This month we discuss Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. We chat about hard and soft magic, Sanderson's world building, women in fantasy and more.

Book: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/tress-of-the-emerald-sea-premium-hardcover

Credits:

Audio Production - Gregory Mikels

Additional credits for the music used during the intro and outro:

• Remix Composition & Production - Gregory Mikels

• Danse Sacrée composed by Claude Debussy 

• Public Domain

• Performed by the United States Marine Chamber Orchestra with Major Jason K. Fettig, conducting, MSgt Karen Grimsey, harp soloist on Aug. 14, 2010, at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.

• The Planets composed by Gustav Holst

• License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 

• Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker in 1981

• The Carnival of the Animals composed by Camille Saint-Saëns 

• License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en 

• Performers

• Pianos: Neil and Nancy O'Doan

• Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony, conducted by Vilem Sokol.

• Recorded 1980

Original music links:

• https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danse_Sacr%C3%A9e.ogg 

• https://archive.org/details/gustav-holst-the-planets-op.-32 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns_-_The_Carnival_of_the_Animals.ogg