The Winds of Time: A Wheel of Time Readthrough Podcast

An Exclusively Canadian Thing | The Great Hunt, Chapters 10-13

In which our heroes get a restful night's sleep.
Mike calls out Steven Erikson on his naming bullshit
Amal is caught unawares
James doesn’t know Shakespeare.
Isaiah prepares ye the way of the Malazan
And absolutely nobody makes note of the fact that this is the twentieth episode.

The Knock-Up Man | The Great Hunt, Chapters 7-9

In which our heroes set off on a sizeable chase
Mike subjects everyone to family dynamics.
Amal opens the Robert Jordan Stock Phrases can of worms and spills it all over the podcast.
James drills down on everyone’s ages, again.
Isaiah subconsciously ships Rand and Nynaeve.
And everybody sucks at doing accents

Your Mother is a Thumb | The Great Hunt, Chapters 4-6

In which our heroes make mistakes
Mike draws parallels to geopolitical conflicts.Amal has nothing but disdain for Ba’alzamon.James snubs his wife on their anniversary.Isaiah is disgusted.And for the first time in the podcast’s history, nobody makes a Tolkien or Harry Potter reference.
 

We're Laughing Because of You | The Great Hunt, Prologue-Chapter 3

In which our hero runs around like a chicken with his head cut off.
Mike is forced to defend Shakespeare’s honorAmal’s fury outburns Ba’alzamon’s.James, for all of the reading he has done, does not recognize one of the most FAMOUS AND IMPORTANT LITERARY DEVICES OF ALL TIMEIsaiah would be more evilAnd nobody knows what [Spoiler] knows.

Too Much Swords 0/10 | The Eye of the World Full Book Discussion

Mike loses his mind editing.Amal and Isaiah team up to craft a theory.James dips out to go to a weddingIsaiah is sick of the swordsAnd everybody  is excited to start the second book.

The Real Dark One Was the Forsaken We Met Along the Way | The Eye of the World, Finale

In which our heroes go there and back again.
Mike RAFOs everyone and everything forever and ever world without end, amen.
Amal runs with a theory in exactly the wrong direction
James demands answers
Isaiah does a dramatic reenactment
And everybody gets to have their first experience with the Big White Book of Bad Art
The Horn of Valere: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wot/images/8/85/Horn_of_Valere.JPG
The Fisher-Price Toys-R-Us lookin’ piece of shit: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wot-prime/images/4/4d/Horn_of_Valere_infobox.jpg
Thom Merrilin: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wot/images/e/e7/Thom_Merrilin.JPG
Egwene al’Vere: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wot/images/6/64/Egwene_al'Vere.JPG
Galad: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wot/images/b/bb/Galadedrid.JPG
The White Tower: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wot/images/b/ba/White_Tower.JPG
 

Bill Pullman's a Fade | The Eye of the World, Chapters 46-48

In which our heroes hear stories
Mike gets reductive about Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons (yes, I had to look that up because Ice and Fire is BORING and I DNFed halfway through the first book).Amal is original styleJames tries to explain sportsIsaiah leaves out a VERY important wordAnd everybody gets in-depth about the show

GOODbye... That's It | The Eye of the World, Chapters 43-45

In which our ways take a lovely constitutional through a horrific miasma of darkness and soul sucking wind.
Mike puts an end to the funny funny colloquialismAmal gets needlessly nihilisticJames reads into and overthinks things too muchIsaiah steals the Tolkien reference from JamesAnd everybody, once again, takes a Spontaneous Last Minute Digressionary Interlude

Galad is a b-tch | The Eye of the World, Chapters 39-42

In which our heroes are reunited, and it feels so good.
 
Mike stomps down on a theory before it gets profligately out of handAmal refuses to suspend her disbeliefJames learns some new stuffIsaiah fails to make the jokeEverybody fixates on an ultimately unimportant plot hole, and just… GOD I hope you all like “The Girl from Ipanema”.

Very Much Not Plot Armor | The Eye of the World, Chapters 35-38

In which our heroes reach their various destinations
Mike once again completely forgets about IsaiahAmal frees us from the torment of the Three-Pronged LeafJames just… really loves his Tolkien, doesn’t he?Isaiah is annoyed by the chapter iconsand everyone is getting sent to The Hague for the actual legitimate criminal crime of not laughing at one of the funniest jokes ever told.