The Black Tower Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast

We have to start this description off with an apology. The quality, both audio and video, is not where we would like it to be. Technical difficulties resulted in the loss of our primary recording, which meant differently configured video recording and no separate audio tracks. We appreciate your understanding.
As for the episode itself, the Boys in Black unite once again to talk about one of their fellow Asha'man (Logain), with yet another of their fellow Asha'man (Androl, the Bard of Time). It's a special guest episode about an epic topic! We hope you enjoy and have the bestest of New Years!! Goodbye 2020 you trainwreck of a year, and here's to hoping that the Bowl of the Winds and every other protection has prepared 2021 to be a great year!
Androl, the Bard of Time
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrolBardoftime
Twitter: @AndrolGenhald https://twitter.com/AndrolGenhald
Instagram: @androlbardoftime https://www.instagram.com/androlbardoftime/
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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

Daniel was traveling to see some family this week so it's just Andrew and Josh this week. It's a bit of a weird episode. Andrew is sick. We do a brief and abbreviated version of #AskAnAshaman filled with all kinds of wacky and thought provoking questions. Then we finally move into the episode's topic....Duties and Roles in the 4th Age. What could possibly go wrong?
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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

With the hectic and busy holiday season here, Josh could not make this episode, but Daniel and Andrew had a ton of fun sitting around and chatting about the Ogier Culture. Grab yourself a glass of your favorite beverage and take a listen at what we had to say. Then head on down to the comments and let us know what you thought as well!
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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

All three of the boys are back together in this episode. There are some exciting announcements that you do not want to miss, so be sure to check those out. Following all of that mumbojumbo, Andrew, Josh, and Daniel do a brief overview of the relationship between Rand, Aviendha, Min, and Elayne. Then, Andrew pulls out some at least half decent (maybe really good who knows) prompts about our topic for the guys to discuss.
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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

For this fun filled episode, Andrew was out traveling to celebrate Thanksgiving with family. However! Josh and Daniel were here to make sure this week's episode still got done, though the effort was not alone. That's right, the fantastic Willie and Moe from the Blood and Ashes Podcast joined in on the fun as well. In this one the collaborative peoples tackled the overall elements of the White Tower and it's resolve. Want to know what we mean by that? Well, get some popcorn and sit down and have a good watch. Or listen while playing a game. Either way is fine!
Blood and Ashes Podcast
Website: https://bloodandashespodcast.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloodandAshesPodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bloodandashpod
Check out our website, https://www.blacktowerpod.com for quick access to all of our social medias and our Merch Shop, the only Merch Shop with Dragonsworn stuff as well! 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-growing and spoiler-friendly WoT wiki!
Let us know how we are doing through any of our social media accounts: Twitter (@Towerpodcast) Instagram (@blacktowerpod) and Discord (https://discord.gg/WqTcrWq) On our Discord, you can even find like minded fans and individuals, and see what fun we have on a daily basis! And, if you are so inclined, you can always input a review directly into wherever you get our podcast from!
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, such as our Pre-Recordings and early access to our episodes!
Intro and Outro Music - Heroic Demise by Matthew Pable (used under CC license 3.0) https://opengameart.org/content/heroic-demise-updated-version

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
Check out our website, https://www.blacktowerpod.com for quick access to all of our social medias and our Merch Shop, the only Merch Shop with Dragonsworn stuff as well! 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-growing and spoiler-friendly WoT wiki! Let us know how we are doing through any of our social media accounts: Twitter (@Towerpodcast) Instagram (@blacktowerpod) and Discord (https://discord.gg/WqTcrWq) On our Discord, you can even find like minded fans and individuals, and see what fun we have on a daily basis! And, if you are so inclined, you can always input a review directly into wherever you get our podcast from!
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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

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!
Check out our website, https://www.blacktowerpod.com for quick access to all of our social medias and our Merch Shop, the only Merch Shop with Dragonsworn stuff as well! 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-growing and spoiler-friendly WoT wiki! Let us know how we are doing through any of our social media accounts: Twitter (@Towerpodcast) Instagram (@blacktowerpod) and Discord (https://discord.gg/WqTcrWq) On our Discord, you can even find like minded fans and individuals, and see what fun we have on a daily basis! And, if you are so inclined, you can always input a review directly into wherever you get our podcast from!
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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

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

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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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)
As ever, we want to hear from all of you, your feedback sustains us. If you want to get some amazing swag you can hit up our Spreadshirt (https://shop.spreadshirt.com/black-tower-podcast/) where you can get sweet BlackTower and Dragonsworn paraphernalia, but there are also things you can do for absolutely no money, at all!
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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)
As ever, we want to hear from all of you, your feedback sustains us. If you want to get some amazing swag you can hit up our Spreadshirt (https://shop.spreadshirt.com/black-tower-podcast/) where you can get sweet BlackTower and Dragonsworn paraphernalia, but there are also things you can do for absolutely no money, at all!
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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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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!
Intro Music Heroic Demise license by CC 3.0
As ever, we want to hear from all of you, your feedback sustains us. If you want to get some amazing swag you can hit up our Spreadshirt (https://shop.spreadshirt.com/black-tower-podcast/) where you can get sweet BlackTower and Dragonsworn paraphernalia, but there are also things you can do for absolutely no money, at all!
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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
As ever, we want to hear from all of you, your feedback sustains us. Obviously, there is a monetary sustenance on our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/Blacktowerpod), something anyone interested in listening live will now be asked to contribute to, as well as our Spreadshirt (https://shop.spreadshirt.com/black-tower-podcast/) page where you can get sweet BlackTower and Dragonsworn paraphernalia, but there are also things you can do for absolutely no money, at all!
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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
As ever, we want to hear from all of you, your feedback sustains us. Obviously, there is a monetary sustenance on our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/Blacktowerpod), something anyone interested in listening live will now be asked to contribute to, as well as our Spreadshirt (https://shop.spreadshirt.com/black-tower-podcast/) page where you can get sweet BlackTower and Dragonsworn paraphernalia, but there are also things you can do for absolutely no money, at all!
What are these things, you ask? I will tell you! Let us know how we are doing through any of our social media accounts: Twitter (@Towerpodcast) Instagram (@blacktowerpod) and Discord (https://discord.gg/WqTcrWq) On our Discord, you can even find like minded fans and individuals, and see what fun we have on a daily basis! And, if you are so inclined, you can always input a review directly into wherever you get our podcast from! Data, data, data, we cannot make bricks without clay!