Claim OwnershipThe Winds of Time: A Wheel of Time Readthrough Podcast
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A new podcast where James, Isaiah and Amal, three people who have not read the Wheel of Time, read it for the first time, guided by veteran Wheel of Time Reader Mike. Theories, guesses and silliness abound, and the Dragon rides again on the Winds of Time!
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In which our heroes make some new... friends?
Mike has no interest in Dune
Amal is skeptical
James is a recovering sicko.
Isaiah likes him a sad boy
And everyone is DEEPLY suspicious of High Lord Samon
This episode sucks. Like, it's bad. My voice was on the mend, but still super rough, the recording software decided it didn't want to do its job, and everything is garbage and it sucks and I hate it.
In which our heroes continue to uncover intrigue
Mike wants the metric system.
Amal locks up.
James jumps seven episodes ahead to the book recap.
Isaiah DNFs for the very first time.
And everyone learns about Möbius strips
All about Möbius strips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj3HqRtC-T8
Today's Lucky Ten Thousand: https://xkcd.com/1053/
In which our heroes learn about intrigue
Mike is concerned.
Amal takes James’s role.
James ruins the magic.
Isaiah makes THE OBSERVATION.
And nobody likes Siuan’s turns of phrase.
In which our heroes follow on the trail
Mike rants about Jurassic Franchise
Amal dips out early
James fights the e-reader revolution
Isaiah gets an “Oh, SNAP.”
And the Green Bay Packers are a continual thread of discussion throughout the episode.
In which our heroes go camping, and you're gonna watch.
Mike tries to foment relationship discord, and quite rightly, nobody goes for it.
Amal’s derision for the villains is spreading.
James is a year older, but not an hour richer.
Isaiah lovingly engages in casual bigotry.
And the San Francisco 49ers are a continual thread of discussion throughout the episode.
In which the newbies just... really dish out the hate.
Mike brutally shuts down the possibility of guest panelists (except Brandon Sanderson who can come on anytime he wants)
Amal just… REALLY HATES Ba’alzamon.
James gives an answer expected by nobody
Isaiah hurts both hearts and souls.
And people go places, they do things, and stuff happens.
In which our heroes converge and ALL the Chekov's Guns go off.
Mike drops what he thinks is an earth-shattering revelation, but no one else really cares that much.
Amal is doomed to impatience.
James overthinks
Isaiah has strong feelings about Ingtar
And everyone is blind going forward
In which our heroes continue to converge
Mike gets it wrong multiple times
Amal refuses to take the bait
James picks a fight with Kate Reading
Isaiah summarizes a chapter perfectly
And half the episode is spent talking about one chapter
In which our heroes converge, and desperate times require desperate measures.
Mike rants.
Amal declines a point she didn’t receive.
James slanders Bela.
Isaiah gets skeeved out.
And everyone fears the Seanchan more than Ba’alzamon.
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In which our heroes go to a party
Mike cleanses himself of his sins.
Amal gets her turn.
James is a stranger to the subtle art of seduction, as performed by married noblewomen of the Cairheinin nation.
Isaiah doesn’t do names.
And American Thanksgiving is completely forgotten about until the very end and then only glossed over.
In which our heroes chase, get chased, meet new people, and just royally screw up.
Mike gots jokes
Amal tries to spoil the ending of Shogun
James gets weirdly antagonistic toward coffee
Isaiah admits that Mike is right
And nobody fears or respects the Forsaken
In which our heroines gain some knowledge
Mike is enervated
James is in mourning
Amal is sick
Isaiah's hamster power electrical grid fails
And there are so many tangents there's no way to follow anything.
In which our heroes make new friends
Mike is once again confused by Canada, and all things Canadian
Amal’s lack of fear of Ba’alzamon is spreading
James keeps getting interrupted
Isaiah sticks to his guns
And everybody agrees that that b*tch from the next chapter is Lanfear
In which our heroes get a restful night's sleep.
Mike calls out Steven Erikson on his naming bullshit
Amal is caught unawares
James doesn’t know Shakespeare.
Isaiah prepares ye the way of the Malazan
And absolutely nobody makes note of the fact that this is the twentieth episode.
In which our heroes set off on a sizeable chase
Mike subjects everyone to family dynamics.
Amal opens the Robert Jordan Stock Phrases can of worms and spills it all over the podcast.
James drills down on everyone’s ages, again.
Isaiah subconsciously ships Rand and Nynaeve.
And everybody sucks at doing accents
In which our heroes make mistakes
Mike draws parallels to geopolitical conflicts.
Amal has nothing but disdain for Ba’alzamon.
James snubs his wife on their anniversary.
Isaiah is disgusted.
And for the first time in the podcast’s history, nobody makes a Tolkien or Harry Potter reference.
In which our hero runs around like a chicken with his head cut off.
Mike is forced to defend Shakespeare’s honor
Amal’s fury outburns Ba’alzamon’s.
James, for all of the reading he has done, does not recognize one of the most FAMOUS AND IMPORTANT LITERARY DEVICES OF ALL TIME
Isaiah would be more evil
And nobody knows what [Spoiler] knows.
Mike loses his mind editing.
Amal and Isaiah team up to craft a theory.
James dips out to go to a wedding
Isaiah is sick of the swords
And everybody is excited to start the second book.
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