Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

Lux Reactions

12 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We got a new Brandon Sanderson book this year already, and it is Lux! It is an Audible original set in the Reckoners universe, and it's time for us to...

A Certain Scadrian's Bones | JordanCon 2021 WoBs Part 2

29 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here's our second Word of Brandon episode from JordanCon 2021! Here lay answers to critical questions like, if a tree falls in the Forests of Hell and...

Lost Metal Reading, Taln Didn't Break?? JordanCon 2021 Words of Brandon Part 1

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oh boy everyone, we have some spice for you today! At JordanCon we had both a reading from the Lost Metal (Wax and Wayne 4), which was its prologue, a...

Talking Mistborn Era 2 with Merphy Napier

07 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are extremely fortunate to have the amazing booktuber Merphy Napier (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FW6FYqPLeQIXMSulBfOLw/) on the show today! ...

Shallan's Past

24 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Shardcast, we go through the very light, chill topic of Shallan's past. Oh boy, there is so much to talk about, and so much more in...

TenSoon was going to be WHAT? | Q2 2021 Words of Brandon Part 2

10 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're continuing on with Words of Brandon from the June spoiler stream, as well as the Dusty Wheel interview! There are some very interesting WoBs thi...

Blowing Up Sel's Cognitive Realm, Avatars, & More! | Q2 2021 Words of Brandon Part 1

04 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There's less signings these days, but there are still a few things that have happened, like an excellent Cosmere.es interview, as well as another spoi...

Queerness in the Cosmere

19 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Pride Month everyone! This episode of Shardcast, we get very gay. We're talking about Queerness in the Cosmere, so we're talking about queer rep...

Ishar

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Shardcast, we talk about an extremely nice, totally sane character: Ishar! He definitely did not have his hand in a lot of stuff, or cause ma...

He Who Quiets

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last time we talked about Moash in a meta sense, but let's dig a bit more into Moash, who now holds the title of He Who Quiets. But, of course, we als...

Moash

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Shardcast, we're talking about everyone's favorite character: Moash. Has any other character inspired such emotion throughout the fandom ...

Q1 2021 Words of Brandon: Our Brandon Interview and More!

24 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let's catch up on some Words of Brandon! In January, we did a Shardcast with Brandon, so we discuss what we learned from that, as well as getting thro...

Rhythm of War Who's That Cosmere Character

10 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So you've sent in a ton of Who's That Cosmere Characters, and we haven't done ANY from after Rhythm of War! We gotta go do that. So here we are, and w...

Skyward 3 Predictions

28 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Switching off from cosmere things, let's talk about Skyward 3! It won't be called Nowhere, but we'll still make some jokes about it. There's plenty to...

Fabrials in Dawnshard and Rhythm of War

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last time, we talked about the Rhythm of War Part One epigraphs and the fabrials details there. This time we are going deep into the new things we've ...

Fabrials and Rhythm of War Part One Epigraphs

27 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk about fabrials! We sure learned a bunch about them in Rhythm of War, that's for sure. This is the first of two episodes on fabrials. In thi...

Renarin and Rlain

20 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last time we talked mechanics about Enlightened Truthwatchers, but now let's talk about some character dynamics with Renarin and Rlain! We discuss rep...

Renarin, Sja-anat, and Enlightened Truthwatchers

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is one of two episodes we are doing on Renarin, Sja-anat, and Enlightened Truthwatchers! This episode focuses more on the mechanics side of thing...

Surges and Surgebinding

06 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we need no rails. We're going to talk about Surges and Surgebinding, and we sure go in the deep end here! Rhythm of War spoilers on this, fo...

Lord of Scars

30 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have an in-depth, meaty Shardcast for you this week, on the Lord of Scars. Big Rhythm of War and cosmere spoilers in this. Like really. Also, some ...

Shardcast ft. Brandon Sanderson (Rhythm of War and Cosmere Spoilers)

23 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brandon Sanderson is on Shardcast! We're here to discuss some fandom stuff, and then we transition into full spoilers and Rhythm of War spoilers to ta...

Rhythm of War and Dawnshard Words of Brandon 2

17 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for our second Rhythm of War Words of Brandon episode, this time with some Dawnshard stuff too! As always on these, there can be cosmere spo...

Dalinar, Jasnah, Taravangian in Rhythm of War - Rhythm of Reviews

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Even if the journey matters more than the destination, all things come to an end, and so this is our final Rhythm of Previews/Reviews. It's been reall...

Late 2020 & Rhythm of War Words of Brandon

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Turns out there have actually been quite a lot of Words of Brandon since our last episode on WoBs, so we gotta get back into it now. This is the first...

