Stormlight
96 eps
conversations96
Roshar
Stormlight Archive
Honor · Cultivation · Odium — the spren, Knights Radiant, and the oaths that make them.
- Start here
- The Way of Kings — and our "Way of Kings, Part 1" episode.
- Magic
- Surgebinding, Shardblades, the ten Radiant Orders.
- Books
- Way of Kings · Words of Radiance · Oathbringer · Rhythm of War · Wind and Truth.
Mistborn
24 eps
conversations24
Scadrial
Mistborn
Preservation · Ruin · Harmony — metal-fueled magic across three eras.
- Start here
- The Final Empire — read Era 1 as a trilogy first.
- Magic
- Allomancy · Feruchemy · Hemalurgy.
- Eras
- Era 1 (epic fantasy) · Era 2 (wax & wayne westerns) · Era 3 (forthcoming).
Warbreaker
6 eps
conversations6
Nalthis
Warbreaker
Endowment — the Returned and BioChromatic Breath.
- Start here
- Warbreaker — Brandon offers it free on his site.
- Magic
- Awakening — object animation via Breath and color.
- Heads up
- Vasher and Nightblood return in Stormlight — read here first.
Elantris
4 eps
conversations4
Sel
Elantris
Devotion · Dominion — symbol-driven, location-bound magic, and Brandon's debut.
- Start here
- Elantris, then The Emperor's Soul.
- Magic
- AonDor · Dakhor · Forgery — location-bound and symbol-driven.
- Note
- Brandon's first published novel — his debut Cosmere world.
Secret Projects
34 eps
conversations34
Four small worlds
Secret Projects
Tress · Yumi · Sunlit Man · Frugal Wizard — the standalones Brandon wrote during COVID.
- Start here
- Tress of the Emerald Sea — Hoid's own chapter.
- The four
- Tress · Frugal Wizard · Yumi & the Nightmare Painter · The Sunlit Man.
- Why listen
- Shortest onramp to Brandon's voice and Cosmere hooks.
Cosmere
44 eps
conversations44
The Cosmere
Cosmere meta
Realmatic Theory · Hoid · the sixteen Shards — the layer beneath the worlds.
- Start here
- Our "Cosmere primer" episode — then pick any Shard thread.
- Themes
- Realmatic Theory · Investiture · Worldhoppers · Hoid.
- Spoiler note
- Meta episodes assume you've read the big four series.