There’s Always Another Podcast
Episodes
151 - Oathbringer - Chapter 58-Chapter 61
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode: slightly late. Our heroes on their trip to Kholinar: quite a bit earlier than we thought? Next week - Oathbringer - Chapter 62-Chapter 6...
150 - Oathbringer - Chapter 54-Interlude 6
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cosmere pro tip: if someone tells you they're a god, make sure you ask which one. Next week - Oathbringer - Chapter 58-Chapter 61 Instagram: alwaysan...
149 - Oathbringer - Chapter 49-Chapter 53
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Good news - our flashbacks get to introduce us to the joys of fatherhood. Bad news - Dalinar isn't exactly making a great show of it, is he? Next week...
148 - Oathbringer - Chapter 43-Chapter 48
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When we said "Bridge Four" would make an appearance in this part, that invited some complex questions on who exactly that covers... Next week - Oathbr...
147 - Oathbringer - Chapter 38-Chapter 42
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: a pair of interesting looks at other characters getting to experience Dalinar's visions, a check-in on the very peculiar way that Shallan a...
146 - Oathbringer - Chapter 33-Chapter 37
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A new part means new questions: Will Jasnah start treating Shallan differently? Why didn't Dalinar kill that kid? And who is writing these letters t...
Interlude 6 - The Big Movie Deal Chat
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Justin, Sam, and Caleb here today to discuss the big breaking news before it gets old, and we're... excited? Cautiously super-hyped? Oh please don't ...
145 - Oathbringer - Chapter 29-Interlude 3
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tower's haunted. Next week - Oathbringer - Chapter 33-Chapter 37 Instagram: alwaysanotherpod Mastodon: @[email protected] Bluesky: @alwaysa...
144 - Oathbringer - Chapter 25-Chapter 28
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Can we skip all the way forward in the Hypothetical Cosmere Screen Adaptations so we can see "The Girl Who Looked Up"? Next week - Oathbringer - Chapt...
143 - Oathbringer - Chapter 19-Chapter 24
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every flashback we see, I sympathize more and more with the current world leaders of Roshar - "You want us to all trust this guy?" Next week - Oathb...
142 - Oathbringer - Chapter 16-Chapter 18
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, when doing this podcast, we have to be very careful what words and names we actually use before we get to the relevant part of the book. An...
141 - Oathbringer - Chapter 11-Chapter 15
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we wrap up another year of podcasts and head onwards to 2025, it's good to know we can rely on some things - the Blackthorn committing gratuitous a...
140 - Oathbringer - Chapter 5-Chapter 10
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yes yes, Kaladin has finally returned home and all that - let's go watch Adolin investigate a murder he committed. That sounds like it'll be much more...
139 - Oathbringer - Prologue-Chapter 4
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we kick off a Stormlight book, it's important to verify our checklist: yup, Gavilar is still dead. Next week - Oathbringer - Chapter 5-Chapter 10 I...
138 - Oathbringer - Pre-Book
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi! *Comically-loud book thump sound* We're reading Oathbringer! Next week - Oathbringer - Prelude-Chapter 4 Instagram: alwaysanotherpod Mastodon: @...
137 - Edgedancer - Chapter 15-Chapter 20
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ten thousand bugs in a trench coat. Next week - Oathbringer - Pre-book Instagram: alwaysanotherpod Mastodon: @[email protected] Bluesky: @a...
136 - Edgedancer - Chapter 8-Chapter 14
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today you just get a single quote from this week's episode - "I'm not gonna let my microwave turn into a murderous rampaging person that's gonna attac...
135 - Edgedancer - Chapter 1-Chapter 7
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Roshar, where - thanks to the fact that we're following Lift for a bit - we're actually having a pretty good time for once! Let's see ...
134 - Arcanum Unbounded - The Hope of Elantris-Others
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And with this week's episode, we'll finish up our whirlwind tour around the Cosmere in especially chaotic fashion. We'll start off with The Hope of El...
133 - Arcanum Unbounded - The Eleventh Metal-Allomancer Jak
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back to our original stomping ground Scadrial this week for two very different looks at the world of Mistborn over the centuries. If I could figure ou...
132 - Arcanum Unbounded - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for a spookumsreading this week - Always Another Podcast is trying a brilliant new concept called "reading the whole story" as we cover Shad...
131 - Shadows of Self - Arcanum Unbounded
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for some closing thoughts before Shadows of Self goes back onto our respective Sandershelves - and we prepare for a return to Arcanum Unbounde...
130 - Shadows of Self - Chapter 22-Epilogue
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not much room for joking here as we wrap up Shadows of Self this week - this one hurts, folks. Next week - Post-book wrap up & Arcanum Unbounded p...
