An examination of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, one page at a time.
The Pagers sign off (for the time being) with a personal retrospective of how this project has changed their lives. We also take questions from the listeners who joined us for the live stream, read the final mail from the Mailbag, and let everyone know what's coming next. Outro music: Since You Been Gone by Rainbow
It's the end. We scramble to have the last word. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri rests atop the roofs, waiting for her friend. We talk about what Nate Taylor's illustration process might be, the odd perspective in the picture, and what the illustration does with time. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri thinks of what she'll do for Kvothe. We talk about the sinister turn these thoughts might be taking, uncover what might be a new crackpot theory, and question what Auri's knowledge of the Ciridae might mean. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Inspired by an action figure, Auri goes to put her face on. We ship an all-time bad episode as we fail to remember anything about the proceeding books and try to talk about what Kvothe thinks of Auris' gifts, who else Auri hangs with, the real-world history of cosmetics, and where Auri goes to poop. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Page 145: Sorrel To Bother You by Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
Vi and Dane have a tense discussion. As we move into the second act, we talk about how Dane sucks, the anticipation we've all been feeling about this moment, and how important it is for your protagonist to not always have a perfect plan for everything. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri discourses on her knowledge of the true nature of things. We talk about how magical this page feels, and on the precise nature of that magic (despite technology crapping out!). We also talk about clever wordplay, and the relationships between different kinds of science and different kinds of magic. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri debates doing something drastic to get this candle made. We open with our most sizzling open of all time, before discussing the nature of the moon as it relates to alchemy, how Rothfuss tantalizes us with the details (and lack thereof) of alchemy, and what Auri's relationship with Mandrag can tell us about the timeline of events. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri assembles a series of perfect ingredients for her craft. We talk about how Auri seems to be the only one who gets Kvothe, how Auri seems to be ok doing things for something else, and the terror of the Tiger Bomb. pageofthewind.com If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri does the worst thing imaginable: some math. We talk about the eponymous “wickless”, the out-of-order illustrations, and learn an awful lot about the properties of laurel fruit. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
We get a detailed inventory of what's in Boundary. We talk about how Auri perceives her old lab, what a circtangular shape might be, why Auri's lab would be so remote, and waste a fair bit of time talking about Severance. Recommended in this episode: Over the Moon https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7488208/ Song of the Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCvR5YBcpR8 @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
End of Book Livestream Announcement! by Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
Auri heads back to Boundary. We talk about applying unguents, the origin of the Bunsen Burner, the mysterious story behind the mysterious lab, and some of the fantastical anachronisms we've encountered in the read. Recommended: Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri decides to make Kvothe a candle. We talk about laurels, Jeremy learns a crazy fact about olives (nature's most delicious fruit), and the rule of threes being acknowledged in the story. Also, rest assured that Nick will be severely punished for juggling his microphone throughout the episode. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri sets the room up for Kvothe to stay, should he need. We talk about the illustrated book of secrets, how this page foreshadows something that MUST pay off in Doors of Stone, and then we dispense some more unforgettable makeout advice. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri starts to resolve some long-simmering problems in her environment - but to what end? We talk about the logic Auri is using to justify the choices and actions she takes on this page, the promise of sleepovers, and how we used to be a proper country. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri begins to set her whole environment to rights, placing the threes where they must go. We talk about the weight of secrets, tantalization, and deliver a very special message to you, the listener. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri figures out everything and realises she's made a scheduling error. We continue to bang as we talk about Auri's Jordana logic, assess the strange scheduling communication from Wise Man's Fear, and Jordana enters the mind palace in order to determine when Book 3 will arrive. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri laments her mistake… or does she?. We finish our talk about modern film trailers before talking about numerology, the significance of the moon's appearance, and Auri's instinct to blame herself. Content warning: at about 10:30 we discuss the page's implied sexual assault. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Jordana is back as Auri's mind wanders and she takes a bad fall. Jordana clears up her whereabouts while we talk about the Parable of the Monk's Cup, the wider strategy of making us care about a character before destroying them, Fulcrum's characterisation of having jumped away from Auri, and come up with a new theory about when poetry shows up in the prose. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri travels to the city-covered planet that forms the core of the Galactic Empire, known also as Imperial Center. We talk about the real-life definition of the planet's name, the dread of calamity since we know what's coming next, and complain about bathroom attendants in fancy washrooms. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri wracks her brain trying to decide what to give to Kvothe when he visits, then takes Fulcrum on a walk. We talk about what Jordana might be up to, why Auri considers a bottle for Kvothe, and recite the rhymes on the page. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri continues to wend her way. We are baffled by the strange disappearance of Jordana, who failed to arrive at the appointed recording time. We look for clues, list the suspects, and throw wild accusations. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri discovers a shaft up to the surface world. We talk about similarities between this scene and the movie Us, the unreliability of memory when it comes to what's important in a work of fiction, and the importance of Hansel and Gretel. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Page 127: A Pleasure to Have in Class, Innit? by Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
Auri eats some pretty mid pea soup. We talk about the phrase “to a tee”, the wordplay in how Auri names things in the underthing, and give Jordana some advice.
