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The Brandon Sanderson Podcast made by 17th Shard, the biggest Brandon Sanderson nerds. Come here for all your cosmere, Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn discussion, as well analysis of news and current Words of Brandon.

Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast Shardcast

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The Brandon Sanderson Podcast made by 17th Shard, the biggest Brandon Sanderson nerds. Come here for all your cosmere, Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn discussion, as well analysis of news and current Words of Brandon.

    Year of Sanderson Retrospective

    Year of Sanderson Retrospective

    It's been two years since Brandon's huge Year of Sanderson announcement, so we thought we'd talk about how we feel about it. How tired are we? What was our favorite Secret Project? How were the Year of Sanderson boxes?

    Do note we recorded this prior to the Words of Radiance leatherbound announcement of yet another Secret Project, so please keep that in mind. There's a new one coming in 2025 and we get a reading on March 21st.

    This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), Ene (Aon Ene), and Kendra (little wilson)!

    Postcard display: https://dragonwoodshop.com/products/postcard-display-3-slot
    Pin display: https://dragonwoodshop.com/products/pin-display-2x3inch-slots

    Chapters:

    00:00 Introductions & News (But not SP5)
    10:12 Year of Sanderson, Brandon (Not) Dying, How Tired Are You
    17:06 Titles Being Spoilers
    25:10 Exhausted by Brandon Content, Cosmere Drought, Industry stuff
    45:33 Favorite of the Secret Projects
    1:09:23 Subscription Boxes
    2:01:46 Who's That Cosmere Character

    If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard

    For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com
    Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard
    Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net
    Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net
    Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss
    Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

    • 2 hr 17 min
    Shards Changing Intents?? | Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon Part 3

    Shards Changing Intents?? | Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon Part 3

    We're back with more WoBs, and this time it's the last of the Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon. Today we have a grab bag of a bunch of random stuff, like kandra babies, stabbing Hoid with atium, Harmony lying, and the IDENTITY FIELD returns.

    This episode we have Ian (WeiryWriter), Evgeni (Argent), and Grace (thegatorgirl).

    Our thumbnail today is a piece we commissioned from Ashley Coad (https://www.ashleycoadart.com/). By supporting our Patreon, you can vote on what art we commission every month! Here's this awesome piece: https://www.patreon.com/posts/december-2023-98742446

    Dragonwoodshop's frame for the Year of Sanderson postcards: https://dragonwoodshop.com/products/postcard-display-3-slot

    Our Arcanum collection of the WoBs we discussed: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1239/

    Chapters:

    00:00 Introductions
    4:37 Other forms of Investiture to Awaken stuff
    11:06 Can people other than yoki-hijo negotiate with spirits?
    16:28 How much knowledge does a new Vessel get?
    26:20 Why did the Heralds think they needed to leave their Blades?
    28:46 Vin's earring
    30:47 Enhanced Leeching on a normal person
    38:47 Why do only the Heralds have magical maladies?
    44:36 Dawnshards and Splintered Shards
    50:39 Kandra and human babies hybrids??
    51:52 The Shroud and tin
    56:03 Editorial changes from arcanist comments
    59:38 Was Harmony lying at the end of Lost Metal?
    1:03:51 Holding Vessels in Hemalurgic spikes
    1:07:35 Shallan alter's shapeshifting
    1:09:28 Shades attacking non-Threnodites
    1:12:19 Canticle's subastral
    1:14:53 Was Yolen technologically advanced?
    1:18:16 Spiking atium into Hoid's chest
    1:21:00 Aux and Nomad's bond is kind of flipped, can this happen to Adolin and Maya?
    1:28:14 Who's That Cosmere Character

    If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard

    For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com
    Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard
    Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net
    Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net
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    Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

    • 1 hr 42 min
    The GRAND APPARATUS! (And Tons of Hoid WoBs) | Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon Part 2

    The GRAND APPARATUS! (And Tons of Hoid WoBs) | Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon Part 2

    Today on our eternal string of Words of Brandon episodes, we are continuing to talk about what happened from Dragonsteel 2023. And in this case we learn about the GRAND APPARATUS and a lot of WoBs about Hoid's dating life. Also, there's a legitimately serious Stick discussion. Yes, really.

