The Sanderlanche Podcast

A deep discussion of The Deepness takes place in these chapters, and our newbies couldn't be happier about it. Who cares about who gets to be king when there's a mysterious (possibly tentacle-laden) monster out there waiting to destroy the world ... or something. You know, it's not entirely clear. In any case, that's followed up by the shocking and unexpected introduction of Cett himself. Now this is good television - err - book. Everyone was surprised by this twist, but only one of our hosts instantly shouts the equivalent of, "Off with his head!" Find out who the most bloodthirsty of the bunch is on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

Vin and Elend go into the beast's lair, and we spend a decent amount of time realizing just how disgusting Straff Venture really is. I mean, we thought he was bad before, but that was peanuts to what we get to see from him this week. Our newbies are still looking for some action to kick off, but they keep getting politics instead. Ah well, with three armies hanging around and an anonymous allomancer hit squad in the wings, we're bound to get some good stuff at some point, right? Unless everyone decides to sit down and talk things out like mature adults. Not bloody likely, not if we have our way on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In this episode, everyone but Tindwyl is happy to have Sazed back in town; no one but Breeze cares much for Allrianne; and each of our three newbies is ready for some action to kick off. Shockingly, no one was thrilled that we took a chapter off to go shopping. Go figure. Hear what Dac, Jaymee and Joe have to say about this character-focused chapters in this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

This week Sazed is back, and trouble is following right on his heels, but the crew takes it better than any of us expected. We also get to meet Allrianne Cett, daughter of Ashweather Cett, one of the men currently besieging Luthadel. We don't trust her. Jaymee thinks she might even be a Kandra. Then again, we think that about nearly everyone at this point. Most of all, we're all delighted by Vin and OreSeur's heart to heart. These two crazy kids (well, one crazy kid and one crazy bone-eating monster blob dog, but that's a mouthful) might just make this thing work after all. The big question everyone is asking, though, is, this book is called The Well of Ascension; when is this going to turn into a buddy road trip movie where Vin and Sazed go find the well? When indeed. The story feels like it's beginning to heat up, and our newbies are excited. Check it out on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In this week's episode, there's a lot of bad going down. Straff Venture is ... well, horrible. I mean, there's not much more to say, but we do say a lot about how horrible he is. Then there's the Koloss who are ... also horrible but in other ways. We spend a pretty good amount of time being creeped out about them. And then Joe has a rant about Spook. Spook who isn't even in these chapters. Yeah, it's a long story. Find out for yourself by tuning in to this newest episode of The Sanderlanche!

In these chapters, Elend gets put down, which everyone loved, Sazed meets a crazy guy, which everyone is disturbed by, and Elend gets a makeover, which, oddly, is starting to bring Joe over into Camp Elend. Who woulda thunkit? The same old mysteries are still haunting us. For example, what is the Deepness? We've gotten through a book and a quarter now, and the question has chosen, very inconsiderately, to not answer itself, much to everyone's frustration (but particularly Dac; Jaymee almost seems happy just imagining a tentacle monster and calling it a day). Join us as we continue to dig into the ever-more-mysterious world of Scadrial on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

This week our heroes explore the spooky Conventical of Seran, wary of danger at every turn, and then we have a friendly chat with a mist puppy and a strategy session with the crew. Wait, I say "our heroes," but are the heroes of this podcast really the heroes of the book, or are the heroes of the podcast Jaymee, Dac, and Joe? Deep questions. Deep, completely irrelevant to anything questions. Really makes you think. Or maybe it doesn't. Whatever. The episode has all your favorites, discussion, theorizing, hating on Spook. There's even discussing and theorizing about the hating on Spook. All this and Inquisitor Kwaan on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In these chapters we get some political machinations, a new army, and a shocking number of skeletons in closets. Not the metaphorical kind. The kind that are made of bones and hanging out in closets for some reason. It seems like there's a new kandra in town, and Jaymee, Joe and Dac all have theories on who it might be. Come and see if anyone has the least clue what they're talking about (spoiler: of course we don't) on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

Dac, Joe and Jaymee continue to be bombarded by the new mysteries that this second book is unveiling during its opening chapters. One thing, at least, that puts them on more familiar ground is the opportunity to hate on Spook some more. So that's got to be comforting. But the deeper questions remain. What is the mist thingy? Who is the Watcher? What's up with Marsh? And did Sanderson really have Vin give the kandra a dog's body so that he could make a joke about the guy with the dog's body being her new dogsbody? Who knows. We certainly don't on this newest episode of The Sanderlanche!

