Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast
Episodes
Stormlight 5 Readings
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon has read previews from book 5 of The Stormlight Archive, called Knights of Wind and Truth for now, at various occasions. We delve into them an...
Skyward: Characters & Relationships | SpanReads
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on SpanReads, we are talking about the Characters & Relationships in Skyward! We talk about M-Bot, Cobb, Skyward Flight and Jorgen, and of c...
Skyward: Reactions & Retrospective | SpanReads
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SpanReads, our reread show, returns! For 2023, in anticipation for Defiant's release, we are doing the Skyward series! We're doing three episodes on e...
Midnight Essence and Nightmares
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a bonkers, off-the-rails Shardcast. We're talking Tress and Yumi. We're talking Midnight Essence and the nightmares. We're talking about sm...
Mistborn Era 3 Title, Dragons, & More with Brandon Sanderson
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon's back on Shardcast! In this episode we discuss all sorts of spoiler questions from The Lost Metal, Tress of the Emerald Sea, and Yumi and the...
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter Reactions
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to talk about Secret Project 3: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. It's a Brandon cosmere romance book, and how did he do? Listen on to find ou...
Frugal Wizard (Secret Project 2) Reactions
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Project 2) is now out to everyone in bookstores (as of June 27th), so with that an...
Ship It or Rip It (2023 Edition)
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ship It or Rip It returns after a very long hiatus, this time with characters up through Tress of the Emerald, Lost Metal, and Rhythm of War. Our cas...
Shadow & Bone Season 2 | Splintercast
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on our occasionally-running show where we talk about non-Brandon Sanderson stuff, we are talking about Shadow & Bone season 2! This episode we ...
Interview with Isaac Stewart
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special episode of Shardcast, we interview Isaac Stewart, VP of Creative Development at Dragonsteel! We talk about all the projects he ha...
Dragons are Fain & Tress Words of Brandon (WoBs Part 4)
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is it, it's our final Word of Brandon episode for solidly like a month. This episode covers the final bit of the December Spoiler Stream, and the...
Jaddeth is Autonomy!? Words of Brandon Part 3
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! There's still more WoBs! Jaddeth is Autonomy, maybe? Tons of Elantris and Lost Metal stuff here, as well as Hoid and Bloody Tan stuff! We...
Navani's Past & Even More Words of Brandon! [April Fool's Episode]
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, we are finally finishing up WoBs, except for the Tress stream from yesterday. We talk about Navani's past, Jasnah and Hoid, storms...
Honorblades Self-Aware!? Dragonsteel 2022 Words of Brandon 2
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for more Words of Brandon from Dragonsteel, and we start on December's spoiler stream! This one is even more unhinged and philosophical than...
Void to Hoid! Dragonsteel 2022 Words of Brandon 1
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been ages since we've done Words of Brandon, and boy there's a ton to catch up on. We start with some miscellaneous events, then get to Dragonste...
White Sand Omnibus: New Content & Lore!
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The White Sand Omnibus is here, and so it's time for another episode of Shardcast where we go into extensive detail on things. There's character stuff...
Aethers
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time we talk about aethers, the last big cosmere magic system! Or is this actually an MCU podcast? A Pinnochio podcast? Maybe it's an ecology and...
Tress of the Emerald Sea Reactions
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Secret Project 1 is here, and it's Tress of the Emerald Sea! What did we think of it? Turns out it's reeeeeally good! Watch on for our reactions, some...
State of the Sanderson 2022
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here's our Shardcast on the State of the Sanderson 2022. This was streamed live on our YouTube channel, so this is unedited, but hopefully you enjoy! ...
Moonlight's Mentor
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's our longest episode ever! If you've read Lost Metal, you know what this episode is about, and there's so so much to discuss. In fact, believe it ...
Offworlders in The Lost Metal
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the origins and motivations of offworlders that show up in latest Mistborn book! Besides the obvious Lost Metal spoilers, there's a lot of ...
Harmony
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss, well, maybe a single word about Harmony. Big Lost Metal spoilers on this one! Our cast today is Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry...
Lost Metal Reactions 3
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's our final reactions show on The Lost Metal! Yet more thoughts on characters, Trell stuff, cosmere stuff, and a surprising amount of Sel stuff mor...
Trell
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shardcast, we have to finally talk about answers about Trell, which we at last got in The Lost Metal. No spoilers in the descriptio...
Lost Metal Reactions 2
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for our second reactions video on The Lost Metal, the final Wax & Wayne novel! How did this stack up to other books in Mistborn Era 2? Well ...
