Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

This week, we're talking about Secret Project 4! An intriguing start and a lot of cosmere connections to pull. Next week, look out for the WoBs related to this Secret Project... and then I promise we'll get to that Stormlight Prologue next. Spoilers for ALL COSMERE WORKS. Seriously, we're not kidding. Very spoilers here. This episode's cast is Eric (Chaos), Alyx (Feather), David (Windrunner), Marvin (Paleo), Veronica (Cheyenne), and Ala (Rasarr). Secret Project 4 reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ6FHoT4oyg 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:user

This episode we are continuing talking about Secret Project 3, and we're discussing the magic, world, cosmere stuff, and Words of Brandon about this project from the Secret Project 3 stream! This episode you have Evgeni (Argent), Danielle (FelCandy), and Joshua (Jofwu). Secret Project 3 reading: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/first-look-at-secret-project-3/ 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

This week's episode, we're talking about Secret Project 3! We decided to do two shorter episodes this time, so stay tuned next week for some more in-depth magic, cosmere, and Words of Brandon related to this one. Obviously, spoilers for Secret Project 3. This episode you have Evgeni (Argent), Danielle (FelCandy), and Joshua (Jofwu). You're spared from Eric as he wasn't feeling well during this episode. Secret Project 3 reading: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/first-look-at-secret-project-3/ Aliya Chen art: https://twitter.com/chenalii/status/1506430610566385669 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: h

Secret Project 2 isn't cosmere, but join us for this very loopy episode where we discuss it anyway, along with news and Words of Brandon from the Secret Project 2 stream. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Danielle (FelCandy), and Evgeni (Argent)! Don't worry, Secret Project 3 stuff is next week! Secret Project 2 Sample chapters: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/first-look-at-secret-project-2/ Secret Project Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBKBd-peagE Brandon's Big FAQ: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/some-faqs-you-might-enjoy/ Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 1:24 News 11:33 Secret Project 2 summary 17:09 Secret Project 2 analysis 47:51 Words of Brandon 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://cop

Remember how last week we said "oh if there are any good WoBs we'll put them at the beginning of Secret Project 2's episode"? Yeah, no, Brandon ruined that immediately by dropping huge lore bombs instantly in the Secret Project 1 stream, so we HAD to do a full episode on that. The first hour has some crazy stuff, so take a look! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Ala (Rasarr), Marvin (Paleo), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Secret Project 1 Sample Chapters: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/first-look-at-secret-project-1/ Secret Project 1 Spoiler Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQD2JKr3ljo Request Aether of Night here: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/60219-aether-of-night-manuscript-requests/?page=1 Our collection of WoBs for this episode: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/1047/ Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 4:07 Aether WoBs 48:15 Other WoBs 1:37:30 Next Month Shardcast Plans 1:40:26 Who's That Cosmere Character If you like our content, support us on Patreon: https://

This episode, we are delving into Brandon's reading of the first five chapters of Secret Project #1! We have Eric (Chaos), Grace (thegatorgirl), Ala (Rasarr), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Next week we will be covering Brandon's spoiler stream on Secret Project #1 Read the Secret Project #1 Sample Chapters here: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/first-look-at-secret-project-1/ 00:00 Introductions and Very Important Cup Discussion 6:45 News and Brandon Comments 23:54 Secret Project 1 1:03:20 Aether of Night 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

Chapter 1 and 2 of the Lost Metal was read last November at the Dragonsteel Mini-Con, and was posted online in February. It took a bit to record this episode due to sickness and Brandon's recent bombshell, but enjoy! We don't know when future sample chapters will be coming out, but I imagine this will be our last Lost Previews for a while until sample chapters come in earnest. Brandon's reading of the chapters: https://youtu.be/FSMVG7agYjE Transcription of the reading: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/479/#e15385 Thumbnail image by clarainking: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBgMe0BDVAf/ 00:00 Introduction and Chapter 1 10:25 Chapter 2 21:14 Seeing how this connects with the greater plot 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 whe

We're getting back to some previews for Lost Metal, this time covering Lost Metal's Prologue! We'll also be covering the reading of chapter 1 and 2 later this week, so even though this is a bit of a late one, we thought it'd be weird to not have Danielle and Marvin talk about the prologue as well! You can read the prologue, which Brandon read at JordanCon in July 2021, here: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/472/#e14863 Wayne image in the thumbnail by the amazing Elisgardor: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtXd1-KEqC/ The Waxillium background is also by Dan Watson and will be in the leatherbounds (and animated with permission by Marvin): https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH1UFYj0Vw/ 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:

We had to quickly put together a Shardcast in record time to discuss Brandon's video on March 1st. Make sure you check that out before watching this one (at https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ ) because we go right into it. Our cast for this episode is Evgeni (Argent), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Marvin (Paleo), who really cruised through to record this in quickly! Brandon's video: https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson 00:00 The Announcement 5:55 Kickstarter 12:15 Covers 18:42 Books 44:18 Recap and Closing 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.cop