Venli and Flashbacks in Rhythm of War - Rhythm of Reviews

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This time on Rhythm of Reviews, we are looking at Venli and her flashbacks! Though we get on a huge amount of tangents, like Axindweth and Stoneshapin...

Sixth of the Dusk 2 Reading

03 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a brand-new year, and a brand-new Shardcast! Many of you have requested this Sixth of the Dusk 2 reading that Brandon read at the Rhythm of...

Kaladin and Navani in Rhythm of War - Rhythm of Reviews

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for us to talk about the main plot of Rhythm of War, with Kaladin and Navani! The sweet animated wallpaper is from Cosmere.es, the Spanish ...

Ba-Ado-Mishram and the Recreance

27 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I am very, very excited to show off this episode, Ba-Ado-Mishram and the Recreance. Rhythm of War spoilers here. We talk about a lot of the new stuff ...

Adolin and Shallan in Rhythm of War - Rhythm of Reviews

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Reviews continues with talking about Adolin and Shallan's arc in Rhythm of War! The sweet animated wallpaper is from Cosmere.es, the Spani...

State of the Sanderson 2020

20 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of the year for State of the Sanderson 2020, where Brandon tells us what he's been up to this year, and looking towards the future. It'...

Rhythm of War Overall Thoughts - Rhythm of Reviews

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Previews returns with overall thoughts from Rhythm of War! So it's Rhythm of... REviews now! We have Danielle and Marvin, but Producer Cogni...

Lights

13 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is on the Lights of Roshar. Spoilers for Rhythm of War and the cosmere (but not Dawnshard) in this one! Here Evgeni really makes u...

Chatting with Daniel Greene about Fantasy, Cosmere, and Rhythm of War

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of Shardcast has a special guest: Daniel Greene! He runs an excellent YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw--xPGVVxYzRsWyV...

Taravangian

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode of Shardcast is a bit late, but it's time to talk about Taravangian! This one has big Rhythm of War and cosmere spoilers so beware...

Rhythm of War Reactions and Discussion 2

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You thought we were done talking about Rhythm of War? Not even close. This time we have a different cast and we talk about all sorts of things that we...

Rhythm of War Reactions 1 (Full Book Spoilers!)

28 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to one of TWO of our full spoilers Rhythm of War reaction podcasts. Our second one will likely be coming Sunday as well with the rest of the S...

Rhythm of War Part Two Epigraphs (Part Two Spoilers Only!)

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of War Part Two Epigraphs (Part Two Spoilers Only) | Shardcast Rhythm of War is OUT! We hope you've been enjoying it. This is our first Rhythm...

The Dawnshards

14 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's our second Dawnshard episode (and our last Shardcast before Rhythm of War), and this one is pedantic! We're getting to... well, the big thing we ...

Rhythm of Previews Ch 19 (End of Preview Chapters!) - Rhythm of Previews

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's the last Rhythm of War preview chapter, chapter 19, and the end of Part One! Rhythm of War comes out Tuesday! It's nearly here at last! The hype ...

Dawnshard Reactions

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dawnshard is out! If you're a Kickstarter backer, you already got it through Backerkit. You can also get it through Amazon, and will likely appear in ...

Rhythm of War Ch 18 - Rhythm of Previews

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Can you believe it? We are less than two weeks away from Rhythm of War, which means this series is about to end. Just one more after this! Brandon pos...

Rhythm of War Ch 17 - Rhythm of Previews

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Rhythm of Previews, we're onto chapter 17, and since I didn't watch or edit it, I have no idea what happens, but since I'm writing ...

The Returned

25 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about Returned, Returned healing, memory, perception, new God Kings, Vo, and the Royal Locks. Oh and Austrism. And... health insurance. Vroom ...

Rhythm of War Ch 16 - Rhythm of Previews

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're onto chapter 16 of Rhythm of War this week. It's a shorter one, and therefore a shorter episode, but there's still plenty of fun stuff to talk a...

Rhythm of War Ch 15 - Rhythm of Previews

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this chapter of Rhythm of War, we see Kaladin be Kaladin, and we get a very interesting conversation with Kaladin and an old favorite. Producer Gho...

The Original Reactions

10 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Original, an audio-only story cowritten by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal came out on September 14th. It's science fiction about clone...

Rhythm of War Ch 14 - Rhythm of Previews

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

These Rhythm of Previews episodes keep getting longer, but I think after Chapter 14, this is very justified. There is just so much to unpack on this o...

Rhythm of War Ch 13 - Rhythm of Previews

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Rhythm of Previews, we're doing Chapter 13, and there's some spicy stuff here! In addition to Rhythm of War spoilers, there are spoilers ...

Rhythm of War Ch 12 - Rhythm of Previews

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Previews, our readthrough of the Rhythm of War preview chapters, continues to Chapter 12! Was this chapter rough for you to read? It was for...