Lost Metal Reactions 1
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Lost Metal, the final Mistborn Era 2 book is out, and you know we have so many full book, spoilery reactions for you this episode of Shardcast! We...
House of the Dragon | Splintercast
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for Splintercast again! This time we are talking about House of the Dragon season 1. Pretty much everyone was disappointed with Game of Thro...
The Lost Metal Ch 16 to 18 | The Lost Previews
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of The Lost Previews, we discuss chapters 16 to 18! We can't wait for the release next week! 00:00 Introductions 01:00 Chapter ...
The Lost Metal Ch 14 and 15 | The Lost Previews
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Lost Previews, we talk about chapters 14 and 15 of The Lost Metal! 00:00 Introductions 00:40 Chapter 14 10:20 Chapter 15 Chapters 1...
Adolin and Maya
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's our last Rhythm of War topic for 2022, and our last Shardcast before The Lost Metal! It's Adolin and Maya, because we've never done a dedicated c...
The Bands of Mourning: Cosmere Implications | SpanReads
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the very last SpanReads for 2022, ending with the cosmere implications for Bands of Mourning! This episode, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'c...
The Lost Metal Ch 12 and 13 | The Lost Previews
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Lost Previews continue with a short chapter 12 followed by rather spicy chapter 13! 00:00 Introductions 00:40 Chapter 12 08:30 Chapter 13 Chap...
The Bands of Mourning: Magic | SpanReads
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on SpanReads, we are talking about magic in The Bands of Mourning! I'm sure nothing important happened in this one. This episode, we have J...
The Lost Metal Ch 10 and 11 | The Lost Previews
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing on from last week, we talk about chapters 10 and 11 of The Lost Metal! 00:00 Introductions 00:30 Chapter 10 16:50 Chapter 11 Chapters 1...
Janci Patterson on Bastille and Cytoverse
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a special episode, talking with author Janci Patterson on Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, along with some stuff about the Cytoverse. W...
The Bands of Mourning: Characters & Relationships | SpanReads
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on SpanReads, we are talking about characters and relationships in The Bands of Mourning! This episode, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi...
The Lost Metal Ch 5-9 | The Lost Previews
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lost Metal sample chapters continue, and we have two weeks to catch up on! Beginning with next week, we should be back to a weekly schedule. 00:00 In...
The Bands of Mourning: Recap & Reactions | SpanReads
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on SpanReads, we are onto The Bands of Mourning! What did we think on a reread? Stay tuned to find out. This episode, we have Jessie (Lady ...
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians Reactions
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The very last Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians book, Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, is out and the series is finally done! This is co-written by Ja...
Shadows of Self: Cosmere Implications | SpanReads
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on SpanReads, we are discussing the cosmere implications of Shadows of Self, and ah, there's quite a bit of them! This episode, we have Mi'...
Lost Metal Ch 3 and 4 | The Lost Previews
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lost Metal sample chapters have begun, and so it's time for The Lost Previews to return! These will be coming out weekly. 00:00 Introductions and Su...
Cradle | Splintercast
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of Splintercast (or is it a revival?), we take a look at the Cradle series by Will Wight! As you're used to from Shardcast, ...
Shadows of Self: Magic | SpanReads
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on SpanReads, we are discussing the magic in Shadows of Self! This episode, we have Mi'chelle (firstRainbowRose), Jessie (Lady Lameness), I...
Cosmere Adaptation Discussion!
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the high likelihood of cosmere adaptations being announced soon, we thought we would talk about it. We discuss community expectations, what servi...
Shadows of Self: Characters & Relationships
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to talk about the characters and relationships in Shadows of Self, the second Mistborn Era 2 book! This episode, we have Mi'chelle (firstRa...
Shadows of Self: Recap & Reactions | SpanReads
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're onto Shadows of Self, the second book of Mistborn Era 2! How did it hold up on a reread? Stay tuned to find out! This episode, we have Mi'chell...
Stoneshaping & Ancient Dawnsingers
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Shardcast, we're talking about the Venli chapters where she's Stoneshaping in Rhythm of War, the implications of the ancient past, and...
The Alloy of Law: Cosmere Implications
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode on SpanReads, we are talking about the cosmere implications in The Alloy of Law! Full cosmere spoilers through Rhythm of War here. This ...
The Alloy of Law: Magic | SpanReads
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode on SpanReads, we are talking about the magic in Alloy of Law, and certainly the magic--and how it interfaces with technology--has has adv...
Navani and Raboniel
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've wanted to do an episode on Navani and Raboniel ever since Rhythm of War came out, and it's finally time we get into it! Let's analyze Navani's c...
