The Sanderlanche Podcast

58 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78

Lot of chapters in this, the penultimate episode of the Mistborn era 1 trilogy. Vin's a god now. Whoda thunkit? Certainly not any of our crew. No one is quite sure what to expect next since, "main character becomes a god" wasn't on anybody's bingo card up to this point, and that's something of a game-changer. We're deep in the Sanderlanche now, and everyone is flailing a bit trying to figure out where it's going to put us down. It's a very exciting, confusing time on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

57 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, and 72

Everyone is hyped by reading one of the coolest fights in the series, Vin vs more than a dozen inquisitors. Goradel dies, which is a bummer, but it pays off when Marsh gets his moment to shine. The Sanderlanche is in full swing now, and the whole crew is amazed that we're so close to the end, and no one can say how it will go. Check out their predictions approaching the end of the trilogy on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

56 -Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66

Long episode this week. There's just so much starting to happen. Vin and Yomen make friends (kinda?), Vin kills Marsh (briefly), and Ruin proves that, yes, he CAN, in fact, take control of armies of Koloss. That's the last time we ever doubt the word of the epigraph writer. We are rapidly approaching the end of this trilogy, and you can feel the excitement in the air on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

55 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 57, 58, 59, 60, and 61

In these chapters, things really start to heat up, sometimes quite literally. Spook has his heroic almost-death moment, and gets some begrudging respect from our crew. Sadly, we don't get TenSoon Kelsier vs Ruin Kelsier, which everyone was kind of pulling for. Meanwhile, elsewhere, everything else seems to be moving into position for the dominos to start falling over. Other than that, we've got some new members of the Misting Crew, Dac composes his own tombstone, and I announce exactly what we'll be reading when Hero of Ages wraps up. Very exciting week for The Sanderlanche!

54 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 53, 54, 55, and 56

Big week for emails. So stay tuned through the end for some interesting discussion that comes out of those. On the whole, though, our crew were big fans of these chapters, despite Spook/Beldre interactions making up most of 2 of the 4 chapters we read this week. Could this be a turning point for Sanderlanche/Spook relations? Only time will tell. The big news, though, is Preservation. He was the mist spirit all along? And he has a body? A now-dead body? How does that even work? Enjoy the confounding nature of the Cosmere on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

53 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 49, 50, 51, and 52

A nice mix of perspectives in this week's chapters. I daresay, we're setting the stage for some Sanderlanche-ing. This week our crew is delighted to see TenSoon return, even if his chapter is largely telling us how terrible things have gotten. They like seeing Elend strike out on his own, even if his chapter is largely depressing introspection. And they love seeing Spook because it gives everyone an opportunity to rag on him some more. My favorite, on the other hand, was Vin's chapter with the banter. Maybe that's just me. Even better, though, is the part where someone gives me an excuse to bust out the statistics on what countries our listeners are from. Find out the top 7 for April on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche! (I know, I know, I'm the only one who gets excited for those bits; I get to have fun too, you know!)

52 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 45, 46, 47, and 48

This week the crew continues to be hard on Spook. I hear, you, audience. I know it's heartbreaking for some who love Spook, but, in this case at least, dude is being kind of a creeper. I think the criticism this time is fair ... well, mostly. Joe just hates him. So we can't expect much there. Other than that, we've got some really insightful predictions and, for some reason, a discussion of which instrument each person in the crew would play if they formed a band. Yeah, I don't know. I recorded it. I edited it. I still don't know how it happened. Enjoy!

51 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44

Threw you all a bit of a curveball and tossed in chapter 44 last minute. Still, it ends us in a great spot. Listen to what our crew thinks about the apparent return of Vin's long-lost, but hardly-lamented big brother in this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

50 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 36, 37, 38, and 39

In this episode, we find out the dark secret of the Koloss. Yes, beyond being hideous abominations who slaughter indiscriminately, there's even more messed up stuff going on with those guys. On top of that, the podcast crew is getting very interested in all the knowledge drops about the horrifying, yet intriguing art known as hemalurgy. And then there's a new Survivor in town.  Is it Spook? Is it ... someone other than Spook? Not a lot of possibilities being bandied about. Find out why in this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

49 - The Hero of Ages - Chapters 32, 33, 34, and 35

In this week's episode we catch up again with TenSoon and our old pal Marsh... Not together. That would be a weird pairing. Still, nice to see old friends again. None of our podcast crew is particularly impressed with Elend's attempts at diplomacy this episode. On the other hand, opinions are a bit split on Elend and Vin's cute romantic moment. Also, Joe continues to have no respect for or interest in Spook whatsoever. I guess some things never change. All this and jelly beans on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