129 - Shadows of Self - Chapter 18-Chapter 21
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're seeing an old friend today and he's got great news for us - "You can move its legs!" Next week - Chapter 22-Epilogue Instagram: alwaysanotherpod...
128 - Shadows of Self - Chapter 14-Chapter 17
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know all those books and movies where you say "this would all get fixed if they just talked to each other"? This section brings you "everything wo...
Interlude 05 - Isles of the Emberdark - Quick Thoughts
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So it turns out Brandon wrote another Secret Project. It'll be quite some time before Always Another Podcast gets to cover this one, but I figured I'...
127 - Shadows of Self - Chapter 11-Chapter 13
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have one very, very important fact to convey to you in this week's newspost: his name was Larskpur, not Larkspur. That is all. Next week - Chapter...
126 - Shadows of Self - Chapter 7-Chapter 10
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three episodes into this book, we've now finally learned all the facts that were contained on the back of the book. Next week - Chapter 11-Chapter 13 ...
125 - Shadows of Self - Chapter 4-Chapter 6
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an interesting book to read in 2025. Next week - Chapter 7-Chapter 10 Instagram: alwaysanotherpod Mastodon: @[email protected] Blue...
124 - Shadows of Self - Prologue-Chapter 3
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We don't waste any time, do we? Just a couple chapters in and bullets are flying, conspiracies are mounting, and a whole bunch of folks have turned up...
123 - Shadows of Self - Pre-book
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to "There's Always Another Podcast", etc, etc, you know the drill. We're back to Scadrial, and we haven't been away for nearly as long th...
122 - Words of Radiance - Post-book Wrap-up
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've reached the point where our second Stormlight book can go back on the Sandershelf. Before that happens - what did we all think of it? Also, a mi...
121 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 87-Epilogue
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our journey has again reached its destination. After last week's climactic fight, we've got just enough time to tie up a few loose ends, right? Next ...
120 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 83-Chapter 86
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've done 45 episodes about the Stormlight Archive thus far - but now at last, the Knights Radiant have returned. Next week - Chapter 87-Epilogue Ins...
119 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 80-Chapter 82
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Fleet kept running, and the Everstorm arrives. Next week - Chapter 83-Chapter 86 Instagram: alwaysanotherpod Mastodon: @alwaysanotherpod@ki...
118 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 76-Chapter 79
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From a sample size of one, Part 5 of a Stormlight book should be an epilogue of sorts, right? We shouldn't be, say, perched on the eve of an enormous ...
117 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 73-Interlude 14
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yeah yeah, Kaladin and Shallan miraculously survived falling into a chasm right before a highstorm, that's old news - what did you say was going on wi...
116 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 69-Chapter 72
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This late in the book, it's a bit surprising to have a chapter almost entirely focused around just two characters in just one place. We definitely won...
115 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 65-Chapter 68
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We know what everyone is looking forward to in this week's episode - that's right, an in-depth look at how storming often people are jogging in this ...
114 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 59-Chapter 64
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This just in - Kaladin Stormblessed is still in prison. Back to you in the studio. Next week - Chapter 65-Chapter 68 Instagram: alwaysanotherpod Mast...
113 - Words of Radiance - Interlude 9-Interlude 11
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aside from our usual check-in on Szeth (doing bad) and Eshonai (also doing bad), this week features an awesome interlude - by which I apparently mean ...
112 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 55-Chapter 58
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do." Next week - Interlude 9-Interlude 11 Instagram: alwaysanotherpod Mastodon: @[email protected] ...
111 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 51-Chapter 54
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Isn't it interesting when we learn new connections between our characters? For example, now both Shallan and Kaladin have deeply-held reasons to hate...
110 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 47-Chapter 50
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've been building some tension these last few episodes - as we're approaching the end of Part 3, we're starting to stack up complications that reall...
109 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 44-Chapter 46
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week - the middle of the book chapter-wise, the middle of the book word-count-wise, a chapter with "middle" in its name, and very-nearly the midd...
108 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 39-Chapter 43
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I heard Shallan is up to some interesting events in these chapters - it had better not involve another secret society on Roshar. Meanwhile Kaladin has...
107 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 35-Chapter 38
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alright, now that we've taken several breaths (but not Breaths) after last week's chaos - it's time to get started with Part 3 here in Words of Radian...
106 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 30-Interlude 8
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This feels a little bit early for a Sanderlanche but hoo boy does it feel like we might have just read one. Ominous pronouncements from divine forces,...
