Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

It's time for Words of Brandon on the June 2022 spoiler stream! This part one of two, so stay tuned next week for movie things. In this episode, we discuss some insane things about silver, Nightblood stomach mechanics, the return of asterisk, and... flavors of Investiture? Like what they all taste like, not a Spiritual thing. WoB episodes are wild. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Jessie (Lady Lameness), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Link to spoiler stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVJmMW3UUrg King's Wild Project Mistborn cards: https://kingswildproject.com/collections/mistborn Dragonsteel Prime sample chapters: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/dragonsteel-prime-chapter-25-bridge-four-1/ Chapters: 00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell 9:32 Is Nazh embedding in the Stonewards? 11:44 Deadeyes in Shadesmar 16:23 Hoid collecting every Investiture granting special effects 20:16 A Herald's spren on Braize 24:57 Is Shallan's mom a Herald? 32:00 Why do Cryptics have a bad reputation amon

On this episode of SpanReads, we are discussing cosmere implications of The Hero of Ages! FULL cosmere spoilers (except Secret Projects and SA5 prologue). Next week, we are onto Mistborn: Secret History! This week, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Rosemary (Kaymyth), and Kadie (Aon Ene). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail art is the first edition US hardcover art by Jon Foster: https://pl.pinterest.com/pin/687995280558151989/ 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

On this episode of SpanReads, we are discussing the magic in The Hero of Ages. We talk about Hemalurgy and more! This week, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Rosemary (Kaymyth), and Kadie (Aon Ene). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail art is the first edition US hardcover art by Jon Foster: https://pl.pinterest.com/pin/687995280558151989/ 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://co

Last episode, we talked about the Oathpact and the Desolations, and now we are digging into the Heralds after Rhythm of War. We discuss what it means to be a full Herald, Nale's past, memories and insanity (and the Rhythm of War Part Four epigraphs), and oddly enough, the Blessing of Stability. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), David (Windrunner), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Evgeni (Argent)! Our previous episode on Oathpact and Desolations: https://youtu.be/dPoMbx1uf1A Rhythm of War epigraphs: https://coppermind.net/wiki/Rhythm_of_War/Epigraphs Thumbnail art build is Vedel by Howard Lyon: https://brandonsanderson.com/oathbringer-art-gallery 00:00 Introductions 00:51 Heralds Jezrien's Death 16:38 Is Nale a Full Herald? 26:38 Memory and Insanity 41:25 Nale Visions 53:01 Modern Mysteries 1:11:56 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

On this episode of SpanReads, we are discussing the Characters and Relationships in The Hero of Ages, the last book of Mistborn Era 1! This week, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Rosemary (Kaymyth), and Kadie (Aon Ene). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail art is the first UK cover art by Sam Green: https://bookbastion.net/2018/05/15/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-didnt-fully-enjoy-but-am-glad-i-read/the-hero-of-ages-2/ 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

It's the last book of Mistborn Era 1: The Hero of Ages! How did it hold up on a reread? Well you can find out here! This week, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Rosemary (Kaymyth), and Kadie (Aon Ene). 00:00 Introduction 1:19 Recap 18:58 Reactions SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail art is the first US mass market paperback cover by Chris McGrath: http://www.chrisiliff.co.uk/index.php/illustrations-for-the-mistborn-series/ 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 t

We got a ton of new stuff in Rhythm of War on the Oathpact, Desolations, and the Heralds and how that all works. So much so that we had to split this episode in two! So today we're talking about about the Oathpact and Desolations, as well as the Everstorm and Braize! Next episode we will delve into the Heralds. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), David (Windrunner), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Evgeni (Argent)! No Stormlight 5 prologue or secret project spoilers in this episode. We actually did this episode (which we also had to split in two) in 2018, after Oathbringer came out. You can find them here: The Oathpact (2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQkj1fNaxZY The Heralds (2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpfwaRZRfbU Thumbnail art is the Herald Chana, one of the endpages in Rhythm of War, by Karla Ortiz: https://twitter.com/kortizart/status/1329189694270107648 Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 3:53 Heralds 6:00 Pre-Oathpact 25:15 Mechanics of the Oathpact, Isolations 1:01:46 Braize 1:1

