My Sister Made Me View It: The Stormlight Archive

Emily and Meg dive into chapters 7 & 8 where Emily does not believe a thing has happened and refuses to believe a thing has happened. Shallan did a murder, okay? She did. And Dalinar is a smug know it all.

Oof, in what might be our longest episode yet Em and Meg dive into chapters 4-6. Kaladin takes his new position VERY seriously. His new brother, Adolin, is less than thrilled. Jasnah needs some SLEEP, Shallan! And Emily's not SAYING die, Moash, die, OKAY?

Emily and Meg FINALLY get into WORDS OF RADIANCE. We cover the Prologue, and Chapters 1, 2, & 3. SO MUCH SPREN INFO. Literally NO ONE could keep it straight, but Jasnah gives it her all. Bridge Four gets matching tattoos and of COURSE Moash HAS to be the special one.

Our Warbreaker episode is FINALLY HERE! Emily and Meg are joined by honorary sibling and friend-of-the-pod: TED! We cover the ENTIRE novel of Warbreaker, talk about how everyone got into it/the Cosmere, talk about our fun theories, and of COURSE we stan Nightblood! (who has never done anything wrong in the history of EVER). Make sure to catch Ted’s podcast about the 90’s/’00’s book series The Anim...

Emily and Meg take a quick breather this week and reminisce over Book 1 of the Stormlight Archive. We go over Emily’s predictions, what she ACTUALLY thinks of the book, get to hear her list her top 3 favs and 3 LEAST favs of the book so far, and Meg announces some fun new stuff for our upcoming episodes!

It’s the END of Way of Kings! We finish the last chapters of the book: Chapters 69-74. This week someone DEFINITELY points at something and goes, “THAT’S a Voidbringer!”, Sadeas BASICALLY GETS AWAY WITH MURDER (WTH, BRANDON?), and Dalinar is the best. AGAIN. Was there EVER any doubt?

THE TOWER! THE TOOOOOOWER. We cover chapters 66, 67, 68 and get to SEE THE BRIDGEMEN IN ACTION BEING THE BEST THEY COULD EVER BEEEEEE! (Also, Sadeas should DIE). Stay tuned for a bonus bit at the end where Emily discovers what Kaladin REALLY looks like!)

Emily and Meg read Chapters 63-65. Loyalties are tested. The Horner Pact is broken (again). And Emily’s reading and comprehension should be a lot better than it currently is.

WELCOME back to our Way of Kings Coverage. Emily and Megan SPLIT this week’s HUMONGOUS episode and cover Chapters 60-62. Emily wants ALL the drama and betrayal but NOT for Renarin to be a MURDERER, Dalinar is too cool for school when he meets his hero Brandon Sanderson, and wow. This is one SPICY episode!

This week Emily and Meg read Chapters 56-59 (So. Many. Pages.) Megan uses a thought experiment to make Emily cry. Murder is wrong. Kaladin breaks zero bones!

Emily and Meg cover Chapters 53-55 where HOID PERSONALLY BETRAYS EMILY, we get to hear Sadeas’ final verdict on Dalinar’s involvement in the assassination attempt, and Emily would NEVER forget about Renarin and is MIGHTILY offended Meg would insinuate such a thing!

Emily and Meg are BACK and reading Interludes 7, 8, 9, and Chapter 52. We learn more about spren. Megan still won't tell Emily ANYTHING. RAFO is the word of the DAY. And Navani almost seduces Dalinar. (Should've listened to Yalb and tried one last time.)

Meg and Emily cover Chapters 48-51. Jam gets Shallan into a pickle, Jasnah has a snack then takes it back, and Kaladin hits a 7 on a good-day scale.

We get right into it and go through chapters 45-47. Kabsal knows better than to pay an artist in exposure. Kaladin cheats a Kholin. And MEGAN LIED. Cenn DID come back!

This week we discuss chapters 41-44. Abandon hope all ye who enter here, says Emily. FULL STEAM AHEAD, says Meg.

HAPPY 2022! WE MADE IT! Em and Meg start the year off with Chapters 37-40. It’s a little bit of a breather this week. Baby Kal goes to a tense dinner party, present-day Kaladin wrestles with brain lies, and does Shallan and her future father-in-law Dalinar have something in common?

We read chapters 33-36 this week! (Fair warning - there’s a 10 minute chunk where Emily’s audio gets a little crackly but then we fix it!) Shallan is having second thoughts about her secret mission, Kaladin’s day LITERALLY COULD NOT GET WORSE, and Jasnah apparently favors a very…hands on method of teaching. 

We read chapters 29-32 this week. SHALLAN IS BACK, Y’ALL…and hallucinating?!?! Gaz is only SLIGHTLY less awful, baby Kaladin gets a grown-up lesson, and EMILY FLAT OUT REFUSED TO READ THE LAST CHAPTER.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! Come take a turkey break and listen to us talk about chapter 28 + the Interludes. Dalinar’s men are a little TOO loyal, Emily reveals her OTP, and listen - Emily doesn’t have TIME for all this nonsense. WHERE’S SZETH!?!?

Emily and Meg tackle chapters 25-27. Emily can’t keep her fantasy dads straight, CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND, Kaladin is in Suuuuper denial and Emily did NOT fart live on camera.

In Chapters 22-24 We get to meet another Kholin...NAVANI. Why does she make Dalinar so nervous? Elhokar can't keep his big, fat mouth shut, can he? And are the high princes just literally playing Monopoly?

Emily and Megan go through Chapters 18-21. Adolin takes his girlfriends to the nicest places. Someone is trying to (possibly) kill Elhokar, Meg shares with us the Way of Kings musical and gives us the secret to hot naps while Emily resorts to physical violence.

We read Chapters 15-17 this time around AND EMILY’S RECORDING EQUIPMENT IS THE WORST. (Again. New equipment is imminent. But SUSPICION. SUSPICION EVERYWHERE. Adolin just wants people to stop making fun of his dad. Kaladin just wants his bridge crew to STOP DYING. Who is gonna get what they want first?

In Chapters 12-14 we spend the vast majority of it meeting the rest of the Kholin family and they are a HANDFUL. Just running around fighting monsters for glory and stuff. And Kaladin does NOT endear himself to Bridge Four OR Emily.

Oof. Apologies in advance. Our audio had a REAL hard time of it this episode. Meg's on deadline so we didn't get a chance to re-record it YET. But we're still trying to get you a better version. (We didn't want to miss a week) - And this week we read the first set of Interludes! We learn about magic fish, a budding psychopath, and Emily's boyfriend Szeth shows back up.