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The 40k Lorecast is a weekly dive into all the Lore that surrounds Warhammer 40k. Brad Chester and John will take you on a deep dive into everything that is the lore of the Warhammer 40k Universe. Our weekly podcast is dedicated to exploring the rich lore of the Warhammer 40k universe, diving deep into the stories, characters, and events that make this universe so captivating. Join us as we unravel the mysteries of the 41st millennium!
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- Episode 164 – The Iron Hands pt 2 – Ferrus reforms his legion, the Iron Hands path of destruction, and the death of Ferrus. · 60 min. · Episode 164On today’s episode we continue our coverage of the Iron Hands. We open with Ferrus joining the legion and immediately blowing the whole thing up and reforming it in the image of…
- Episode 163 – The Iron Hands pt 1 – Were the Iron hands supposed to be traitors? Or are they just weirdly independent? · 59 min. · Episode 163On today’s episode we open our coverage of the iron hands. Starting with their creation by the emperor and surprisingly lack of lore during the Unification Wars. But then we jump…
- Episode 162 – The White Scars pt 3 – The truth about the Webway project, Jaghati disappears, and a legion fracturing under itself. · 50 min. · Episode 162On today’s episode we close out our coverage of the white scars with a bit of a different one. We open with Jaghati and the white scars journey back to Terra which introduces us…
- Episode 161 – The White Scars pt 2 – Jaghati is forced to choose sides despite not liking either of them, and wow were the warrior lodges a bad idea. · 57 min. · Episode 161On today’s episode we continue our coverage of the white scars. We start with Jaghati joining the imperium and getting a crash course in both technology but more importantly the…
- Episode 160 – The White Scars – The creation of the 5th Legion, their transformation to the Star Hunters, and the evolution of Jaghati Khan. · 54 min. · Episode 160On today’s episode we begin our coverage of the white scars. With a dive into their creation during the Unification Wars, and their rather un-glorified purpose for the emperor…
- Episode 159 - Dante pt 3 – The Devastation of Baal, Arks of Omen, and a bit more. · 1 t. 8 min. · Episode 159On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of Dante. We spend most of the Episode talking about the events of the Devastation of Baal. From the opening Salvo as Dante tries to…
- Episode 158 - Dante pt 2 – Are the tales of Dante real, fabrications, or a combo of both? · 1 t. 0 min.On today’s cast we continue our coverage of Dante. With his arrival as newly anointed Chapter Master of the Blood Angels and his rebuilding of the chapter. From there we dive…
- Episode 157 - Dante pt 1 – How the lessons learned throughout his early life shaped Dante to be the leader he is today. · 1 t. 1 min. · Episode 157On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Luis Dante, the oldest and most storied of all the Space Marine Chapter Masters. We open obviously with his origins on Baal Secundus…
- Episode 156 - Armageddon pt 3 – Ghaz goes all in on Hades, and Yarrick goes all in on pissing Ghaz off. · 1 t. 1 min. · Episode 156On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the 2nd war of Armageddon. With the events of Hades Hive driving Ghaz crazy, including some fun response to an attempted air assault…
- Episode 155 - Armageddon pt 2 – the orks are here, and luckily the planetary leader is an idiot. But there is a hero waiting in the wings to rise up and become a legend. · 55 min. · Episode 155On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the second war of Armageddon with the Orks arrival on the planet and Von Strab’s immediate decision to make all the worst decisions…
- Episode 154 - Armageddon pt 1 – a planet that is a hellscape, a future hero of the imperium ascends, and the greatest ork to ever be born is reborn. · 58 min. · Episode 154On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the 2nd war of Armageddon (seriously this place sucks!). With an opening on the planet itself, how it got there, how it is structured…
- Episode 153 - The Tanith First and Only pt 4 - The siege of Verunhive · 1 t. 4 min. · Episode 153On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Tanith first and only with a heavy dive into the events of the siege of Verghast. From the opening attack of Verunhive that…
- Episode 152 - The Tanith First and Only pt 3 - The luck of the Tanith continues, but the civil war on Verghast is forming. · 57 min. · Episode 152On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Tanith first and only with their continued luck on Sapencia which is both a weird and hilarious story at the same time. And then…
- Episode 151 - The Tanith First and Only pt 2 - Voltemand, Bucephalon, Fortis Binary, and Menazoid Prime · 1 t. 4 min. · Episode 151On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Tanith first and only and their leader Ibram Gaunt. We open with them entering Voltemand and their first interaction with…
