WoT Spoilers

With Maureen from Dragonmount! She’s been on the pod before, a loooong time ago.  Mat moves into the Tarisin Palace. He is frustrated by Nyneave and Elayne, cornered by Tylin, and unappreciative of lemonade. He is fighting adulting as hard as any of us. Silk sheets aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, and more dice don’t make his day any easier. CW for sexual assault and many long discussions abou...

Aradia and Seth are alone on this chapter, fittingly. They are both surviving the heat dome crushing the Pacific Northwest, much as our characters are surviving the touch of the Dark One on the weather. Perrin leaves Rand to fetch the Prophet, a quick trip that definitely won’t define his story for the next several books. He also takes a few minor characters with him, like Berelain, some of our fa...

We are joined today by Rob from Malkier Talks! https://www.youtube.com/c /malkiertalks  Morgase is in a very dark place, and her companions are as trapped as her. They are liberated by a fiery turn of events as the Seanchan attack Amadecia out of nowhere. Suroth parades the former Panarch of Tarabon and a damane who was once Aes Sedai in front of Morgaise to make her power clear. Swapping Suroth f...

SpoilerCon merch is arriving, and it is wonderful! Get yours today: https://www.spoilercon.org /shop  We are rejoined by Recappa Sedai again! Go check out Aradia’s appearance on Wheel Talk talking about Pride and queer representation in the Wheel of Time and other books:  https://youtu.be /b0BSVXH3BrY  Moghedien has a no good, horrible, very very very bad day, and we have little sympathy for her p...

A quick chapter in which basically nothing happens. The Kin are introduced and explained, a kidnapping attempt fails as quickly as it starts, and Nyneave is upset at her lack of aging. SpoilerCon registration is open now, from June 15th to August 15th 2021! Get your tickets at https://www.spoilercon.org /registration  Will be held on October 1-3 in Portland, OR Currently planning an in-person/digi...

Elayne and Nyneave are led across Ebou Dar by Satalle Anan to meet with Reanne Corly, suffering extremes of embarrassment and indignity along the way. They don’t learn what they want to learn, but the visit will lead to useful outcomes…. eventually. SpoilerCon registration is open now, from June 15th to August 15th 2021! Get your tickets at https://www.spoilercon.org /registration  Will be held on...

Seth and LezbiNerdy continue on without Aradia for another chapter, in which Nynaeve and Elayne suffer indignity after indignity at the hands of Satelle Anan, on behalf of Mat and their quest for the Bowl of the Winds. High quality tangents abound. CW for egregious talk of sex, sexual anatomy, and sexuality. Check out LezbiNerdy on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c /LezbiNerdy  SpoilerCon registr...

Seth welcomes LezbiNerdy to the podcast, without Aradia because schedules are challenging sometimes. Mat nearly gets kidnapped, is snapped at by Caira, and has the first of many long and unique conversations with Birgitte. Nyneave and Elayne get upset over this turn of events, but they haven’t begun to realize how challenging (or useful) respecting Mat can be. Ever wonder how Korean would do as a...

With Matt from Dusty Wheel! We discuss how Sevanna is an Aeil Karen, and we want to know more about all the ter’angreal that RJ never expounded on. Sevanna calls Sammael and Graendal to discuss the aftermath of Dumai’s Wells, which annoys both of them tremendously. Sammel is mostly very stupid about these interactions. Moridin makes a sneaky appearance and allows chaos to develop. This is the firs...

We are joined today by Collin from Randland TV Podcast! Cadsuane interviews Aes Sedai, and Seth schools us on several interesting facts about her from RJ’s notes. We ship Annoura and Berelain. Aes Sedai name salad ensues, and we tangent onto discussing the differences between Jordan’s and Sanderson’s writing. Cadsuane doesn’t approve of any of the Aes Sedai’s activities, and the Aes Sedai don’t ap...

We are joined today by CallMeNakomi from YouTube! Rand is juggling a dozen nations and allegiances, including Aes Sedai, when Cadsuane Melidrin casually waltzes in and upsets everyone. Rand is mad and angry, while Narishma is a perfect boy scout. News of Herid Fel’s untimely demise arrives. We develop an intriguing Cadsuane origin story hypothesis. Find Call Me Nakomi at https://www.youtube.com/ch...

We are joined again today by Morgan, Podcast of the Dragon, who recently made an appearance on the Way Of The Leaf YouTube show ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtFhJltHENk ).  This chapter contains several points of view, and a near kidnapping. Ispan and Falion fail to get the information they want, and Teslyn masterfully manages Joline. Is Mat sleeping with Caira, or not? Your hosts are undecid...

