The Sanderlanche Podcast

The battle for Luthadel has begun, and Vin has turned back to save everyone. Will she make it in time? Can Hulk-Sazed stand his ground against the trolls with dermatitis? And the question all of our co-hosts are asking, why why why are we going back to Luthadel again? Can't we ever leave this place behind? Find out on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

Most of our crew has taken a week off for special Koloss Head-Munching Day celebrations, but this brief episode is here to direct you to a video special that I put together to keep you all tided over until we can return next week to begin wrapping up The Well of Ascension.  Here's the link to our YouTube video special: The Sanderlanche Podcast: Holiday Special - YouTube And here is the long-promis...

Do you remember last time when Dac and Jaymee were oh-so-sure Elend would never be easily convinced to leave the city? Yeah, that was funny, wasn't it? Anyway, there's a wedding, and then Vin and Elend leave the city. (Dac is ready to throw in the predigments tower at this point). Meanwhile, Joe has COVID and yet his dedication to the show is so strong that he shows up for the discussion anyway. T...

We're back and more non-sensical than ever. There are some big things happening in these chapters, and one of them may or may not have been predicted by Joe for quite some time, and, oh, isn't he smug about it. On the other hand, everyone is absolutely delighted to see the end of Zane. Things are starting to get revealed, and the eponymous sanderlanche seems to be revving up. See what our hosts th...

This week there's a really spectacular fight that leaves no one feeling very good, particularly not Vin, but our newbies aren't far behind her there. They're all pretty united in their hatred for Zane at this point, though. So that's something. We're moving in to the last quarter of the book now, and people are starting to get on edge a bit. How much of the story could Brandon possibly wrap up in...

Vin sits out these chapters entirely, and, surprisingly, our crew is kind of energized by that. Maybe it's the fact that Elend is finally acting like a king, or maybe it's the part where he makes a suicidal stroll through the koloss camp. Regardless, Dac, Jaymee and Joe are loving the Elend-heavy chapters. Who thought we'd ever say something like that after how they felt at the end of The Final Em...

Be careful what you wish for. Our crew finally gets their long-awaited action scene, and it's ... it's a rough one. There's body parts exploding and Vin taking a beating. Not for the faint of heart, basically. We also get the election we've been building to for oh-so-many chapters now, and it's a bit rough as well. Basically, this episode is one great big monkey's paw. Beware! Beware The Sanderlan...

Our crew is really vibing with these chapters, despite the continued lack of action scenes. Don't get me wrong, Joe and Dac still don't love Cett, but our friends from Terris have finally started really digging into this research on the Deepness, and that's got everyone excited, not to mention our first Breeze POV. The sad part is, we're quickly running out of suspects for who the Kandra is. Could...

In this episode, we've got some meta discussions of the book and how we're feeling now that we're about halfway through. Jaymee has had enough of library book club scenes, and Joe and Dac have both already had enough of Cett, despite this being his first actual appearance. Then we get into some of the secret, hidden mysteries of the Kandra and get outraged that Vin doesn't care as much as we do. T...

A deep discussion of The Deepness takes place in these chapters, and our newbies couldn't be happier about it. Who cares about who gets to be king when there's a mysterious (possibly tentacle-laden) monster out there waiting to destroy the world ... or something. You know, it's not entirely clear. In any case, that's followed up by the shocking and unexpected introduction of Cett himself. Now this...

Vin and Elend go into the beast's lair, and we spend a decent amount of time realizing just how disgusting Straff Venture really is. I mean, we thought he was bad before, but that was peanuts to what we get to see from him this week. Our newbies are still looking for some action to kick off, but they keep getting politics instead. Ah well, with three armies hanging around and an anonymous allomanc...

In this episode, everyone but Tindwyl is happy to have Sazed back in town; no one but Breeze cares much for Allrianne; and each of our three newbies is ready for some action to kick off. Shockingly, no one was thrilled that we took a chapter off to go shopping. Go figure. Hear what Dac, Jaymee and Joe have to say about this character-focused chapters in this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

This week Sazed is back, and trouble is following right on his heels, but the crew takes it better than any of us expected. We also get to meet Allrianne Cett, daughter of Ashweather Cett, one of the men currently besieging Luthadel. We don't trust her. Jaymee thinks she might even be a Kandra. Then again, we think that about nearly everyone at this point. Most of all, we're all delighted by Vin a...

