Leigh Butler joins us on the podcast. Leigh is doing the popular WoT read-through blog on tor.com, and she shares some of her insights with us. We had a lot of fun and we hope you will enjoy hearing her comments on the series her as much as we enjoyed chatting with her! Join Andrew, Virginia, Amir and Jessie in the fun!
As always, during our discussions we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-
Galad Damodred and Gawyn Trakand are the topic of this episode. Andrew Gelos and Virginia discuss the half-brothers and their relationship to other characters in the Wheel of Time series, especially Rand and Elayne. This is one of a series of discussions of so-called "minor protagonists."
As always, during our discussions we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come ba
The Forsaken Revisited, Part 3. Please join Andrew, Virginia and Jayson as they continue their new discussion of the inimitable villains of he Wheel of Time, the thirteen Forsaken, or as they prefer to call themselves, the Chosen. Part 2 covers Sammael and Semirhage.. As always, we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE W
The Forsaken Revisited, Part 2. Please join Andrew, Virginia and Jessie as they continue their new discussion of the inimitable villains of the Wheel of Time, the thirteen Forsaken, or as they prefer to call themselves, the Chosen.
Part 2 covers Lanfear, Rahvin, Moghedien and Mesaana.
As always, we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts wh
The Forsaken Revisited, Part 1. Please join Andrew, Jayson, Virginia and Jessie as they open a new discussion of the inimitable villains of the Wheel of Time, the thirteen Forsaken, or as they prefer to call themselves, the Chosen.
Part 1 covers Aginor, Be'lal, Ishamael, Asmodean and Graendal.
As always, we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven't finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podc
Seanchan animals - all about the amazing exotic animals the Seanchan use in warfare and in everyday life. Grolm, torm, raken, to'raken, and more. Join 4th Age podcasters Andrew and Virginia as they discuss some of the most fascinating creatures in the Wheel of Time series.
Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL eleven main books in the series as well as the prequel New Spring, so if you haven’t finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want t
Objects of the Power, Part 2 - focusing on ter'angreal and other Power-using and Power-wrought objects.
Join 4th Age podcasters Virginia, Andrew G, Marc, Jessie and Andrew M as they continue their discussion of the many fascinating Objects of the Power.
Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL eleven main books in the series as well as the prequel New Spring, so if you haven’t finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want to come back to this
Brandon Sanderson joins 4th Age podcasters Virginia, Jessie, Andrew and Marc for a very special, extra-length, LIVE interview recorded while Brandon was in Los Angeles for his recent book tour for his newly released Mistborn 3: Hero of Ages. He talks about his work on A Memory of Light and many other aspects of the Wheel of Time and answers many questions presented on behalf of the listeners and ourselves. You'll hear information you can find nowhere else! A fascinating insight into the mind of
Welcome to Episode 43!
Join 4th Age podcasters Andrew and Virginia as they discuss some of the most fascinating characters in the Wheel of Time series, the backbone of Seanchan Imperial power, the Suldam and Damane. We discuss the Seanchan and their most fearsome weapon and how they relate to the main characters in the book, as well as how we think they will affect events in the Last Book.
As an added bonus, Andrew Gelos did a little research and found the song that Robert Jordan had in
Objects of the Power - Part 1
Marc, Morgan, Andrew G and Virginia discuss various Objects of the Power including sa'angreal, angreal, ter'angreal and items created with the One Power such as power-wrought blades and cuendillar. We hope you find it as interesting a topic as we did, and we invite your input on this first of several episodes on the topic.
Welcome to Episode 41!
Our topic this week comes to us via an email request from a listener, Sara. In this installment we are also pleased to welcome Marc to the 4th Age team. He joins Andrew and Virginia to discuss the complex and fascinating character Padan Fain, also known as Ordeith and Mordeth.
Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL the books in the series, so if you haven’t yet finished your first trip through Robert Jordan's fantastic Wheel of Time ser
Welcome to Episode 40!
Join Andrew and Virginia as they begin a series of discussions on some of the more minor but no less notable and fascinating characters in the Wheel of Time.
Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL the books in the series, so if you haven't finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want to come back to this later!
The topic for this episode is the intrepid Illianer smuggler Captain Bayle Domon and the rise and fall of
A special mini-edition on WoT You Should Know - news and events in the Wheel of Time world. In this episode, Andrew G and Virginia bring you up-to-date on the upcoming DragonCon 2008 and JordanCon 2009 conventions, as well as a call for volunteers for podcast editor.
As I am sure you have noticed there have been many big gaps in time and delays in the release of the podcast. We are in dire need of either one person with a lot of time to devote to editing, or several people to share the workload. This is a volunteer position, like all 4th Age team positions.
For those of you who have audio editing skills and the spare time, you can send in a audio sample to podcast@dragonmount.com. For those who can’t send the file via email, you can upload it to a file
Welcome to Episode 38!
Cadsuane Melaidhrin, formidable Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and living legend, is the topic for discussion in this episode, in which Virginia welcomes new podcaster and long-time WoT fan Jessie to the 4th Age team.
It's girl's night out with Cadsuane! Please join us!
Welcome to Episode 37 with the introduction of Morgan Mirabile to the podcast team. We were pleasantly surprised to meet this colorful character, and our discussions on Min were going quite well, but as time went by we discovered something a little odd about Morgan. Listen in to see!
(Note: the download link has been fixed. Sorry for the initial mix up)
Episode 36 is here! Jayson Tremmel, Andrew Miller and Virginia talk at length about the Aiel and various other tangents that relate to them. And some Tangents that don't. We hope you enjoy! Look forward to some new on air personalities in the upcoming episodes we're currently editing.
The Podcast Team
After a bit of a hiatus the 4th Age Podcast is back! In this episode we discuss the Aelfinn and Eelfinn - everyone's favorite Snakes and Foxes.
We're very sorry about the delay, with some new staff and new "behind the scenes" processes we're still getting into the swing of things. Thank you everyone who waited so patiently for this episode and we hope you enjoy!
Hi everyone,
Alas, sometimes "real life" bites us in the butt. As a result, we're going to need to fill some spots on our podcast team. We're looking for on-air personalities and a producer (ie, team leader or somebody to organize the efforts)
We are looking for some fun individuals who can both work with the existing podcast team and bring a new vitality to it.
On-Air personalities should ...
- Love WoT
- Haev good, working knowledge of the book series
- Be up-to-date on WoT n
The podcast team has recorded a special episode to honour and remember Robert Jordan.
Everyone is also invited to call 1-888-333-7690 and participate in our fan feedback project. Call this number and leaving a message about Robert Jordan, his impact on your life, or simple well-wishes for the Rigney family; it will be mixed by the Podcast team and given to Harriet. All Wheel of Time fans are invited to participate.
Please be aware that as of the posting of this, Dragonmount is still unde
We have not forgotten about the podcast! Scheduling conflics and editor conflicts and such. We will be releasing the podcasts on a new schedule. We have two already recorded which were done like 6-7 weeks ago. We're going to start with those. 31 WILL be released shortly, and 32 will be released on a little after that. I will give a further update at the start of episode 31. Email me with any questions!
Join the 4th Age gang, as they discuss everyone's favorite glee man, Thom Merrilin! In today's podcast we are joined by Carrie and Andrew. Jayson and Ben have have been temporarily drafted in to Valan Luca's Travelling show of Magnificent Wonders