Seth and Aradia go guest-less for an episode, but there is no lack of names to remember as Mat makes a foray into the Tarisin Palace in search of Nyneave and Elayne. There is a parade of palace servants, a fateful encounter with a quartet of Aes Sedai, and the first of many uncomfortable contacts with Tylin Quintara Mitsobar. Content Warning: discussion of sexual assault Watch Aradia discussing ho...

We are joined today by Gus from Wheel Takes to observe Jaichim Carridin being stuck between a rock and a hard place in Ebou Dar. He is trying to control Mili Skane, appease Shadar Haran, and obey Sammael, when a web of Compulsion laid in Book 2 snaps into effect after a glance out the window shows him Mat in the street below. We enjoy Aradia getting corrected right at the start of the episode, mar...

We are joined today by Alan from The Wheel Reads, a first-time/veteren podcast. Mat watches Olver horse racing as he worries over the supergirls ignoring him, and is distracted by a plume of white feathers on the head of a woman who once tried to kill him. He also meets Noel (for the first time). We discuss the comfort of wool, horse racing culture and betting philosophies, the mysterious 90s S, a...

Morgan from Podcast of the Dragon joins Seth and Aradia on a boat ride from Ebou Dar that gives us one of our best views inside the head of an Aiel, as well as one of our clearest views of how the Sea Folk operate. We also focus on cleavage, isolation experiments, cultural miscommunications between land and sea, and the history of how the Bowl of the Winds ended up in such a fortuitous location. S...

We are joined today by Jaymie from Dragonmount.com to celebrate the return of Lan! We also have a lot of discomfort with Myrelle’s behavior to Lan, which leads us to contemplate the differences between being stilled vs being a lost warder, and to wonder how much touch factors into bonding. Egwene has a very full morning of dealing with Aes Sedai, ending with a Halima-induced headache. SpoilerCon:...

Pairs upon pairs of characters feature in this episode, making it a fitting chapter for Seth and Aradia to take a break from having special guests. The timeline of the story is starting to compress and distort towards “the slog”  here, as the Salidar Aes Sedai approach Tar Valon and the summer grinds on. We see parallels between Aes Sedai pride and Aiel ji’e’toh, both of which serve Egwene very we...

We are joined today by Jay from Randland TV Podcast for a very dreamy episode. We giggle over what an Aiel would say to the suggestion of bathing in ewe’s milk, contemplate the timing of Moghedien’s escape with respect to other events, admire the sci-fi abstractions of the starry space between dreams, and tangent on bagels. We also wonder if we perhaps found a plot hole!?!?!?! RandlandTVPod: https...

The guest on this episode is none other than Ariel Burgess, the official artist of the series! We talk a lot about her favorite art pieces, our favorite of her art pieces, the lighting considerations of gateways, JordanCon, and the impact of the series on not only our lives but also our careers. Support her on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com /arielburgess  We critique Aes Sedai political strategi...

We are joined by Brett of The Wheel Weaves yet again, spotting dangers around every corner, and chiding Seth and Aradia for ignorance about The Lonely Island. As Egwene discusses managing the army with Sheriam and Suian, your hosts continue to suspect Chesa of being a darkfriend (or worse) and criticise Sheriam for being lazy in her secret duties. The a’dam bracelet gives Aradia as much grief as i...

Today we are joined by Nae’Blis from YouTube, and we dispense lots of love for Rand and RJ’s writing of Rand. We take many tangents into  anticipating the show’s production, and come to the sobering conclusion that there are no clear paths in leadership, or in life. SpoilerCon Newsletter dropped on the night of April 14th, check your inboxes! Nae’Blis YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/chann...

Aradia interprets the language of fans, has no idea where the phrase “the pot calling the kettle black” comes from, and is swayed by Seth’s conspiracy theory that Colavere didn’t actually hang herself. We also ask the most important question in the books: can Verin do the sa’sara? SpoilerCon Newsletter dropped on the night of April 14th, check your inboxes! Shoutout to The Dusty Wheel’s speed-dati...

This is episode 350, recorded as the podcast turns four years old!!! If you enjoy what we do, and the changes we’ve made over the last six months / fifty episodes, please consider joining our Patreon to help us keep the improvements coming. https://www.patreon.com /wotspoilers  As Rand and the party get back to the Sun Palace, Brian/Recappa Sedai makes a third appearance for many discussions of po...

Recappa Sedai returns for part two-of-three of getting Perrin back to Cairhien and Faile. Some rare irritation at Loial comes up, all knowledge of Winter Dragon is banished, and a record-setting number of tangents keep us off-track. SpoilerCon announcement: the first newsletter is published! Details about the Con in October are starting to come out, including a call for project proposals with a ra...