The Black Tower Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast

S2 Ep. 4 - Done, Did, Dragon (Rand Part 6/6)

It's finally, FINALLY, here. The final part of our character deep dive into Rand al'Thor! For this fantastic finale, we brought in one of our favorite peoples, Malkier Talks. Jokes abound, as usual, and we go over what Rand does in the last two books of Robert Jordan's epic The Wheel of Time series. Come and listen and tell all of your friends about us! You enjoy us, so why let your friends miss out?
Malkier Talks
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/malkiertalks
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MalkieriR
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/malkier-talks
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Intro and Outro Music - Heroic Demise by Matthew Pable (used under CC license 3.0) https://opengameart.org/content/heroic-demise-updated-version
Spoiler Warning by Malkier Talks https://www.youtube.com/malkiertalks

S2 Ep. 3 - From Gawyn to Moiraine

Have you ever had that discussion of who did some epic and awesome stuff and who was absolute trash? Well, it's one of the things we do best! Toss out the Five Great Captains, and we got together and discussed the best leaders and the worst leaders within Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.
Listen and take note so that you can hit us up on social media, the comments here, and/or on our website to tell us how right or wrong we are!
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Intro and Outro Music - Heroic Demise by Matthew Pable (used under CC license 3.0) https://opengameart.org/content/heroic-demise-updated-version
Spoiler Warning by Malkier Talks
https://www.youtube.com/malkiertalks

S2 Ep. 2 - Rand the Dragon Man (Part 5/6)

This week we at the Black Tower Podcast continue our character deep dive on Rand al'Thor from Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series. There's one more part after this one and it will come out soon.....ish. In this episode we cover what happens with Rand in Book 10 (Crossroads of Twilight), Book 11 (Knife of Dreams), and Book 12 (The Gathering Storm).
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Intro and Outro Music - Heroic Demise by Matthew Pable (used under CC license 3.0) https://opengameart.org/content/heroic-demise-updated-version
Spoiler Warning by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer (The voices of the WoT audio books!) https://twitter.com/Kramer_Reading

S2 Ep. 1 RJ and BS Got Spoopy

Recorded just before Halloween, but posted for most after, it felt like the right time to talk about the scariest scenes in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. Have any scenes we missed? Make sure to toss them in the comments below, or send them to us via any of our social medias!
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After that, make sure to head over to https://www.thegreatblight.com to find other Wheel of Time content creators, epic articles, and an ever-grown WoT wiki!
While you are listening, consider heading over to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/Blacktowerpod) and supporting us there. It helps us keep the podcast going, but also gets you some pretty sweet benefits as well!
Intro and Outro Music - Heroic Demise by Matthew Pable (used under CC license 3.0) https://opengameart.org/content/heroic-demise-updated-version
Spoiler Warning by Malkier Talks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXswsuLZIhYKlDICALD6HQ
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Ep. 98 The Gathering Conclusion

Andrew explains the origin of this episode in the start, but just to make it simple....this episode is the rest of the Mixology Contest and the Drunksplaining from the Gathering Madness event on October 17th, 2020. If you have not seen that, make sure you mosey on over to YouTube to see that (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8O6dxsn8vk) before you listen to this episode. Full effect and all, cuz that sounds official. While you're on the YouTubes, make sure you subscribe to our channel and turn on post notifications (the bell) so that you get to see the nice and new video podcasts that will be coming out in the coming weeks!
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Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
Spoiler Warning done by Malkier Talks (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXswsuLZIhYKlDICALD6HQ)
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Ep. 97 WoT Blind Spots?!?!?

The boys in black were able to get together in person and do some fun recordings at The Gathering Madness! This is the first one, affectionately called the Sobercast. In this one, with full spoilers from the whole series, the Black Tower Podcast discusses the blind spots we may see in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. So sit down, strap in/on, and prepare yourself for some splendid taintiness.
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Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
Spoiler Warning done by Malkier Talks (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXswsuLZIhYKlDICALD6HQ)
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Ep. 96 Histories of The Lord Dragon Rand