This episode of SpanReads, we're getting into the many cosmere implication of The Well of Ascension! This episode is FULL cosmere spoilers! This week, we have Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Kadie (Aon Ene), and Eric (Chaos). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail art is not a cover this time. It's Vin by Ben McSweeney! Though technically this appeared on Part 3 of Graphic Audio for this book: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRhxEgnrcs/ 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

This episode of SpanReads, we're doing a dive into the magic systems of The Well of Ascension, especially Feruchemy! This week, we have Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Kadie (Aon Ene), and Eric (Chaos). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail cover art is the first edition US cover by Jon Foster: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarycosmere/comments/c5ri9f/mistborn_well_of_ascension_by_jon_foster/ 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? T

It's time for an episode we recorded ages ago, long before we even got the blurb for this book: Lost Metal Predictions! The final Wax and Wayne book is finally coming November. Here are our predictions and hopes for the book! Also, so so many mechanical tangents. What can we say, we are excited to talk Mistborn and the mysteries on Scadrial. Today we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), David (Windrunner), Rosemary (Kaymyth), and Matt (Comatose)! We have a cover for The Lost Metal now! Here's the US edition, which we put in the thumbnail: https://www.tor.com/2022/05/26/cover-reveals-the-lost-metal-a-mistborn-novel-by-brandon-sanderson/ We referenced two older episodes in this one: Southern Scadrians - https://youtu.be/qej6ljwWHlE Atium and the Atium Retcon (where we discuss the Preservation switching business) - https://youtu.be/OZxrgxN-HRw 00:00 Introductions 1:23 Biggest Hope and what is the Lost Metal? 9:43 Genre and plotlines 21:39 Harmony and His Sword (& Tangents) 51:04 Kelsier 56:25 The Set 1:07:38 So

This episode of SpanReads, we're talking about the characters in Well of Ascension, and you bet there's going to be a lot of discussion of everyone's favorite, Zane! This week, we have Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Kadie (Aon Ene), and Eric (Chaos). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail cover art is the Gollancz cover by Sam Green: https://www.shonakinsella.com/shona-kinsella-blog/www-wednesday-24052017 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 cosmer

We're onto The Well of Ascension, the second Mistborn novel, on SpanReads! How does this book hold up? This episode we do our recap and reactions to rereading the book. This week, we have Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Ian (Weiry), Matt (Comatose), Kadie (Aon Ene), and Eric (Chaos). Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:08 Recap 13:23 Reactions SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail cover art is the US paperback cover of Well of Ascension, by Chris McGrath: http://www.chrisiliff.co.uk/index.php/illustrations-for-the-mistborn-series/ 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 final Mistborn Era 2 book, The Lost metal, comes out November, and there's still so much to discuss on the previous book, The Bands of Mourning. Today, we are talking about the Southern Scadrians: their history, how they survived, their culture and religion, and then we discuss in depth the Sovereign's temple and the Bands themselves. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Joshua (jofwu), Marvin (Paleo), and Payden (Otto Didact)! Annotations: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/brandon-sanderson-online-library/#annotations Thumbnail image is Allik Neverfar by Laurys L: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMslUAjhLDa/ 00:00 Introduction 5:41 Annotations and Geography 21:38 Modifications to the Southerners 36:29 Southerner Culture 42:47 Malwish 51:32 Hunters 55:33 The Fallen 59:37 Deniers of Masks 1:11:11 More of Culture and Religion, Jaggenmire 1:29:31 Why Didn't Harmony Help Them? 1:46:33 The Sovereign, the Temple, and the Bands 2:34:25 Moving Forward 2:43:06 Who's That Cosmere Character If you li

