Danylo Loutchko
Co-Host of Hardcover Hooligans
Danylo is prounounced "duh-NILLO".
Ever since finishing his first Magic Tree House book and binge-reading all the Redwall books as a child, Danylo has always been suspicous of books that are too long and/or don't have talking mice. Though he will admit Crime and Punishment was pretty good.
Danylo also has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the Unversity of Minnesota, which means he's at the exact right spot in the Dunning-Kruger graph to have this podcast.
He also does theater, comedy, improv, and music, mostly in the Minneapolis area.
Danylo Loutchko has hosted 57 Episodes.
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The Word for World Is Forest
Episode | March 2nd, 2026 | 1 hr 29 mins
book, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
A book that has nothing at all to do with what’s happening in our world right now.
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Iron Flame - Part 1
Episode | February 9th, 2026 | 1 hr 34 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, fourth wing, geek, review
It’s the book after Fourth Wing! Fifth Wing! No wait, it’s Iron Flame. And current events might be affecting our experience of this book…
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Fourth Wing - Part 2 (Re-upload)
Episode | January 28th, 2026 | 1 hr 16 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, fourth wing, geek, review
We finally get to the NSFW parts of Fourth Wing! And also there is a sweet wizard fight.
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Fourth Wing - Part 1 (Re-upload)
Episode | January 27th, 2026 | 1 hr 9 mins
We tackle the booktok sensation "Fourth Wing" to find out just what all the hub-bub is about. Is it good? Bad? Sexy??
Maybe it could be all three. -
A Court of Mist and Fury - Part 2
Episode | January 19th, 2026 | 1 hr 17 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, review
While there are several climaxes in this book, the one that matters unfortunately made no sense.
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A Court of Mist and Fury - Part 1
Episode | January 6th, 2026 | 1 hr 19 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, review
Everyone's favorite fairy smut series is back! And this time with…less sex? And more PTSD?!
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A Court of Thorns and Roses - Part 2 (Re-upload)
Episode | December 30th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, review
Cauldron boil and fry me! It's part two of our discussion of the fairy smut phenomenon! And yes, Feyre's bowels are still watery!
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A Court of Thorns and Roses - Part 1 (Re-upload)
Episode | December 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 26 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, review
In anticipation of our return to the world of Sarah J. Maas, here's our first episode on the romantasy phenomenon.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz - Part 3
Episode | December 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, horror, review, scifi
After 400 years, humanity has finally recovered all their technology…including nuclear bombs! Uh oh!
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A Canticle for Leibowitz - Part 2
Episode | December 1st, 2025 | 1 hr 16 secs
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, horror, review, scifi
We finally arrive at the first piece of true advanced technology in this novel: a lightbulb.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz - Part 1
Episode | November 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, horror, review, scifi
No lasers, no spaceships, just a sci-fi novel about a monk who finds a grocery list. Featuring our first ever guest on the podcast!
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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Episode | September 19th, 2025 | 41 mins 16 secs
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, horror, review, scifi
After an unintentional summer hiatus, we’re back with the third and final installment of our short series on Borges short stories. And oh no! It turns out a billionaire creating a fantasy planet with his friends can destroy the world.
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Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
Episode | June 2nd, 2025 | 51 mins 43 secs
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, horror, review, scifi
If we claimed we wrote a Borges story and read it in its entirety at the end of our podcast, that would make the story infinitely richer.
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The Library of Babel
Episode | April 30th, 2025 | 48 mins 30 secs
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, horror, review, scifi
An infinite library implies the existence of infinite Mr. Beast video transcripts.
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Carrie
Episode | April 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, horror, review, scifi
The moral of this story is to not bully the girl with latent psychic abilities.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Episode | April 1st, 2025 | 59 mins 24 secs
book, book podcast, books, bookstagram, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, fantasy, geek, review, scifi
I guess books are just video games now.