Beyond the Sectors Podcast
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA bi-monthly podcast dedicated to discussing the Beyond books, diving deep into the world of author duo Kit Rocha! Hosted by Chelsea and Ana.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Episode 22: Short Stories, Vol. 4
December 12, 2019 16:45 - 22 minutes - 25.5 MBThank you so much, friends, for coming with us on this journey! We want to send all of our love to Donna and her family, please take a look at the novel collection available below and consider purchasing, if you can. Today Ana and Chelsea sit down to discuss the final three patreon shorts (for now!) and reflect on what the Beyond books and this project means to each of us.
Beyond HEA shorts: 6th Sense, Makhai, Diplomacy (Sector Three Style) & Zombies
December 05, 2019 21:50 - 23 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week Ana, Chelsea and Baby Outlaw laugh and gurgle their way through a few more of the Kit Rocha Beyond the HEA shorts. This week we focus on four stories set in Sector One after Ashwin. 6th Sense Ashwin and Kora wrestle with all the unknowns around their baby. Makhai In this unsettling short, we get the POV of Samson, another Makhai who is watching over Ashwin and Kora and may or may not be as well calibrated as he thinks he is. Diplomacy Sector Three Style: Gideon and Six share lem...
Episode 20: Ivan
November 07, 2019 13:57 - 47 minutes - 52.7 MBWe're back, friends, with our final full-length installment for a little bit. Ivan is the third novel in the Gideon's Riders books, and our last official novel for the moment. Stay tuned, though, because we've still got several short story episodes and an AMA with the author duo Bree and Donna all about the process of writing these books we've spent the last year diving in to! This week, we dig into our most Regency-style romance to date, the forbidden romance between bodyguard Ivan and pr...
Episode 19: Deacon
October 24, 2019 13:29 - 41 minutes - 45.5 MBWe're back, friends! This week, we continue our Sector One adventures with Deacon (a book we all know should really have been called Ana!) We dig even deeper into last week's discussion of creating a theocratic community, as well as our love of Kit Rocha's reformed assassins and the alluring overlap between tattoo artists Del and Ace. It was a fantastic conversation, and we hope y'all listening to it as much as we did having it! Just a heads up: Chelsea's new little at-home helper/intrepid...
Episode 18: Ashwin
October 10, 2019 13:32 - 45 minutes - 49 MBWelcome, friends, to the brand new(ish) world of Sector One! This week, we launch into the world of Gideon and his infamous Rider's, the soldiers and saviors of Sector One. We had such an amazing conversation this episode, we had a hard time keeping it around the hour mark! We hit on our feelings about emotionally cold heroes, the role that religion plays in worldbuilding, and the deeply complicated man that is Gideon Rios. We see some familiar faces, and talk about what it feels like to b...
Episode 17: Beyond Forever
September 26, 2019 14:02 - 29 minutes - 31.9 MBThis is the second (and currently last) book in the O'Kane for Life novella series, and our final stop with all the favorites we'e gotten to know over the last dozen books. But never fear! We're moving on to Gideon and Sector One, an entirely new world of adventure. But first Ana and Chelsea discuss our ultimate Lex and Dallas story, a novella composed of flashbacks covering the beginnings of a relationship between the people we now know as the reigning king and queen of Sector Four. Chels...
Episode 16
September 12, 2019 15:20 - 22 minutes - 24.4 MBThis is the first book in the O'Kane for Life novella series, and one of our last two Beyond episodes before we officially switch to the world of Gideon and Sector One! But not before Ana and Chelsea get to fawn all over their joint favorite novella to date. We watch as Six and Bren figure out how to walk new lines, lead a sector, and form a family - and an HEA - that is all their own. Chelsea and Ana are given the chance to discuss PTSD, trauma, the power of literacy, the shifting lines c...
