Ars Arcanum

S2E8 - The Final Empire Ch. 26-38: The Rest of the Book

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 15:03:30 -0000

We're back to close out the first Mistborn book! We recorded this a week or two ago but that's just how busy we've been, unfortunately. Still a good episode, though, so we hope you enjoy!

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Next time we will be reading [CHAPTERS]

The Book of Three

Thu, 25 May 2023 13:00:00 -0000

In which we talk about Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three, the first in The Chronicles of Prydain. It's a great book and a great conversation that gets pretty far afield.

We'll be back later in May to talk about Mistborn: The Final Empire, which $1 patrons will get a week early as usual. Then, schedules permitting, in June we will have episodes on the next book in Mistborn and Prydain: The Well of Ascension and The Black Cauldron respectively. That Black Cauldron episode will be exclusive to our $5 patrons, so be sure to subscribe to hear that!

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Music in this episode was "Skye Cuillin" courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/incompetech) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:25:16 -0000

In this episode, we talk about Book 2 of Brandon's secret projects, The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Surviving Medieval England. We found it to be a real mixed bag, but despite having a lot of objections are more or less warm on it. What a ringing endorsement that is haha.

We will be back with one more April (hopefully) episode about The Book of Three, the first book Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. After that we are penciled in for a May (hopefully) episode where we will talk about all of The Final Empire! We are going to transition out of chapter by chapter reads of these books and into covering them as a whole. I am looking forward to capping that off and moving onward to the rest of the Cosmere, as well as the other Secret Project books and other fantasy series!

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Tress of the Emerald Sea

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:01:00 -0000

We're back! The year of Brandon has begun and we had no choice but to talk to you about the first book of this kickstarter, which we really enjoyed. Here's hoping the rest are as good as this.

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S2E7 - The Final Empire Ch. 21-25: The Part With The Sexual Assault

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 23:03:37 -0000

We're back! We get...a lot to talk about this time. Some sexual assault/murder, a lot of weird race science shit, and a ball! We also talk about Brandon starting beef with G.R.R. Martin over Elden Ring.

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Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod

Next time we will be reading more chapters of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

S2E6 - The Final Empire Ch. 16-20: Sazed Threepio, Human Cyborg Relations

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:46:00 -0000

We're back! Autumn couldn't make it this week but rest assured there's plenty for us to talk about without them. What a chunk of book, huh? It's got everything. There's just too much to summarize, from the Terris "breeding programs" to Vin's childhood trauma to another allomancy tutorial. It's a good time, even if some of Brandon's choices are...questionable.

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Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod

Next time we will be reading more chapters of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

S2E5 - The Final Empire Ch. 12-15: Kelsier's A Fuckup

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:00:00 -0000

Howdy! This episode had a bunch of weird technical problems, so let me kno wif there's any remaining weirdness! Anyway, we learn a lot this week. We see the future with the help of the Ninth Metal, Atium, then have a real fuckup of a heist as Kelsier nearly leads a 16 year old girl to her death. What a father!

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Next time we will be reading chapters 16-18 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

S2E4 - The Final Empire Ch. 9-11: Rusty Venture, Victorian Gentleman

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:38:00 -0000

We're back! And we moved! This week we are coming at you from Chicago with a whole host of book talk (it's been a little extra time since the last one and we've been busy) then we dive into a somewhat lukewarm set of chapters! We talk about religion more than Brandon seems to want to, complain about his naming conventions, and ponder the Euthyphro dilemma!

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Next time we will be reading chapters 12-14 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

S2E3 - The Final Empire Ch. 3-5: I Wanted Forcemasc Vin

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:21:04 -0000

Hiya! This one is coming at you a bit late because of our move but rest assured the next episode is already in the can. This time around we talked about the introduction of the Terrismen, a quick rundown of the eight basic metals, and mistwraiths! They're just weird guys!

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Next time we will be reading chapters 9-11 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

Is Sherlock Holmes Science Fiction?

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:00 -0000

Autumn got home from work and was very tired so we just neglected to talk about Brandon Sanderson and instead just talked about what else we had been reading. And then.................... that ran for two hours lol. It's a very good episode where we talk about a LOT of different things, I hope you all enjoy it! Back in two weeks with hopefully a more normal episode.

