Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

The White Sand Omnibus is here, and so it's time for another episode of Shardcast where we go into extensive detail on things. There's character stuff, lore stuff, talking about the Indiegogo failure, as well as astrophysics and complex cosmere stuff. Oh, and infesting sand! This is a very weird and extremely nerdy episode, even for us. We have Eric (Chaos), David (Windrunner), Evgeni (Argent), and Joshua (jofwu)! If you want to buy White Sand Omnibus, you can here: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C132295 Our previous Volume 1 show: https://youtu.be/L59oE3-IMTA Our previous Volume 2 show: https://youtu.be/lnrlp3OFW2w Our previous Volume 3 show: https://youtu.be/ZFyh_w-Q5UM Astronomy Ars Arcanum page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brandon-sanderson-s-white-sand-graphic-novel#/updates/9 Peter's comment on Dynamite: https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/vd1hxn/white_sand_omnibus_update_first_run_not_expected/ici6bac/?context=3 Chapters: 00:00 Intro and News 4:22 What

It's time we talk about aethers, the last big cosmere magic system! Or is this actually an MCU podcast? A Pinnochio podcast? Maybe it's an ecology and physics podcast. Surprise, it's red spikes all the way down. This episode is both very on the rails and also totally not. Spoilers for Lost Metal and Tress of the Emerald Sea. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), David (Windrunner on the forums), Evgeni (Argent), Ala (Rasarr), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Aether of Night requests thread is here (please note this is a manual process and it will be sent to you in the order of weeks): https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/60219-aether-of-night-manuscript-requests/?page=1 Incredible thumbnail by Caio Santos: https://twitter.com/BlackSalander/status/1617230159563870208 00:00 Introduction 01:42 Show & Tell, Hoid Box 9:01 What is an Aether? 13:40 Meta history, Aether of Night 29:42 Canonical References 33:49 Strains of Aethers 59:05 Ecology 1:15:30 Prime vs. Primal Aethers 1:19:25 Types of Aethers (Canonically

Secret Project 1 is here, and it's Tress of the Emerald Sea! What did we think of it? Turns out it's reeeeeally good! Watch on for our reactions, some complaining, some lore, and randomly, Rithmatist and White Sand thoughts? Oh yeah, things are wild. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Grace (thegatorgirl), Evgeni (Argent), Jessie (Lady Lameness), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! 00:00 Introductions 2:20 Spoiler-free reactions 7:47 Spoilery initial reactions 29:51 Art 50:34 Likes and Dislikes 1:04:06 Characters 1:36:40 Xisis 1:46:42 Midnight Essence and some aether stuff 2:02:20 Audience and Final Thoughts If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum

Here's our Shardcast on the State of the Sanderson 2022. This was streamed live on our YouTube channel, so this is unedited, but hopefully you enjoy! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Read the State of the Sanderson blog post here: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2022/ If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

It's our longest episode ever! If you've read Lost Metal, you know what this episode is about, and there's so so much to discuss. In fact, believe it or not, we probably easily could have talked for two more hours at least on it. In this one, Alyx is a mind-reader and says Realmatic things! We also get talking about the Fused. This episode has Eric (Chaos), Alyx (Feather), David (Windrunner), Evgeni (Argent), Jessie (Lady Lameness). Mistborn playing cards can be purchased here: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/collections/featured-products/products/wax-and-wayne-playing-card-deck Silhouette in the thumbnail is by Botanica: https://botanicaxu.tumblr.com/post/688478334502551552/saw-the-cover-of-secret-history-hardcover-book-and 00:00 Introductions 2:48 Show & Tell 6:21 Alyx on Kelsier (Lost Metal Edition) 11:20 Kelsier's personality / morals 45:54 Cognitive Shadows 57:29 Kelsier Kandra & Looking at Playing cards 1:13:35 Kelsier not having powers, the Bands, Kelsier and medallions 1:37:20 Rosharan Ghostblo

We discuss the origins and motivations of offworlders that show up in latest Mistborn book! Besides the obvious Lost Metal spoilers, there's a lot of cosmere references in this one! Our cast today is Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Grace (GatorGirl), Jessie (LadyLameness), and Marvin (Paleo)! We're back to weekly podcasts for a bit, at least through December. Thumbnail is by Botanica Xu: https://www.tumblr.com/botanicaxu/702151767076552704/tried-my-hand-on-some-ghostblood-agents-love-all 00:00:00 200th Episode! 00:01:00 Introductions 00:03:55 Show & Tell 00:08:40 Overview 00:11:00 Tenets 00:16:00 Moonlight 01:05:43 TwinSoul 01:30:30 Codenames are stupid 01:41:00 Dlavil 01:48:40 Potential Skybreaker? 01:53:30 Darkwater 01:56:30 Comparison with Roshar 02:07:40 Timeline 02:22:15 Who’s that Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the