- Episode 150 - The Tanith First and Only pt 1 - Origin of the Sabbat Crusade, Rise of Ibram Gaunt, and the fall of Tanith · 1 t. 6 min. · Episode 150On Today’s cast we begin talking about the Tanith first and only and their leader Ibram Gaunt. We open with the history of the Sabbat region, its origins and why it is called…
- Episode 149 - Titan Legions pt 2 - Machine Spirits, Maniples, and the Heresy. · 1 t. 5 min. · Episode 149On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Titan Legions. With a short dive into the machine spirit itself. From there we go into how the Titan legions go to war both with…
- Episode 148 - Titan Legions pt 1 - The origins of Mars, creation of the first titans, and the hilarity that is titans themselves · 1 t. 5 min. · Episode 148On Today’s cast we open our coverage of the Titan Legions. With a short dive into the origins of Mars and a hilarious GW story of a dragon. From there we talk about the Titans…
- Episode 147 - Word Bearers pt 4 - Erebus loses his face, Lorgar loses his legion, but then things get better · 1 t. 1 min. · Episode 147On Today’s cast we close out our coverage of the Word Bearers. Opening with the tail end of the Hersey with Layak’s arrival on the scene. Then jump over to Erebus’ terrible plan…
- Episode 146 - Word Bearers pt 3 - Heresy is a go, but Erebus and Lorgar have some different ideas of next steps · 1 t. 5 min. · Episode 146On Today’s cast we dive even further into the Word Bearer lore, starting with the outbreak of the Heresy. And how both Lorgar and Erebus begin to set themselves up for different…
- Episode 145 - Word Bearers pt 2 - The emperor's censure and the legions subsequent jaunt into the eye of terror · 1 t. 9 min. · Episode 145On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Word Bearers with Lorgar taking over his legion and promptly decided to tell the galaxy how awesome his dad is. And then we cover…
- Episode 144 - The Word Bearers pt 1 - The creation of the Imperial Heralds and the complete opposite thing happening on Colchis · 1 t. 1 min.On today’s cast we start our coverage of the Word Bearers. With their original founding as the Imperial Heralds and their role as the Emperor’s enforcers on the imperial truth…
- Episode 143 - Legion of the Damned, yeah turns out they were a little over the top. · 1 t. 3 min. · Episode 143On today’s cast we take a trip into the Legion of the Damned. A super fun and exciting space marine faction that got their own codex in 6th edition, and then promptly were…
- Bonus Episode - Our Takes on 11th Edition · 1 t. 13 min.Brad and John Discuss the Launch of 11th Edition with their excitement and reservations about some rule changes and updates to the game. Big thank you to other people for having…
- Episode 142 - Space Hulks, yeah.... they can be kind of a nightmare · 60 min. · Episode 142On today’s cast we jump into the massive nightmares that are Space Hulks in the 41st Millenia. What they are, where they kind of come from (technically we don’t know). We also…
- Episode 141 - Raven Guard pt 3 - Isstvan 5 and the legions rebirth. · 1 t. 3 min. · Episode 141On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Raven Guard. Opening up with the events of Isstvan 5 and the almost destruction of the Legion. From there we follow Corax as he…
- Episode 140 - The Raven Guard pt 2 - Corax remakes the Raven Guard in his own image · 59 min. · Episode 140On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Raven Guard. With Corax arriving at his legion and having a solid WTF moment at how they behave. Then his fixing of the legion and…
- Episode 139 - The Raven Guard pt 1 - Creation of the 19th and discovery of Corax · 1 t. 3 min. · Episode 139On today’s cast we open up our coverage of the Raven Guard. Opening with the formation of the 19th legion and their actions during the Unification Wars. We then focus a bit on…
- Episode 138 - The Night Lords pt3 - Konrad seriously annoys the Lion, and eventually meets his doom · 1 t. 13 min. · Episode 138On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the night lords. We open with maybe the most consequential event of the entire Horus Heresy, Sotha. And then jump back to the…
- Episode 137 - The Night Lords pt2 - Konrad joins the Heresy and does both a good and terrible job at the same time · 54 min. · Episode 137On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the night lords with a focus on Konrad and the night lords through the end of the great crusade and into the start of the heresy…
- Episode 136 - The Night Lords pt1 - The creation of the 8th legion and Konrad's arrival and rise on Nostramo · 59 min. · Episode 136On Today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Night Lords with of course their formation under the emperor (it is awful). We then talk a bit about how the emperor used them as the…
- Episode 135 - The Siege of Vraks pt 3 - The arrival of the inquisition and the final siege on Vraks · 60 min. · Episode 135On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Siege of Vraks, with the handing over of the conflict to the Ordo Malleus and the arrival of the Grey Knights. Then we follow…