Oh also, if you care, I shit talked The Lies of Locke Lamora a bunch in this episode but then I read the rest of it between then and uploading this episode tonight and actually that book rules. Really good book.

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Next time we will be reading 5-8 of Mistborn: The Final Empire

S2E2 - The Final Empire Ch. 3-5: One Of The More Powerful Varieties Of Wife Guy

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 03:43:57 -0000

We're baaack! And recording from abroad! So if we sound different that's why. This time around we get to learn more about Allomancy and Kelsier, as well as see Brandon do his best to write about the fear of abuse from the perspective of a teenage girl. Why the FUCK is Kelsier barefoot?

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Next time we will be reading chapters 6-8 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

S2E1 - The Final Empire Prologue + Ch. 1-2: Dakhor Monks? BORING.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:12:34 -0000

Don't tell anyone this one is late! It's because I quit my job and wasn't paying attention to anything else. So thank you so much, patrons. Hopefully the big move goes smoothly.

Anyway we finally begin Mistborn: The Final Empire! It's a rough start, as we begin with maybe the worst prologue Brandon has written. It's just weird and uncomfortable. But after that we get to hang out with a cool girl with magic powers and the charming criminal who's going to adopt her. Heists!

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Next time we will be reading chapters 3-5 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

S1E23 - The Hope of Elantris: A Waste Of Everyone's Time

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:42:13 -0000

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Next time we will be reading Mistborn: The Final Empire, Prologue & Chapters 1-2!

S1E22 - Elantris Postscript & Annotations: Thanks, Brandon

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:12:16 -0000

Hoo boy. Okay. Well, we did it. We finished Elantris and all its little additional bits. We also read SO many things in the past 2 weeks holy shit. This is a long one for us! Please enjoy our takedown of 2005 Brandon's Inexplicable ego.

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Next time we will be reading the Hope of Elantris!

S1E21 - Elantris Ch. 61-63: Ars Arcanum's Mormon Correspondant

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:00:00 -0000

It's here! We finished the core book. We'll be back in 2 weeks with the bonus material in the Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition of Elantris! Thank you so much to Grace for guesting on the podcast!

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Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod!

Next time we will be reading the deleted Mad Prince scenes and the 10th Anniversary Postscript, and sharing some thoughts about Brandon's Elantris annotations from 2005!

S1E20 - Elantris Ch. 58-60: I Wonder Why This Beggar's Name Is Hyperlinked On The Wiki

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:00:00 -0000

It's getting hot and heavy in Elantris this week! We get a truly bizarre and frantic set of chapters that leave us wishing the rest of the book had this level of energy. We also pitch you on our new Lord of the Rings podcast but get the days wrong. It goes up on Sundays! Anyway, this book is so weird and we're really glad to be on our way out of it. What do you mean "Elantris short story"

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Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod!

Next time we will be reading Chapters 61-63!

S1E19 - Elantris Ch. 55-57: I Just Want There To Be More Room For Cool Things To Happen

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0000

A coronation! The king reclaims his throne! Weird magic? We get ever closer to the endgame as the pages start to run out! We also argue a lot over whether or not Dilaf is an Elantrian. We want emails! Send your emails for the end-of-book mailbag episode to arsarcanumpodcast@gmail.com or exportaudiopodcast@gmail.com as you prefer. We only have 3 episodes left! Plus an additional episode for the sequel short story, but y'know.

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Next time we will be reading Chapters 58-60!

S1E18 - Elantris Ch. 52-54: You Don't Bring The Mayor To An Arrest

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Things are shaking up! But it's kinda hard to care. But hey! At least the secret is finally out! Does Prince Raoden is dead? Find out! Also, what is up with Hrathen. The minute his arc gets a resolution he started getting owned by everyone.

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Next time we will be reading chapters 55-57 of Elantris!

S1E17 - Elantris Ch. 49-51: Both Of These Options Truly Suck

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0000

What is HAPPENING in this book? Brandon hits us with a fake nothing twist, some deeply weird racism, and a just depressingly mediocre Hrathen scene. It's another Ars Arcanum!

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Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod

Next time we will be reading chapters 52-54 of Elantris!