In this episode, we discuss, well, maybe a single word about Harmony. Big Lost Metal spoilers on this one! Our cast today is Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Rosemary (Kaymyth)! We're back to weekly podcasts for a bit, at least through December. Thumbnail is by Connor Chamberlain: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:Harmony_(Connor_Chamberlain).jpg 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:41 Discord 0:11:30:06 Splitting God Metals 0:15:17:15 Harmony's autonomy 0:23:01:11 Shards working towards the same goal? 0:24:46:20 Harmony Splitting 0:27:40:12 Era 3 Theories 0:42:51:12 Kandra 0:54:34:29 Ghostbloods vs Harmony's agents 01:01:14:21 Trell blinding Harmony 01:11:03:23 Harmony's Sword 01:24:14:10 Harmony into Discord 01:34:02:00 Hybrid Lights 01:41:08:11 Ars Arcanum 01:45:44:06 Why he will be loved as Discord 01:49:54:04 Final Thoughts 02:01:30:14 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come

It's our final reactions show on The Lost Metal! Yet more thoughts on characters, Trell stuff, cosmere stuff, and a surprising amount of Sel stuff more in-depth than you'd expect. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Rosemary (Kaymyth), Matt (Comatose), Kadie (Aon Ene), and Ala (Rasarr)! Dragonsteel Prime Sample Chapters: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/dragonsteel-prime-chapter-25-bridge-four-1/ Aether of Night Request form: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/60219-aether-of-night-manuscript-requests/?page=1 00:00 Intros 2:01 Nonspoiler 6:13 Spoiler Thoughts: Wayne 25:31 Southern Scadrians & Allik 34:40 Marasi 51:09 Sazed, Kelsier, Marsh 1:15ish Cosmere Stuff 1:49:15 Autonomy 2:03:00 Doppelgangers 2:21:25 Predictions 2:30:33 Final Thoughts / Fav Scenes 2:38:21 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Di

On this episode of Shardcast, we have to finally talk about answers about Trell, which we at last got in The Lost Metal. No spoilers in the description, but if you've read the book, you know what this is about! Big Lost Metal spoilers immediately, and we talk about all sorts of arcane cosmere stuff too. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), David (Windrunner), and Evgeni (Argent)! Thumbnail art is one we commissioned by gerys_ss: https://www.instagram.com/gerys_ss/ If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That

It's time for our second reactions video on The Lost Metal, the final Wax & Wayne novel! How did this stack up to other books in Mistborn Era 2? Well more opinions are here! Enjoy! This one is also a bit of a sequel from Lost Previews too! This week we have Danielle (FelCandy), Marvin (Paleo), Joshua (jofwu), Jessie (Lady Lameness), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! 00:00 Introductions 2:09 Show & Tell 3:34 Spoiler-free thoughts 9:03 Spoilery thoughts & Steris 27:06 How this fits into Era 2 41:51 Ghostbloods 1:02:55 Wax 1:12:35 Telsin & Trell 1:24:21 Wayne 1:35:40 Men of gold and red 1:42:10 Discord 1:50:22 Final thoughts / fav scenes 2:01:29 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https

The Lost Metal, the final Mistborn Era 2 book is out, and you know we have so many full book, spoilery reactions for you this episode of Shardcast! We start with a short spoiler-free section and then go into full spoilers, and it's full cosmere spoilers too! We have so much to say! Also, this has some swanky visual changes for you. It's the end of an era, but beginning of a new one! And don't worry, we barely touched on stuff here, but there is so much analysis still to come! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), David (Windrunner), Shannon (Grey), and Evgeni (Argent)! 00:00 Introductions 02:06 Show & Tell 03:41 Spoiler-free Thoughts 15:15 Spoilery Thoughts 01:03:00 Complaints 1:44:23 Other Good Stuff 2:03:56 Era 2 Wrap-up / Era 3 Thoughts 2:28:42 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: h

