Cosmere Conversations
a deep dive into Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe
About the show
Two lovers of the Cosmere explore the universe created by Brandon Sanderson with biweekly episodes discussing the intricacies of this literary masterpiece. Episodes begin with background information on the Cosmere itself and develop to be more specific regarding each world/novel. We discuss the crossovers, magic systems, and characters in great detail. For fans of Sanderson, literature, epic stories, magic, and sexy podcast hosts. #AllSpoilers
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Episodes
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Episode 157: Dalinar Kholin, Chronologically
October 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 26 mins
aethers, ahu, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, contest of champions, cosmere, crossovers, dalinar, dalinar kholin, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, jezrien, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, philosophy, rathalas, scadrial, stormlight archive, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the thrill, warbreaker, wind and truth, words of brandon, year of sanderson
Brooke and Tyler hide the Horneater White as we look back in time through the life of Dalinar Kholin. Psychopath, Hero, Tyrant, Murderer, Radiant. We explore one of Roshar's most complicated and controversial characters from his time as a teenager to the final day before the start of Wind and Truth. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 156: Shallan Davar, Chronologically
October 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, cryptics, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, heralds, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, master lightweaver, mistborn, mistborn era 2, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, pattern, philosophy, scadrial, shallan, shallan davar, stormlight archive, testament, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, unmade, warbreaker, wind and truth, words of brandon, year of sanderson
Brooke and Tyler split themselves among the many timelines of Shallan Davar to discover the mysteries hidden within. The tale is sometimes confusing and contradictory but within the depths of Shallan lies many secrets to understanding the Stormlight Archive. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 155: Looking for the Light (feat. Shayndl Green)
October 8th, 2024 | 43 mins 34 secs
adhesion, aethers, art, artists, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, cosmere art, crossovers, digital painting, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, honor's truest surge, honorspren, kelsier, khriss, looking for the light, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, painting with light, philosophy, scadrial, shayndl, shayndl green, stormlight archive, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, warbreaker, wind and truth, windspren, words of brandon, year of sanderson
Brooke and Tyler invite Cosmere artist Shayndl Green to join for an episode discussing their newest artbook: Looking for the Light. We discuss Shayndl's background in creating art pieces from various fictional series, the development of her personal style, and the benefits and challenges of being a modern content creator. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 154: Kaladin Stormblessed, Chronologically
October 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 19 mins
adhesion, aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, honor's truest surge, honorspren, kaladin, kaladin stormblessed, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, philosophy, scadrial, stormlight archive, syl, sylphrena, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, warbreaker, wind and truth, windspren, words of brandon, year of sanderson
Brooke and Tyler roll back the clock to review Kaladin's character journey blow by blow. This one-stop-shop goes through each of Kaladin's major plot points starting with his earliest moments in Hearthstone to his final triumphs and heartaches in Rhythm of War. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 153: Flashbacks and the Feast
September 17th, 2024 | 57 mins 8 secs
aethers, anti-voidlight, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, discord, elantris, fantasy, gavilar, harmonium, harmony, heraldic epochs, heralds, hoid, honorspren, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, odium, philosophy, scadrial, stormlight archive, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the feast, the unmade, ulim, voidlight, warbreaker, wind and truth, windspren, words of brandon, year of sanderson
Brooke and Tyler return to where it all began to examine the timeline and major plot events leading up to Gavilar's Feast. How'd Gavilar manage to squeeze so many meetings into so little time? Where'd his bag of voidlight gemstones end up? How many of the famous faces can we identify? #AllSpoilers
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Episode 152: The Unmade
September 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 40 mins
aethers, autonomy, ba ado mishram, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, heraldic epochs, heralds, hoid, honorspren, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, odium, philosophy, renarin, scadrial, stormlight archive, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the thrill, the unmade, warbreaker, wind and truth, windspren, words of brandon, year of sanderson
Brooke and Tyler question the meaning of Enlightenment to better understand nine (or maybe ten!) of Roshar's most haunting mysteries- The Unmade. We examine how The Unmade were created and changed, detail the known aspects of each individual Unmade, and theorize wildly about one of their chosen Radiants, Renarin Kholin. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 151: The Heralds
August 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 22 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, discord, elantris, fantasy, father machine, harmonium, harmony, heraldic epochs, heralds, hoid, honorspren, ishar, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, painter, philosophy, scadrial, secret project 3, stormlight archive, taln, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, warbreaker, wind and truth, windspren, words of brandon, year of sanderson, yumi, yumi and the nightmare painter
Brooke and Tyler emerge into their true Silverlight Scholar form with a dense examination of The Heralds of Roshar. Every Herald is discussed in detail and context is provided with a timeline of the Heraldic Epochs. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 150: Book Blurbs and Big Questions
