HeyJaredSURVEY_PROGRAM: A podcast about DELTARUNE
An in-depth discussion of the themes, cultural impact, and history of Deltarune by Toby Fox, with a rotating panel of guests.
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- 12
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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Episode 42: The KINGDOM OF DARKNESS (opens the original)
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Nillin and Serena talk about Kingdom Hearts and what we can get out of viewing Deltarune through its lens, plus what makes it such a weird, unique and enduring story. Topics: Forgetting about Disney. The pervasive aesthetic influence of KH on 2000s youths. Light-dark duality across fiction. Mickey Mouse is here. The world without adults. There’s so many of these games dude. Sora gets shot with a gun. KH1 has a gonermaker sequence. Twilight Town and Hometown. Inexplicable mechanics. Soul/heart me
Episode 41: Chapter 3, The Isles of Northernlight (opens the original)
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BQ’s blind playthrough series continues with Chapter 3. Kate asks them about being the only person on Earth who has played Ch 3 but not Ch 4, and how it stands on its own. Check out BQ’s past episodes in the blind playthrough series. Topics: Huge tone shift. Actual Spamtenna discussion on SURVEY_PROGRAM. Doing taxes while drunk. Kate briefly forgets the name of the podcast. The overall plot. The omegaverse, again. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma . 30 Rock . Is Chapter 3 even good without Sw
Episode 40: An Ocean of Ink (opens the original)
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Deltarune video essayist Andrew Cunningham joins Kate to discuss his oeuvre of video essays, his background with the game, how theorizing and the community has changed over time, and his upcoming Ink Theory Part 2. Topics: Initial letdown at Chapter 1. Differences in sentimental approach between Undertale and Deltarune. What got us into thinking more deeply about the game. The Device Theory. Mad about the Knight. Early ideas about the Soul. If you know Gaster, you know ball. Noelle the game-brea
Episode 39: I'm... Love Master. Don't ask me about LOVE's. (opens the original)
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The top international logistics podcast in the world returns to discuss the crisis in international shipping due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Kate, Jackie and Jade also discuss romance, shipping and fanfiction in Deltarune. Topics: We play Tradle . Shipping in Deltarune vs. Undertale. Berdly fans’ people’s war. Suselle investment advice. The Festival. Somehow even more discussion of Pizzapants. Susie and the prophecy. What the weird route DOESN’T change. Why people ship. The conflict
Episode 38: Who's Alphys? (opens the original)
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Kate is joined by Malady to discuss the yellow lizard scientist/teacher lady, her flaws, relationships, and her place in the worlds of Undertale and Deltarune. Topics: Marmite. Golf. Jay Leno. Undertale as a gateway to literary analysis. Mental health, masking and guilt. Does Alphys suck? Relationships with Undyne, Sans, Asgore, Gerson, and Mettaton. Hetgems. Loneliness and alienation in Hometown. Edited by Malady. Check her out at Weedhacker.net . Cover art from Undertale tarot cards by Dogbomb
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