It's time to wrap up Words of Brandon for a while! This episode we are covering the most recent spoiler stream in December 2021 and there was a lot of fun stuff here! Also, oh boy, we are loopy after five hours of recording these back-to-back. Enjoy! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Kadie (Ene)! We are going back to every other week, so our next release will be March 12th or 13th. Spoiler stream: https://youtu.be/7tKlnk7hNSw The Arcanum collection with the WoBs we talked about: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/996/ 00:00 Introductions 1:15 Did Harmony recreate things incorrectly? 4:39 Hoid and spikes 6:00 Containing late stage timeline stuff 8:34 Spren society and Nale killing proto-Radiants 10:01 Glys and Tumi's names based off their pre-Enlightenment names? 11:34 Whimsy's planet 14:09 Nightblood's definite different metal 17:45 What did TLR do all day? 22:32 Five Scholar Siblings 26:04 Taldain and gems and Radiants 31:13 Hoid's self-interst 33:55 Are dragons b

We haven't done Words of Brandon since July, and there's been a quite a lot to cover! This episode covers some random events, but also FanX in September and November's Dragonsteel Mini-Con. There's spicy stuff here: aethers, dragons, Lost Metal hints, Ian completely despairing... Enjoy! Next weekend we'll have part two where we primarily cover December's spoiler stream. This episode has Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Kadie (AonEne)! Words of Brandon we talk about this episode: https://wob.coppermind.net/collections/990/ You can get a copy of the original Aether of Night manuscript (that is uncanonical) on the 17th Shard forums: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/60219-aether-of-night-manuscript-requests/?page=1 Dragonsteel Prime sample chapters: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/dragonsteel-prime-chapter-25-bridge-four-1/ 2:36 Aethers are really relevant to the future of the cosmere 6:39 Why do gemstones crack when Stormlight is drawn out of them quickly? 9:43 Would Plate perfectly fit

Do you want an episode where we talk about just a SINGLE WoB? Yes, it's true, your dream--or nightmare--is here. This WoB had consumed many channels for weeks (including I think most of our staff channels) on Discord. There are such strong feelings that we needed a full episode to delve into it. Not only that, but also get insight into one of the most arcane pieces of lore in the cosmere, and it's kind of Eric's fault. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), David (Windrunner), Evgeni (Argent), Rosemary (Kaymyth), and Matt (Comatose)! The WoB: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/482/#e15299 Hero of Ages Spoiler Q&A: http://twg.17thshard.com/index.php?topic=6655.0 We'll be back in two weeks to do more WoBs from late 2021. 00:00 Introductions 2:03 Atium Basics 12:24 Weirdness and WoBs before the big one 38:44 The WoB 51:02 The Temporal Quadrant 59:14 The Swapping 1:17:47 Rosemary's Theory 1:25:04 Atium and Duralumin 1:34:10 Alloy-ception 1:44:19 Clunkiness and this in Feruchemy and Hemalurgy 1:59:46 More Talk o

We are incredibly excited to have a special Shardcast where we got to talk to Janci Patterson, co-author of the Skyward Flight novellas: Sunreach, ReDawn, and Evershore! We talk to her about the process, Evershore, and a bit about future Skyward things she and Darci Cole will be working on after Defiant is out! She is completely lovely we had a blast chatting with her! This episode, we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Jess (LadyLameness), Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai), and of course, Janci Patterson, who is actually on our Discord (https://discord.gg/17thshard) as jancilynne! Janci puts out a ton of other books (she put out NINE books last year). Here are some of them! The Extra (romance): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QGMNKDM Godfire (epic fantasy): https://www.amazon.com/Godfire-Five-Lands-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B08BTK38JT/ 00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell 5:19 Janci Introduction and Alcatraz 6 9:35 Skyward Flight Novellas 33:08 How Jorgen Got Janci Into Therapy 38:50 Romance 46:07 Revision Process 1

Our preview show with Danielle and Marvin is back, this time talking about The Lost Metal, the fourth Mistborn Era 2 novel that comes out November 15th, 2022! Preview chapters have not begun yet, and we don't know when they will, but we do have an extremely spicy blurb/synopsis for the book, and that's what we're talking about today! Link to the blurb: https://www.tor.com/2021/12/06/book-announcements-the-lost-metal-a-mistborn-novel-from-brandon-sanderson/ A draft of Lost Metal's prologue is out (and apparently Brandon read chapters 1 and 2 at the November Mini-Con, but we don't have the audio for this yet), and you can read the prologue here: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/472/#e14863 The sweet Marasi thumbnail is by Dan Watson and will be in the Alloy leatherbound: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/q9Q0Gn The Waxillium background is also by Dan Watson and will be in the leatherbounds (and animated with permission by Marvin): https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH1UFYj0Vw/ If you like our content, support u