Who's That Cosmere Character 3, Off the Rails Edition

19 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We figured that after Dawnshard and Rhythm of War, we're going to be a *bit* busy, and we had a huge queue of Who's That Cosmere Characters, so let's ...

Rhythm of War Ch 11 - Rhythm of Previews

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Previews, our readthrough of the Rhythm of War preview chapters, is now on chapter 11! And we finally see a character we haven't seen thus f...

Rhythm of War Ch 10 - Rhythm of Previews

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Previews, our readthrough of the Rhythm of War preview chapters, is onto chapter 10! It's a short chapter, but lots to discuss here! You ca...

2020 Words of Brandon Part 2

05 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We finish off Words of Brandon (well, at least since we recorded this) for the first half of 2020. Here we get some pretty good ones like whether Skyb...

Rhythm of War Ch 9 - Rhythm of Previews

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Previews, our readthrough of the Rhythm of War preview chapters, continues with chapter 9! Goodbye, short episodes, we barely knew you. But ...

Rhythm of War Ch 8 - Rhythm of Previews

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Previews, our readthrough of the Rhythm of War preview chapters, continues with chapter 8! Please note there's a content warning for suicide...

Dawnshard Prologue and 2020 Words of Brandon Part 1

22 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Things keep happening! We got the prologue for the Dawnshard novella, so we discuss that some, and then it occurred to us that we haven't talked about...

Rhythm of Previews: Rhythm of War Chapter 7

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rhythm of Previews, our readthrough of the Rhythm of War preview chapters, continues with chapter 7! We also take a look at the official cover of the ...

Rhythm of Previews: Rhythm of War Chapter 6

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

(Sorry this one is late on audio!) Rhythm of Previews, our readthrough of the Rhythm of War preview chapters, continues, but now it's just going to b...

Dark One Lore

08 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of Shardcast, we are returning to Mirandus and the world of Dark One for more lore and analysis. You can get the ebook of Dark One right ...

Rhythm of Previews: Rhythm of War Ch 4-5

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle and Marvin continue their adventure into Rhythm of War. This time they discuss Chapters 4 and 5. They split up discussion by viewpoint, which...

Rhythm of Previews: Rhythm of War Prologue through Chapter 3

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're beginning a new series: Rhythm of Previews, where Danielle and Marvin discuss the preview chapters of Rhythm of War, the fourth Stormlight...

Dawnshard Novella Title and Predictions

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We wanted to do a "short" episode of us discussing the reveal of the novella that will be out prior to Rhythm of War, Dawnshard! But then we blabbed. ...

Interview with Isaac and Kara Stewart

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We interviewed Isaac and Kara Stewart of Dragonsteel Entertainment yesterday. Isaac is the art director and makes amazing maps. Kara manages the store...

New Rhythm of War Chapter!

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, when the Way of Kings leatherbound Kickstarter came out, Brandon sent one of his newsletters and it contained a brand-new chapter from Rhyt...

Dark One Reactions and Analysis

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of Shardcast is sponsored by Hank Green and his new book, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, which comes out July 7th! Go to hankgreen.com f...

Knights Radiant Quiz with New Lore!

20 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Little did we know that just days after our stream where we discuss which Radiant order we'd be, the official Knights Radiant Quiz (https://www.brando...

Tenth Anniversary Livestream Part 2

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We did a massive, five hour long livestream on Saturday for 17th Shard's tenth anniversary! This is the second part. In this part, we discuss our favo...

Tenth Anniversary Livestream Part 1

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We did a massive, five hour long livestream on Saturday for 17th Shard's tenth anniversary! This is the first part. Come for lots of questions, fun, a...

Dead Loved Ones in the Cosmere

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we're talking about characters and tropes. Let's talk about the dead spouses (mostly wives) and dead parents in the cosmere. Well, dead f...

Making Fun of Our Old Cosmere Theories

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You know how we say on Shardcast that we don't need rails? Well turns out we rarely had rails to begin with. Today we are taking a look at our old cos...

Awakening and Breath

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you missed PedantiCast? Well, then you're ready for this episode! Today we are talking in-depth about the magic in Warbreaker. We talk about Awak...

Ship it or Rip it 2

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Well, we are all in quarantine, so we wanted to do some fun nonsense to take our mind off things. So it's time for some more Ship it or Rip it! We ask...

History and Cultures of Sel

28 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, we're talking about the history and cultures of Sel, featuring sharks! Well, somewhat. Today we have the debut of the Shardcaster Benny....

Shinovar

14 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, we're talking about the Shin! Who are they? They *invaded* Roshar? The Stone Shamans? Well, there's stuff we know, but also even more we...

