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A Grain of SandersonSteelheart - Episode 20Happy New Year! I am so sorry this episode is so late. Next episode, about Mitosis and Shadows for Silence Through the Forests of Hell will be out much, much sooner. Content warnings for this episode: beheadings, being unhoused, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, Christianity, conspiracies, corpses, corruption, death, gang violence, guns and gun violence, illusion magic, imprisonment, insanity, lying, mental illness, mind control, misogyny, murder, neglect, nuclear weapons, oligarchy, prisons, racism, religion, royalty, self harm, sexualization, stabbing, stereotypes, suicide, supervillains, torture, undeath, woundsOther mediaBrandon Sanderson reviews art of...
2026-01-071h 35A Grain of SandersonInfinity Blade Redemption And River of Souls - Episode 19We read read truly one of the most baffling books we've ever tackled with special guest Sophie Abromowitz! Oh and a Wheel of Time cut chapter too. Sophie's Vampire Short Story: https://thebrooklynreview.com/2025/10/31/rules-for-vampires-sophie-abromowitz/Sophie Substack: https://abromowitz.substack.com/Seriously everyone check these out, Sophie has very quickly become one of my favorite writers. Sophie Website: https://sophie-abromowitz.com/ Content warnings for this episode: auditory hallucinations, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, cheating/infidelity, child endangerment, child death, conspiracies, death, duels, gender dysphoria, god kings, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, lying, mental illne...
2025-11-031h 41A Grain of SandersonThe Rithmatist & A Memory of Light - Episode 18We're back with The Rithmatist!To skip A Memory of Light, Go to 29:41Next month we'll be reading Infinity Blade Redemption & River of Souls. Episode airs October 7th.Content warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, censorship, child abuse, child endangerment, child soldiers, Christianity, classism, colonialism, conspiracies, cults, death, displacement, existentialism, fandom, Harry Potter, human sacrifice, human transformation, immigration visas, J.K. Rowling, lying, mental illness, military, military academies, mind control, misogyny, Mormonism, murder, neglect, oligarchy, parental death, racism, religion, royalty, Scottish occupation, self harm, self hatred, settler colonialism, tourism, transphobia, un...
2025-09-262h 10A Grain of SandersonThe Emperor's Soul & Legion - Episode 17 w/ Kirk HamiltonWe read two novellas this month, The Emperor's Soul is really good! Legion is the craziest thing we've ever read for the show (and maybe off the show too). Huge thanks to Kirk for guesting on this episode, you can find all his information here. https://kirkhamilton.com/ Next month we'll be discussing The Rithmatist and the End of A Memory of LightContent warnings for this episode: ableism, Abu Sayyaf, assassination, atheism, betrayal, bleeding, blood magic, body horror, body modification, bombing, braindeath, broken bones, Catholicism, Christianity, classism, death, discussion of sexuality, enemies to...
2025-08-022h 31A Grain of SandersonMistborn: The Eleventh Metal & HARRE - Episode 16Our shortest episode yet!We read two short stories this month, The Eleventh Metal is pretty good, and HARRE (Heuristic Algorithm and Reasoning Response Engine) is pretty interesting from production standpoint. Next month we'll be reading The Emperor's Soul and Legion, Episode Airs: Third Week of June. Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, arranged marriages, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, gaslighting, genocide, hallucinations, homophobia, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind con...
2025-06-011h 07A Grain of SandersonMistborn: The Alloy of Law - Episode 15We talk about the highs and lows of The Alloy of Law, our first foray into Mistborn Era 2. Next month we'll be reading The Eleventh Metal and H.A.R.R.E, Episode Airs: May 31stContent warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, arranged marriages, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, gaslighting, genocide, hallucinations, homophobia, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious conversion, religious ex...
2025-05-292h 19A Grain of SandersonApril Episode DelayedHey folks, just to let everyone know there's going to be a slight delay for our Alloy of Law episode, it's all on me. Normally I'd be able to turn around an episode in a week's time, but several of my loved ones have needed lots of additional support on top of my day jobs and classwork. It's been a busy month for us all. What this means for y'all as listeners is that you'll get two episodes in May, one is a longer episode towards the beginning of the month and a shorter episode towards the e...
2025-04-3000 minA Grain of SandersonInfinity Blade: Awakening & I Hate Dragons - Episode 14We read two not very good stories and have 2 fantastic conversations about them with special guest Sophie Abromowitz! Sophie Short Story: https://joylandpublishing.com/fiction/jan-is-important/ Sophie Substack: https://abromowitz.substack.com/Sophie Website: https://sophie-abromowitz.com/ Next month we'll be reading Alloy of Law. Episode airs, end of April.Content warnings for this episode: auditory hallucinations, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, child endangerment, conspiracies, death, duels, gender dysphoria, god kings, human sacrifice, mprisonment, insanity, lying, mental illness, mind control, murder, neglect, oligarchy, prisons, religion, royalty, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, undea...
