Tar Valon Or Bust
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Tar Valon Or Bust
Longtime fans Jenn and Preeti revisit the Wheel of Time series in preparation for the TV show’s launch, and dig into their personal connections with the books, how well they hold up, and what they think will make it to screen. Join them for two episodes a month, featuring recaps of the books and the...
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The Crystal Cave, Book 5: The Coming of the Bear, Sections 1-5
In which Preeti and Jenn discuss Merlin's (lack of) interiority, Mary Stewart's stylistic and mythological choices, and the Absolute Unit that is Ygra...
The Crystal Cave, Book 4: The Red Dragon, Sections 6-10
In which Jenn and Preeti talk about emotional disconnection, historical infodumps, Big Feelings about Ambrosius and Merlin, and quests.
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The Crystal Cave, Book 4: The Red Dragon, Sections 1-5
In which Preeti and Jenn discuss timeline wibbly-wobbliness, Merlin's misogyny, #JusticeForNiniane, and the only moment in which they sort of liked Ut...
The Crystal Cave, Book 3: The Wolf, Sections 7-12
In which the big question is, who is this scared Merlin and what happened to his assurance? Preeti and Jenn debate authorial intent vs. impact, possib...
The Crystal Cave, Book 3: The Wolf, Sections 1-6
In which Preeti and Jenn spend an hour talking about 35 pages of text, because that's how they roll. Unreliable narrators, historical timelines, Parks...
The Crystal Cave, Book 2: The Falcon
Get ready, y'all! Three recording sessions later, Preeti and Jenn dive THE DEEPEST into The Falcon. Join them for parallel characters, big revelations...
The Crystal Cave, Prologue through Book I: The Dove
In this extra-long episode, Preeti and Jenn dig into the language, atmosphere, and voice of The Crystal Cage: Prologue - Book I: The Dove. (We will fi...
Preeti, Jenn, and Mary (Rainbow) Stewart's Arthurian Saga
As they prepare to dive into their next reread, Preeti and Jenn talk about Mary Stewart as a writer, their personal history with her Arthurian Saga, a...
The Wheel of Time Reread Wrap-Up
Preeti and Jenn recorded live with Patrons for a special retrospective, WoT readalikes, and Q&A!
Read-Alikes:
Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu...
Music in the Wheel of Time, with Bryan Dunn
A very special bonus episode! Jenn and musician Bryan Dunn reunite to nerd out over music in fantasy adaptations, from The Hills of Tanchico and Sing...
A Memory of Light: Chapters 38 - Epilogue
It's the end?!!! Well, an end. Join Preeti and Jenn for a very extended discussion on their feelings about how things get wrapped up, what they were v...
The Wheel of Time S3 E8: He Who Comes with the Dawn
Join Preeti and Jenn as they discuss this absolute JAW-DROPPER of a finale (also can someone please let us know when Season 4 is confirmed, and can th...
A Memory of Light, Chapter 37 (The Second Half-Ish)
FEELINGS. JUST NONSTOP FEELINGS, Y'ALL.
Next episode: Chapters 38 - Epilogue, airing (probably) next week.
Bryan Dunn's album Zapgun! [Ban...
The Wheel of Time S3 E7: Goldeneyes
In which Preeti and Jenn have SO MANY FEELINGS about Perrin and his greatly accelerated, wildly changing (!?) storyline, plus some speculation about c...
The Wheel of Time S3 E6: The Shadow in the Night
In which Preeti and Jenn theorize about Liandrin's plot arc, are extremely creeped out by Moghedien, can't get enough of Mat and Thom, still love Rand...
The Wheel of Time S3 E5: Tel'Aran'Rhiod
The hits keep on coming! Jenn and Preeti talk about how delighted they are with Lan and Moiraine, Egwene and the Wise Ones, Perrin and Faile ... basic...
A Memory of Light, Chapter 37 (The First Half-Ish)
In which Preeti talks about ugly crying multiple times, Jenn confesses some feelings about wizard battles, Tragic Flaws are examined, and somehow that...
The Wheel of Time S3 E4: The Road to the Spear
Preeti and Jenn are VERY INTO this episode, and also have so many feelings about how intense it is. Rhuidean, y'all!!!