Auri tries to decide what to do with her most perfect soap. We talk about why it's kissing soap, hunger pangs, and Jordana puts forth the theory of the Costco Effect. Apologies that this went out a bit late - that's what happens when you try to coordinate podcast releases across international waters! @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri gets some peas. Nick enters a new phase, we emphatically *don't* speculate about Auri's deep dark fears, and husbanding peas. Apologies that this went out a bit late - that's what happens when you try to coordinate podcast releases across international waters! @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Page 123: Hot Tub Temerant Machine Auri wakes up in a good mood. We discuss the meaning of a waxing day, our disenchantment with Matt Groening's Disenchantment, and we debate the finer points of Auri's worldview - why is it okay to wake up late sometimes? Finally, Jordana comes up with a good business idea. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
[Experience Oneness.] @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri ends her day with a spring in her step. We talk about the return of music and the long shadow of blood in cream. Jordana puts forth a cracked pot, and you get a sweet, brief taste of dulcet tones. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri carves up a block of perfect soap. We talk about the use of iambs, iambic meter, and rhyme on the page, the sinister nature of blood in fresh cream, and why ⅔ of this podcast think and hope that Auri's ultimate fate is, and must be, tragic. Which ⅓ dissents? Tune in to find out! @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Page 119: Are the Vibes Off? NOTE: We apologize for any audio glitches - they were present in the recording. Please be advised we have docked Jordana's pay accordingly. Auri nears the completion of her project! We talk about how Auri's mood may have a tangible effect on the world, the fun of visual wordplay, and the phenomenon of naming characters before the narrator learns their name. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri's problems are all solved! Forever!. We talk about a peculiar compound word, the way the illustration makes the gear seem illuminated (illuminating?), and make a deep religious connection that might be a new addition to the Kingkiller canon. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
The Brazen Gear seems to be just the thing to help poor Auri. We talk about the origins of Widdershins, the feeling of magic, and Jordana joins the ranks of the punmakers. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg
Is a panic attack in the offering for Auri? We talk about how the prose evokes a particular feeling, how short a sentence can be, what has been foreshadowed in prior chapters, and how we prefer our long pig prepared. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Things are just going completely wrong for poor Auri - and, she knows. We talk about the state of Auri's auspicious hands, a healthy persons' relationship to podcasting, and what Auri can teach us about how to handle some of the more difficult realities we face. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri has to dispose of something red and full of screaming. We talk about what might be signified by red and full of screaming, and what we can learn of Auri's past. We also learn about the objective truth of colour. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri discovers something dark in her doings. We discuss iambic pentameter, the smell of selas, and the horror of something full of screaming. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
We talk about squeezing the sack. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri talks smack about the state of her soap. We talk about Auri's desire for pleasant things despite her whole deal, our own relationship with luxury, and what - and why - Auri wants to smell like. Recommended in this episode: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri excitedly begins to work on her new soap. We talk about what we can learn about real-life soapmaking, Jordana defends her height, and we yearn for freedom under a glorious new world power. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri does some soothing ASMR activities and discovers something very angry. We abdicate our responsibilities by forgetting key details, talk about technical alchemy, talk about woo and woo-woo, and undertake disciplinary action against a podcast criminal. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Apologies for the late upload on this one, listeners. Rest assured, the interns of Omethi manner are being punished in an appropriately gruesome fashion.
Auri employs honey in her bid to draw the anger out of the suet. We talk about why honey, the hard edges of the image, and Jordana gives you, the listener, an inch. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Page 107: Mad Suet Auri must draw out the anger in her suet. We talk about recipes for making things in fiction, what made the suet full of anger (we are way off base), and Nick gets Zen. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri considers what to put in her soap. We talk about how much conscious desire is involved on Auri's part when deciding how she wants the soap (and her) to smell, we talk about the sexiness of being apetalous, and conclude our debate in a respectful manner. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri wrestles with a stubborn soap ingredient. We discuss the origin of booze, which somehow turns into an origin of “Boo!”, which somehow turns into an origin of Jeremy. What does this have to do with the page? Tune in to find out! (Also, listeners, back me up: "Wouldn't say boo to a goose" is a common and well-known turn of phrase, right??? @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri scrounges up a few more ingredients and does some more cooking, and cracking, and grinding. We talk about how this is the beginning of the third act of the book, how nice it is to see Auri eat, and why it might have been a mistake to teach rocks how to think. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!
Auri takes a taste of the nutmeg. We talk about a Belgian municipality in West Flanders, discuss what we want to smell like, and Jordana reveals more of her traumatic childhood. @pageofthewind pageofthewind.com Join the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg If you like the show, tell a friend!