The Luminary: A Halo Podcast: Recent Episodes
Monica and Josie
Join Halo nerds Monica and Josie as they read too much into their favorite things about Halo: the stories, characters, and lore.
Monica and Josie chat about Part 1 of Broken Circle, one of their all-time favorite Halo novels (which almost cost them their friendship)!
Josie and Monica catch up on characters, cutscenes, and intel drops from Infinite's multiplayer story!
Josie and Monica chat about one of their all-time favorite topics in Halo: the beloved Spartan-IIIs! (The totally above-board, not-at-all-traumatizing successors to the Spartan-IIs!)
Monica and Josie share their thoughts on Kelly Gay's most recent novel, The Rubicon Protocol!
From blue hair to flipping off Onyx Sentinels, Josie and Monica talk about everyone's favorite Rabbit: Kelly-087!
No other Spartan-II fireteam in the Halo universe is as renowned and beloved as Blue Team. Josie and Monica take a look at the team's history, roster, operations, and potential future in the lore.
In this episode, Josie and Monica discuss the changes to the sandbox, Void 3.0, and the inevitable return of Telesto!
Monica and Josie share their thoughts on Halo Infinite from a gameplay perspective: enemies, weapons, equipment, and more!
Josie and Monica share their thoughts on Halo Infinite's story, characters, and the direction of the franchise from Infinite and beyond. (Pro tip: Never believe Monica when she says "One more thing...!")
The Halo Array has enchanted and befuddled fans for years. In this episode, Monica and Josie break down the different arrays and rings, from the prototypes, to the original twelve, to the rings we know and love in the games.
Monica and Josie share their thoughts on the recent (surprise!) Infinite multiplayer release and campaign demos!
Happy HALOween! In this episode, Monica and Josie bring in their buddy Emily to talk about one of Halo's scariest stories, "The Mona Lisa"! A ghost ship, conspiracies, a ravenous all-consuming parasitic plague, this story has all you need for a spooky Halloween tale!
Monica and Josie count down their 3 all-time favorite cutscenes -- and learn that they have the same #1!
Josie and Monica played the first Halo Infinite flight! They discuss maps, weapons, AI (both friendly and less friendly), and their excitement about Halo Infinite's gameplay (spoilers: it's a lot of excitement)!
Josie and Monica celebrate the 117th Canon Fodder by highlighting their favorite Chief-centric moments from the games and books, as well as reminiscing about the time they met Steve Downes at Starbucks!
The Hunters were used to study Forerunner artifacts? The Brutes almost fought themselves into extinction? The Prophets used to be...sexy?! Josie and Monica take a look at each alien species before the days of the Covenant.
excited sign language In this episode, Josie and Monica explore Halo's beloved and buoyant six-eyed technicians: Huragok!
Josie and Monica share their thoughts on 343 Industries' latest Q&A video, featuring Zeta Halo weather, dual wielding, playable Elites, and more!
In this first episode, join Monica and Josie as they talk about their excitement for Halo Infinite—areas they're looking forward to exploring, expanded universe lore they'd love to see, and the (one-sided) controversy behind the Pulse Carbine.
Get to know Josie and Monica as they chat about their history with Halo, their love for the lore, and their top 5 (or 6 or 7) games, books, characters, and soundtracks