It's time for Splintercast again! This time we are talking about House of the Dragon season 1. Pretty much everyone was disappointed with Game of Thrones season 8, so how did the prequel series go? As it happens, really well! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), David (Windrunner), Jessie (Lady Lameness), and Matt (Comatose)! 00:00 Introductions and General Thoughts 10:57 Season 1 Discussion 2:27:55 Season 2, Fire and Blood Spoilers (Son For a Son, to The Red Dragon and the Gold) If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's T

In this final episode of The Lost Previews, we discuss chapters 16 to 18! We can't wait for the release next week! 00:00 Introductions 01:00 Chapter 16 11:25 Chapter 17 21:45 Chapter 18 34:10 Scadrian Numerals Chapters 16 to 18 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/11/07/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-sixteen-through-eighteen/ Thumbnail art is by Elisgardor: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:Wax_and_Steris_finances_by_Elisgardor.jpg If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wt

This week on The Lost Previews, we talk about chapters 14 and 15 of The Lost Metal! 00:00 Introductions 00:40 Chapter 14 10:20 Chapter 15 Chapters 14 and 15 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/31/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-fourteen-and-fifteen/ Thumbnail art is the Alloy of Law Graphic Audio cover by Alex Allen: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:AoL.jpg If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

It's our last Rhythm of War topic for 2022, and our last Shardcast before The Lost Metal! It's Adolin and Maya, because we've never done a dedicated cast on Adolin even before RoW. We talk about Adolin and Sadeas, pronunciation, ADOLINBLADE, how amazing Adolin and Maya are, and whether Maya will be healed. Also featuring a ghostly pumpkin. This episode, we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Rosemary (Kaymyth), Ala (Rasarr)! Thumbnail art by Ari Ibarra: https://twitter.com/AriIRF_/status/1374403063088226304 00:00 Intro and Show & Tell 6:37 Adolin Overall thoughts 27:08 Proununciationcast 34:15 Sadeas 53:28 Adolin and Shallan 59:12 Adolin and Maya (ADOLINBLADE CONSPIRACIES) 1:08:35 Healing Maya, Radiant Adolin? 1:46:31 Random Other Thoughts from the Shadesmar Plotline 2:01:43 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and t

It's the very last SpanReads for 2022, ending with the cosmere implications for Bands of Mourning! This episode, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), and Rosemary (Kaymyth)! Thumbnail art is the Polish cover, by Dominik Broniek: https://www.empik.com/zalobne-opaski-sanderson-brandon,p1120930079,ksiazka-p If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

The Lost Previews continue with a short chapter 12 followed by rather spicy chapter 13! 00:00 Introductions 00:40 Chapter 12 08:30 Chapter 13 Chapters 12 and 13 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/24/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-twelve-and-thirteen/ Thumbnail art is by Ashley Coad: https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/y004yj/painted_a_scene_from_lost_metal_ch3/ If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

This week on SpanReads, we are talking about magic in The Bands of Mourning! I'm sure nothing important happened in this one. This episode, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), and Rosemary (Kaymyth)! SpanReads is a weekly series! Due to preview chapters, these will now be coming out Thursday for the last few weeks. Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ Thumbnail art is the Brazilian cover of Bands of Mourning, by Marc Simonetti: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:BOM_BR_cover.jpg If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arc

Continuing on from last week, we talk about chapters 10 and 11 of The Lost Metal! 00:00 Introductions 00:30 Chapter 10 16:50 Chapter 11 Chapters 10 and 11 on Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/17/read-the-lost-metal-by-brandon-sanderson-chapters-ten-and-eleven/ Thumbnail image is the Polish cover for Lost Metal: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02RjckYZCw88u97A9FRHnMYE5MNi8Mnm3hV5nETVXJmjSr4vZh2sfgZDNYcM88GQoVl&id=100063520722581 If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to

Today we have a special episode, talking with author Janci Patterson on Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, along with some stuff about the Cytoverse. We also randomly talk about dog bones and weresharks. It's lots of fun! In addition to Janci, we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), and Kadie (Aon Ene). Sinking City (one of Janci's books): Chapters: https://www.amazon.com/Sinking-City-Skilled-Book-1-ebook/dp/B08FGTC9LJ 0:00 Introductions and Dog Bones 5:00 Bastille Non-spoilers 10:14 Bastille Spoilers 44:59 Cytoverse Spoilers 58:21 Final Thoughts 1:01:39 Who's that Alcatraz Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net Subscr