Sandersonian Institute Of Cosmere Studies

This is it! SICS will be going on an extended hiatus after this episode, and we really just want to express our gratitude to you for listening. In this episode, the SICS crew wraps up their discussion of Wind and Truth, Book #5 and the last book in the first arc of Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive. This time, we're talking about Adolin's adventures defending a foreign land from invasion. ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wboNDlsufzQGgMfbhm1uIoyPSclnaN6f1ts24EG4_Es/edit?usp=sharing ___ This week's Cosmere Thing of the Week: Instructions to make your own LEGO chasmfiend by u/mathemagician23: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/1jixtql/lego_chasmfiend_instructions_small_ideas_update/ ___ Thanks SO much to our Patrons for your support over the years! SICS patrons have made the show possible, and we can't thank you enough. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We would love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or a

Only ONE EPISODE AFTER THIS ONE before we take our prolonged hiatus and shift to less frequent episodes! In this episode, the SICS crew continuess taking a deeper look at each of the main plot threads in Wind and Truth. This time, we're focusing on Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain's adventures in [REDACTED]. ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1euuA9EetICfR13u8caQHlkwW7XPNg38rJHWr2EyrIJY/edit?usp=sharing ___ This week's Cosmere Thing of the Week: Shallan and Pattern amigurumi https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/1j86cpj/shallan_and_pattern_crocheted_dolls/ ___ Thanks SO much to our Patrons for your support over the years! SICS patrons have made the show possible, and we can't thank you enough. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We would love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work. ___ Follow us at www.youtube.com/cosmerestudies for our live shows, whic

In this episode, the SICS crew continuess taking a deeper look at each of the main plot threads in Wind and Truth. This time, we're focusing on Dalinar and Navani's adventures in [REDACTED]. ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1To138bhgdHlxMhMJkMLiAf_YjiiGkCmzP9Fk2YtFHa4/edit?usp=sharing ___ This week's Cosmere Thing of the Week: Leave Your Sword by Micah Epstein https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarycosmere/comments/1iwtn5w/leave_your_sword_by_micah_epstein/ https://www.instagram.com/micahepsteinart/p/CGP991bDzXI/?img_index=1 ___ Thanks SO much to our Patrons for your support over the years! SICS patrons have made the show possible, and we can't thank you enough. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We would love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work. ___ Follow us at www.youtube.com/cosmerestudies for our live shows, which stream on Mondays, every two week

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TOP OF THIS EPISODE. _____ In this episode, the SICS crew begins taking a deeper look at each of the main plot threads in Wind and Truth. This time, we're focusing on Szeth and Kaladin's stories as they head to Shinovar. ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKcaSgg-5mXXUi9Z-QgExdlxTMVVSDE6KD59_ABCe0o/edit?usp=sharing ___ NO COSMERE THING OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work. ___ Follow us at www.youtube.com/cosmerestudies for our live shows, which stream on Monda

Now that Wind and Truth has been out, we can take another look at several of the prophecies that we've seen over the course of the previous books. From the Deathrattles to the Diagram, there have been all sorts of clues given about the events taking place on Roshar—and even a few touches on the rest of the Cosmere! In this episode, the SICS crew takes a look at those prophecies. ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhl5q1unbZuhWAWbHmGZ1r_67FRy8A84aCuC4c7va0Y/edit?usp=sharing ___ Cosmere Thing of the Week: Steris firing the Experimental Shotgun by Marie Magny https://www.artstation.com/artwork/RKyWXD ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love t

It's the start of a new year, and we're going to kick things off with a look at the end of the last year. Specifically, we're going to give you our retrospective on the 2024 Dragonsteel Nexus! The SICS crew has been attending Brandon's convention (originally called "Dragonsteel MiniCon," a name which it has now FAR outgrown) ever since its inception in 2021. But this year, we made the decision to go as regular attendees rather than having a booth. (Jordan and Amy did still participate as members of panels, though.) So have a listen as we give our impressions and talk about our experiences at the con! ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zx97jKhihf7KznnPmsh1rBu_7HQ73sehxRE8wMG5Mro/edit?usp=sharing ___ Cosmere Thing of the Week: Mistborn Clock! https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/1i0mjlb/my_girlfriend_painted_this_mistborn_clock/ ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possib

