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What do you get when you combine two best friends and a beautiful, snarky, compelling, and complex high fantasy mega-series? The Cosmerekats. Join us as we chat about the good, the great, and the awkward of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere series starting with Warbreaker, AKA Homeschoolers in the Big C…

Chris, Rose, Wit the meerkat


    • May 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 29m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


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    Mistborn Epilogue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 19:58


    We have reached the end of the Final Empire in more ways than one. In this episode, we debrief the twists and turns from the whole novel and look forward to where the series is headed.

    Mistborn 38

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2022 18:47


    We reach the end, but there are still twists!

    Mistborn 37

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 21:48


    Dockson gets to be the hero now. Thanks Kelsier for leaving another mess!

    Mistborn 36

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 19:35


    Vin has a mission and she is ready to face whatever comes. Also, our world of Allomancy is growing even bigger here at the end of the book.

    Mistborn 35

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 26:41


    In this episode, Vin finds her purpose and her courage to face it.

    Mistborn 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 21:25


    The black moment is upon us and never has an f-bomb felt more appropriate.

    Mistborn 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022 23:48


    In this week's rabbit trail, Marvel v Mistborn fantasy grudge match: Scarlet Witch v Kelsier?

    Mistborn 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 21:13


    The story takes a dark turn on the path toward the Sanderlanche, and we get another glimpse into Kelsier's love for his brother, Marsh.

    Mistborn 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 26:32


    Vin lays down some truth to Kelsier - both hard truths about his attitude and kind truths about his past.

    Mistborn 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2021 30:10


    In this chapter, Vin shows herself to be the super hero she is when all hell breaks loose. 

    Mistborn 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 27:05


    Vin takes a deep breath and assesses her future - something she never quite believed she would get. We discuss how living life in survival mode has distorted her concept of luck, hope, and expectation.

    Mistborn 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 24:06


    Between Straff Venture's brutal truths, Vin's lies, and Elend's blissful naiveté, this chapter digs into the question of what it means to be an honest person.

    Mistborn 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 29:49


    In this episode Kelsier, once again proves himself to be a terrible therapist.

    Mistborn 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 22:14


    The Lord Ruler's casual cruelty is on full display in this chapter, giving our favorite thieving crew a cold dose of reality. They are once again forced to decide if they are willing to risk everything to take down the Final Empire.

    Mistborn 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2021 20:40


    Between a really long run and the horrors of war, Vin and Kelsier move past the mentor/apprentice relationship and into equality.

    Mistborn 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 24:05


    This chapter gives us a little calm before the Sanderstorm.

    Mistborn 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 28:13


    Once again we say, Elend Venture, your privilege is showing. Also in this chapter, Vin is back to navigating the young love, court politics, and systemic oppression.

    Mistborn 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021 24:49


    This chapter is all about young love and hard facts.

    Mistborn 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 19:51


    In this episode Kelsier flexes his allomancy all over the place, but this time his goal is to encourage and inspire the troops.

    Mistborn 20

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 25:28


    In this chapter, Vin and Marsh bond over allomancy and brothers -- as much as anyone can bond with Marsh.

    Mistborn 19

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 22:48


    In this episode, Kelsier gets sneaking tips from Hoid, we meet Elend's jackass of a father, and we, hosts, go on a long, winding tangent about D&D alignments. As one does...

    Mistborn 18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 25:27


    She wore the red dress. This chapter hits some hight points including Vin's rom-com flirtation with Elend and her mean-girls face-off with Shan.

    Mistborn 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 23:16


    In this somewhat expositional chapter, Vin admires pretty things, Kelsier continues to learn he has to give more than one damn at a time, and Sanderson plays with the superhero mythos.

    Mistborn 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 24:13


    In this episode, characters are in recovery mode, and we take a little look into Spook's origins.

    Mistborn 14 & 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 31:25


    Fight scene! Vin engages in her first face-to-face battle with a Steel Inquisitor, and she learns from that experience that she is way out-gunned. Then, Kelsier learns from experience that he doesn't just get a pass whenever he does something Cosmerically stupid.

    Mistborn 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 20:37


    In this bridge chapter, we get to see even more of Vin's epic stubbornness in the face of Kelsier's control freak nature.

    Mistborn 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 22:45


    It's Vin's first ball - Let the cutest of all meet-cutes begin!

    Mistborn 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 19:16


    In this chapter, we get a deeper look into how Vin, Kelsier, and Sazed each weigh empathy with practicality in the face of a bloodbath.