S1E16 - Elantris Ch. 46-48: Hrathen Hates For His Ass To Be Comfortable

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0000

We're back with another action-packed...set of chapters...okay so we aren't. Raoden & Sarene are whiny and in love, Hrathen's butthurt, and Telrii is somehow the smartest guy in the room. It's a rough week in Arelon.

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Next time we will be reading chapters 49-51 of Elantris!

S1E15 - Elantris Ch. 43-45: The Chad Wyrn VS The Virgin Domi

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0000

Things start spinning up in this week's chapters! As Raoden & Sarene have the most pointless drama possible, Hrathen is standing just offscreen collecting Ws and popping the biggest bottles.

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Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod

Next time we will be reading chapters 46-48 of Elantris!

S1E14 - Elantris Ch. 40-42: I'm Sorry I Don't Understand Your Goo Metaphor

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0000

In this episode, we spend some time discussing Helicopter Story by Isabel Fall and the transphobic harassment campaign that was raised up against her after its publication. We want to firmly voice our support for Fall, and our condemnation of the authors and fans responsible for the harassment she has received. If you feel like discussion of these topics might be triggering, we discuss them from about the 29 minute mark to the 50 minute mark, so feel free to jump ahead.

On a lighter note, Elantris is as always a terrible book. But at least it has Hrathen. Hrathen alone makes this a better book than anything Patrick Rothfuss has ever written.

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Music on this episode was To The Horizon by Darren Curtis

Next time we will be reading chapters 43-45 of Elantris!

S1E13 - Elantris ch. 37-39: Sarene Hates The Gay Pope

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0000

Hi folks! Thanks for being patient with this episode as we adjust the schedule.

In this episode, Raoden continues to be Raoden, Sarene is a homophobe, and Hrathen wins. Hrathen always wins.

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Music on this episode was To The Horizon by Darren Curtis

Next time we will be reading chapters 40-42 of Elantris! There may or may not be a skip week as Nora and I are on vacation. Or maybe we'll do one from Dallas, who knows!

S1E12 - Elantris ch. 34-36: ah-RAY-Lone? Screw this

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:12:53 -0000

Content warning for this episode! A character commits suicide and other characters casually joke about it. It's bad. Also the running joke about marital rape rears its head.

We change our mind. Raoden IS a colonizer. In the Sarene chapter, Raoden gets bored and offs a character as soon as he becomes interesting. And of course Hrathen is an absolute king. Just walking around doing king shit all the time.

Also we find... a dark secret hidden on Brandon's website and plan a patron bonus episode once we finish this book. So look forward to that at the end of the episode...

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Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod

Next time we will be reading chapters 37-39 of Elantris! We feel so close to the finish line and yet so far.

S1E11 - Elantris ch. 31-33: CSI Dilaf

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:00:00 -0000

Raoden is the most detestable protagonist in all of fiction. I loathe him. I despise him. I hate him so much.

On a lighter note: we've decided to go weekly from now until we finish this book! So we will be back in just seven days with more Elantris!

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Next time we will be reading chapters 34-36 of Elantris!

S1E10 - Elantris ch. 28-30: The Fortnite Archive

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Brandon very nearly got one over on us again. He tried to make us say the book is good by giving us a fun Hrathen chapter, but we know the truth! We know Raoden is a jerk and a tyrant, and Sarene chapters are never enjoyable!

Also yknow. We talk about mistborn in fortnite. Did you hear about it? It's mistborn. in fortnite.

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Our music in this episode is To The Horizon by Darren Curtis

Next time, we cross our fingers and hope Hrathen gets more than 1 page, but don't hold your breath as we read chapters 31-33.

S1E9 - Elantris ch. 25-27: Cosmore

Tue, 25 May 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Actually this book is good sorry. (it's really not. there's just one good Hrathen chapter this week. the other two are really... questionable)

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Our music in this episode is To The Horizon by Darren Curtis

Next time we'll start in on Part 2! Join us as we read chapters 28-30!

S1E8 - Elantris ch. 22-24: There's Still Good In Him

Tue, 11 May 2021 11:49:00 -0000

This week on Ars Arcanum, Brandon has the brilliant idea to have two protagonists speak to each other! Hooray! Also Hrathen broods in his armor.

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Our music in this episode is To The Horizon by Darren Curtis

Join us next time as we finish out part one of Elantris by reading chapters 25-27!