In this week's episode, there's a lot of bad going down. Straff Venture is ... well, horrible. I mean, there's not much more to say, but we do say a lot about how horrible he is. Then there's the Koloss who are ... also horrible but in other ways. We spend a pretty good amount of time being creeped out about them. And then Joe has a rant about Spook. Spook who isn't even in these chapters. Yeah, i...

In these chapters, Elend gets put down, which everyone loved, Sazed meets a crazy guy, which everyone is disturbed by, and Elend gets a makeover, which, oddly, is starting to bring Joe over into Camp Elend. Who woulda thunkit? The same old mysteries are still haunting us. For example, what is the Deepness? We've gotten through a book and a quarter now, and the question has chosen, very inconsidera...

This week our heroes explore the spooky Conventical of Seran, wary of danger at every turn, and then we have a friendly chat with a mist puppy and a strategy session with the crew. Wait, I say "our heroes," but are the heroes of this podcast really the heroes of the book, or are the heroes of the podcast Jaymee, Dac, and Joe? Deep questions. Deep, completely irrelevant to anything questions. Reall...

In these chapters we get some political machinations, a new army, and a shocking number of skeletons in closets. Not the metaphorical kind. The kind that are made of bones and hanging out in closets for some reason. It seems like there's a new kandra in town, and Jaymee, Joe and Dac all have theories on who it might be. Come and see if anyone has the least clue what they're talking about (spoiler:...

Dac, Joe and Jaymee continue to be bombarded by the new mysteries that this second book is unveiling during its opening chapters. One thing, at least, that puts them on more familiar ground is the opportunity to hate on Spook some more. So that's got to be comforting. But the deeper questions remain. What is the mist thingy? Who is the Watcher? What's up with Marsh? And did Sanderson really have V...

We start in on the second book of our Sanderson journey this week with The Well of Ascension. Seemed like a good idea after finishing The Final Empire. It would have been an odd choice to jump to Warbreaker or something at this point, I think. Will our hosts be happy that Elend hasn't been deposed in the time between books? What will they make of The Watcher and the mysterious thing in the mists?...

In this episode we look back over some of the most accurate predictions from our read-through of The Final Empire. Some of them aren't so out there as to be mind-blowing, but some were eerily correct. After that, we discuss our first Cosmere short, The 11th Metal. Kelsier fights his first mistborn, and Gemmel gets a sweet fork. Everybody wins, except for that guy who died I guess, but he was a jer...

This is it, ladies and skaa, the end. Our three newbies finish their first ever Sanderson book. As their first true Sanderlanche reaches its denouement, will they be amazed and enamored of the story's intricacies? Or will they be horribly disappointed by its faults? Find out by tuning in to this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In these chapters, the revolution begins, Vive la Révolution! It's just like the theme song you've been listening to at the start of our show this whole time. What a crazy random happenstance. Vin Batmans her way into Kredik Shaw only to end up in something of a sticky situation. Meanwhile, Dac, Jaymee and Joe are trying to figure out how on Scadrial this story could possibly wrap up with only 6%...

The Sanderlanche has begun in earnest now, whether our good hosts recognize it yet or not. People have died (or have they?), and the speed with which things are getting thrown at us is rapidly approaching break-neck. What is Kelsier's true fate, and how will this book end? Join us as we debate these points on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In this week's episode, Vin finally gets back at Shan Elarial ... by straight-up murdering her. I suppose that's one way to do it. In the meantime, we delve into some of the mysteries of allomancy and why Vin is just so dang powerful. And then we talk about Final Fantasy. Because of course we do. What's Brandon Sanderson's favorite Final Fantasy game? We'll happily tell you all about it on this we...

In this week's episode, the hosts think we're building to something big as the book moves into the last quarter. No one is sure who they can trust. Elend is worried about Vin's secret motives and our hosts have started to turn a wary eye toward Sazed as well. If you can't trust your steward, who can you trust? And the predigments section heats up as Jaymee blasts in with a wild (and might I add, v...