    Mistborn 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 27:40


    Aside from discussing Breeze being an ass, we run off on a lovely tangent about the tactical uses of Luthadel fashion.

    Mistborn 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 29:19


    In this episode, we get more fun with Sazed. There might be some fangirling over him. Also, Kelsier appears to have a BIT of a god complex...

    Mistborn 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 20:02


    In this chapter, we get a first glimpse into the friendship that Vin and Sazed are going to forge.

    Mistborn 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 24:42


    In this chapter, Kelsier puts on his teacher hat and we get a lesson in allomantic physics!

    Mistborn 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2021 20:25


    In this chapter, Kelsier gleefully leads the brainstorming session of all brainstorming sessions. He only needs multi-colored post-it notes and he'd be golden.

    Mistborn 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 24:05


    Drama llama Kelsier shows why his reputation is not overblown in this, our first real allomantic fight scene.

    Mistborn 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 24:34


    Kelsier, the man, the myth, the drama llama. In this episode, we meet the rest of the crew and Kelsier explains his ideas for taking down the Final Empire and the Lord Ruler.

    Mistborn 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 23:30


    We dig into the oh so fun(?) topic of Vin's complex PTSD, and Kelsier's deft care for her in that head space.

    Mistborn 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 25:27


    This episode gets a bit (a lot) sociological as we discuss the ways cultures enforce social stratification.

    Mistborn 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 21:44


    We've entered the Luthadel underbelly and get to meet Vin in all her bad ass, paranoid, complex PTSD glory.

    Mistborn Prologue

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 22:23


    Welcome to season 2! In this first episode of our Mistborn: The Final Empire read along, we get a feel for our new dusty planet, Scadrial, and meet the ever-grinning, oh, so enigmatic Kelsier.

    Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 41:46


    Shades, silver, and bandits, oh my! In this special episode, Chris and Rose dig into Sanderson's fun and creepy Cosmere novella, Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell, which can be found in Arcanum Unbounded. The

    Warbreaker 57-Epilogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 36:27


    We wrap up our first Cosmere book with a lot of gushing over how far the characters have come since that first episode. We hope you enjoyed the ride as much as we did and we'll see you in Season 2 when we dig into book 1 of the Mistborn series.

    Warbreaker 54-56

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 40:24


    In this penultimate episode of our Warbreaker read-through, Siri faces betrayal, Larimar confesses the truth about Lightsong's death, Vasher and Nightblood destroy a lot of evil, and Vivenna finally claims a place for herself in the halls of epic bad-assery.

    Warbreaker 52 & 53

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 40:17


    As we continue the Sanderslide, we run down Sandertangents about a few Sanderthemes and gush over the Sanderskill for writing.

    Warbreaker 50-51

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 36:54


    Welcome to the Sanderslide - ambushes, imprisonments, half-hearted flirting! And in the middle of so much action, we get a nice glimpse into Vasher and Nightblood's backstory as well as the nature of Cosmeric morality.

    Warbreaker 47-49

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 44:58


    This week is packed with characters stepping up to take responsibility for their futures and their mistakes. Also, the Cosmere's lack of therapists sends Chris and Rose into a rant-session on trauma processing.

    Warbreaker 44-46

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 42:09


    In this episode, Siri and Susi finally get sexy, Vasher goes into lecture mode, and Rose and Chris tackle the biggest question of all: Is Vivenna a Ravenclaw or a Slytherin?

    Warbreaker 42 & 43

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 32:11


    More delicious realmatic theory comes into play while we watch Lightsong try one more time to push his responsibility onto someone else, and Vivenna faces down her biggest paradigm shift, yet.

    Warbreaker 39-41

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 38:06


    In these chapters, Vivenna survives moment to moment through fear, illness, and starvation, while Siri flexes her political muscles against Treledees.

    Warbreaker 36-38

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 30:21


    Siri and Susi flirt, while Vivenna hits an even deeper rock bottom, and Lightsong figures out a bit more of who he is. In our f-bomb moment, Rose dreams a fairytale of wielding Nightblood against abusers.

    Warbreaker 35 & F-Bombs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 45:11


    In this special episode we dig into the nasty techniques emotional abusers use to control their victims. It goes dark, so we removed our standard f-bombing limits and let them fly. We end by celebrating the true badassery of survivors who escape abusive brainwashing and move toward freedom and wholeness.

    Warbreaker 33 & 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 36:36


    This weeks chapters are all about the girls. Vivenna has yet another identity crisis (that's kinda her thing) and Blushweaver projects her insecurities onto the newest Disney Princess, Siri.

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