026-06-12 · 73m
Episode 142 - Space Hulks, yeah.... they can be kind of a nightmare 2026-06-08 · 60m
Episode 141 - Raven Guard pt 3 - Isstvan 5 and the legions rebirth. 2026-06-01 · 64m
Episode 140 - The Raven Guard pt 2 - Corax remakes the Raven Guard in his own image 2026-05-25 · 59m
Episode 139 - The Raven Guard pt 1 - Creation of the 19th and discovery of Corax 2026-05-18 · 64m
Episode 138 - The Night Lords pt3 - Konrad seriously annoys the Lion, and eventually meets his doom 2026-05-11 · 74m
Episode 137 - The Night Lords pt2 - Konrad joins the Heresy and does both a good and terrible job at the same time 2026-05-04 · 54m
Episode 136 - The Night Lords pt1 - The creation of the 8th legion and Konrad's arrival and rise on Nostramo 2026-04-27 · 59m
Episode 135 - The Siege of Vraks pt 3 - The arrival of the inquisition and the final siege on Vraks 2026-04-20 · 60m
Episode 134 - The Siege of Vraks pt 2 - The arrival of Chaos and escalation of Vraks 2026-04-13 · 58m
Episode 133 - The Siege of Vraks pt 1 - Rise of Cardinal Xaphan and the invasion by the imperium 2026-04-06 · 56m
Bonus Episode - Adepticon Recap 2026-03-31 · 44m
Episode 132 - The Death Korps of Krieg - Their history, their units, and (sigh) their horses 2026-03-30 · 58m
Episode 131 - The Minotaurs, for real this time 2026-03-23 · 63m
Episode 130 - The Minotaurs? NOPE suprise its the Lords of Terra!!!! 2026-03-16 · 61m
Episode 129 - The 500 Worlds pt3 - Titus and Ammentar win? 2026-03-09 · 60m
40K Lorecast Live Q&A Spring of 2026 2026-03-06 · 108m
Episode 128 - The 500 worlds pt 2 - Titus comes face to face with the destroyer curse. 2026-03-03 · 57m
Episode 127 - The 500 worlds pt 1 - The galaxy is a dumpster fire, so time for Ultramar to save it 2026-02-24 · 58m
Episode 126 - The Blood Ravens pt 2 - the events of Dawn of war 2 and 3. 2026-02-17 · 62m
Episode 125 - The Blood Ravens pt 1 - The mysterious origins of the blood ravens, and the events of Dawn of War 2026-02-10 · 59m
Episode 124 - The Alpha Legion pt3, death of Alpharius, and the Omegon, and then Alpharius again, and again maybe? 2026-02-03 · 62m
Episode 123 - The Alpha Legion pt2, Alph legion take their place amoungst the legions (and irritate all of them in the process) 2026-01-27 · 60m
Episode 122 - The Alpha Legion pt1 the rise of the 20th. 2026-01-20 · 57m
Episode 121 - The Months of Shame 2026-01-13 · 64m
Episode 120 - 1st (ish) War of Armageddon - The Battle for Armageddon 2026-01-06 · 58m
Episode 119 - Demetrian Titus - lead up to, events of, and post of Space Marine 2. 2025-12-30 · 61m
Episode 118 - Demetrian Titus - His origins and events of Graia 2025-12-23 · 61m
Episode 117 - Salamanders - Key characters and successor chapters. 2025-12-16 · 74m
Episode 116 - The Salamanders, Vulkan takes one to the dome, and then another, and then some more.... fine Vulkan just dies a lot 2025-12-09 · 73m
Episode 115 - The Salamanders, rise of the 18th legion and Vulkan 2025-12-02 · 60m
Episode 114 - Drukhari Kabals and real space raids 2025-11-25 · 63m
Bonus Episode - Retro Recall with John and Tom 2025-11-22 · 58m
Episode 113 - Badab war pt 2 - the war breaks wide open 2025-11-18 · 77m
Episode 112 - The Badab war pt 1 - The lead up to the conflict 2025-11-11 · 54m
