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WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Wheel of Time: Season 2It 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
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The Baker‘s Dozen PodcastWoTCast #1: Thoughts Before the Premiere2023-08-1522 min
WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubBonusode UNLOCKED: The WitcherWith 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.
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WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Shadow Rising: Chapters 1-10Aaaaaand 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 responsibility collapse upon him, as nobles scheme and the Forsaken attack his friends relentlessly?
NEXT TIME: Chapters 11-20 of The Shadow Rising
Hosted and produced by Caleb Wim...2023-06-1255 min
WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubBonus Episode: The Last of Us, Episodes 4-9 (Preview)
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 Valon tier or higher and gain access to all our bonus episodes in full.
Content Warnings: Graphic descriptions of body horror, deat...2023-03-2208 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubBonus Episode: The Last of Us, Episodes 1-3 (Preview)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 your private White Tower podcast feed! If you’re not a Patreon subscriber yet, head over to https://www.patreon.com/wotcast to subsc...2023-02-0736 min
WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubBonus Episode: The Rings of Power, Episodes 1-2 (Preview)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…before taking some questionable turns down the road to Mordor. In this episode you’ll hear our initial hopeful thoughts after watching the spectacle of the show’s premiere in...2023-02-0738 min
WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 51-56No 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 once and for all. For real this time, he’s absolutely certain. And Rand’s never been wrong about anything, right?
...Right?
Look forw...2022-09-1947 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 46-50All 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 Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads), and Nick Wicks
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2022-09-1229 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 41-45Something’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 produced by Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads), and Nick Wicks
Support the show and access special bonus content at: patre...2022-09-0554 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 36-40Perrin 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 troubles.
Content Warning: discussion of sexual violence.
NEXT TIME: Chapters 41-45 of The Dragon Reborn
Hosted and produced by Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley F...2022-08-2940 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 31-35Mat 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
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Website: wotcast.net | Twitter: @WOTCastPodcast | Facebook: @WOT...2022-08-2247 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 26-30Egwene 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 Kutinsky (@panzydan), and Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads)
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Send questions, comments, and...2022-08-1536 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 16-25The 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 (@panzydan), and Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads)
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Send questions, comments, and corrections to: contact@wot...2022-08-0854 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Chapters 11-15This 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-be hunters with a knife in the dark. Yet Nynaeve seems to be hiding a shadowy plan of her own...
NEXT TIME: Chapters 16-25 of The Dragon Reborn
...2022-08-0141 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Dragon Reborn: Prologue and Chapters 1-10We’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 would be.
NEXT TIME: Chapters 11-15 of The Dragon Reborn
Hosted and produced by Caleb Wimble (@calebwimble), featuring Dan Kutinsky (@panzydan), Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads), and Nick Wicks
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WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubBonus Episode: Stranger Things (Preview)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 podcast feed! If you’re not a Patreon subscriber yet, head over to https://www.patreon.com/wotcast to subscribe at the Tar Valon tier or higher an...2022-07-1921 min
WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Chapters 41-50It’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 its dramatic conclusion.
NEXT TIME: Prologue & Chapters 1-10 of The Dragon Reborn
Hosted and produced by C...2022-05-231h 04WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Chapters 36-40Rand, 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 show and access special bonus content at: patreon.com/wotcast
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Find out...2022-05-1951 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Chapters 31-35Darkfriends 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 special bonus content at: patreon.com/wotcast
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2022-05-0550 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Chapters 26-30Cue 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 Frank (@keeley_reads), and Nick Wicks
Support the show and access special bonus content at: patreon.com/wotcast
Send questions, comments, and corrections to: conta...2022-04-2655 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Chapters 21-25This 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 Kutinsky (@panzydan) and Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads)
Support the show and access special bonus content at: patreon.com/wotcast
Send questions, comments, and corrections to: co...2022-04-011h 15WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Chapters 16-20Nynaeve 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 (@panzydan) and Keeley Frank (@keeley_reads)
Support the show and access special bonus content at: patreon.com/wotca...2022-03-101h 16WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Chapters 11-15What 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 Valere might be.
NEXT TIME: Chapters 16-20 of The Great Hunt
Hosted and produced by Caleb Wimble (@cale...2022-02-211h 00WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Great Hunt: Prologue and Chapters 1-10We 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 more people—most notable among them the Amyrlin Seat herself. We learn a great deal more about Aes Sedai poli...2022-02-1456 min
WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubPREVIEW — The Witcher (Bonusode)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 Patreon subscriber yet, head over to https://www.patreon.com/wotcast to subscribe at the Tar Valon tier or higher and gain access to all our bonus...2022-02-1114 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubFriends of the Show — Two Friends Watch The Witcher: Nightmare of the WolfLeshies and witchers and wood elves, oh my! Caleb guests on this episode of the wonderful Two Friends Watch podcast to talk The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf with Daniel and Andrew. We have a great time digging into Witcher lore, the Netflix animation pipeline, and what it means to craft a story that straddles the line between prequel, standalone film, and adaptation of an adaptation.