Happy belated Koloss Head-Munching Day to all! And you know what that means: It's time to talk about the most recent State of the Sanderson post! What did Brandon do over the past year? What's he got planned for the next year (and beyond)? And why does Bill's background look different??? ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sc5XWvwGGyzkMEFCWZ2FY1Syzq6Xjt8qvyzPlrjAZ3s/edit?usp=sharing ___ Cosmere Thing of the Week: Dragonsteel Wheel of Time Books are on their way!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR9sq_lPH_4&t=3s&ab_channel=BrandonSanderson ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetc

Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!!! It's here! IT'S FINALLY HERE! The end of the first arc of The Stormlight Archive, Wind and Truth, is COMPLETE, it's RELEASED, and the SICS crew has been reading like crazy to give you our FIRST IMPRESSIONS of it! (And we've got some things to say!!!) ___ Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iw81qt-d2wVaW6c7Hg7MdPLj9XzYr821Vw-Lcsje76E/edit?usp=sharing ___ Cosmere Thing of the Week: NerdForge's EPIC giant versions of all five Stormlight books!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13coGQUp3ck&ab_channel=Nerdforge ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anythin

IT'S ALMOST TIME!!! The end of the first arc of The Stormlight Archive, Wind and Truth, is mere HOURS away from its release, and it's time for the SICS crew (and special guest Libralita) to put in their predictions! And of course, to do so, Jordan, our resident scientist (more like a game show host) is here to make a WHOLE production out of it. So join us for The Wind and Truth Pre-Release TITLE BELT! ___ NO SHOW NOTES THIS WEEK ___ NO COSMERE THING OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK. GO READ WIND AND TRUTH! ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's wo

Wind and Truth Chapters 29-32! Yet more spoilers! Enjoy! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v9XAi-wTKu2PNHbJIQCQR3kZeH86jDOLxFr1x8ycn30/edit?usp=sharing ___ Cosmere Thing of the Week: Words of Radiance animation by Marc Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHQ6UrTmtlg&ab_channel=MarcBlack ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work. ___ Follow us at www.youtube.com/cosmerestudies for our live shows, which stream on Mondays, every two weeks, at 8:30pm Mountain Time. Edited version

Wind and Truth Chapters 21-24! Amy's back! Still more spoilers! Enjoy! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lGuQEQohAuE30AOq-BZBYzeTOB3ZX4FIhj4HeYt6p98/edit?usp=sharing ___ No Cosmere Thing of the Week this week! ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work. ___ Follow us at www.youtube.com/cosmerestudies for our live shows, which stream on Mondays, every two weeks, at 8:30pm Mountain Time. Edited versions will be posted on the channel the following Wednesday. ___ We'd like to thank the fo

Wind and Truth Chapters 21-24! Amy's gone! :(  (But only for this week!) Even more spoilers! Enjoy! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lGuQEQohAuE30AOq-BZBYzeTOB3ZX4FIhj4HeYt6p98/edit?usp=sharing ___ No Cosmere Thing of the Week this week! ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work. ___ Follow us at www.youtube.com/cosmerestudies for our live shows, which stream on Mondays, every two weeks, at 8:30pm Mountain Time. Edited versions will be posted on the channel the following Wednesday.

Wind and Truth Chapters 16-20! Even more spoilers! Enjoy! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hJYbhSqxKz6HMWHp_M6Dnz9MK1BgWQhUyyDt04xMOvk/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": Stormlight Era 1 Covers Merged by u/jgoux https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/1fw29cr/i_made_a_stormlight_arc_1_wallpaper_by_combining/ ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work. ___ Follow us at www.youtube.com/cosmerestudies for our live shows, which stream on Mondays, every tw

Wind and Truth Interludes 1-2, Chapters 14-15! More Spoilers! Join us! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-J2Zp-UwhXtg-Olq7EBZAYJ0dYzP4KhDA0Bgk-i3Ihw/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": Nerdforge's complete Wheel of Time bound in one volume (not Cosmere, but Cosmere-adjacent): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bioxZa950vo&ab_channel=Nerdforge ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ Want some SICS merch? Check out our merch store at https://store.streamelements.com/cosmerestudies  ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to s