Episode 111 - The Carcharodons! 2025-11-04 · 64m
Episode 110 - The Leagues of Votann pt 3 2025-10-27 · 64m
Episode 109 - The Leagues of Votann pt 2 2025-10-20 · 59m
Bonus Episode of Brad with hosts of Robots Radio. 2025-10-15 · 67m
Episode 108 - The Leagues of Votann pt 1 2025-10-13 · 59m
Episode 107 - The Squats! 2025-10-06 · 56m
Episode 106 - The Ultramarines, their epic characters! 2025-09-29 · 77m
Episode 105 - The Ultramarines, from the start of the Heresy to the fall of Guilliman 2025-09-22 · 70m
Episode 104 - The Ultramarines pt 1 2025-09-15 · 65m
Episode 103 - The Pariah Nexus pt2 2025-09-08 · 70m
Episode 102 - The Pariah Nexus pt 1 2025-09-01 · 59m
Episode 101 - The Silent King Returns 2025-08-25 · 57m
Episode 100 - Cypher 2025-08-18 · 69m
Episode 99 - World Eaters pt 3 2025-08-11 · 63m
Episode 98 - World Eaters pt 2 2025-08-04 · 61m
Episode 97 - World Eaters pt 1 2025-07-28 · 64m
Episode 96 - What is an imperial crusade 2025-07-21 · 68m
The History of 40K - Buying, building, painting in 2nd edition. 2025-07-16 · 51m
Episode 95 - The War of the Beast pt4 2025-07-14 · 71m
Episode 94 - War of the Beast pt3 2025-07-07 · 59m
Warhammer 40K 2nd edition (really 1st edition). What it was, how it played and more 2025-07-02 · 49m
Episode 93 - The War of The Beast pt2. Terra is saved but the galaxy is still in danger 2025-06-30 · 69m
Bonus Episode - History of 40k - Episode 0 - How we started and what the show is all about 2025-06-27 · 28m
Episode 92 - The War of The Beast pt1. A new threat arises. 2025-06-23 · 70m
Episode 91 - The Fleets of the Imperium 2025-06-16 · 76m
Episode 90 - Warp Travel in the 40K Universe for the Imperium 2025-06-09 · 68m
Episode 89 - The Black Templar 2025-06-02 · 84m
Episode 88 - Imperial Fists pt 2 - post Heresy Fists, Crimson fists, and Sigismund 2025-05-26 · 62m
Episode 87 - The Imperial Fists pt 1 - The Rise of the 7th legion. 2025-05-19 · 72m
Episode 86 - Emperor's Children pt 2 - the Horus Heresy to Modern Era 2025-05-12 · 84m
Episode 85 - Emperor's Children pt 1 - The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Legion 2025-05-05 · 84m
Bonus episode- A great discussion with John & Brad with Tom from Robots Radio. 2025-05-02 · 78m
Episode 84 - The Age of Strife 2025-04-28 · 68m
Episode 83 - The Golden Age of Technology and mankind's expansion into the galaxy. 2025-04-21 · 72m
Episode 82 - Knights pt 2 - Discovery by the imperium and addition to the fold 2025-04-14 · 66m
Episode 81 - Knights - their origins and survival of the long night 2025-04-07 · 57m
Episode 80 - Ynnari pt3 - Cawl and Guilliman save the Imperium 2025-03-31 · 78m
Episode 79 - Ynnari pt 2 - Yvraine grows her forces and Slaanesh realizes the threat that is Ynnead. 2025-03-24 · 73m
Episode 78 - The Ynnari pt 1 - Ynnead, Yvraine, and the battle of Biel Tan 2025-03-17 · 86m
Episode 77 - Harlequins pt 2 - Harlequins moving the storyline along 2025-03-10 · 51m
Episode 76 - The Harlequins pt 1 - Where they come from, who & what they are. 2025-03-04 · 89m
Episode 75 - Blood Angels pt2 - After the Death of Sanguinius 2025-02-25 · 72m
Episode 74 - Blood Angels pt1 - The origins 2025-02-18 · 74m
Episode 73 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 2 2025-02-11 · 70m