We're back on our founder and the legendary Dragon Reborn! This is part four of our multipart series on Rand, which is part of our multipart series on character deep dives. How do you like the spacing of these episodes so it's not just all about *insert character name here* for weeks at a time? This episode contains spoilers through book 9, Winter's Heart, even though the spoiler warning goes through book 10. Yeah...we kinda ran out of time there, but that just means more concentrated taint to enjoy!
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Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
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Ep. 95 Wind vs Mist vs Oily Stuff

In this nice evil episode, the Black Tower Podcast discusses the differences of, origins, and implications of Mashadar, Machin Shin, and the Taint itself. There's theory, there's speculation, and there's plenty of passion and taint, but not the taint that we're talking about in this lovely episode. And while you are listening, considering heading over to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/Blacktowerpod) and supporting us there. It helps us keep the podcast going, but also gets you some pretty sweet benefits as well!
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Ep. 94 First Time Readers with Stuck on Arrakis

Whether it is reading a book series, watching television shows, movies, or YouTube videos, there have always been those people that tells you what happens before you see it for yourself. Spoilers. Mortal enemy to all those who consume stories in every medium. When faced with such a threat, we must consult with the subject matter experts on how to best combat the threat. This time, that expert is Stuck on Arrakis. Hook up your phone to the bluetooth of your car and enjoy listening to your favorite tainty bois, and our amazing guest this episode, as we discuss how to navigate a fandom full of spoilers!
Stuck on Arrakis
Twitter: @stuckonarrakis https://twitter.com/stuckonarrakis
 
Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
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Ep. 93 Rand, In and Out of the Box

This week, we are missing a brother, but that is only because he has Asha'man duties outside the tower, and we usually don't record on Thursdays... But, while that is the reason for the delay, we would never let you down by not putting, at least, something out for the week, and this week it is another full episode. Andrew and Daniel get down to business and finish 3 whole books in the deep dive into Rand Al'Thor that stretches from the first words of "Fires of Heaven," to the last words of "A Crown of Swords." We think we have really found our rhythm with this one, and hope you like it!
Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
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Ep. 92 The Black Tower

As the name highly hints at, this episode we're talking about the Black Tower. No, not the podcast, the actual thing. There are some fun discussions and disagreements in this episode, but as always the boys in black have nothing but love for each other, and you guys. We're working on a date to do a livestream about The Gathering Madness event, so look out for that on Twitter and Discord, and anywhere else we can put it out there. We hope you enjoy this nice tainty episode, and we look forward to seeing you again!
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Ep. 91 Voices and Madness and Taint, Oh My!

Well, the boys were late, but we did not forget you! After a crazy Wednesday with Daniel at the taping of a game show, Andrew having a demanding job, and Josh having a demanding family, we decided to take the day off. But, we were back yesterday to record an episode, and it is a good one. This episode has everything, singing, tangents, video game references... wait, this is just like every episode... and that's why it's so good! Come on in, the water's fine!
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Ep. 90 - The Masters

Andrew, Daniel, and Josh get together to talk about how Rand, Mat, and Perrin go from the simple Emond Field folk that we see in the begging, to masters of their crafts by the end of the series. Definitely not a spoiler free episode, however there's a pretty big announcement towards the end!
Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
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Ep. 89 The Man Rand of the Land - Pt. 2

Odin is with us! Oh wait...no...no that's Josh. The beard confused us at first. Guess the lack of an eyepatch and ravens should have been big enough hints.....hmmm...anyway! Welcome back to another fantastic episode with the Boys in Black. With Josh back for this episode, Daniel and Andrew present as well, the Black Tower Podcast resumes it's discussion on Rand al'Thor. With spoilers through book 4 of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series, we keep plugging along as we analyze and review the life of Rand. We don't plan on only doing two books per episode on Rand, but we also cannot do the disservice to our lovely listeners by just rushing through this. Who knows what next week's episode will be? But for now, be sure to enjoy this episode.
When you're done with this one, head on over to our YouTube channel and soak up the tainty goodness of our YouTuber panels, featuring other WoT content creators (mainly YouTubers)....now with video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wtTg18nRE
Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
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Ep. 88 Ter'angreal'veren

All the boyz are back, baby, and we have a doozy for you this week. We are talking all things power related! That means angreal, sa'angreal, ter'angreal, and even some "greal" you didn't even know were a thing! It gets lively this week with two of the hosts having a wonderfully animated discussion on whether something is, or is not, something else!
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