105 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 24-Chapter 29
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You. Listener there. We demand your boots. In exchange for this brand-new episode, Always Another Podcast is entitled to your boots. No, we can't prac...
104 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 18-Chapter 23
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's always a good time when some of our main characters who spent a whole book mostly separate now get to spend some quality time together, right? I'...
103 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 13-Chapter 17
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back to our main characters (and back to our main timeline (and back to our main full set of hosts)) - Shallan, Kaladin, and Adolin are all in fine fo...
Interlude 04 - Wind and Truth - Quick Thoughts
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy winter holidays from all of us here at Always Another Podcast! Hopefully everyone has had good time to curl up with a book and not come up for s...
102 - Interlude 1-Interlude 4
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Time for another whirlwind tour around Roshar - this time featuring a neat little slice-of-life story (ignore the part where he gets stabbed at the en...
101 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 7-Chapter 12
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I am a stick. I am a stick. I am a stick? I am a stick. I am a stick! I am a stick - Chapter 7-Chapter 12 I am a stick?: alwaysanotherpod I am a stick...
100 - Words of Radiance - Chapter 3-Chapter 6
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One hundred episodes. Thank you so much to all our listeners who have joined us on this journey. Last I checked, the Cosmere doesn't show any signs of...
99 - Words of Radiance - Prologue-Chapter 2
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Roshar! Everything is a weird crab and there are mysterious glowy things all over the place. You get used to it pretty quick. Next wee...
98 - Warbreaker Post-Book - Words of Radiance Pre-Book
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No newspost today.
97 - Warbreaker - Chapter 54-Epilogue
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are two ways one could learn that Vasher is actually an immortal who used to be called "Warbreaker". You could read the entire book Warbreaker, ...
96 - Warbreaker - Chapter 49-Chapter 53
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to "The week in Warbreaker when everything happens". Tune in next week for "The week in Warbreaker where everything happens even more than it ...
95 - Warbreaker - Chapter 42-Chapter 48
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Always Another Podcast talked of T’Telir burning. Of the God King dead and of soldiers in the streets. Of Lifeless killing people in colo...
94 - Warbreaker - Chapter 35-Chapter 41
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of There's Always Another Podcast, we-- oh. Oh no. Really? Wow. That's, uh. Not good. Next week - Chapter 42-Chapter 48 Twitter: @a...
93 - Warbreaker - Chapter 30-Chapter 34
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At this point in Warbreaker, we're somewhere between "these characters just need to talk to each other and understand each other (derogatory)" and "th...
92 - Warbreaker - Chapter 26-Chapter 29
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Was Lightsong a detective before he died? Who can say. Is he being a detective now? Yes, and we're all here for it. Also, we spend several minutes liv...
91 - Warbreaker - Chapter 22-Chapter 25
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the moment you've all been waiting for, ever since we read the absolutely vital Mad Prince chapters from Elantris - the return of the stupid ball...
90 - Warbreaker - Chapter 16-Chapter 21
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes I think up something funny to write here. Sometimes I just steal a line from the episode. This week: "No, that's not how you unionize! Don't...
89 - Warbreaker - Chapter 10-Chapter 15
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our characters are starting to settle in here in Warbreaker, and Always Another Podcast is doing likewise - Vivenna and Siri are each dealing with the...
88 - Warbreaker - Chapter 5-Chapter 9
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In these chapters, Brandon attempts to create an uncomfortable atmosphere in the God-King's palace. In this episode, Always Another Podcast feels unco...
87 - Warbreaker - Prologue-Chapter 4
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Nalthis! Always Another Podcast gets to start in on a whole new story today. Tune in to hear Sam reprise his role as a nudgeable curmudgeon...
86 - Alloy of Law Post-Book-Warbreaker Pre-Book
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good news - it's an Always Another Podcast double-feature this week. We're wrapping up our thoughts on Alloy of Law, then heading all the way to the o...
85 - The Alloy of Law - Chapter 18-Epilogue
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We last left our heroes (and villains) about three microseconds before a massive explosion went off. Even when the books are a more reasonable length,...
84 - The Alloy of Law - Chapter 13-Chapter 17
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Now that we've spent 83 previous episodes building up a reliable listener base, it's time for some "important work": gathering data from all of you ab...
83 - The Alloy Of Law - Chapter 8-Chapter 12
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'll be taking a break from our usual liner notes here to offer a congratulations for Beth and my's brother Tim, who is getting married on Friday! (ye...
82 - The Alloy of Law - Chapter 4-Chapter 7
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sure have arrived back on Scadrial - it's time for a fancy party. Important to note - this particular party features a significicant increase in "n...
