WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch Club

It finally happened: the long-teased and much-delayed season 2 of The Wheel of Time hit Amazon Prime! But was worth the wait? Find out as the WOTCast crew unpacks our thoughts on the whole production. Content Warning: Brief mention of suicide.   Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Dan Kutinsky and Nick Wicks Support the show and access special bonus content at:  patreon....

With the third and perhaps final season of The Witcher now on Netflix, we’re unlocking last year’s Patreon-exclusive bonus episode on all things Witcher-related. If you like what you hear, head to https://www.patreon.com/wotcast and subscribe at our Tar Valon tier for more bonusodes on all sorts of science fiction and fantasy.  

Aaaaaand we’re back! With season 2 of The Wheel of Time TV show finally on the horizon, we dive into the fan-favorite book of the series, The Shadow Rising. In these action-packed opening chapters, cards attacks, mirrors bite, and the Whitecloaks bear down on a defenseless Two Rivers. Rand has taken the legendary sword Callandor and conquered the Stone of Tear. But will the weight of responsibilit...

Our The Last of Us discussion continues, this time with Nick and Dan joining Caleb to talk the season 1 finale. And boy have we got some big thoughts on Joel’s big decision! If the preview piqued your interest, you can hear the full episode over on your private White Tower podcast feed! If you’re not a Patreon subscriber yet, head over to https://www.patreon.com/wotcast to subscribe at the Tar Val...

Preview our bonusode discussion of HBO’s The Last of Us premiere episodes with friend of the show Jerry Barney. We dig deep into the history of zombies along with their film and video game legacy. Then we dive into the drama of the hit adaptation and gush about all the feels we were surprised a lonely prepper could make us feel. After enjoying the preview, you can hear the full episode over on you...

This bonusode was recorded and uploaded back in September 2022, but due to (Caleb’s) user error was unintentionally deleted from the podcast feed. Here it is again for those who missed it during the brief weeks it was online! Friend of the show Jerry Barney joins us to talk The Rings of Power, Amazon’s bajillion dollar Lord of the Rings property which launched to widespread interest and attention…...

No degree of technical disaster with our recording can stop us from reaching the end of The Dragon Reborn and the original Wheel of Time trilogy! Perrin enters the Dream World in wolf form to save a trapped Faile in falcon. Mat and a small Aiel army infiltrate the Stone. Moiraine balefires the forsaken Be’lal outta this world, and Rand draws the Sword That Cannot Be Touched to destroy Ba’alzamon o...

All our paths lead to Tear, where trap after trap is set and sprung. Mat and Thom rush to save Elayne and co from darkfriend assassins as Elayne and co pursue the Black Ajah and Perrin’s cohort strive to reach Rand before the forsaken Be’lal can use the Dragon Reborn to seize Callandor. NEXT TIME: Chapters 51-56 of The Dragon Reborn Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Da...

Something’s rotten in the state of Illian. Perrin and company arrive in the creepy city and survive soulless attacks to learn there are not one, but two forsaken hunting them here. Moiraine unleashes balefire on Sammael’s darkhounds to escape the wild hunt. Meanwhile Mat plots his way to deliver Elayne’s message to Queen Morgase in Caemlyn. NEXT TIME: Chapters 46-50 of The Dragon Reborn Hosted and...

Perrin enters the wolf dream and is guided by Hopper to eavesdrop on secrets of the Forsaken. Rand murders a convoy of merchants in what may or may not be self-defense. Egwene, Elayne, and Nynaeve enter a war-torn land and become entangled with Aiel spearmaidens sent to seek their prophesied messiah. Mat and Thom rescue a disgraced firework-maker from assassins and receive a gift for their trouble...

Mat is reunited with Thom Merrilin and flees Tar Valon with the now-morose old Gleeman. Perrin frees a strange man in a cage at great cost and meets the woman who may be his Min-foretold “Falcon.”  NEXT TIME: Chapters 36-40 of The Dragon Reborn Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads), and Nick Wicks Support the show and...

Egwene enters the dream world of Tel’aran’rhiod—say that five times fast—and tracks the Black Ajah to the Stone of Tear, where she, Elayne, and Nynaeve intend to spring the trap set for them. Meanwhile Mat is dispatched to Caemlyn with a message for Elayne’s mother, Queen Morgase.  NEXT TIME: Chapters 31-35 of The Dragon Reborn Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Dan Kut...

