Wheel Takes

For the fifth and final episode of the WEEK OF WHEEL TAKES, which Ali and Gus recorded very late at night, we go completely off the rails and collapse into giggles during a discussion of a chest and a dagger. Ali expand on her thoughts on Selene, Hurin and Loial get uncomfortable, and Rand does his best.

Material covered in this episode: Chapter 19 of THE GREAT HUNT.

This episode contains SPOILERS through Chapter 19 of THE GREAT HUNT.

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In this episode, Gus and Ali analyze the geographical layout of Tar Valon, lean really heavily on our podcast's "explicit" tag, and get into the nitty gritty of different peoples' learning styles. There's also discussion of gender politics and warning signs of an unhealthy relationship, but there's WAY more joking about the geographical layout of Tar Valon and making fun of Rand.

Material covered in this episode: Chapters 17 and 18 of THE GREAT HUNT.

This episode contains SPOILERS through Chapter 18 of THE GREAT HUNT.

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In this episode Gus and Ali deal with the return of a particularly fiery adversary, get deep into a discussion of free will versus fate in the multiverse of the Wheel of Time, chat for a while about whether or not the Light is inevitably doomed to failure in the course of its eternal struggle against the shadow, and then throw all of that seriousness out the window to make fun of Rand for how susceptible he is to boobs.

Material covered in this episode: Chapters 15 and 16 of THE GREAT HUNT.

This episode contains SPOILERS through Chapter 16 of THE GREAT HUNT.

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In this episode Gus and Ali spend some time theorizing about wolfbrothers (and wolfsisters), Ali offers a look into the entertainment that defined her childhood, and Gus continues to draw parallels between Wheel of Time characters and real-life people who you probably do not know.

Material covered in this episode: Chapters 13 and 14 of THE GREAT HUNT.

This episode contains spoilers through Chapter 14 of THE GREAT HUNT.

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In this episode, Gus and Ali address sibling (and close friend) rivalry, chat about where some of Ali's favorite characters might find themselves in a few books, and try to figure out the timeline of exactly what happens when in THE GREAT HUNT. Also, Nynaeve secures her spot as Ali's favorite character (thus far), and Ali laments how many Aes Sedai have similar names... in book two.

Material covered in this episode: Chapters 11 and 12 of THE GREAT HUNT.

This episode contains spoilers through Chapter 12 of THE GREAT HUNT.

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In this episode, Gus and Ali get way into extended metaphors about swords (it's pretty much what you'd expect), Ali celebrates the semi-triumphant return of "Patches al'Tarmon", and both of them try to figure out what Robert Jordan was talking about when he came up with the name of that inn.

Material covered in this episode: Chapters 9 and 10 of THE GREAT HUNT.

This episode contains spoilers through Chapter 10 of THE GREAT HUNT, and hints at details of Chapter 11.

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In this episode Gus and Ali discover that explaining to a farm boy that he's Satan-Jesus is a little more complicated than just saying, "hey, you're Satan-Jesus", Gus mis-remembers how Verin spends her spare time in meetings, and Ali bemoans her inability to keep all of these made-up place names straight in her head.

Material covered in this episode covers Chapter 8 of THE GREAT HUNT.

This episode contains spoilers through Chapter 8 of THE GREAT HUNT.

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In this episode Gus comes clean on his deceptive Aes Sedai style trickery towards Ali as they discuss the escape of a renowned comedian, Ali falls in love with Verin as she wades knee-deep through filth to discuss the finer points of translation and poetic verse, and many foreshadowings are laid in place that Ali may or may not remember later.

Material covered in this episode begins in Chapter 6 of THE GREAT HUNT and continues through Chapter 7.

This episode contains spoilers through Chapter 7 of THE GREAT HUNT.

Music by Alexander Nakarada.

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In this episode Ali and Gus ponder the confirmed existence of the Black Ajah, compare the White Tower to a popular ABC reality television show, and Ali makes some guesses as to who might be the mysterious figure who appears at the end of Chapter 5.

Material covered in this episode begins in Chapter 4 of THE GREAT HUNT and ends in Chapter 5. This episode contains spoilers through Chapter 5 of THE GREAT HUNT.

The timestamp mentioned in the episode is 1:24:35.

Music by Alexander Nakarada.

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In this episode Gus and Ali reveal how little they know about Greek life as they discuss a Darkfriend Social, and the target of Ali's ire begins to shift in an unexpected direction as Egwene begins disobeying Ali's favorite character.

Material covered in this episode begins at the Prologue of THE GREAT HUNT and ends at the end of Chapter 3.

This episode contains spoilers through Chapter 3 of THE GREAT HUNT, and mentions the names of two characters introduced in Chapter 4.

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