Rhythm of War (Stormlight 4) Predictions!

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, we discuss our Rhythm of War (now the confirmed title of Stormlight 4) predictions! Or at least, we recap where our characters last were...

Spren and Spren Societies

08 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we are talking about the sapient types of spren, and what we know of their societies and culture! We have Eric (Chaos), Ian (WeiryWriter)...

Starsight Release Wobs #2, ft. Destiny Tangent

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for yet more from the Starsight release, where we actually go a bit faster through the Words of Brandon this time. There's even some actual ...

Starsight Release WoBs 1: Into the Weeds

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Whoa, even though there was no Starsight tour, the release gave us a lot of crazy Words of Brandon. We go deep in the weeds this episode. But first, E...

The Horneaters

05 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for a very loopy and entertaining podcast on the Horneaters. We talk about their origins, their culture, Rock and his mysteries, and more. A...

State of the Sanderson 2019

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday, State of the Sanderson 2019 came out (read it and vote here: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2019/) and we're here ...

Starsight Reactions

07 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, for reals, podcasts won't stay this long, but we had so many thoughts on Starsight. This is a bit more of a mixed reaction on this one, and so w...

Nalthis Star Chart, More Stormlight 4 Prologue, and Tons of WoBs!

23 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There is a ludicrous amount of stuff to talk about on today's Shardcast. First up, we show off Crafty Games's metal Mistborn dice (http://mistborndice...

Autonomy

09 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to talk in-depth about maybe the weirdest Shard of Adonalsium: Autonomy, and its Vessel, Bavadin. There sure is a lot to discuss that have h...

Who's That Cosmere Character 2

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's been forever since we've done a Who's That Cosmere Character megasode, and so here another one is. This one has some hilarious moments and salt a...

White Sand Vol 3

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

White Sand Volume 3 is out, and so it's time for our last White Sand podcast for a long time. Will it be as salty as our White Sand 1 and 2 podcasts? ...

DragonCon Words of Brandon

28 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're bringing you DragonCon's Words of Brandon, and it's pretty spicy! You'll learn about the future of White Sand, VaxFax, Threnody's per...

Stormlight 4 Prologue Reading and Update

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Recently at DragonCon we got a reading of the Stormlight 4 prologue (https://wob.coppermind.net/events/394/#e12852), and we also got Stormlight 4 Upda...

Iri and Kurth

31 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about the Iriali, the strange gold-skinned people in Iri. We're talking about their religion, the Seven Lands, the One, and more!...

Myths of Roshar #2

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're finishing up our discussion myths this episode, starting with a bunch of Hoid stories, like Derethil and the Wandersail, Queen Tsa sleeps with t...

The Girl Who Looked Up (Myths of Roshar #1)

09 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's time we discussed some myths of Roshar, and let's dive into one of the biggest ones first: The Girl Who Looked Up! We're talking about both versi...

The Five Scholars

02 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Now it's time for, shockingly, a podcast that isn't on Roshar! We're heading to Nalthis, the world of Warbreaker, and we're here to discuss some of th...

Cultivation and Her Plans (Plus Another SA4 Reading)

26 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we actually talk about the news, a brand-new Stormlight 4 reading! Then we discuss Cultivation and her plans. We carefully stay on the rails...

Ship It or Rip It?

19 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This might actually be the funniest Shardcast yet. This time, we have a random number generator pick a pair from about a hundred cosmere characters. T...

Stormlight 4 Reading and Germany Words of Brandon

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Legends say it is possible that Shardcast can get through Words of Brandon in a single episode, and this time we do it! We also discuss a Stormlight 4...

Tropes Brandon Overuses

05 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today, a week after our longest episode ever, here's a bit of a shorter one where we have some fun at Brandon's expense. Let's poke some fun at some t...

Spiritual Properties (Connection, Identity, Fortune)

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for some Spiritual Mumbo Jumbo! Today we're discussing the "Spiritual properties": Connection, Identity, Fortune. We also talk about Spiritw...

Language and Connection

21 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You know what you need in life? Spiritual Mumbo Jumbo, and it's time we delivered. This time we focus on a very specific aspect: Language, and how it ...

Listener Songs #2 (Songs of Histories, Wars, Winds, Secrets, and Spren)

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are continuing going through the Words of Radiance Part Two epigraphs and the listener songs, and we're talking about the objectively mor...

Listener Songs #1 (Songs of Listing and Revision)

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Shardcast we thought we would talk about another set of epigraphs that we haven't discussed too in-depth: the listener songs from Words o...

March/April Words of Brandon and JordanCon Recap

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are catching up on some Words of Brandon from earlier this year in March and April. There was an Orem signing in March and FanX in April that...