The hunt for darkfriends within the White Tower intensifies as Egwene undergoes her trials to become Accepted and learns a great deal about her potential futures. Listen to find out why Keeley is more hyped to talk about these chapters than any other WoT readings to date! NEXT TIME: Chapters 26-30 of The Dragon Reborn Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Dan Kutinsky (@pa...

This week we get our long-awaited adventures in the White Tower. Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne return to an unexpectedly terrible welcome which sees them thrust into the role of Black Ajah hunters—though at least the Amyrlin Seat confers a promotion in the process. Danger abounds around every corner, with more darkfriends hiding in Tar Valon and a lethal new form of shadowspawn waiting for our would...

We’re back for a brand new season of booklearnin’ with The Dragon Reborn! Children of the Light and shadowspawn alike plot against our newly proclaimed Dragon. Perrin, Loial, Moiraine and company follow Rand on an increasingly uncertain and deadly path through the snowy mountains seeking that destiny. Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne finally return to Tar Valon to find nothing is as they thought it wou...

Friend of the show Jerry Barney joins us again to discuss Stranger Things and its recently-aired season 4 on Netflix. We talk everything from the history of the show to its grand two-part finale to the promise of more Stranger Things to come. So many theories to unpack and mysteries to unfurl! We lay it all out in this fun-filled conversation. Hear the full episode over on your private White Tower...

It’s all coming to a head. Toman Head, that is!  Nynaeve frees her friends while turning the tables on their slavers. Rand earns his heron-marked blade and gets marked for all to see as the Dragon Reborn in the process. Mat puts his mouth where no one thought it belonged, and the world will never be the same for it. The heroes of old return to fight back the Seanchan, and The Great Hunt reaches it...

Rand, Verin, and the gang take an extracurricular excursion through the multiverse while Liandrin organizes her own furtive field trip for Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne. Everyone wishes they’d stayed home today. NEXT TIME: Chapters 41-50 of The Great Hunt Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble  (@calebwimble) Featuring  Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads), and Nick Wicks Support the...

Darkfriends abound at the midnight masquerade in a dangerously powerful lord’s manor. Rand and reunited company attempt an escape through the Ways only to find even darker things await them. NEXT TIME: Chapters 36-40 of The Great Hunt Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble  (@calebwimble) Featuring  Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads), and Nick Wicks Support the show and access sp...

Cue the Yakety Sax: it’s time for a wack-wack-wacky chase sequence through the cra-ra-razy streets of Cairhien! Long-time friend/guest of the show Nick Wicks joins us as first-time co-host to talk Rand and co’s wild interactions with the great game of houses. NEXT TIME: Chapters 31-35 of The Great Hunt Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble  (@calebwimble) Featuring  Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley...

This week, Moiraine retreats to the country for a cozy book mystery turned monster story. Nynaeve undergoes the deadly testing to become Accepted, Egwene meets Elayne meets Min, and Rand finds himself at the center of the tangled political web that is the Cairhienan Game of Houses. NEXT TIME: Chapters 26-30 of The Great Hunt Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble  (@calebwimble) Featuring  Dan Kutin...

Nynaeve and Egwene receive their first lesson at the school of hard knocks. Rand continues to insist Perrin would know what to do in his situation. No one listens to Loial. Just what do One Punch Man and Pokémon have to do with all this? Well, there’s only one way to find out. NEXT TIME: Chapters 21-25 of The Great Hunt Hosted and produced by  Caleb Wimble  (@calebwimble) Featuring  Dan Kutinsky (...

What weird wonders wait in the woody wild of the worlds that might have been? Things get twisty for Rand, Loial, and Hurin in a parallel dimension right as they get real twisted for Perrin and Mat back in “reality.” Padan Fain’s trail of carnage continues. As for us? Well, we’re just having a grand ol’ time seeing our girl Verin again. That is, when we’re not debating how damn big that Horn of Val...

We are BACK after a holiday hiatus! And we’re fresh and excited to dig into book 2 of The Wheel of Time, The Great Hunt. And boy is a lot happening fast this time compared with the series’ first novel. Dark times have come to the fortress city of Fal Dara: the legendary Horn of Valere has been stolen, and our party has split in half on the dangerous road to retrieve it. Rand’s secret is out to mor...

BONUSODE Preview: Friend of the show Jerry Barney joins Caleb and Keeley to talk The Witcher in all its incarnations—most recently season 2 of the Netflix series. Whether you’re a long-time Witcher vet or new to the world of Geralt’s monster-slaying, this bonus episode has something to sink your teeth into.  Hear the full episode over on your private White Tower podcast feed! If you’re not a Patre...