Find all the great episodes Daniel and Andrew have recorded over the years at https://twofriendswatch.libsyn.com/
2022-02-1051 min
Two Friends WatchThe Witcher: Nightmare of the WolfThe Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf A Witcher cake with Castlevania icing and a healthy sprinkle of Avatar on top? Yes, I'll have two slices to go thank you very much! On today's episode we have a very special guest joining us, Caleb Wimble from the wonderful WOTCast. Please go and have a listen to their insightful look into Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. https://www.wotcast.net/ 2022-02-0451 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Wheel of Time: Episode 8This is not the ending of The Wheel of Time TV series, but it is an ending. Specifically the ending of Season 1. And hoo boy, what an ending it is! Rand faces off against Ba’alzamon himself as an army of shadowspawn bears down upon his friends and the people of Far Dara. Battles rage, lives are lost, and choices are made that will determine the fate of this world.
Friend of the show Nick Wicks joins our full house to talk the climax and some of our wildest diversions from the books yet. We reflect on the...2021-12-301h 40WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Wheel of Time: Episode 7We travel “The Dark Along the Ways” in this, The Wheel of Time’s penultimate season 1 episode. The party reaches Fal Dara on the edge of the Blight and are forced to confront their darkest fears. Secrets are kept, confessions are made, and at long last our Dragon Reborn is revealed!
Friends of the show Andrew and Eric join Caleb and Dan in excited debate about where all this is headed. Laughs abound and controlled chaos ensues when we dig into our grand finale theories and our reflections on the journey WOT and WOTCast have taken.
NEXT...2021-12-231h 35WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 46-53At long last, we reach the Blight and the shadow of Shayol Ghul. THIS IS IT: the climax of The Eye of the World, the reveal of the Dragon Reborn, and the close of our first Wheel of Time novel! And boy is there a lot to talk about here in our biggest WOTCast episode yet.
We unpack our surprises, our frustrations, our curiosity over lingering mysteries, and our excitement for what comes next. This is, after all, not the ending; it is only an ending.
NEXT TIME: Episode 7 of The Wheel of Time
H...2021-12-221h 26WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Wheel of Time: Episode 6Friend of the show Nick Wicks joins Caleb and Keeley to talk The Wheel of Time episode 6: The Flame of Tar Valon. And what a flame it is! Moiraine takes us on a whirlwind tour of the White Tower and its dangers as she reunites the party, rescues Mat from the infection of the dagger, and faces judgment from the very person she loves most.
Yet Moiraine’s time in Tar Valon doesn’t last long. The Wheel turns, and ultimate need drives her and the party to the edge of the world on a desperate bid to s...2021-12-151h 30WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 41-45United at last, the party prepares to flee Caemlyn as an army of trollocs and fades bear down upon the city. Moiraine is able to reverse the effect of the dagger’s curse in Mat, but only temporarily; the evil which spreads in him could soon infect the entire world.
And that’s not our only world-ending threat! Turns out the Dark One is just about ready to break free of his prison if the Dragon Reborn doesn’t rush to the Eye of the World before our Big Bad can claim its power. Two problems with that...2021-12-131h 26WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 36-40 and The Wheel of Time: Episode 5While Mat lies dying of doom-laden dagger disease, Rand explores the great city of Caemlyn and meets a colorful cast of characters. Loial the "hotheaded" "young" ogier full of lore, Elayne the daughter-heir of Andor, Elaida the Red, and Queen Morgase herself, just to name a few. Elsewhere, Nynaeve, Lan, and Moiraine launch a daring rescue of Perrin and Egwene from the Whitecloaks. Is our party about to be reunited at last?
Meanwhile, in TV land, forlorn warder Stepin copes with the loss of his bonded Kerene Sedai. Neither of whom are in The Eye of the...2021-12-082h 26WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Wheel of Time: Episodes 3-4Friend of the show Nicholas Wicks joins Caleb and Keeley this Thanksgiving weekend to talk the latest two episodes of The Wheel of Time. And we are hot to talk about the big changes brought to the source material by Episode 3: "A Place of Safety" and Episode 4: "The Dragon Reborn"!
Nynaeve rejoins the fray, Moiraine confronts the self-proclaimed Dragon Logain, Perrin and Egwene learn the story behind the Tuatha'an's Way of the Leaf, and Thom leads an increasingly disturbed Mat and Rand on the run for their lives.
No book talk this episode! We'll resume...2021-11-291h 16WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Wheel of Time: Episodes 1-2 and The Eye of the World: Chapters 31-35After decades of waiting and failures to launch, THE WHEEL OF TIME adapted series has premiered, with the first batch of episodes live on Amazon Prime! But was it worth the wait? We watch the first two episodes to find out.
