Ranked #1
#13 Hoid
#13 Hoid
Need I say more? This week, we dip into the history and motivations of the Cosmere's greatest enigma; the man, the myth,... Read more
14 Apr 2019
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30mins
Ranked #2
#27 Jasnah Kholin and the Almighty
#27 Jasnah Kholin and the Almighty
This week, a brief discussion on atheism in the Cosmere, the nature of Adonalsium, and Brandon Sanderson's view on writi... Read more
19 Oct 2019
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14mins
Ranked #3
#15 Little Pieces of Divinity -- Spren Part 1
#15 Little Pieces of Divinity -- Spren Part 1
As promised, we stick around on Roshar for an overview of spren, the curious creatures in Stormlight that quickly become... Read more
28 Apr 2019
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21mins
Ranked #4
#26 Moash, Morality, and the True Desolation
#26 Moash, Morality, and the True Desolation
Bit of a tricky episode, but this week we ask the most important question a man can ask: What do we think of Moash? Goin... Read more
5 Oct 2019
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17mins
Ranked #5
#16 Voidspren and the Unmade -- Spren Part 2
#16 Voidspren and the Unmade -- Spren Part 2
An addendum to last week's episode, this time running down the spren of Odium and, in particular, his Unmade. A little s... Read more
5 May 2019
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8mins
Ranked #6
#30 Kelsier and the Lord Ruler
#30 Kelsier and the Lord Ruler
This week, a dip into Scadriel to discuss the interesting parallels between two of the biggest players in the Mistborn s... Read more
30 Nov 2019
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15mins
Ranked #7
#14 Amaram and Moash: Giving Up the Pain
#14 Amaram and Moash: Giving Up the Pain
This week, we do some good old-fashioned compare-and-contrast with some of the Stormlight Archive's most hateable villai... Read more
21 Apr 2019
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13mins
Ranked #8
#28 Sel and the Art of Magic System Maintenance
#28 Sel and the Art of Magic System Maintenance
This week, an overview of Sel, the home of Elantris and The Emperor's Soul. We talk geography, religion, magic, and hist... Read more
3 Nov 2019
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21mins
Ranked #9
#24 Stormlight 4 Prologue Reading at DragonCon
#24 Stormlight 4 Prologue Reading at DragonCon
Moderately Breaking News! At DragonCon 2019, Brandon Sanderson did a Q&A and a reading from the prologue of Stormlig... Read more
1 Sep 2019
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10mins
Ranked #10
#31 Identity
#31 Identity
This week, we take a quick dive into the nature of Spiritual Identity, the Cosmere concept that'll be making some waves ... Read more
15 Dec 2019
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18mins
Ranked #11
#11 Allomancy & Feruchemy: The Metallic Arts of Mistborn
#11 Allomancy & Feruchemy: The Metallic Arts of Mistborn
You try saying "Feruchemical" a dozen times. This week, an overview of the two best-understood Metallic Arts. We run dow... Read more
31 Mar 2019
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24mins
Ranked #12
#20 Splinters, Slivers, and Shards
#20 Splinters, Slivers, and Shards
Whoo! We're back with another episode of the Worldhopper's Guide, this time taking a quick look at three related, but so... Read more
21 Jul 2019
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12mins
Ranked #13
#9 Cognitive Shadows
#9 Cognitive Shadows
Looks like Shardcast beat me to posting an episode on this, but here it is anyway. A quick bite-sized discussion on the ... Read more
15 Mar 2019
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9mins
Ranked #14
#23 The Future of the Cosmere
#23 The Future of the Cosmere
Prepare to be haunted by the specter of your next thirty years of fantasy reading. This week, we examine the planned sto... Read more
24 Aug 2019
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12mins
Ranked #15
#22 Hemalurgy
#22 Hemalurgy
Rounding out the Metallic Arts of Scadriel, this time we explore the mechanics of Hemalurgy, one of the most dangerous m... Read more
11 Aug 2019
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14mins