The Alloy of Law: Characters & Relationships
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SpanReads, we're talking about the characters and relationships in The Alloy of Law! This week, we have Jessie (Lady Lameness), Mi'ch...
The Alloy of Law: Recap & Reactions
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's onto Mistborn Era 2 and The Alloy of Law! Spoilers included for the previous books in the series. But let's talk about how we feel about this boo...
Movie News!? 2022 Words of Brandon Part 2
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we continue talking about June spoiler stream Words of Brandon, but since then, there's also been several comments on movie/TV adaptation...
Mistborn: Secret History: Magic & Cosmere Implications | SpanReads
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we're talking about magic and cosmere implications of Mistborn: Secret History! Full cosmere spoilers (except secret projects and SA5...
Mistborn: Secret History: Retrospective & Characters | SpanReads
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of SpanReads, we are onto talking about Mistborn: Secret History! Spoilers for Era 1 in this one. Since it's a shorter work, we are do...
Silver Killing Spren!? June 2022 Spoiler Stream Words of Brandon P1
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for Words of Brandon on the June 2022 spoiler stream! This part one of two, so stay tuned next week for movie things. In this episode, we di...
The Hero of Ages: Cosmere Implications | SpanReads
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of SpanReads, we are discussing cosmere implications of The Hero of Ages! FULL cosmere spoilers (except Secret Projects and SA5 prolog...
The Hero of Ages: Magic
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of SpanReads, we are discussing the magic in The Hero of Ages. We talk about Hemalurgy and more! This week, we have Jessie (Lady Lame...
The Heralds Post-Rhythm of War
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last episode, we talked about the Oathpact and the Desolations, and now we are digging into the Heralds after Rhythm of War. We discuss what it means ...
The Hero of Ages: Characters & Relationships | SpanReads
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of SpanReads, we are discussing the Characters and Relationships in The Hero of Ages, the last book of Mistborn Era 1! This week, we...
The Hero of Ages: Recap & Reactions | SpanReads
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the last book of Mistborn Era 1: The Hero of Ages! How did it hold up on a reread? Well you can find out here! This week, we have Jessie (Lady ...
The Oathpact and Desolations
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We got a ton of new stuff in Rhythm of War on the Oathpact, Desolations, and the Heralds and how that all works. So much so that we had to split this ...
The Well of Ascension: Cosmere Implications | SpanReads
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SpanReads, we're getting into the many cosmere implication of The Well of Ascension! This episode is FULL cosmere spoilers! This week...
The Well of Ascension: Magic | SpanReads
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SpanReads, we're doing a dive into the magic systems of The Well of Ascension, especially Feruchemy! This week, we have Mi'chelle (fi...
The Lost Metal Predictions
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for an episode we recorded ages ago, long before we even got the blurb for this book: Lost Metal Predictions! The final Wax and Wayne book i...
The Well of Ascension: Characters & Relationships | SpanReads
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SpanReads, we're talking about the characters in Well of Ascension, and you bet there's going to be a lot of discussion of everyone's ...
The Well of Ascension: Recap & Reactions | SpanReads
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're onto The Well of Ascension, the second Mistborn novel, on SpanReads! How does this book hold up? This episode we do our recap and reactions to r...
Southern Scadrians
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The final Mistborn Era 2 book, The Lost metal, comes out November, and there's still so much to discuss on the previous book, The Bands of Mourning. T...
The Final Empire: Cosmere Implications | SpanReads
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SpanReads, it's a full cosmere episode on The Final Empire! Our last episode of each book is full spoilers for the cosmere and talks a...
The Final Empire: Magic | SpanReads
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SpanReads, we are delving into The Final Empire and the magic systems in this book. Spoilers for only this book in this episode! This...
Shards and Hybrid Shards (From JordanCon 2022
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Time for something different: it's our first episode that we recorded in-person! This one happened in JordanCon 2022 this April, and we're talking abo...
The Final Empire: Characters & Relationships | SpanReads
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SpanReads, we are delving into The Final Empire and its characters and relationships! Spoilers for only this book in this episode! T...
Stormlight 5 Prologue Reactions
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The wait is over, the Secret Project episodes have been slain and the Stormlight Archive 5 prologue episode is finally here! (Your resident editing Fe...
The Final Empire: Recap & Reactions | SpanReads
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to SpanReads: not your typical rereads podcast. Unlike the traditional rereads style, we won’t be going through each book chapter by chapter...
More WoBs on Secret Project 4!
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our time with the Secret Projects is coming to a close for now, but we've got one last set of WoBs from Brandon's spoiler stream, all about Secret Pro...