This episode of SpanReads, it's a full cosmere episode on The Final Empire! Our last episode of each book is full spoilers for the cosmere and talks about cosmere implications of this book. Next week, we start Well of Ascension! This week we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Rosemary (Kaymyth), Matt (Comatose), and Kadie (AonEne). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail cover art is the Polish re-release cover of Mistborn: https://www.facebook.com/667649576578872/photos/a.671212009555962/1514446158565872 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

This episode of SpanReads, we are delving into The Final Empire and the magic systems in this book. Spoilers for only this book in this episode! This week we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Rosemary (Kaymyth), Matt (Comatose), and Kadie (AonEne). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail cover art is the first edition US cover by Jon Foster: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:TFE_US_1st_Cover.jpeg 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

Time for something different: it's our first episode that we recorded in-person! This one happened in JordanCon 2022 this April, and we're talking about Shards and hypothesizing about Shard hybrids! Sorry for the audio and video quality; I am not really happy with it here but hopefully it's fine enough. This episode have Eric (Chaos), Rosemary (Kaymyth), Evgeni (Argent), Ben (Overlord Jebus), and Joshua (jofwu)! With this, we are officially back to biweekly for the foreseeable future. Our next episode will be on the 28th or 29th. 00:00 Intros and nonsense 3:31 Which Shard would you pick? 10:12 Hybrid Shards 26:45 Audience pitches hybrid shards 37:15 What would you wish was a Shard? 49:14 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 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 m

This episode of SpanReads, we are delving into The Final Empire and its characters and relationships! Spoilers for only this book in this episode! This week we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Rosemary (Kaymyth), Matt (Comatose), and Kadie (Aon Ene). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a few days early on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/17thshard Thumbnail cover art is the UK Final Empire cover by Sam Green: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:TFE_UK_1st_Cover.jpg 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 Arcanu

The wait is over, the Secret Project episodes have been slain and the Stormlight Archive 5 prologue episode is finally here! (Your resident editing Feather appreciates the patience for the slight delay.) Though deep down, we all know the REAL wait is going to be for this book's release because this prologue is SPICY. Spoilers for all published Cosmere works (but no secret project spoilers)! This episode's cast is Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), David (Windrunner), Shannon (Grey), Evgeni (Argent), and Jess (LadyLameness). Read the Stormlight 5 prologue here: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/prologue-to-stormlight-5/ Check out the first episode of our new reread series, SpanReads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwWm2I8QbHo 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 an

Welcome to SpanReads: not your typical rereads podcast. Unlike the traditional rereads style, we won’t be going through each book chapter by chapter, but instead looking at different themes and the placement of the books within the wider cosmere. Each book on SpanReads will bring you four episodes: the first three, Reactions and Retrospectives, Character Relationships, and Magic System use in the story, will be spoilers for that book and prior books in the series, then we’ll cap things off with a full spoiler, cosmere episode. We are starting with Mistborn: The Final Empire, and this episode we're talking about our recap and reactions! This week we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Ian (Weiry), Rosemary (Kaymyth), Matt (Comatose), and Kadie (Aon Ene). SpanReads is a weekly series, coming every Wednesday! Check out our 2022 schedule here: https://www.17thshard.com/news/features/were-starting-a-reread-podcast-may-4th-starting-with-mistborn-1-r819/ We will also be posting SpanReads a

Our time with the Secret Projects is coming to a close for now, but we've got one last set of WoBs from Brandon's spoiler stream, all about Secret Project #4 and its implications for the wider Cosmere! Next week, it's finally coming: our reactions to Brandon's surprise reveal of the prologue to Stormlight Archive 5. Spoilers for all published Cosmere works, nothing is safe. This episode's cast is Eric (Chaos), Alyx (Feather), David (Windrunner), Marvin (Paleo), Veronica (Cheyenne), and Ala (Rasarr). Secret Project 4 reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ6FHoT4oyg&t=0s 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