Episode 72 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 1 2025-02-04 · 77m
Episode 71 - Death Watch pt 2 - Their weapons, tactics, facilites, stories and more. 2025-01-28 · 78m
Episode 70 - Death Watch pt 1 - Who are the Death Watch and how does one become one 2025-01-21 · 64m
Episode 69 - GW Rules Oopsies - When lore and tabletop rules dont mix 2025-01-14 · 71m
Episode 68 - Space Wolves Pt 2 - Our favorite characters 2025-01-07 · 86m
Episode 67 - Space Wolves Pt 1 - What they are, where they come from and (of course) Leman Russ 2024-12-31 · 99m
Episode 66 - The Tau Pt 2 - How they fight, their weapons, and their key leaders. 2024-12-24 · 84m
Episode 65 - The Tau Pt 1 - What they are, where the come from, and how they rose up 2024-12-17 · 76m
Episode 64 - "Where are they now" Primarch edition - the Loyalists 2024-12-10 · 78m
Episode 63 - "Where are they now" Primarch edition - the Traitors. 2024-12-03 · 82m
Episode 62 - Drukhari pt 3 - Wych cults, Kabals, Mercenaries and The Arenas 2024-11-26 · 86m
Episode 61 - Drukhari pt 2 - Kabals, Archons, Realspace Raids & Poison weapons 2024-11-19 · 81m
Episode 60 - Drukhari pt 1 - The survival of the Dark City & rise of Vect 2024-11-12 · 68m
Episode 59 - Adepta Sororitas pt 2 - The Creation of the orders and formation of the Sisters of Battle 2024-11-04 · 95m
Episode 58 - Adepta Sororitas pt 1- Rise of the Ecclesiarchy and creation of the Adepta Sororitas 2024-10-28 · 64m
Episode 57 - Ad Mech pt 2 - Growth of the Adeptus Mechanicus and their function within the Imperium 2024-10-21 · 84m
Episode 56 - Adeptus Mechanicus pt 1 - Rise of the Mechanicum and creation of the Adeptus Mechanicus 2024-10-14 · 63m
Episode 55 - The Grey Knights pt 2 - The rise of the Grey Knights 2024-10-07 · 87m
Episode 54 - The Grey Knights pt 1 - The Flight of the Eisenstein and the Knights Errant. 2024-09-30 · 78m
Episode 53 - The Death Guard pt 2- The split of Mortarian and Typhus 2024-09-23 · 82m
Episode 52 - The Death Guard pt 1- The origins of Mortarian and Typhus 2024-09-16 · 72m
Episode 51 - The Officio Assassinorum - Pt 2 2024-09-09 · 90m
Episode 50 - The Officio Assassinorum - Pt 1 2024-09-02 · 74m
Episode 49 - The Talons of the Emperor pt 2 - The Sisters of Silence 2024-08-26 · 65m
Episode 48 - The Talons of the Emperor pt 1 - Adeptus Custodes 2024-08-19 · 81m
Episode 47 - Eldar pt 4 - Eldar Weapons, Vehicles, Wraithhosts, and a little bit of Ynnari 2024-08-12 · 80m
Episode 46 - Eldar pt 3 - The Aspect Warriors and Phoenix Lords 2024-08-05 · 98m
Episode 45 - Eldar pt 2 - What is an Eldar, their Craftworlds. and their Psychics 2024-07-29 · 83m
Episode 44 - Eldar pt 1 - the Eldar Pantheon, Craftworlds, and Webway 2024-07-22 · 93m
Episode 43 - The weapons of the imperium 2024-07-15 · 73m
Episode 42 - The Regiments of the Imperial Guard 2024-07-08 · 104m
Episode 41 - What is the Imperial Guard 2024-07-01 · 80m
Episode 40 - Congratulations on joining the Imperial Guard! Here is a handy primer you can reference for any and all questions. 2024-06-24 · 72m
Episode 39 - Tyranids pt 3 - Imperial history of the Tyranid invasions. 2024-06-17 · 113m
Episode 38 - Tyranids pt 2 - Genestealers, Tyranid Invasions, and key units. 2024-06-10 · 84m
Episode 37 - Tyranids pt 1 - What they are and where they come from 2024-06-03 · 72m