S1E7 - Elantris ch. 19-21: Uncle Squad

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Episode Notes

We're back! After a brief hiatus the trio is once again reunited to talk about Elantris, an alleged book by Brandon Sanderson. This time, things happen! Characters do things! The plot is still distant on the horizon, but who knows what might happen next!

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Join us next time as we talk about chapters 22-24 of Elantris!

Music for this episode is Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S1E6 - Elantris ch. 16-18: Forton, a subject of Hrovell

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:49:00 -0000

This week we are joined by Jackson, who had the unenviable task of both filling Tili's shoes while they take a short break and also trying to talk about this book coherently by having only read chapters 16, 17, and 18 of Elantris. If you ask me, they did an amazing job, and this episode is great. Our chapters on the other hand......... not so much. Brandon was truly On Some Bullshit this week and gave us a lot of absolute nonsense to chew on. If you enjoy fantasy authors writing weird justifications for slavery, 1. stop enjoying that and 2. Elantris is the book you're looking for.

You can find Jackson on twitter @headfallsoff and of course all of their podcasts are over on abnormalmapping.com

You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online

You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network!

You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane!

And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month!

Join us next time as we talk about chapters 19-21 of Elantris!

Music for this episode is Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S1E5 - Elantris ch. 13-15: ...And Other Arts

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:41:00 -0000

Elantris is a desert. Please Brandon. Write a better book.

Harrow the Ninth spoilers from 21 minutes to 46 minutes!

You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online

You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network!

You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane!

And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month!

Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod

Join us next time as we talk about chapters 16-18 of Elantris!

S1E4 - Elantris ch. 10-12: Is Raoden a Lelouch?

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:00:00 -0000

We return from brief medical hiatus to get mad about Elantris. Maybe someday this book will be good, but not today. We open on a spoiler-free discussion of Gideon the Ninth—though if you want a spoiler-filled discussion you can listen to episode 103 of Export Audio—and fan fiction. Then in our chapters, Raoden is a jackass, Sarene is an evil girl boss, Hrathen does nothing of note, and Brandon NEEDS to read Capital.

You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online

You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network!

You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane!

And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month!

Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod

Join us next time as we talk about chapters 13-15 of Elantris!

Bonus Ep: Perfect State (2015)

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:17:59 -0000

Episode Notes

Hey there! While Autumn recovers from surgery, please enjoy this bonus episode from Nora & Tili! We read the novella Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson and wanted to share a little of how much of an incredibly wild ride it was. We'll be back next fortnight with some more Elantris!

S1E3 - Elantris ch. 7-9: The Poster's Honor

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:00:45 -0000

We cross the 100 page mark in Elantris and ask the important question: Brandon, where is the plot? Despite there nothing happening, we do our longest episode yet as we get really in the weeds trying to understand the non-sensical political economy of Arelon because boy howdy, there is some stuff in these chapters that feels ill considered. We are truly delivering on the promise of this podcast "some marxists thinking way too hard about a fantasy novel that invites such thought".

You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online

You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network!

You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane!

And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month!

Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod

We're taking a brief hiatus after this episode because Autumn is having a surgery, but we will see you again in late October probably to talk about chapters 10-12 of Elantris!

S1E2 - Elantris ch. 4-6: Igor Coded

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:00:00 -0000

It's our sophomore episode! We buckle in this week for 3 very exposition-heavy and conflict-light chapters of Elantris. But that's okay because we're already starting to spot some Themes that might be important through the novel as we try to pick apart what exactly this Hrathen guy is up to.

You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online

You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network!

You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane!

And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month!

Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod

Join us next time as we talk about chapters 7-9 of Elantris!

S1E1 - Elantris ch. 1-3: I Love A Girlboss Princess

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:52:09 -0000

Hello and welcome to Ars Arcanum! Every other Tuesday, we will be here to talk about Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books! We are of course starting with Elantris, going 3 chapters at a time. This week we're introduced to our 3 perspective characters: Raoden, Sarene, and Hrathen (forgive me if I spelled any of those wrong, I listen to the audiobooks haha). We summarize the chapters so even if you're not reading along, this should be a funny journey through Sanderson's first published novel.

You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online

You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network!

You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee

And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month!

Join us next time as we talk about chapters 4-6 of Elantris!