- Episode 134 - The Siege of Vraks pt 2 - The arrival of Chaos and escalation of Vraks · 58 min. · Episode 134On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Siege of Vraks, with the arrival of the chaos fleets to the system and the not so great (for the imperium) naval battle that…
- Episode 133 - The Siege of Vraks pt 1 - Rise of Cardinal Xaphan and the invasion by the imperium · 56 min. · Episode 133On Today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Siege of Vraks, on of the epic wars of 40k History. Starting with the origins and oddly high importance of the planet. Then the rise…
- Bonus Episode - Adepticon Recap · 44 min.After an amazing 5 days at Adepticon we wanted to recap out amazing time there as well as thank a bunch of you for coming by, saying hello and more. It was such a blast! Patreon…
- Episode 132 - The Death Korps of Krieg - Their history, their units, and (sigh) their horses · 58 min. · Episode 132On today’s cast we jump back into the Death Korps of Krieg. We start where we should with the revolution on Kreig, how it started, how Jurten turned the tide to make it a more…
- Episode 131 - The Minotaurs, for real this time · 1 t. 3 min. · Episode 131On today’s cast we jump into the Minotaurs chapter of the Space Marines. Starting with the earliest mentions of any space marines called the Minotaurs in the lore. But then we…
- Episode 130 - The Minotaurs? NOPE suprise its the Lords of Terra!!!! · 1 t. 1 min. · Episode 130On today’s cast I tricked Brad into talking about the Lords of Terra by telling him we were going to talk about the Minotaurs. We start with their origins as the magisters…
- Episode 129 - The 500 Worlds pt3 - Titus and Ammentar win? · 1 t. 0 min. · Episode 129On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the 500 worlds campaign book with the conclusion of the events on Novamagnor as well as the events throughout Ultramar. We open with…
- 40K Lorecast Live Q&A Spring of 2026 · 1 t. 48 min.For those who don't know we do a live Q&A on Youtube every 2-3 months. Links are below to it and our other stuff, but since it was fun we wanted to share it here with the rest of…
- Episode 128 - The 500 worlds pt 2 - Titus comes face to face with the destroyer curse. · 57 min. · Episode 128On today’s cast we continue our coverage into the 500 worlds campaign. We open with the retconning of the destroyer curse withing the Necrons. What it is, and how it is evolving…
- Episode 127 - The 500 worlds pt 1 - The galaxy is a dumpster fire, so time for Ultramar to save it · 58 min. · Episode 127On today’s cast we jump into the 500 worlds campaign. We open with a breakdown of the state of the galaxy in “modern” 40k. From there we jump into the background of the Imperium…
- Episode 126 - The Blood Ravens pt 2 - the events of Dawn of war 2 and 3. · 1 t. 1 min. · Episode 126On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the blood ravens. With a brief trip to Dawn of War Soulstorm, and then a hard dive into the Dawn of War 2 series. From the chapter…
- Episode 125 - The Blood Ravens pt 1 - The mysterious origins of the blood ravens, and the events of Dawn of War · 59 min. · Episode 125On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the blood ravens. With their origins in the white dwarf before the release of Dawn of war 1, and the mystery surrounding them. Then we…
- Episode 124 - The Alpha Legion pt3, death of Alpharius, and the Omegon, and then Alpharius again, and again maybe? · 1 t. 2 min. · Episode 124Patreon: www.patreon.com/The40kLorecast Merchandise: www.etsy.com/shop/The40kLorecast Discord Link: Discord.gg/40klc Our Website: https://the40klorecast.com/ Our…
- Episode 123 - The Alpha Legion pt2, Alph legion take their place amoungst the legions (and irritate all of them in the process) · 60 min. · Episode 123On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Alpha legion. We open with our own theories of what happened to them during the Horus Heresy, did they take different sides, did…
- Episode 122 - The Alpha Legion pt1 the rise of the 20th. · 57 min. · Episode 122On today’s cast we begin out coverage of the great enigma that is Alpha legion. And boy is the a doosy. Opening with the origins of the 20th legion, or really the rumored origins…
- Episode 121 - The Months of Shame · 1 t. 4 min. · Episode 121On today’s cast we cover the after effects of the 1st war of Armageddon with the months of shame. From the decisions on Armageddon by he inquisition with what to do with the…
- Episode 120 - 1st (ish) War of Armageddon - The Battle for Armageddon · 58 min. · Episode 120On today’s cast we jump into the events of the 1st war of Armageddon (sort of). We open with a dive into what Armageddon really is and where it actually came from (damn it…
- Episode 119 - Demetrian Titus - lead up to, events of, and post of Space Marine 2. · 1 t. 0 min. · Episode 119On Today’s cast we close out (for now) our Titus coverage. We open with his discovery by the inquisition from his statis prison by Inquisitor Thrax. From there, we follow his…
- Episode 118 - Demetrian Titus - His origins and events of Graia · 1 t. 0 min. · Episode 118On Today’s cast we close begin our coverage of the most famous character in all of 40K (seriously, it is wild when you think about it) Titus! We open with has back story from a…