2025-04-011h 55A Grain of SandersonAlcatraz vs The Shattered Lens - Episode 13We're back in the era of normal length books with Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lens!Next month we'll be reading Infinity Blade Awakening & I Hate Dragons. Episode airs, March 25th.Around 59 Minutes in, we ask if ADX actually does the math correctly, she does not. ReferencesA Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett Percy Jackson and The Olympians by Rick RiordanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisContent warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, censorship, child abuse, child enda...
2025-03-011h 25A Grain of SandersonTowers of Midnight - Episode 12We read Towers of Midnight, Book 13 of The Wheel of Time. Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lens, Episode Airs: Feb 18th. Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, amputation, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones , classism, colonization, death, domestic violence, fetishization, gaslighting, gender roles, hallucinations, insanity, J.K. Rowling, kink, knives, maiming, misogyny, murder, mutilation, rape, real world violence, religious extremism, self harm, sexual content, sexual violence, slavery, stabbing, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal il...
2025-02-011h 47A Grain of SandersonThe Way of Kings - Episode 11 - Part 2On this part two we finish The Way of Kings, making this comfortably our longest episode yet. Apologies for getting this out a day later than I said I would, the flu took me out. New Discord! Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, caste systems, child abuse, child death, christian imagery, classism, colonization, death, decapitation, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, exsanguination, gaslighting, genocide, human sacrifice, insanity, knives, maiming, mind control, misogyny, mormonism, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape culture, religious conversion, religious extremism, self har...
2025-01-112h 07A Grain of SandersonThe Way of Kings - Episode 11 - Part 1On this episode we read The Way of Kings, a book so massive we really only talk about the plot of the book in the last third of the episode. We split this episode in half because of how big this book is. It's slow, methodical, and we talked about it for 8 and a half hours. Happy New Year folks, I wish you a wonderful and safe start to 2025.Next Month: We read the entirety of Towers of Midnight, Episode Airs: January 28th. Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age...
2024-12-313h 11A Grain of SandersonThe Gathering Storm - Episode 10We read the The Gathering Storm, Book 12 of The Wheel of Time. This was a lot, and we apologize for the delay. Happy Thanksgiving folks.Next month we'll be reading all of The Way of Kings, Episode Airs: December 24th, Christmas Eve. Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, amputation, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bone, classism, colonization, death, domestic violence, fetishization, gaslighting, gender roles, hallucinations, insanity, J.K. Rowling, kink, knives, maiming, misogyny, murder, mutilation, rape, real world violence, religious extremism, self harm, sexual content, sexual violence, slavery, stabbing, strangulation, su...
2024-11-272h 54A Grain of SandersonAlcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia - Episode 9We read the interesting yet undersauced Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia!Next month we'll be reading The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Episode airs, November 12th. James Acaster's Repertoire is available from Netflix. ReferencesJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna ClarkeContent warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, addiction, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, censorship, child abuse, child endangerment, classism, colonialism, conspiracies, cults, death, existentialism, fame, fatphobia, foster homes, Harry Potter, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, J.K. Rowling, lying, mental illness, mind control, murder, neglect, oligarchy, prisons, ra...
2024-10-161h 58A Grain of SandersonWarbreaker Bonus Material - Episode 8.5We discuss the broader Cosmere, as well as some of the finer points of the ending of Warbreaker.Come back next week for Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystalia. This conversation is less professional, we can only hope it's entertaining.Content warnings for this episode: colonization, death, discussion of sexuality, settler colonialismThis show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan. PatreonDiscordInstagramBookshop Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)
2024-10-0836 minA Grain of SandersonWarbreaker - Episode 8We read the bright, colorful, and most importantly - good Warbreaker in its entirety. Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia, Episode Airs: October 15thhttps://x.com/headfallsoff/status/1051484419251425280 Message I sent to Jack during the pod, potential spoilers for Word of Brandon and Stormlight. https://imgur.com/HeaTJ6v.jpgI highly recommend this Library of Congress National Book Fair Talk with James SA Corey https://youtu.be/OWSo3qSKAuM?si=aKm4yKIRcgabOsO4 All those lectures and talks were quite good, if...
2024-09-192h 49A Grain of SandersonDefending Elysium & Firstborn - Episode 7Join us for our shortest episode yet! We delve into Sanderson's first works of science fiction, two interesting short stories about space and failure. Next month we'll be reading all of Warbreaker. Content warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, blindness, broken bones, bullying, child abuse, classism, conspiracies, cults, death, empire, existentialism, failure, fascism, gifted kid syndrome, gulags, homophobia, human sacrifice, human supremacy, imprisonment, insanity, imperialism, JK Rowling, maiming, mental illness, mind control, murder, Nazi Germany, Orson Scott Card, prisons, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, suicide/suicidal ideation, torture, transphobia, wounds and infection...