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The Wheel of Time S3 E3: Seeds of Shadow
Jenn and Preeti talk about how refreshing it is to have real motivations for villains and Perrin actually getting to develop as a character, disagree...
The Wheel of Time S3 E2: A Question of Crimson
Episode 2 continues with the shockers; Jenn feels like this is a much darker Morgase, everyone gets to be an Accepted, who needs Tear when you can hav...
The Wheel of Time S3 E1: To Race the Shadow
This new season starts off with a bang (litrully!), and Preeti and Jenn talk about some big changes to plot, some great character work, some dubious w...
A Memory of Light: Chapters 31 - 36
What a ride -- Preeti and Jenn suddenly care about Olver (!!?!?!), are very frustrated about Perrin, have their heart broken by Ituralde and Galad, an...
A Memory of Light: Chapters 25 - 30
Battles! Reveals! More battles! Sanderson makes it weird! Preeti and Jenn have, as per usual, talk about what falls flat (not the same for them, actua...
A Memory of Light: Chapters 17 - 24
In which Preeti and Jenn give an update about episode drops for both book and show in the next month, talk about closing open loops, hate on Gawyn as...
A Memory of Light: Chapters 10 - 16
In this humdinger of a section, Preeti and Jenn talk pay-offs (Androl!), character moments (Rand!!), frustrations (Mat and Tuon!!! Battle scenes!!!!)...
A Memory of Light: Chapters 4 - 9
In which Preeti and Jenn talk (again) about pacing, some very good POV choices, character arcs, and still love Pevara and Androl but have some frustra...
A Memory of Light: Prologue - Chapter 3
In which Preeti and Jenn are shipping Pevara and Androl and also continue to have structural questions and issues but what else is new.
Next epi...
Towers of Midnight: Chapters 52 - Epilogue
In which Preeti and Jenn are not sold on some structural choices (SURPRISE), are very stressed out for Rand, and have a new favorite POV character eve...
Towers of Midnight: Chapters 44 - 51
In which Jenn and Preeti have fewer pacing problems because SO MUCH IS HAPPENINGGGGGG! They still have questions, though (as always).
Next secti...
The Wheel of Time Season 3: Teaser
The Season 3 teaser is here, and Jenn and Preeti talk their way through (and around, and over, and under, and maybe somewhat to the side on an entirel...
Towers of Midnight: Chapters 35-43
In this rollercoaster of a section, Jenn and Preeti talk about pacing, big pay-offs, anti-climaxes, secret plans, and how wrong they were about certai...
The Towers of Midnight: Chapters 28-34
In which we REALLY love some things (and not-so-much others), Jenn eats her words about Perrin's trial, and Mat is freaking epic.
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Towers of Midnight: Chapters 22- 27
In which Preeti and Jenn discuss continued pacing issues with Perrin, whether or not Rand has become a Disney princess, and, above all else, the Traka...
Towers of Midnight: Chapters 16-21
While the pacing is still herky-jerky, Jenn could not be happier about the character moments we get in this section. Preeti has some Questions. Both a...
Towers of Midnight: Chapters 6-15
In which Jenn and Preeti have issues with pacing, talk about all the loose ends that need tying up, and DESPERATELY want to know what is in these lett...
Towers of Midnight: Prologue - Chapter 5
In this TVOB After Dark, Preeti and Jenn are a little frustrated with pacing, find parallels EVERYWHERE, and are pretty excited about some character d...
The Gathering Storm: Chapters 40 - Epilogue
In which it takes Preeti and Jenn two recording sessions to get through all of this INTENSE material, from Egwene's epicness to the parallels between...
The Gathering Storm: Chapters 33-39
Preeti and Jenn dig into character-author affinities, POV choices, Mat and Egwene parallels, and OMG VERIN in this episode.
Next episode: Chapte...
The Gathering Storm: Chapters 27-32
The horror! The characterizations! The repeated shout-outs to Moiraine! Jenn and Preeti talk about this banger of a section and are once again tempted...
The Gathering Storm: Chapters 19-26
WHAT A SECTION, Y'ALL!!! WHAT A SECTION. Seriously. Join Jenn and Preeti as they freak the hell out about Rand. (But Gawyn continues to be the worst.)...