Episode 36 - Imperial Psychers, Black Ships, and the Astronomican 2024-05-27 · 89m
Episode 35 - Deep dive into the Gods of Chaos Pt 2 - Nurgle and Slaanesh 2024-05-20 · 94m
Episode 34 - Deep dive into the Gods of Chaos pt 1 - Khorne & Tzeentch 2024-05-13 · 86m
Episode 33 - The Gods of Chaos, who they are and where they came from 2024-05-06 · 83m
Episode 32 - What is a Space Marine & what is Space Marine Power Armor 2024-04-29 · 108m
Episode 31 - The Necrons Pt 2 2024-04-22 · 78m
Episode 30 - Necrons pt 1 2024-04-15 · 60m
Episode 29 - Ahriman Pt 2 2024-04-08 · 78m
Episode 28 - The Legend of Ahriman Pt1 2024-04-01 · 66m
Episode 27 - Hive worlds (Yes they are as bad as you think) 2024-03-25 · 61m
Episode 26 - Types of worlds in the Imperium Of Man 2024-03-18 · 70m
Episode 25 - The Inquisition, good or bad?......... Yes? Maybe? 2024-03-11 · 74m
Episode 24 - The Ordo Xenos 2024-03-05 · 65m
Episode 23 - Rise of the imperial cults and creation of the Ecclesiarchy 2024-02-27 · 66m
Episode 22 - Rogue Traders 2024-02-20 · 67m
Episode 21 - Abaddon pt 3 - Abaddon goes crusading. 2024-02-12 · 73m
Episode 20 - Abaddon Pt 2 - Abaddon becomes the new warmaster 2024-02-06 · 53m
Episode 19 - Abaddon pt 1 - The Origins and fall of Ezekyle. 2024-01-30 · 54m
Episode 18 - Dark Angels- why they are fun to play. 2024-01-23 · 52m
Episode 17 - Dark Angels Pt2 - Eliminate the Heresy!!..... Wait... are we the heresy too? 2024-01-16 · 66m
Episode 16 - Dark Angels - The rise of the 1st legion under the Emperor and their reunitment with the Lion. 2024-01-09 · 60m
Episode 15 - The Scouring.... well really just the start of the Imperium going to hell in a handbasket trying to kill everyone and everything associated with Chaos 2024-01-02 · 70m
Episode 14 - The rise and very brutal fall of the Aeldari Empire. 2023-12-26 · 52m
Episode 13 - Orks - Our favorite weapons, units, & Technology, and of course why we both love playing Orks and why you should too. 2023-12-19 · 58m
Episode 12 - Ork Leaders being the biggest, greenest, meanest, the sneakiest, and even the brainiest.... 2023-12-12 · 80m
Episode 11 - Orks!!! What are they, and why are they so amazing 2023-12-04 · 51m
Episode 10 - The Old Ones.... and some necrons, and C'tan, also a little Eldar and Orks. 2023-11-28 · 71m
Episode 9 - The Heresy Concludes 2023-11-21 · 73m
Episode 8 - Horus invades and the Imperium tries to Hold 2023-11-13 · 68m
Episode 7 - Chaos Always Corrupts, 2023-11-06 · 76m
Episode 6 - Horus strikes at the Loyalist forces and the Loyalists begin to strike back at Horus 2023-10-30 · 69m
Episode 5 - The imperium is Fragmented while Chaos corrupts 2023-10-23 · 46m
Episode 4 - Heresy makes its move 2023-10-16 · 68m
Episode 3 - Heresy Rises - Horus Heresy Pt1 2023-10-09 · 55m
Episode 2- History of Mankind - The Great Crusade, the Primarch project and setting the stage for the Heresy 2023-10-03 · 60m
Episode 2- History of Mankind - The Great Crusade, the Primarch project and setting the stage for the Heresy 2023-10-02 · 56m
Episode 0 - Who we are and why we are doing this 2023-10-02 · 15m
Episode 1 History of Mankind - Age of Terra, Technology, Strife and the appearance of the Emperor 2023-09-25 · 53m
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