2024-08-131h 21A Grain of SandersonAlcatraz vs The Scrivener's Bones - Episode 6We're confronted with our first sleeper hit, Alcatraz vs The Scrivener's Bones!Next month we'll be reading the short stories Defending Elysium (2008) and Firstborn (2008), Episode Airs: August 13thContent warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, broken bones, bullying, child abuse, child death, child endangerment, classism, conspiracies, cults, death, existentialism, fighter jets, foster homes, gulags, Harry Potter, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, maiming, mental illness, mind control, murder, prisons, religious extremism, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, suicide/suicidal ideation, time loops, torture, transphobia, undeath, US Military, wounds and infectionSo in the...
2024-07-092h 33A Grain of SandersonComedy Central Presents: The Roast of Elend Venture - Hero of Ages Bonus ContentSpoilers for Hero of Ages (the book and our episode)This conversation is much less professional, we can only hope it's entertaining.Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, gaslighting, genocide, hallucinations, human sacrifice, insanity, J.K. Rowling, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, slavery, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation...
2024-06-111h 03A Grain of SandersonMistborn: The Hero of Ages - Episode 5We rage and cry over The Hero of Ages, a book that is surprisingly hard to talk about because it's doing so much at once.Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Scrivener's Bones, Episode Airs: July 9thContent warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, gaslighting, genocide, hallucinations, human sacrifice, insanity, J.K. Rowling, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, r...
2024-06-112h 45A Grain of SandersonAlcatraz vs The Evil Librarians - Episode 4We read the middle grade heist fantasy card battler Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians and talk about it for our shortest episode yet!Next month we'll be reading all of Mistborn: The Hero of Ages, Episode Airs: June 11thContent warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, broken bones, bullying, child abuse, child death, child endangerment, classism, conspiracies, death, foster homes, Elon Musk, gulags, Harry Potter, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, maiming, mental illness, mind control, murder, prisons, religious extremism, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, suicide/suicidal ideation, torture, transphobia, wounds and infectionCor...
2024-05-141h 59A Grain of SandersonMistborn: The Well of Ascension - Episode 3We read the political thriller? Messianic deconstruction? YA romance? The intangible of genre Well of Ascension and discuss it for a long time.Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians, Episode Airs: May 14 Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, blackface, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, genocide, hallucinations, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious c...
2024-04-163h 35A Grain of SandersonWill We Read The Wheel of Time? - Mistborn Bonus ContentSpoilers for Mistborn (the book and our episode)This conversation is much less professional and much more unhinged, however it is funny. Apologies for the mic quality, it was late at night and we didn't record on our nice microphones. This was recorded the day before the main podcast went live. CW: sexual discussion, discussion of erotic fanfictionTaylor's 2am reply https://ibb.co/QQpJg9t NYT Wirecutter: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan. PatreonDi...
2024-03-1226 minA Grain of SandersonMistborn - Episode 2We read the shonen anime-heist movie that is Mistborn and have *a lot* of thoughts. Next month we'll be reading all of The Well of Ascension, Episode Airs: April 16 Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, eugenics, genocide, human sacrifice, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, religious conversion, religious extremism, slavery, sterilization, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infectionWe didn't mention it on air, but Hoid appears in Chapter 19 as an informant.
2024-03-123h 32A Grain of SandersonElantris - Episode 1We talk about the 2005 novel Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, in all its complexity.Next month we'll be reading all of Mistborn: The Final Empire, Episode Airs: March 12 Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, dieting, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, epidemics, fatphobia, genocide, human sacrifice, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, religious conversion, religious extremism, slavery, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, the r slur, undeath, wounds and infectionThis show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Ja...
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The Sound of ViolenceEp. 206 MMA Podcasts to Catch and Not Miss from the Past 2 Weeks Pulver and Chris discuss all of their favorite MMA podcast episodes to catch and not miss from the past few weeks (00:28:30). After the break (01:05:45) they talk about some more MMA podcasts recommendations, Fury vs Wilder III and the lackluster state of UFC cards. Recorded October 10th 2021. See the full show notes on our website at www.thesoundofviolence.com Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts Follow us on Twitter Check out our show and other MMA podcasts on mmapodcast.com MMA Podcasts to Catch - Southpaw Fight Study Podcast Ep. 107 (Intro & Break...
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Movie Heaven Movie HellHere Comes HellWilliam McLaughlan and Keith Eyles to talk to the filmmakers behind HERE COMES HELL, Jack McHenry and Olivia Loveridge, which was screened at FrightFest Glasgow.
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First Time FilmsFirst Time Films 7: Guardians of the GalaxyThis week David Campbell, Jack Higgins and Nicky Buchanan are joined by Luke McLaughlan to talk about our first superhero film, Guardians of the Galaxy. They then go onto discuss what the Marvel lineup for the new Disney streaming service, as well as debating what Marvel character should get a show next. On top of all that, they review the trailer for the new Lion King remake.
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