Evershore, the third and final Skyward Flight novella, has been out since December 28th, and so we have to talk about it! Let's see how this concluded the novella story. It stars Jorgen, and it was a delight. This week we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Ala (Rasarr), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Thumbnail image is the cover of Evershore by Charlie Bowater: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWd9XyDtsAg/ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 3:06 Spoiler free 13:25 General Spoilery reactions 25:05 Jorgen 43:51 Cytonic+Evershore stuff 53:27 Arturo, Alanik, and Alien Cultures 1:15:13 More Cytonic spoilers 1:17:32 More Kitsen Culture 1:18:17 More Jorgen 1:25:32 Brief Defiant Thoughts 1:28:37 Minor Final Thoughts 1:41:41 Rankings the Novellas, Future Novellas 1:50:21 Who's That Cytoverse 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: ht

Happy New Year and welcome to 2022. The Lost Metal is finally for realsies coming out this year, and that is so great to finally say. So let's continue talking about Mistborn and Era 2 by talking about one of its biggest mysteries: the Set and Trell! Oh, and Paalm. And a bunch of other cosmere things, like Svrakiss. We're all over the place, but hopefully you maybe know more on this subject now than you did before! Today we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and David (Windrunner)! This happened in 2017, but here's our article showing off all the Shire Post Mint coins: https://www.17thshard.com/news/brandon-news/shire-mints-mistborn-coins-are-awesome-and-heres-its-kickstarter-r337/ Chapters: 00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell 3:22 Spoiler Warning 4:20 What is the Set? 10:58 Motivations and Goals of the Set 34:05 Trell and Autonomy 55:58 Paalmcast 1:19:09 The Set Origins 1:30:31 Technology 1:39:33 Men of Red and Gold (Crack Theory Time) 1:51:14 Final Thoughts and Hemalurgy If you like our c

Brandon's State of Sanderson blog post is coming out (as stated on the spoiler stream) on the morning of December 20th. We thought it'd be fun to do our Shardcast on State of Sanderson live so we can interact with chat about this. You'll have to excuse the empty spaces and lack of WTCC clues on screen; I can't edit this video otherwise the chat will go away! On this episode, we had Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Veronica (Cheyenne Sedai)! Here's the link to the blog post: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2021/ 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.so

Cytonic, the third Skyward novel, is out now, and now we are discussing everything in this episode of Shardcast! We start with some non-spoilery thoughts, and then we get deep into the weeds on what we think as well as talk about some lore topics too. What did you think of Cytonic? Put your comments below! This episode has Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Jessie (Lady Lameness), and Ala (Rasarr)! Eric's Non-spoiler Cytonic review: https://youtu.be/leggchPjUMk Jessie's Non-spoiler Cytonic review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wEWrCs_BkM Jessie's Spoiler Cytonic review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX6AQS4l-Pk 00:00 Introductions 2:00 Non-spoiler thoughts 14:56 Spoilery thoughts 1:39:11 Brief RoW spoilers 1:41:04 Cytonic again 2:04:40 Who's That Cytoverse 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/

There's still so many Stormlight topics left to do (and such little time) but it's time to do a deep dive about Jasnah! We delve into her philosophy and a certain lesson, her "lunacy," and what happened with her in Rhythm of War! This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Alyx (Feather), Ian (Weiry), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Evgeni (Argent), and Shannon (Grey). Brandon's Rhythm of War Chapter 17 Annotation on Jasnah's sexuality: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/jmwe4r/last_weeks_annotation/ Today's amazing thumbnail is by Grant Hansen: https://www.instagram.com/p/BTXpUsJlBpB/ 00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell 06:46:29 Jasnah 13:27 Personality, Philosophy, and the Lesson 1:05:50 "Lunacy" 1:32:17 Jasnah and Hoid; Jasnah's Sexuality 2:23:11 Wrapping up 2:25:54 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

It feels like it's been ages since we've been done an extremely pedantic mechanics episode, and we reread The Bands of Mourning, so it's finally time to do one we've wanted to do for ages: what the hell is going on with the Southerner medallions? We talk about what we know, what we don't know (which is most things), as well as all the other crazy magic things we got in Bands of Mourning. Also featuring: random theories on Excisors. Not featuring: actually talking the Bands themselves. This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), and Ben (Overlord Jebus)! Thumbnail art is of the Bands of Mourning, by the incredible Shuravf, in one our monthly Coppermind commissions! You can vote for topics every month on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-2021-art-6-55054694 Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 3:41 Investiture and Identity 14:20 Unkeyed Metalminds 19:18 Primer Cubes and Airships 39:15 Unsealed Metalminds (Medallions) 59:25 Excisors and Tapping Nicrosil 1:24:34 How did the Sove