48 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 29, 30, and 31

We're back from our break and only a little bit rusty. But we do get to talk about Vin attending her first ball since that time that she killed Shan Elarial, and my, oh my, how our little girl has grown up. The epigraphs continue to shed light on the behind-the-scenes goings-on, as some things become clearer and some things maybe become a bit murkier. I'm also in fine form as you beloved (yes, I said beloved, you know it's true) crew leader manages to screw up the part where I talk about which chapters we're reading for next week. See if you can spot the extremely bad edit I did to fix the problem on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

47 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 26, 27, and 28

In this episode, Spook continues to get no pity, particularly from Joe, but if you weren't expecting that by this point you probably haven't been paying close enough attention. In the meantime, Dac is outraged by a new character's name and everyone lives in dread of Allrianne appearing like a jack-in-the-box at the mention that a dress is needed. And then there are the tangents. Great Kelsier's Ghost, this is a bit of a crazy episode of The Sanderlanche!

46 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25

We've made it to Fadrex city. What a trek, huh? Honestly, after 2 books cooped up in Luthadel, I think our Sanderlanche crew is just glad to be out and about breathing the clean, well, ash-filled, air of the empire. There's plots, plans, maybe even a scheme or two as Elend and co get ready to lay siege to Fadrex. Meanwhile, we get a flashback to the much-anticipated Spook origin story. Just like Solo: A Star Wars story, we're getting the answers to all those niggling questions you never cared enough to ask. Where is Spook from? What happened to his parents? And how did he get his name? ... No, not the name Spook. We know how he got that one. The other one, Lestibournes. Most importantly of all, how will these revelations affect the Spook Rap? Find out on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

45- Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20

In this episode Spook is not good at flirting. Also he is visited by the ghost of Kelsier, who we decide must be here to talk to him about copyright infringement. A survivor? There can be only one! We also find out that Sazed is a king or something? Maybe? King of the sheep? King of the trolls? A clandestine land found underneath his floorboards?  Our crew isn't sure what to do with that one exactly. Make sure you stay tuned to the end because the audience has responded weighing in on Joe's burning question, what do you all really think about Breeze and Allriane's weird, borderline creepy, May/December romance thing? Find out on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

44 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15

After Dac's demand last episode to know what has happened to Spook, the universe (and Mr. Sanderson) have decided to deliver. Spook is back, and he angstier than ever! Find out how the crew takes these new revelations in this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

The promised Discord link: https://discord.gg/EbtZjvWK2s

43 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11

The Kandra chapters are really holding the crew's attention at this point. TenSoon takes the stand in the trial of the century ... probably ... maybe ... I mean, I don't know how many trials they hold back in the Kandra homeland. Maybe this one is boring by comparison. Doesn't seem super likely though. On top of that, though, Joe has been putting a lot of thought into this book, like a lot, creating a web of possibilities, and not just because he's kind of drunk this episode. Listen to some serious theorycrafting on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

42 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7

This week our hosts are still riding the high of a new book with all sorts of exciting things happening. We get to look in on Sazed and Breeze as they politely strong-arm another kingdom into the fold, and TenSoon is on his way to trial. Everyone is more certain than ever that they know who is actually writing these epigraphs. Could they be right? Probably not, but I'm certainly not going to tell you one way or the other. That's not how we do things on The Sanderlanche!

41 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Prologue and Chapters 1, 2, and 3

And here we are, beginning the final book of Mistborn Era 1. In this episode Joe is gleefully chowing down on tasty knowledge nuggets. Jaymee is reveling in what seems like it could be another successful bit of theorycrafting. And Dac is just happy to see Marsh and TenSoon again. Check out a very upbeat start to this final book on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

New music for this book is Take it Back - Extended Version by Miracle of Sound

40 - Mistborn: The Well of Ascension - Chapters 57, 58, 59 and the Epilogue

The one where we get to the end of the book. We've reached the end of our second book on the show, and everyone has mixed feelings. Well, I say that, one of us has decidedly unmixed feelings of pure outrage. Find out who on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!

39 - Mistborn: The Well of Ascension - Chapters 53, 54, 55 and 56

Vin returns, and the Sanderlanche rolls along bringing the battle of Luthadel to a conclusion that no one was really expecting, though a couple of our hosts aren't thrilled about how it all went down. We lost some friends. We lost some enemies. We made some enemies into Frenemies. It's a whole thing. Check it out on this week's episode of The Sanderlanche!