The Black Tower Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast

Making mostly full spoiler content since October 2018, the Black Tower Podcast focuses on topics ranging from cultures to characters to metaphysics across the entirety of Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Born out of a love for the books and an appreciation for its nuance, these folks get together weekly to discuss all of the things that make us love this series.
Episodes
Episodes



Friday Apr 18, 2025
Doing Wrong Things for the Right Reasons | S6 Ep. 21
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Verin is known for being knowledgeable, cunning, and incredibly strategic. Was she able to resist being manipulated by her sacrifice, or was she just a susceptible to the darker influences as everyone else?
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Outro Music - The Black Tower by Androl-Bard of Time https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime



Friday Apr 11, 2025
Freely Frolicking Finn | S6 Ep. 20
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Why did the Finn make such restrictive deals with the citizen of Randland? How come they don't just roam the world feeding until their heart's content? We may have some thoughts on this one.
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Friday Apr 04, 2025
Creatures, Servants, and Blacksmiths | S6 Ep. 19
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
What are Jumara, Zomara, Cafar, and the Forgers? We're packing them all into this episode to talk about some of the lesser known shadowspawn!
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ntro Music - Black Tower Podcast by Slylock https://soundcloud.com/theslylock
Outro Music - The Black Tower by Androl-Bard of Time https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime



Friday Mar 28, 2025
What if...? The Blues were Clued In | S6 Ep. 18
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
The Aes Sedai are known for cleverly manipulating the truth and keeping secrets. The Blue Ajah is incredibly skilled at gathering information across it's very guarded network of eyes and ears. Could these two things have worked together if Moiraine and Siuan had clued their Blue Ajah sisters in on their secret mission to search for the Dragon Reborn?
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Outro Music - The Black Tower by Androl-Bard of Time https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime



Friday Mar 21, 2025
My Still Aged Grandmother (ft. Beth Domon) | S6 Ep. 17
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Beth returns so to help us finish off our breakdown of Randland’s favorite sailor, good ole Bayle Domon!
Beth Domon
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Outro Music - The Black Tower by Androl-Bard of Time https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime



Friday Mar 14, 2025
Was it Brandon or the Bond? | S6 Ep. 16
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Characters change and develop over the course of The Wheel of Time. By the end of the series, readers may barely recognize the characters they're reading. However, some of these changes may not be all due to character development. So we're going to talk about it tonight. Are some characters different because Brandon Sanderson took over writing, or is it a product of something within the series (like bonds)?
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Outro Music - The Black Tower by Androl-Bard of Time https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime



Friday Mar 07, 2025
Phaw! You Like This Character?!?! | S6 Ep15
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
One of the most well known, oldest Aes Sedai in The Wheel of Time. But, do we like her? Pull up a chair and your favorite taint and listen to all the reasons we have issues with Cadsuane Sedai.
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Friday Feb 28, 2025
It's a Grey (Man) Area | S6 Ep. 14
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Help us officially welcome Reese Sedai as the newest host and M'Hael here at the Black Tower Podcast! Maybe between the three of us we'll actually be able to spot one of these elusive Grey Men. Join us as we tell you all you need to know, and probably more, and one of the Shadow's go-to covert units!
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Outro Music - The Black Tower by Androl-Bard of Time https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime



Friday Feb 21, 2025
Are You There Lews? (ft. Reese Sedai) | S6 Ep. 13
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Rand has a very special, very vocal companion throughout the Wheel of Time series. An ever-present voice of chaos, insanity, and (even more scary) occasional reasoning…Lews Therin. But what about growing up? Did Rand hear him then? Reese Sedai joins the boys in black to talk about it!!
!!Special Guest!!
Reese Sedai
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Friday Feb 14, 2025
Which Came First? The Prophecy or the Ta'veren? | S6 Ep. 12
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Prophecy plays a significant role in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. How much comes true because it must, how much is destiny, and how much traps and tricks the characters into certain actions?
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Friday Jan 31, 2025
The Chosen Talents (ft. MalkierTalks) | S6 Ep. 11
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
They may be be evil. They may work for the Shadow. Their boss may have a name that sounds suspiciously like that red guy with horns! But that doesn't mean they don't have a ton of Talents (and lower case 't' ones too) to show of! Rob from Malkier Talks joins us as we talk about the Forsaken and their many many skills.
!!Special Guest!!
Malkier Talks
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/malkiertalks
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\Outro Music - The Black Tower by Androl-Bard of Time https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime



Friday Jan 24, 2025
Even the Shadow has Doggos (ft. TaverenTavern ) | S6 Ep. 10
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Who doesn't love dogs? Wolves are dogs too right? Well, lets take a look at what the dog "lovers" on the side of the Shadow had to choose from for the canine companionship!
!!Special Guest!!
Ta'veren Tavern
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WoT Merch: Taveren-Tavern.redbubble.com
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YouTube: / @TaverenTavern
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Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Was Balefire Needed to Fix the Bore? | S6 Ep6
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
We know the Dark One’s prison has a giant hole in it when the series starts, and is patched up by the end of the Wheel of Time book series. How does that work, and did balefire play a crucial role?
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
I Am More Than My Circumstances | S6 Ep5
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
From the pages of The Wheel of Time epic fantasy book series to the Amazon Studios television screen, Mat Cauthon has caught the eyes, ears, and hearts of of many of us. But what sort of person is he? Good? Bad? Or some sort of mix?
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Friday Jan 17, 2025
They Don't Hunt Like They Used To | S6 Ep. 9
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Friday Jan 17, 2025
The Great Hunt is a celebrated event in the Third Age that draws adventurers and hunters from all across Randland. But what was it like in the Age of Legends? Was it even a thing?
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BRIEF ABOUT US
For those who love Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time and have finished reading the series...welcome home. We here at BTP love to talk about cultures, characters, events, and themes from the entire series, and throw our own adult-style humor into things. At the end of the day, we have a ton of fun doing this, and we hope you will join us on the journey!