Meanwhile on the page, Rand and Mat's perilous journey to Caemlyn continues in chapters 31-35 of The Eye of the World. Darkfriend after darkfriend hunts for them as Rand grows more desperate and Mat spirals into paranoia. Will the great city of Caemlyn offer safety? Or is yet another trap laid along their path by the Dar...2021-11-261h 27WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 26-30Things go from bad to worse for our Two Rivers teens in chapters 26-30 of The Eye of the World. Nynaeve intensifies her search for her charges, Moiraine once again makes harsh choices, and Thom stays behind to proverbially HOLD THE DOOR so that Mat and Rand can escape the Myrddraal. Swarms of the Dark One's beast servants descend on Perrin and Egwene, and after a temporary reprieve they face a more dangerous foe yet in the Lord Captain of the Whitecloaks.
Besides all this adventure, we chat about the resonances of these chapters with Homer's Odyssey and...2021-11-171h 03WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 21-25In chapters 21-25 of The Eye of the World, we meet the traveling Tuatha'an—also called Tinkers—and discuss the significance of their pacifist Way of the Leaf in a world full of monstrous aggressors. Do the "Lost" children become the Lost because of their, as Keeley puts it, insatiable lust for human blood that can never be satisfied except at the point of a blade? We ask the hard questions here.
Some of us near the end of our patience for the Two Rivers teens and start to wonder where Jordan might be going with these wool-h...2021-11-1157 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 16-20Chapters 16-20 of The Eye of the World take us out of Baerlon's frying pan into the fire of Shadar Logoth—a dead city of tempter ghosts and grasping, all-devouring mists. We discuss our enjoyment of these action- and horror-packed chapters...but also our mounting frustration with the three stooges Rand, Mat, and Perrin as they continue to flout common sense and wizardly warnings in favor of messing around with obviously cursed catacombs at midnight.
We also take a detour into the gender politics of the Two Rivers and an interesting factoid about Robert Jordan's relationship with his...2021-11-0256 minWOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 11-15This week in Chapters 11-15 of The Eye of the World, we meet our new frenemies the Whitecloaks, learn more about the danger of the "Dragon" Logain, and find out just how far Moiraine Sedai is willing to go to keep her charges away from the Dark One.
Before that, we discuss Zach Baron's comprehensive GQ exposé on the Wheel of Time TV series production. We also chat about Netflix's hit new dystopian series Squid Game and the short sci-fi story "The Dynasty of Lilith" by Andrew Milne.
Content warnings: discussions of mass shootings and gen...2021-10-271h 22WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Chapters 6-10This week, the action begins! We dive into Chapters 6-10 of The Eye of the World to find the idyllic country life of our Two Rivers crew plunged into violence and chaos. Secrets are revealed, desperate bargains are struck, and our protagonists make decisions that will change the course of their lives. Amidst this all we find some surprising moments of humor. We share our excitement for the direction the plot seems to be going, and we speculate where all these grand reveals might be taking us.
But first, we talk about the other media we've been...2021-10-111h 10WOTCast: A Wheel of Time Book & Watch ClubThe Eye of the World: Prologue and Chapters 1-5Welcome to WOTCast's inaugural episode! Caleb, Catie, Dan, and Keeley dive head-first into the sprawling fantasy world of Robert Jordan's first Wheel of Time novel, The Eye of the World.
Join us as we introduce ourselves, a brief history of the series, and the upcoming Amazon adaptation. Then get a close look at the Prologue and Chapters 1-5 of The Eye of the World. We talk about epic worldbuilding in the shadow of Tolkien, the meaning of all this religious symbolism, our thoughts on the (many, many) characters we're introduced to in these chapters, and more!
NE...2021-10-041h 45
Talk'aran'rhiod: The Wheel of Time Showcast103. My TV Show's A Centerfold (WoTcast-athon 2021)In this special, charity livestream episode, the team discusses the huge Entertainment Weekly "first look", as well as gets in some #HenNews, and some debate about what the production breakdown of season two filming will be! Listen as Jen gets chocolatey, Tom doubts the data, and Joe gets everything wrong! As always, spoilers abound, as does a damn fine cause to donate to!News: https://ew.com/tv/the-wheel-of-time-amazon-series-adaptation-exclusive-first-look/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=611d590f0a281a000169e633Donate: https://www.justgiving.com...2021-08-2352 min
Talk'aran'rhiod: The Wheel of Time Showcast102. Sittin' Here In Tar Valon Looking at The Pouring RainIn this episode, the team is reunited, and it feels so good! We have casting leaks (Salle Salee), a very special #HenNews, leaked set photos, and social media shenanigans! All that, and a Deep Dive into a surprise Season One location, Tar Valon! Listen as Joe can't say "barber"! Listen as Jen confuses bizarre and bazaar! Listen as Tom can't clap his hands! As always, spoilers abound, as does building friendships through roller skating!News: https://weavesofthewheel.com/2021/08/breaking-news-new-leaked-tar-valon-sets-acrobats-puppeteers-and-cast-sightings/https://redanianintelligence.com/2021/08/13/amazons-the-wheel-of-time-casts-danish-actress-for-season-2/WOTCAST-ATHON: https://bit.ly/wotcastathon2021https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising...2021-08-161h 07