81 - The Alloy of Law - Prologue-Chapter 3
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time once again to get to know a whole new cast of characters. Let's meet Wax, Wayne, Steris, Marasi, Lessie... Hm? What's that about Lessie? Oh....
80 - The Alloy of Law - Pre-book
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's always another secret, there's always another podcast, and - as it turns out - there's always more Mistborn. We're here preparing for our retu...
79 - The Way of Kings - Post-Book
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly 50 hours of recorded podcast and more than 6 months of our real actual lives - we've reached our destination. What did we think of the journey?...
78 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 70-Epilogue
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Y'know how authors will sometimes write a first book in a series in a way that it could possibly stand alone if they decide not to continue? This isn'...
77 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 67-Chapter 69
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We made it! This episode features lots of exclamation points! Our main characters actually meet! Kaladin does some cool fighting! Oaths are sworn! And...
77 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 62-Chapter 66
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listeners, I hope you realize how incredibly difficult it is to read a Sanderson book in one-week chunks of about 17,000 words each. It means that you...
75 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 58-Chapter 61
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've almost reached the end of this book - by which I mean, we have approximately one whole novella still remaining. Plenty of time! Next episode - C...
74 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 55-Chapter 57
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here's something new - one of our main characters in this fantasy book has fantastical powers. Maybe? We're not sure yet. He did glow, though, and tha...
73 - The Way of Kings - Interlude 9-Chapter 54
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to return to the world of the Alethi nobility, which means we have to deal with all these people. Wait hang on, Sadeas did something good? W...
72 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 47-Interlude 8
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While we finish off Part 3, present-day Kaladin actually may be doing the best out of all our character PoVs. That's probably a bad sign, right? Also,...
71 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 44-Chapter 46
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today - we fill in more and more of the gap in Kaladin's past, while in Kaladin's present, everyone refuses to talk about the whole "possible magic po...
70 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 40-Chapter 43
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As our characters try to start processing the events of our past few chapters, we here on Always Another Podcast try to do the same. Lots of questions...
69 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 36-Chapter 39
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I was prepared to make a joke about the episode number for this week, but I'm going to take a page from Caleb, suddenly lean into the mic, and point o...
68 - The Way of Kings - Chapter31-Chapter 35
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 is wasting zero time getting things into action. We've been waiting for Kaladin to make a major move forward, and he does - with, unfortunately...
67 - The Way of Kings - Interlude 4-Chapter 30
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another whirlwind tour of Roshar as we hit our second batch of Interludes - we found the weirdest place on Roshar (it looks like earth), a weird littl...
66 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 27-Chapter 28
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two emotional and significant chapters for Kaladin and Dalinar to wrap up Part 2, so naturally we spend a whole minute focused on a typo. Look, you're...
65 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 23-Chapter 26
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're approaching the end of Part 2 here on Always Another Podcast - Kaladin is doing some work to get Bridge 4 on his side (we like that), and the Al...
64 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 19-Chapter 22
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know what this story needed? Another plotline running in another place and time. Let's go see what's going on with Dalinar's visions. Also, what's...
63 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 16-Chapter 18
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've got some Exciting Kaladin News in this week's episode of Always Another Podcast - he actually has a slightly better time! We are not currently t...
62 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 13-Chapter 15
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
2023's "Year of Sanderson" may have concluded, but we have, as we say, lots of book left in this book. In this week's episode, we get a good look into...
61 - The Way of Kings - Interlude 1-Chapter 12
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Time for a whirlwind tour of Roshar before we get back to the goings-on on the Shattered Plains. This episode: "The Purelake is a nice place - also, w...
60 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 7-Chapter 11
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're wrapping up Part 1 of The Way of Kings today, and it looks like our stage is starting to become set - Shallan has a plan with some noticeable qu...
59 - The Way of Kings - Chapter 3-Chapter 6
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Kaladin is having a bad time, Shallan is learning all sorts of things about the world, and we talk about bridges and spren. As thi...
58 - The Way of Kings - Prelude-Chapter 2
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Time to start a new book! And then start a new book again! And then start a new book one more time..? Yes, we've begun The Way of Kings and its multi-...
57 - The Way of Kings - Pre-book
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's Always Another Podcast is back, and we've acquired a tome. That's right, we're making our first foray into The Stormlight Archives! We've all ...
56 - The Emperor’s Soul - Day 58-Epilogue
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is it really that time again? It seems we've only just arrived. Yes, that's it - we've finished our first short-work in the Cosmere. It was a very dif...
55 - The Emperor’s Soul - Prologue-Day 42
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are with The Emperor's Soul! If you're here for all the drama and disagreement as we state contentious opinions on these books, you may want t...