Tales from the Waystone

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 38; Thirty To Fifty Feral Hogs, where we will be discussing chapter seventy-three and seventy-four of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Legendary Accretion. Please let us know what you think of the show!  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-waystone-977242/about   Interesting fact links: Why can't I hear myself sawing...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 37; Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That, where we will be discussing chapter seventy-two of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Riddles.  It's a Denna chapter, and heavy on the theories!!! Who is Master Ash? did the Chandrian attack a small town wedding? Why was Denna there? How many seven-word sentences can you fit into twenty pages? It...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 36; We are Stardust, We are Golden, We are Caught in a Devil’s Bargain and We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden, where we will be discussing chapter seventy-one of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Bargaining. In this chapter we get some time with the horse with the best. name. ever! If you like us a lot, we'd love it if y...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 35; Turn and Face the Strange, where we will be discussing chapter seventy of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Turning Points. Please let us know what you think of the show! https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-waystone-977242/about   Interesting fact links: Half a doughnut is NOT depressing!: https://www.youtube.com/...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 34; Right Under Our Noses, where we will be discussing chapters sixty-nine (nice ... seriously, we're 12) of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Looking Without Seeing. We'd love it if you would toss us a rating or review!  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-waystone-977242/about   Interesting fact links: Gut vs. Metal...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 33; Down the Tunnels, where we will be discussing chapters sixty-eight of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Tunnel Vision. This week's episode gives us more time with Auri, which makes us super happy! We'd love to hear from you! It would mean the world to us if you would toss us a rating or review!   Interesting fact links: Team 2p...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 32; Chekhov's Bone Tar, where we will be discussing chapters sixty-six and sixty-seven of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of 'The Bystander Effect'. We'd love it if you would toss us a rating or review!  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-waystone-977242/about   Interesting fact links: Don't Believe Everything You See...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 31; Advice Unheeded, Signs Unseen, where we will be discussing chapters sixty-four and sixty-five of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Sight Unseen. We'd love it if you would toss us a rating or review!  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-waystone-977242/about   Interesting fact links: I Can See Clearly Now...: https...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 30; Oh Hey, Look At This Completely Safe, OSHA-Compliant Fireworks Factory, where we will be discussing chapters sixty-two and sixty-three of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Advances. This episode includes another Denna chapter. Buckle up! Please toss us a rating or review!  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-wayst...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 29; I Demand To Speak To Your Manager, where we will be discussing chapter sixty-one of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Escalation. We've finally made it to a fan-favorite chapter: Jackass, Jackass! Thanks to our friend at Entirely the Right Sort of Podcast for the lens of choice, as well as our Twitter friends @SUDA41, @fantolog...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 28; Security Blankets, where we will be discussing chapter sixty of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of A False Sense Of Security. We'd love it if you would toss us a rating or review!  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-waystone-977242/about   Interesting fact links: The Ancient Art of Archery: https://gizmodo.com/arc...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 27; Meet-Cute, Take 2, where we will be discussing chapters fifty-eight and fifty-nine of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of The Friend-Zone.  Seriously, who spends three days with someone and doesn't bother to ask their name?!? If you like us a lot, will you please toss us a rating or review?  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tal...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 26; Infinite Improbability Drive ACTIVATED!, where we will be discussing chapters fifty-six and fifty-seven of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Narrative Causality (which is mostly our way of saying 'advancing the plot').  If you like us a lot, will you please toss us a rating or review?  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-f...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 25; This One Goes Up To Eleven, where we will be discussing chapters fifty-three through fifty-five of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Performances.  Yay! We finally meet one of our favorite characters: Auri, and we get to talk about one of our favorite locations: The Eolian. We hope you enjoy our extra long 25th episode! If you...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 24; All Work and No Play Makes Kvothe a Dull Boy, where we will be discussing chapters fifty-one and fifty-two of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Outlets. In this episode, we'll learn more about the magic system in this world: Sympathy. If you like us a lot, we'd love it if you would toss us a rating or review!  https://www.podch...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 23; Gear Acquisition Syndrome Is Real, where we will be discussing chapter forty-nine and fifty of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of The Cycle of Debt. In this section, we get our introduction to Devi, and Kvothe acquires the means to return to his music.   Interesting fact links: That Background Looks Unreal!: https://youtu.be/VbB...

Will: Hi friends, this is Will from Tales from the Waystone. This won’t be a normal episode because these are especially abnormal times. We are taking part in the podcast blackout this week, a movement started by the podcast Cult 45. As you are probably aware, we as a society are experiencing upheaval as a result of the ongoing brutality perpetrated by our police forces here in the U.S. Our regula...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 22; The Currency of Fools, where we will be discussing chapters forty-six through forty-eight of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Recklessness.  In which we discuss Master Elodin at length. If you like us a lot, will you please toss us a rating or review!  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tales-from-the-waystone-977242/about   I...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 21; The Real Arcanum Was the Friends We Made Along the Way, where we will be discussing chapters forty-four and forty-five of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Currying Favor.  In this episode, we learn more about Kilvin and his attempts to make an ever-burning lamp. If you like us a lot, we'd love it if you would toss us a rating...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 20; Mind Your Mind, where we will be discussing Phoenix' least favorite chapter of the whole series: chapter forty-three of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Epistemic Responsibility.   Interesting fact links: Shave the Whales:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/04/03/how-the-northern-lights-make-whales-go-blind-a...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 19; Rebel Without a Clue, where we will be discussing chapter forty-one and forty-two of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Defiance.   Interesting fact links: It's All Animalese To Me:  https://www.polygon.com/videos/2020/3/22/21188355/animal-crossing-new-horizons-language-video   ___________________________________________________...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 18; Don't Mess With The Bull Young Man, You'll Get The Horns, where we will be discussing chapters thirty-nine and forty of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Questioning Authority.  In which we try, unsuccessfully, to give Master Hemme the benefit of the doubt and yet again question Kvothe's reliability as a narrator. If you like u...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 17; Class Is In Session, where we will be discussing chapters thirty-seven and thirty-eight of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of The First Day of School.  In this episode, Kvothe *finally* experiences his first real class ever, and also gets to enter the archives for the very first time. If you like us a lot, will you please toss u...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 16; The Miseducation of Kvothe Arliden's Son, where we will be discussing chapter thirty-six of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Gatekeeping.   Interesting fact links: Hendrix' Headstock Rock:  https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-advantages-of-a-reverse-headstock-on-a-Stratocaster-guitar   __________________________________________...

Welcome to Tales from the Waystone, Episode 15; When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie, where we will be discussing chapters thirty-three through thirty-five of Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind through a lens of Infatuation. This is the episode where you get to hear how Will *really* feels about Denna. Oh, and if you're a regular listener, you'll know that last week, Will failed to...