After a week to recuperate, we're back with the first three chapters of Knife of Dreams! These chapters include Net Zero Pacing Points, Neverending Foreplay, Prison Tent, and Graendal's Christmas Newsletter.

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In this episode, we finish detailing Robert Jordan's prologue crimes and discuss Alviarin's Eviction, Neald's Magic Holes, A Million Alyses/Aliases, Principal Silviana, and how We All Have the Same 24 Hours.

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Welcome to Knife of Dreams! As we discuss the first half of the prologue, we talk about Darrell K. Sweet's Arm Zone, Compatible Stabbing, Galad's CTR Ring, RJ's Crime Scale, Efficient Evil, and Pevera Should Have a Gun.

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It's the twilight of Crossroads of Twilight! As we finish book 10 and season 9, we talk about Opium and Lord Byron, Chickens Unionizing, Egg's Cotton Candy Vape, Bode's Daring Tar Valon Escape, and the arrival of our Brando Period.

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The crevasse just gets deeper in ch. 28-29, straight to hell. We talk about Robert Jordan's false narrative promises, restorative vs. practical justice, and the fallacy of equality in Mat's courtship of Tuon.

We're headed into the crevasse: ch. 25-27. We talk about Neald's Showmanship, Upsetting Setting, Moralizing Bad Hygiene, All Shoulder Devils, Terminal Uniqueness, and Tallanvor's Emotional Journey Beard.

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We're back with Rand in ch. 23-24, and as usual he's making bad decisions. We talk about Matchmaking, It 2: The Queue, World Conquering To-Do Lists, Diplomatic Ouchies, and the Late Late Night Show with Mazrim Taim.

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Chapters 20-22 have some prime examples of Robert Jordan's worst writing, including the torture of women, transphobia, and a whole lot of miscommunication. Plus his favorite way to characterize bad guys: as incompetent middle managers.

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We kick off this episode with some signature EHR Anti-Monarchial Vitriol, then actually talk about ch. 18-19, with discussions about Lore as Gate-Keeping, The Dangers of Feminism, Olver's Pony Express, and Vulture Culture.

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We really, really do. Ch. 16-17 are all about Egg, who we haven't talked about in a while! We discuss her Intellectual Theft, Manufactured Incompetence, Delana (Whomst We Hate), and how maybe Egg should just ... Let Siuan Do Murder.

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