Secret Project 4 Reactions: Holy Crap!
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're talking about Secret Project 4! An intriguing start and a lot of cosmere connections to pull. Next week, look out for the WoBs relate...
Secret Project 3 Magic, World, and WoBs
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we are continuing talking about Secret Project 3, and we're discussing the magic, world, cosmere stuff, and Words of Brandon about this p...
Secret Project 3 General Reactions!
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode, we're talking about Secret Project 3! We decided to do two shorter episodes this time, so stay tuned next week for some more in-d...
Secret Project 2 Sample Chapters
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Secret Project 2 isn't cosmere, but join us for this very loopy episode where we discuss it anyway, along with news and Words of Brandon from the Secr...
HUGE WoBs! Secret Project 1 Words of Brandon
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember how last week we said "oh if there are any good WoBs we'll put them at the beginning of Secret Project 2's episode"? Yeah, no, Brandon ruined...
Secret Project #1 Sample Chapters
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, we are delving into Brandon's reading of the first five chapters of Secret Project #1! We have Eric (Chaos), Grace (thegatorgirl), Ala (...
Lost Metal Ch 1 and 2 | The Lost Previews
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 1 and 2 of the Lost Metal was read last November at the Dragonsteel Mini-Con, and was posted online in February. It took a bit to record this ...
Lost Metal Prologue | The Lost Previews
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're getting back to some previews for Lost Metal, this time covering Lost Metal's Prologue! We'll also be covering the reading of chapter 1 and 2 la...
Brandon's Big Announcement | Emergency Shardcast
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We had to quickly put together a Shardcast in record time to discuss Brandon's video on March 1st. Make sure you check that out before watching this o...
Static and Kinetic Investiture & More! Late 2021 Words of Brandon Part 2
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to wrap up Words of Brandon for a while! This episode we are covering the most recent spoiler stream in December 2021 and there was a lot of...
Odium Double-Crossing Autonomy!? Late 2021 Words of Brandon Part 1
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We haven't done Words of Brandon since July, and there's been a quite a lot to cover! This episode covers some random events, but also FanX in Septemb...
Atium and the Atium Retcon
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want an episode where we talk about just a SINGLE WoB? Yes, it's true, your dream--or nightmare--is here. This WoB had consumed many channels f...
Talking Skyward Flight with Author Janci Patterson
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are incredibly excited to have a special Shardcast where we got to talk to Janci Patterson, co-author of the Skyward Flight novellas: Sunreach, ReD...
Lost Metal Blurb | The Lost Previews
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our preview show with Danielle and Marvin is back, this time talking about The Lost Metal, the fourth Mistborn Era 2 novel that comes out November 15t...
Evershore Reactions!
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Evershore, the third and final Skyward Flight novella, has been out since December 28th, and so we have to talk about it! Let's see how this concluded...
The Set, Trell, and Paalm
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year and welcome to 2022. The Lost Metal is finally for realsies coming out this year, and that is so great to finally say. So let's continu...
State of the Sanderson 2021
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon's State of Sanderson blog post is coming out (as stated on the spoiler stream) on the morning of December 20th. We thought it'd be fun to do o...
Cytonic Reactions
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cytonic, the third Skyward novel, is out now, and now we are discussing everything in this episode of Shardcast! We start with some non-spoilery thoug...
Jasnah
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's still so many Stormlight topics left to do (and such little time) but it's time to do a deep dive about Jasnah! We delve into her philosophy a...
Medallions & Magitech of Southern Scadrial
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It feels like it's been ages since we've been done an extremely pedantic mechanics episode, and we reread The Bands of Mourning, so it's finally time ...
ReDawn Reactions "Mini"sode
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ReDawn, the second of the Skyward Flight novellas came out on October 26th, and so we're here with another bonus Shardcast doing our reactions! It's n...
Brandon Sanderson's Use of Horror
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's October, the spoopy season, so let's do an episode on Brandon's use of horror in his works! This one has spoilers for uh basically every Brandon'...
Cosmere Beefs 2: Beef Stew
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We love Brandon Sanderson here; that's why we've done over a hundred and fifty of these Shardcasts. But you know, we have some beefs too. We did a Cos...
Sunreach Minisode
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sunreach, the first of the Skyward Flight novellas, came out last week, and so here's a bonus, "shorter" Shardcast on us discussing this novella! Turn...
Kaladin
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you believe that we've never done an actual episode on Kaladin? He's kind of a big deal, and he did a lot in Rhythm of War, so let's get into it. ...