August 6th, 2024 | 1 hr 14 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, book blurb, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, discord, elantris, fantasy, father machine, harmonium, harmony, hoid, honorspren, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, painter, philosophy, scadrial, secret project 3, stormlight archive, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, warbreaker, wind and truth, windspren, words of brandon, year of sanderson, yumi, yumi and the nightmare painter
Brooke and Tyler are back! As the release of Stormlight Archive 5 approaches, they read through the recently released "marketing blurb" and explore the complex philosophical questions that Sanderson has set up going into Wind and Truth. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 149: Storming Theories - Sunlit Man
May 14th, 2024 | 57 mins 54 secs
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, canticle, cosmere, crossovers, design, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, nomad, novels, oathbringer, scadrial, secret project 4, sigzil, stormlight archive, sunlit ones, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the sunlit man, threnodites, warbreaker, words of brandon, year of sanderson, zellion
Brooke and Tyler skip back to Canticle to discuss all the connections between the final Year of Sanderson project and the upcoming Stormlight Archive 5. The setting, the characters, the themes are all explored in depth while still finding time for some out-of-this-world speculation. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 148: Storming Theories - Yumi
April 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, design, discord, elantris, fantasy, father machine, harmonium, harmony, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, painter, scadrial, secret project 3, stormlight archive, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the utol system, warbreaker, words of brandon, year of sanderson, yoki-hijo, yumi, yumi and the nightmare painter
Brooke and Tyler hop into the shuttle ship for a ride back to Komashi in order to pick apart all the strange connections between Yumi and the Nightmare Painter and Stormlight Archive. We discuss the Midnight Essence, the power level of Yoki-Hijo, and ask where in the world is Virtuosity. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 147: Words of Brandon Vol. 8
April 16th, 2024 | 41 mins 16 secs
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, cosmere, crossovers, discord, elantris, fantasy, father machine, frugal wizard's handbook, frugal wizard's handbook to surviving medieval england, harmonium, harmony, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, painter, scadrial, secret project 3, stormlight archive, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, warbreaker, words of brandon, year of sanderson, yumi, yumi and the nightmare painter
Brooke and Tyler catch up with all the real-world happenings in the fandom. We discuss all we've learned about Isle of the Emberdark, the Words of Radiance Letherbound campaign, and review fan questions to Brandon. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 146: Storming Theories - Tress ( feat. Jen Neal from Dragonsteel )
April 2nd, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
aethers, aon dor, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, broadsheets, codenames, cosmere, crossovers, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmony, hoid, huck, kelsier, khriss, lumar, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, moonlight, nalthis, novels, oathbringer, roshar, sazed, sazed warbreaker, scadrial, souther scadrians, spores, stormlight archive, stormlight archivebooks, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the lost metal, the set, the sorceress, trell, trellism, trellium, tress, tress of the emerald sea, twinsoul
Brooke and Tyler invite Jennifer Neal, Creative Development at Dragonsteel, to join the podcast and discuss all the connections between Tress of the Emerald Sea and Stormlight Archive. In an effort to prepare ourselves for SA5 we'll be doing a look back at the Cosmere Secret Projects from 2023. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 145: TSM - Cosmere Connections
March 19th, 2024 | 1 hr 28 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, canticle, cosmere, crossovers, design, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, nomad, novels, oathbringer, scadrial, secret project 4, sigzil, stormlight archive, sunlit ones, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the sunlit man, threnodites, warbreaker, words of brandon, year of sanderson, zellion
Brooke and Tyler conclude the Sunlit Man book club by exploring all the off-world connections in the final secret project in the Year of Sanderson. Who are the Night Brigade and what is their mission? What are the Scadrians doing on Canticle? And are there some strange time-shenanigans going down in the Cosmere? #AllSpoilers
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Episode 144: TSM - The People of Canticle
March 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, canticle, cosmere, crossovers, design, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, nomad, novels, oathbringer, scadrial, secret project 4, sigzil, stormlight archive, sunlit ones, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the sunlit man, threnodites, warbreaker, words of brandon, year of sanderson, zellion
Brooke and Tyler become nosy neighbors to investigate the new kids on the block living on the wild world of Canticle. Who are the Threnodites who've made this dangerous place their home? Finally, we try to answer the immense philosophical question of "when does a person become permanently connected to a place?" #AllSpoilers
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Episode 143: TSM - The Planet of Canticle
February 20th, 2024 | 2 hrs 3 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, canticle, cosmere, crossovers, design, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, nomad, novels, oathbringer, scadrial, secret project 4, sigzil, stormlight archive, sunlit ones, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the sunlit man, warbreaker, words of brandon, year of sanderson, zellion
Brooke and Tyler dive deep into the core of Canticle in the longest episode ever. We question how the geography, the investiture, and the people all blend together to create the strangest planet in the Cosmere. #AllSpoilers
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Episode 142: TSM - Nomad to Zellion
February 6th, 2024 | 1 hr 36 mins
aethers, autonomy, bavadin, books, brandon sanderson, canticle, cosmere, crossovers, design, discord, elantris, fantasy, harmonium, harmony, hoid, kelsier, khriss, magic, mistborn, mistborn era 2, multiverse, nalthis, nomad, novels, oathbringer, scadrial, secret project 4, sigzil, stormlight archive, sunlit ones, thaidakar, the emperor's soul, the sunlit man, warbreaker, words of brandon, year of sanderson, zellion
Brooke and Tyler skip along with Nomad on his journey through The Sunlit Man and discover his personal and spiritual arc to become Zellion. #AllSpoilers