We start in on the second book of our Sanderson journey this week with The Well of Ascension. Seemed like a good idea after finishing The Final Empire. It would have been an odd choice to jump to Warbreaker or something at this point, I think. Will our hosts be happy that Elend hasn't been deposed in the time between books? What will they make of The Watcher and the mysterious thing in the mists? Do they expect that Straff Venture will be getting his long-awaited Father of the Year trophy this book? Find out on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In this episode we look back over some of the most accurate predictions from our read-through of The Final Empire. Some of them aren't so out there as to be mind-blowing, but some were eerily correct. After that, we discuss our first Cosmere short, The 11th Metal. Kelsier fights his first mistborn, and Gemmel gets a sweet fork. Everybody wins, except for that guy who died I guess, but he was a jerk anyway. All this and more on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

This is it, ladies and skaa, the end. Our three newbies finish their first ever Sanderson book. As their first true Sanderlanche reaches its denouement, will they be amazed and enamored of the story's intricacies? Or will they be horribly disappointed by its faults? Find out by tuning in to this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In these chapters, the revolution begins, Vive la Révolution! It's just like the theme song you've been listening to at the start of our show this whole time. What a crazy random happenstance. Vin Batmans her way into Kredik Shaw only to end up in something of a sticky situation. Meanwhile, Dac, Jaymee and Joe are trying to figure out how on Scadrial this story could possibly wrap up with only 6% of the book to go. Don't be too hard on them, folks. This is their first Sanderlanche. They don't know quite yet how these things go. Join us as we inch ever closer to the incredible finale on this week's penultimate episode of The Final Empire as covered by The Sanderlanche crew!

The Sanderlanche has begun in earnest now, whether our good hosts recognize it yet or not. People have died (or have they?), and the speed with which things are getting thrown at us is rapidly approaching break-neck. What is Kelsier's true fate, and how will this book end? Join us as we debate these points on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In this week's episode, Vin finally gets back at Shan Elarial ... by straight-up murdering her. I suppose that's one way to do it. In the meantime, we delve into some of the mysteries of allomancy and why Vin is just so dang powerful. And then we talk about Final Fantasy. Because of course we do. What's Brandon Sanderson's favorite Final Fantasy game? We'll happily tell you all about it on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In this week's episode, the hosts think we're building to something big as the book moves into the last quarter. No one is sure who they can trust. Elend is worried about Vin's secret motives and our hosts have started to turn a wary eye toward Sazed as well. If you can't trust your steward, who can you trust? And the predigments section heats up as Jaymee blasts in with a wild (and might I add, very thoroughly researched) prediction. Who's right? Who's wrong? Who's lying through their teeth? Join us for definitive answers to none of these questions on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

Kelsier brings back hope to the crew and to our hosts! Joe is so full of hope that he's practically tear-bending. There's an inspirational speech, a whole lot of beheadings and the reveal of the 9th metal (it's about time). Check out the group's reactions to all of this as well as some killer predigments on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche! 

Pewter dragging and the merciless slaughter of thousands of skaa soldiers. Just another day in The Final Empire, right? We see the gang's plan fall apart before our very eyes in these chapters. Listen to us talk about the repercussions of this disaster, Yeden's incompetence and just continue to really give Spook a hard time in this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In this episode everyone just goes off on Spook. I mean we give him a seriously hard time. After that, we talk about all the great character development that we're getting in these chapters, and Jaymee has a complete reversal on her feelings about Elend. Theories, suspicions, and insults are flying around, sometimes faster than I can keep up with them, on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

In these chapters, Vin gets a lesson in bronze and Kelsier inspects the army. After really enjoying a deeper look into Vin's family history as well as Marsh's (and by extension Kelsier's), we get into some very serious talks about what Kelsier does while visiting the army. Has he gone too far? Or, and stick with me here, maybe Kelsier hasn't not gone too far enough. Give that a bit to sink in. It still won't mean anything.