    This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Alyx (Feather), Evgeni (Argent), and Joshua (jofwu)!

    Our thumbnail today is not the Grand Apparatus, but actually Cybertron by Jaime Jasso: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4rvn1

    Dragonsteel 2023 Spoiler Q&A: Dragonsteel 2023 Spoiler Q&A: https://youtu.be/fDm5Hif5rQo?si=rpVcPfWKjlmFsSPQ
    Our Arcanum collection of the WoBs we discussed: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1238/

    Chapters:
    00:00:00 Introductions
    00:01:49 Oathgate mechanics
    0:04:19 Hoid dating dragons
    0:08:58 Hoid dating Shards
    11:04 Aether homeworld name except Brandon doesn't know how to say it
    15:05 The Admiral is protagonist of Night Brigade
    17:23 Overcoming Torments with soulstamps
    18:47 BUG MRAIZE
    24:02 THE GRAND APPARATUS
    40:15 Skybreaker armor spren
    46:14 Suppression fabrials on Radiants and Fused
    48:32 Hoid punching Kelsier in his current state
    51:13 Hoid and Nightblood
    52:39 Types of Aviar
    55:28 Night Brigade following Nomad but not Hoid
    57:48 Hoid and Hemalurgic spikes
    1:03:39 What does silver do?
    1:06:41 Truthwatcher Surges
    1:13:36 Oaths Hoid swore
    1:17:17 Cinderhearts and Amaram
    1:20:02 Did Renarin figure out Adolin killed Sadeas?
    1:25:58 Who's That Cosmere Character

    If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard

    For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com
    Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard
    Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net
    Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net
    Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss
    Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

    • 1 hr 48 min
    The Dragon-Lift Theory is Dead! | Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon Part 1

    The Dragon-Lift Theory is Dead! | Dragonsteel 2023 Words of Brandon Part 1

    Oh my goodness, everyone. We have SO many Words of Brandon episodes ahead of you. We're going out of order, with the Dragonsteel 2023 Spoiler Q&A! And sorry Lift-dragon enjoyers, that theory is dead! We also talk about a surprising amount of Warbreaker stuff, Zane, Mistborn: Birthright, and Alyx solves Silverlight. Some of those are even vaguely relevant to what we are talking about and not just nonsense.

    This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Alyx (Feather), Evgeni (Argent), and David (Windrunner)! Thanks, Alyx, for being a champ with our nonsense.

    Dragonsteel 2023 Spoiler Q&A: https://youtu.be/fDm5Hif5rQo?si=rpVcPfWKjlmFsSPQ
    Our Arcanum collection of the WoBs we discussed: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1230/

    00:00 Introduction, Dragonsteel VIP Access for some reason
    9:29 Is Nightblood a Dawnshard?
    11:57 Does Rsyn have a Torment?
    13:22 How good is Taln in a fight really?
    16:56 Is Hoid able to use Soulstamps
    26:36 Why can't Hoid Skip but Nomad can? (also random SiSG stuff)
    34:34 Mistborn burning anti-lerasium
    39:41 Making Lifeless out of chasmfiends
    46:41 Dragon lift is DEAD (and other dragon WoBs)
    1:06:02 Mistborn: Birthright blabbering
    1:09:19 Are spores and fabrials affect by God Metals?
    1:13:09 Animal bonds with aethers
    1:18:02 Black smoke!
    1:20:31 Color and Soulcasting
    1:29:24 Dragon magic system
    1:32:11 Manifested metal and burning it
    1:39:41 Who's That Cosmere Character

    If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard

    For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com
    Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard
    Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net
    Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net
    Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss
    Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

    • 1 hr 59 min
    Hemalurgy

    Hemalurgy

    It's time for a Mistborn Shardcast! We have learned a lot of new stuff of Hemalurgy in The Lost Metal, so let's talk in extensive detail about those two chapters, and then talk about Hemalurgy implications for the future!

