Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

Today we're talking about the reading of The Fires of December, the cosmere book coming out in for Nexus 2026, and the Hoid Storybook Crowdfunding Campaign. We are incredibly stoked for the book and we delve right into complex lore topics almost immediately! Full cosmere spoilers are contained within.

This episode we have Shannon (Grey), Jessie (Lady Lameness), Adim (AAKS), Bonnie (Cosmeregirl)!

You can find the reading's text here: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/549/#e17002
If you want Brandon's narration, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQYzdLmvIQ

0:00:00 Introductions
0:01:13 Book Blurb + Hoid's Trevails
0:08:32 The Mystery in the Future
0:18:24 Pitching Lore Questions
0:43:06 Time Travel???
0:57:28 Great Prose
1:00:41 The Name December
1:14:54 Final Factoids
1:15:56 Who's That Cosmere Character

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Welcome to the New Year! We're back with a new full Who's That Cosmere Character episode, and it may just be our most entertaining one yet. Enjoy Ben's deviousness as well as inability to hear or recognize the characters guessed, as well as some incredible guesses from our contestants.

Today we have Ben (Overlord Jebus), Evgeni (Argent), Grace (thegatorgirl), and Ene (AonEne)!

Chapters:
0:00:00 Introductions
0:02:09 Number 1
0:06:06 Number 2
0:07:55 Number 3
0:14:15 Number 4 (Twist!)
0:16:51 Number 5
0:20:37 Number 6
0:26:00 Number 7
0:32:33 Number 8 (Damn you Mehr)
0:39:39 Number 9
0:42:45 Number 10
0:49:49 Number 11
0:59:23 Number 12 (Twist!)
1:07:03 Number 13
1:07:52 Number 14
1:15:36 Number 15
1:23:02 Number 16 (Twist!)
1:24:57 Conclusion

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We're doing our annual State of the Sanderson live Shardcast! We start by talking about Dragonsteel Nexus, and the news there, before getting into the SotS news topics.

This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Ian (Weiry), Evgeni (Argent), Matt (Comatose), and Ene (Aon Ene)!

State of the Sanderson blog: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/blogs/blog/state-of-the-sanderson-2025

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Well, we learned a bunch about the Sleepless in Isles of the Emberdark, so it's time to finally talk about them in detail. We talk about them on Roshar (with a long digression on the Dawnshard), as well as them in space age, and we end talking about the Grand Apparatus.

Our cast for this episode is Eric (Chaos), David (Windrunner), Grace (thegatorgirl), Bonnie (Cosmeregirl), and Adim (AAKS)!

Thumbnail for this episode is Nikli, by Shuravf: https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:Nikli_by_Shuravf.jpg

0:00:00 Introductions
0:02:16 Lost Metal leatherbound
0:08:44 Fandom history on the Sleepless
0:16:17 Physiology
0:31:41 Origin Conspiracy Theories
0:40:53 Dawnshard stuff
0:55:30 Sleepless on Roshar stuff
1:35:00 Space Age Stuff
1:54:44 The Grand Apparatus
2:30:40 Who's That Cosmere Character

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We are finally back to talk about the lore from the Stormlight RPG Handbook and World Guide! We go through all the Ideals and some odds and ends too.

This episode we have Eric (Chaos), Evgeni (Argent), Adim (AAKS), and Bonnie (Cosmeregirl)!

Our Previous RPG episode: https://youtu.be/ap_zV-5-ZGk?si=VOIFmDuxVIsl3Sjw
Halloween Livestream (about the Elantris sequels): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkyVNtUNwXU

Thumbnail by Gal Or: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/1lf29s1/radiants_of_urithiru_by_gal_or/

0:00:00 Introductions and Show & Tell
0:11:15 News: No More Elantris Sequels!? (Okay, not really)
0:21:40 RPG Lore
0:26:45 What Did We Learn?
0:30:43 Windrunners
0:35:56 Skybreakers
0:37:19 Dustbringers
0:48:36 Edgedancers
0:59:36 Truthwatchers
1:05:23 Lightweavers
1:12:21 Elsecallers
1:18:17 Willshapers
1:25:37 Stonewards
1:36:11 Bondsmiths
1:38:39 Other Lore Stuffs
2:17:37 Who's That Cosmere Character

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Want to learn more about the cosmere and more? The Coppermind Wiki is where it's at: https://coppermind.net
Read all Words of Brandon on Arcanum: https://wob.coppermind.net
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