Episode 15: Beyond HEA Part 2
August 29, 2019 17:20 - 25 minutes - 28 MBFind our latest podcast on Podbean & iTunes! Ana and Chelsea continue to discuss the Beyond HEA vignettes Bree and Donna wrote for their Patrons. All these shorts take place before the Gideon Rider Books and discuss how Kit Rocha continues to expand the worldbuilding and relationships beyond the original HEAs. All the stories discussed in the episode are now available for free to all readers on Kit Rocha's website including Flash. Efficient: Mia plots make Sector Eight a little less p...
Episode 14: Beyond HEA Part 1
August 15, 2019 13:39 - 25 minutes - 27.6 MBAfter a brief break Ana and Chelsea are ready to dive back into the Sectors, reading the Beyond HEA vignettes Bree and Donna wrote for their Patrons. For the next two episodes Ana and Chelsea will focus on the shorts that take place before the Gideon Rider Books and discuss how Kit Rocha continues to expand the worldbuilding and relationships beyond the original HEAs. All the stories discussed in the episode are now available for free to all reader on Kit Rocha's website. Creative Incentiv...
Episode Thirteen: An Interlude
August 01, 2019 15:34 - 13 seconds - 314 KBHello, friends! Just a quick note to say that we won't be around this week - Chelsea is currently still on maternity leave, and Ana is finally recovering from her whirlwind trip to RWA! However, we will be back in two weeks to discuss the first five stories in the "Beyond Happily Ever" series that we haven't already discussed - which means we'll be reading "Creative Incentives", "Cravings", "Dessert", "Ravished", and "6th Sense", all of which are available online for free. So get reading and...
Episode 12: Beyond Surrender
July 17, 2019 23:00 - 53 minutes - 57.7 MBThis is the last official book in the Beyond Series but not the last Beyond the Sectors podcast! In this episode Chelsea and Ana gush about Nessa and Ryder's romance and tackle the explosive and powerful way Bree and Donna close out their series and set up what is next for the Sectors. Chelsea and Ana discuss passion, purpose, loss of innocence, isolation and loneliness, grief, revenge, justice, all the other consequences of war, and the power of the ADHD representation. In Beyond Surren...
Episode Eleven: Beyond Ecstacsy
July 04, 2019 12:27 - 41 minutes - 45.4 MBGoing to war has consequences! In Beyond Ecstasy Hawk and Jeni have been circling around each other for ages but with the start of the war they feel they can't wait any longer. Ana and Chelsea look at the ramifications this rush has on their relationship and discuss the thematic echoes to series themes that are reflected back in different ways in Beyond Ecstasy. In this episode Ana and Chelsea also talk about the cultural differences between the sectors, agency, marriage rituals and finding...
Episode Ten: Beyond Ruin
June 20, 2019 10:24 - 46 minutes - 51 MBThe intense and suspenseful run-up to war and the most complicated relationship dynamics in the series compete for our attention in Beyond Ruin. Ana and Chelsea could have talked forever about this book, and only scratch the surface. In this episode, our complicated quartet's, Mad, Dylan, Scarlet and Jyoti, emotional scars and secrets are dissected and the ramifications of Eden's surprising assault on Two are discussed. Ana and Chelsea wrestle with all the forces drawing Mad, Dylan, Scarle...
Episode Nine: Closed Doors & Blank Canvas
June 06, 2019 19:37 - 17 minutes - 19.5 MBIn this episode Ana and Chelsea discuss the storytelling and world-building nuggets embedded in these two "Beyond the HEA" vignettes, that explore the growth and changes to Lex, Dallas, Jas, and Noelle, as well as and Rachel, Ace and Cruz 's relationships since the end of their books. Both books are set as the Sectors and Eden are at the brink of war, and these couples & triads take some time away to be together and showcase how much the series has evolved since we first met them. We talk a...
Episode Eight: Beyond Innocence
May 23, 2019 18:34 - 47 minutes - 53.5 MBAs the world building expands and the plot rapidly picks up pace, Ana and Chelsea spend this episode diving in to what exactly makes it feel just a little different than all the other O'Kane books. They discuss the underlying, often dismissed queerness of both the book and the series, while also noting the variety of ways female agency is expressed and the development of the main theme for the rest of the series: the ability to choose how one fights for the things one loves. Along the way,...