    This episode has Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), and David (Windrunner).

    Chapters:

    00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell
    4:18 Hemalurgy Fundamentals
    16:08 Partial Hemalurgy Spikes
    1:03:25 Ars Arcanum
    1:55:08 Trellium
    2:11:41 Other Thoughts
    2:17:50 Who's That Cosmere Character

    Here are some of the other episodes and videos we referred to in this podcast:

    Hemalurgy 2018: https://youtu.be/hLM7hql2zFo?si=TgTkBe-wRblY_3_A
    White Sand Omnibus: https://youtu.be/BEm5TmHAKw4?si=lpScba-QPBRjikjM
    Our Brandon Interview: https://youtu.be/rkCP04Wo1Ho?si=ZAmOuSu7mlvZLJ60
    Black Smoke / Midnight Essence: https://youtu.be/7o5DVWANF64?si=ypq2m9TR1gQ8qvOy
    Harmony: https://youtu.be/C-Qa5zNS57Q?si=X280mEKTNBpOpwRS

    Secrets in Stained Glass (our Mistborn actual-play): https://youtu.be/VneUfsu3RrU?si=KppT1qPDLXh8x4Vh

    If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard

    For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com
    Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard
    Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net
    Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net
    Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss
    Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

    • 2 hr 33 min
    BONKERS Stormlight 5 Interlude + Interlude Speculation

    BONKERS Stormlight 5 Interlude + Interlude Speculation

    Brandon read an absolutely insane interlude for Stormlight 5 (now officially Wind and Truth) at Dragonsteel 2023, and so it's only fitting that we have our actually most unhinged Shardcast ever on it. This episode goes places, everyone. Are they insane tangents? Most of them... I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I had in editing it!

    Obviously, this episode contains Stormlight 5 reading stuff, but there are some Sunlit Man comments in it too.

    On this episode, we have Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Ala (Rasarr)!

    Read the interlude here: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/522-dragonsteel-2023/#e16257
    Watch Brandon narrate the interlude here: https://youtu.be/jhODyoRZUns?feature=shared&t=5100
    Read Rasarr's Dragonsteel recap: https://www.17thshard.com/news/events/news-from-dragonsteel-2023-stormlight-5-release-date-reading-words-of-radiance-leatherbound-info-and-new-tabletop-games-r1023/

    Thumbnail art is Cusicesh the Protector by Jordi Rapture, our March 2022 Patreon art commission: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:Cusicesh_the_Protector_by_Jordi_Rapture.jpeg

    Chapters:
    0:00:00 Intros
    0:02:54 News, Show & Tell
    0:07:20 Eric Experiencing the Interlude, General Thoughts
    0:11:45 Other Interlude Speculation, Hating on Adin
    0:26:04 Actually Talking About This Interlude
    1:46:06 Aon Pendants, Random Crap
    1:51:51 Who's That Cosmere Character
    2:06:41 Conclusion

    If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/17thshard

    For discussion, theories, games, and news, come to https://www.17thshard.com
    Come talk with us and the community on the 17th Shard Discord: https://discord.gg/17thshard
    Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net
    Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net
    Subscribe to Shardcast: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:102123174/sounds.rss
    Send your Who's That Cosmere Characters to wtcc@17thshard.com

    • 2 hr 10 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
291 Ratings

291 Ratings

acl22826 ,

Love it

My favorite podcast of all time. I love how it’s just a group of friends having fun and talking about the cosmere. And there are a lot of great personalities that play off each other well.

M.J. Lab ,

Bad takes and worse attitude

These guys hate half the characters and most of the books, and they just want the stories to fit into their own precise vision for how it should be, and are negative towards anything the deviates from what they’ve written in their minds. I’m very disappointed that the Cosmere fandom doesn’t have a better podcast as it’s biggest.

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Great

These dudes are great- very specific and deep divey

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