The Descent is Easy: A Shadowhunters Podcast

Fascination & Frustration's Ruth and Michelle have a positive but critical discussion of every episode of Shadowhunters as well as the Mortal Instruments book series. Join the discussion, via our website or on social media, using #tDiE

Commentary S03E05 09/16/2025

Commentary S03E05 Join us as we talk all over Episode 05: Stronger Than Heaven. Come and hang out with us while we watch Shadowhunters and talk all over the episode. Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters - - /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/37977395

Commentary S03E04 09/09/2025

Commentary S03E04 Join us as we talk all over Episode 04: Thy Soul Instructed. Come and hang out with us while we watch Shadowhunters and talk about random stuff as it pops into our heads. Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters - - /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/37853175

Commentary S03E03 09/02/2025

Commentary S03E03 Join us as we talk all over Episode 03: What Lies Beneath. Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters - - /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/37833470

Commentary S03E02 08/26/2025

Commentary S03E02 We're back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 3a! Join us as we talk all over Episode 02: The Powers That Be Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters - - /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/37833275

Commentary S03E01 08/19/2025

Commentary S03E01 Testing... Testing... Is this thing still on? You thought it would never happen, but here we are! Back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 3a! Join us as we talk all over Episode 01: On Infernal Ground Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters - - /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/37814830

Commentary S02E20 09/27/2022

Commentary S02E20 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we finish Season 2 of Shadowhunters and talk all over Episode 20: Beside Still Water Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters -- As mentioned in the episode: Pretzels and Beer is a line from Sondheim's 'I'm Still Here' /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/22960526

Commentary S02E19 09/06/2022

Commentary S02E19 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 19: Hail & Farewell Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/22960532

Commentary S02E18 08/23/2022

Commentary S02E18 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 18: Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/22960535

Commentary S02E17 08/02/2022

Commentary S02E17 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 17: A Dark Reflection Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/23878125

Commentary S02E16 07/12/2022

Commentary S02E16 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 16: Day of Atonement Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/22243385

Commentary S02E15 06/27/2022

Commentary S02E15 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 15: A Problem of Memory Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/23605268

Commentary S02E14 06/14/2022

Commentary S02E14 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 14: The Fair Folk Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/23427848

Commentary S02E13 05/31/2022

Commentary S02E13 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 13: Those of Demon Blood Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/23281049

Commentary S02E12 05/17/2022

Commentary S02E12 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! Join us as we talk all over Episode 12: You Are Not Your Own Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/23126408

Commentary S02E11 05/03/2022

Commentary S02E11 - - We are back with tDiE Commentaries for Shadowhunters Season 2b! And we mostly (read: not at all) remember how commentaries go, and mostly (read: roughly at best) remember what happens in the show. Join us as we talk all over Episode 11: Mea Maxima Culpa. Join us, as we #EnjoyShadowhunters /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/21704351

Extra 33: Shadowhunters Fanfic Recs - The Second 11/26/2021

Extra 33: Shadowhunters Fanfic Recs - The Second - - Thank you Tara Lynn for supporting Fascination & Frustration. We hope you enjoy this Patreon Reward podcast episode, especially for you! Please visit on fascinationandfrustration.com to see all the links! There is a lot of them, so please let us know if we've messed up the html somewhere! Also, as mentioned up top in the podcast: by Cassandra Clare Previous fic rec episodes , , and /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/21287369

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Course of True Love (and First Dates) & The Voicemail of Magnus Bane 10/12/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Course of True Love (and First Dates) & The Voicemail of Magnus Bane - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week as we finish the book, discussing The Course of True Love (and First Dates) & The Voicemail of Magnus Bane Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/20324750

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Last Stand of the New York Institute 09/28/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Last Stand of the New York Institute - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we discuss The Last Stand of the New York Institute Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/20094947

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything 09/14/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we discuss What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/18267710

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Fall of the Hotel Dumort 08/31/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Fall of the Hotel Dumort - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we discuss The Fall of the Hotel Dumort Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/19858259

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - Saving Raphael Santiago 08/17/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - Saving Raphael Santiago - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we discuss Saving Raphael Santiago Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/19246298

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Rise of the Hotel Dumort 08/03/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Rise of the Hotel Dumort - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we discuss The Rise of the Hotel Dumort, and we are so much happier this week. Yay! Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/16687634

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Midnight Heir 07/20/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Midnight Heir - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we discuss The Midnight Heir Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/16687628

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale 07/06/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we discuss Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/17237663

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Runaway Queen 06/22/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - The Runaway Queen - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us this week, where we are much happier discussing The Runaway Queen Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/18588392

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - What Really Happened in Peru 06/08/2021

Bookclub: The Bane Chronicles - What Really Happened in Peru - - We are reading The Bane Chronicles. Join us for the first part, where we fail to find out what really happened in Peru. Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/16201733

Bookclub 2.6: The Lost Book of the White - ch 18-20 (6/6) 11/03/2020

Bookclub 2.6: The Lost Book of the White - ch 18-20 (6/6) - - We are reading the second book in the Eldest Curses series: The Lost Book of the White, in six parts, released every Tuesday. Join us for the last part, and a lot of high pitched incredulity. Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/16201715

Bookclub 2.5: The Lost Book of the White - ch 15-17 (5/6) 10/27/2020

Bookclub 2.5: The Lost Book of the White - ch 15-17 (5/6) - - We are reading the second book in the Eldest Curses series: The Lost Book of the White, in six parts, released every Tuesday. Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/15740684

Bookclub 2.4: The Lost Book of the White - ch 11-14 (4/6) 10/13/2020

Bookclub 2.4: The Lost Book of the White - ch 11-14 (4/6) - - We are reading the second book in the Eldest Curses series: The Lost Book of the White, in six parts, released every Tuesday. Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/15740477

Bookclub 2.3: The Lost Book of the White - ch 8-10 (3/6) 10/06/2020

Bookclub 2.3: The Lost Book of the White - ch 8-10 (3/6) - - We are reading the second book in the Eldest Curses series: The Lost Book of the White, in six parts, released every Tuesday. Live tweet using #tDiE if that's your jam. /episode/index/show/thedescentiseasy/id/15828125

The Descent is Easy: A Shadowhunters Podcast

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