Episode Seven: Beyond Possession
May 09, 2019 15:48 - 30 minutes - 35.4 MBBoth Ana & Chelsea adore Tatiana, her need for independence, her fierce pride and her determination to survive. And in this episode they breakdown why Tatiana and Zan clash even as she deeply wants Zan in her life & in her bed. Chelsea and Ana discuss just what submission has meant to Tatiana and what Zan has to do to prove that he can respect her needs and be the person she can rely on. Ana and Chelsea also discuss one of their favorite moments in the whole series involving Lex and her ki...
Episode Six: Beyond Addiction
April 25, 2019 13:10 - 41 minutes - 39.1 MBFinn & Trix's explosive second chance/reunion romance nearly tears the O'Kanes apart. Ana & Chelsea discuss how Kit Rocha combine high-octane action (pulse-pounding escapes, car chases, sneaky heists and armed stand-offs) with quiet emotional conflicts centered on the themes of addiction, acceptance, sacrifice, redemption and trust. Chelsea and Ana also talk about Zan, Ryder, Jade, Hawk, Mad, Jim Jernigan, Logan and Lili, how shocking it was to see things not go in the O'Kane's way for onc...
Episode Five: Beyond Solitude
April 11, 2019 14:16 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MBBeyond Solitude features the most explicitly Hufflepuff/Slytherin pairing yet in the Beyond Universe. Chelsea and Ana discuss how incredibly grumpy Derek Ford is and just how much they love brave and determined Mia. They also breakdown the power dynamics at the heart of Ford and Mia's tumultuous relationship, discuss what it means to be a resident of Sector Four without being an O'Kane and talk about everything we have come to learn about Sector Two.
Episode Four: Beyond Temptation & Beyond Jealousy
March 28, 2019 14:32 - 49 minutes - 54.5 MBDoubling your pleasure, Ana and Chelsea start this episode with a discussion of Beyond Temptation, Emma & Noah's worldbuilding-heavy novella about painful & dangerous secrets, before getting down and dirty with our favorite triad, Ace, Cruz & Rachel in Beyond Jealousy. Beyond hot-showers & self-sabotage, Ana & Chelsea deep-dive into Ace, Rachel and Cruz's relationship dynamics, discussing what went wrong, and why we so love this story of learning to let people love you when you feel unwor...
Episode Three: Beyond Pain
March 14, 2019 13:25 - 42 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode of Beyond the Sectors, Chelsea and Ana lovingly dissect Bren & Six, the cage-matches, the trauma, there-is-more-to-life-than-revenge tropes, flawed found family dynamics and the collision between the political and relational storylines as the O'Kanes try to unravel what has gone wrong in Sector Three. Bren has been guiding and training Six as she gets to know the O'Kanes, face her past and learn to trust and hope again, but when a villain from his past re-surfaces his need ...
Episode Two: Beyond Control
February 28, 2019 13:23 - 36 minutes - 39.9 MBAna and Chelsea giddily discuss the tumultuous romance between the King and Queen of Sector Four. Dallas and Lex have been circling around each other for years, risk and desire in balance until an inflammatory tattoo changes everything. In Beyond Control, high-stakes negotiations, dangerous double-edged offers, secret vulnerabilities and big mistakes endanger Lex and Dallas relationship and the unity of the O'Kanes. Chelsea and Ana discuss the complications caused by the intersection of Da...
Beyond Shame
February 14, 2019 13:22 - 31 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this episode Chelsea and Ana talk about how they found the Beyond Series by Kit Rocha and discuss the first book in the series Beyond Shame. In Beyond Shame, Noelle Cunningham is cast out of Eden and finds not only sanctuary but love and family when she is rescued by Jas and the O'Kanes. Bree Bridges and Donna Herren, the writing duo behind Kit Rocha, lay the foundation of their ambitious post-apocalyptic SFR/Erotic Romance series, in Beyond Shame, introducing key characters, themes a...