Everybody Hates Rand: A Wheel Of Time Podcast
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 228:15:22
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Synopsis
Just two hyper-critical English majors talking some pretty big game about The Wheel of Time. Co-hosts Emily and Sally gather around their kitchen table each week to serve you up a full fantasy feast of oft-misremembered summary, hot analysis, scraps of literary theory, and a whole lot of hating Rand.
Episodes
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Episode 232: Feel Bad? Just Don't!
05/02/2023 Duration: 43minCh. 24–25 bring us back to Egg, which means we're Deconstructing the Girlboss. We're also talking about WoT's Preservation of the Status Quo, a Haunted Bog Full of Perrin, Elaida's Laser Brain, and RJ's latest Hate Crime against Talmanes.
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Episode 231: Greg McKraken III
30/01/2023 Duration: 44minCh. 22–23 deal with some heavy topics! Be prepared for discussions of mass suicide. We'll also talk about RJ's overall project of an apocalyptic narrative and how, believe it or not, Supernatural did it better.
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Episode 230: Who Sent the Trollocs??
23/01/2023 Duration: 43minThis question and more will NOT be answered in our discussion of ch. 20-21. Instead, we'll talk about Nynaeve's Fey Trickery, Lan's "Mental Health" Regression, Demandred's Perfect World, and Cadsuane's Ineffective Parenting. Transcript
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Episode 229: Tee Hee, Women Are Mean
16/01/2023 Duration: 45minIn ch. 18–19, we talk about how Dragons are Cats and Griffins are Dogs, Improv Game of Thrones, Newton's Fourth Law, how Rand Is a Victim of Prophecy, Two Salts, and how Sally Saved Someone's Marriage.
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Episode 228: Samwil Kill God
09/01/2023 Duration: 42minWe're getting academic with ch. 15-17, talking about Point of View Exhaustion, Robert Jordan's repeated Violations of Game Mechanics, and how this whole thing is beginning to feel like Season 13 of Supernatural. Transcript
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Episode 227: A Billion Bees and Four Feral Raccoons
02/01/2023 Duration: 39minDiscussion topics from ch. 12-14 include: RJ Peppering in Some Plagues, Spell of No Blood, Let Bygones Be Guybons, our Beef with the Trolley Problem, and Elayne Girlbossing Too Close to the Sun. Transcript
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Episode 226: Snakez in the House
19/12/2022 Duration: 44minCh. 10-11 are over, but Valan Luca's romance with the Dark One is eternal. Other topics include: the Sexual Dynamics of the 'Finn, Bard Powers, how Memory Is Finite, Endorsement vs. Interrogation, and Mat Cauthon: Noted Law Keeper.
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Episode 225: Brett the Aelfinn
12/12/2022 Duration: 44minCh. 8–9 of Knife of Dreams are NSFT (Not Safe for Telepathy). We'll be talking about RJ's tendency to use Quantity Over Quality, Dragon Cloaca, and the Drudgery of Socks. Plus, the EHR canon expands with Larry the Trolloc's new love interest!
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Episode 224: Zorse
05/12/2022 Duration: 44minSince ch. 6-7 include an infamous Spanking Scene, we mostly talk about zebras and goats in this one. Topics include: Zebras Are Worse Horses, Howdy Hats, Visit a Goat-Infested Island, and Teslyn Joining the A-Team. Transcript
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Episode 223: The Santa Gene
28/11/2022 Duration: 36minIn our somewhat brief coverage of ch. 4-5, we talk about the Himbo to Santa Pipeline, Aram's Cult Membership Record, Yet Another Permission Slip, Casting Sevanna, and how Emily Is a Guest in Her Own Home.
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Episode 222: Forsaken, LLC
21/11/2022 Duration: 40minAfter a week to recuperate, we're back with the first three chapters of Knife of Dreams! These chapters include Net Zero Pacing Points, Neverending Foreplay, Prison Tent, and Graendal's Christmas Newsletter.
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Episode 221: There's a Gas Leak in Perrin's Subplot
07/11/2022 Duration: 41minIn this episode, we finish detailing Robert Jordan's prologue crimes and discuss Alviarin's Eviction, Neald's Magic Holes, A Million Alyses/Aliases, Principal Silviana, and how We All Have the Same 24 Hours.
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Episode 220: What, Like It's Hard?
31/10/2022 Duration: 41minWelcome to Knife of Dreams! As we discuss the first half of the prologue, we talk about Darrell K. Sweet's Arm Zone, Compatible Stabbing, Galad's CTR Ring, RJ's Crime Scale, Efficient Evil, and Pevera Should Have a Gun. Transcript
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Episode 219: Gawyn Trakand: Mall Cop
17/10/2022 Duration: 45minIt's the twilight of Crossroads of Twilight! As we finish book 10 and season 9, we talk about Opium and Lord Byron, Chickens Unionizing, Egg's Cotton Candy Vape, Bode's Daring Tar Valon Escape, and the arrival of our Brando Period. Transcript
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Episode 218: Beeping Up with the Basheres
10/10/2022 Duration: 46minThe crevasse just gets deeper in ch. 28-29, straight to hell. We talk about Robert Jordan's false narrative promises, restorative vs. practical justice, and the fallacy of equality in Mat's courtship of Tuon.
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Episode 217: Hey, Ear Guy?
03/10/2022 Duration: 47minWe're headed into the crevasse: ch. 25-27. We talk about Neald's Showmanship, Upsetting Setting, Moralizing Bad Hygiene, All Shoulder Devils, Terminal Uniqueness, and Tallanvor's Emotional Journey Beard.
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Episode 216: Queue Fast Queue Furious
26/09/2022 Duration: 49minWe're back with Rand in ch. 23-24, and as usual he's making bad decisions. We talk about Matchmaking, It 2: The Queue, World Conquering To-Do Lists, Diplomatic Ouchies, and the Late Late Night Show with Mazrim Taim. Transcript
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Episode 215: Barf Phase
19/09/2022 Duration: 38minChapters 20-22 have some prime examples of Robert Jordan's worst writing, including the torture of women, transphobia, and a whole lot of miscommunication. Plus his favorite way to characterize bad guys: as incompetent middle managers.
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Episode 214: Chess with LeBron James
12/09/2022 Duration: 44minWe kick off this episode with some signature EHR Anti-Monarchial Vitriol, then actually talk about ch. 18-19, with discussions about Lore as Gate-Keeping, The Dangers of Feminism, Olver's Pony Express, and Vulture Culture.
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Episode 213: Hate to Agree with Gareth Bryne
05/09/2022 Duration: 45minWe really, really do. Ch. 16-17 are all about Egg, who we haven't talked about in a while! We discuss her Intellectual Theft, Manufactured Incompetence, Delana (Whomst We Hate), and how maybe Egg should just ... Let Siuan Do Murder. Transcript