Wind and Truth Chapters 10-13! More Spoilers! Join us! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YdQuaKcXcBt-RpabkFfVB7IkigVrbq1MCubAltKkdD0/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": Adolin and Gallant by u/solarpines https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/1f2nftm/painted_an_extremely_silly_scene_from_the_wat/ ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ Want some SICS merch? Check out our merch store at https://store.streamelements.com/cosmerestudies  ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have, no matter how far-fetched, or anything else you may have to say about Brandon Sanderson's work.

It's time! The countdown to the release of Wind & Truth, Book 5 of The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, has begun! As he's done in the past, Brandon is releasing preview chapters of the book on a weekly basis leading up to launch, and C.J. from Cosmere Quandaries has come on as a guest to discuss the prologue and Chapters 1-9 with the SICS crew. ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xM_QufPM6NlVIH_I2XqGKvEjtKqsZD0VuzgJGkhnBKg/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": Cosmere Quandaries https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7l6XKt6l0oPi5CaC1mXDoA ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ Want some SICS merch? Check out our merch store at https://store.streamelements.com/cosmerestudies  ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosme

Somehow, Brandon Sanderson has done it AGAIN! He surprised us all once more with his latest (and currently running) Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming Stormlight... no... COSMERE tabletop role-playing game! That's right, what we thought was just an RPG based around The Stormlight Archive is actually a much larger RPG for the entire Cosmere! And we're thrilled to have Katie Payne, art director for the project, back on the podcast to chat with us all about it! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k9iXZNdIXH0H9cixWUoCgTxS--cOIs-bGMmC0UY11Cw/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": Cosmere RPG Character Creator: https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/cosmererpg ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ Want some SICS merch? Check out our merch store

This is it! The end of our reread of the currently-published books in The Stormlight Archive! After this, it's build-up to Wind and Truth in December, and we're thrilled for it! The last time we read Rhythm of War, we devoted 6 episodes to it as we broke down each piece. This time, we're cramming it all into one so we can devote more time to the final book in the trilogy, so there's a lot to get through this time! So what are your thoughts on Rhythm of War? What do you think is coming as we wrap up the first arc of The Stormlight Archive? What does Brandon Sanderson have cooking in that brain of his? Leave us a comment and let us know! ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1whvwJcx0X2fuA_CjxzDsARkdbuA7eMjtcPTijFXVzl4/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": Wind and Truth preview chapters on the Tor website: https://reactormag.com/read-wind-and-truth-by-brandon-sanderson-preface-and-prologue/ ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute

Dawnshard is another example of Brandon's "shorter" work, and much like the rest of his "short" pieces, it's incredibly dense. There's a ton of character development, additional lore, answered questions and brand new mysteries! So what'd you think of it? ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q1Subjdi3vXjnJTVuuw7c4E6GUaZ1aoURYdGmA7lbEQ/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": "Cosmeredle" http://www.cosmeredle.net ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ Want some SICS merch? Check out our merch store at https://store.streamelements.com/cosmerestudies  ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during the show, so we'd love to hear any theories you have,

For thousands of years, Roshar has been protected by the mysterious Oathpact. But what do we know about this arcane agreement? How does it protect Roshar? What oaths were involved? And what do we know of the ancient Heralds who made those oaths? ___ This episode's show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-tpm7X8656e4bSsZj6n48myHE7xDhu58ePqv-9C7uWw/edit?usp=sharing ___ This episode's "Cosmere Thing of the Week": "The Worldhopper Ball?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWLxPDdL2w&ab_channel=BrandonSanderson ___ You can support The Sandersonian Institute of Cosmere Studies by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/cosmerestudies SICS patrons make the show possible and gain access to additional content and early access to bonus episodes. ___ Want some SICS merch? Check out our merch store at https://store.streamelements.com/cosmerestudies  ___ You can email us your questions about the Cosmere at cosmerestudies@gmail.com. We will occasionally select emails to respond to during t