The 4th Age

Team Jordan Interview! The 4th Age podcast presents Episode 79, a phone interview with Maria Simons and Alan Romanczuk, who are an integral part of Team Jordan. Alan and Maria were been assistants to Robert Jordan for many years before his passing, and they continue on with Harriet Rigney, RJ's widow and editor, and Brandon Sanderson, the talented author, to bring us the conclusion of the amazing series of books that comprise The Wheel of Time. We are still somewhat out of number sequence and very behind on posting episodes. Never fear - all of the podcasts in between WILL be posted now that the podcast page and the new Dragonmount server are playing nicely together. ATTENTION! THERE MAY BE SPOILERS! No Towers of Midnight spoilers, but information from ALL the other books are VERY likely! There will be spoilers, just none for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Special Guests: Maria Simon and Alan Romanczuk Hosts: Andrew G, Virginia, Spencer and Marc Editor: Jessie R Download this Episode now Music by: Josh Needleman His website is www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. The music title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh! Download this Episode now

The 4th Age podcast presents Episode 78, Knife of Dreams recap for Chapters 34-End, another one of our "catch-up" episodes that never got posted during the reboot of our host website, Dragonmount.com. We realize it is out of date now, but we want the series to be complete. Coming immediately - all The Gathering Storm read-through episodes, plus new episodes on Towers of Midnight. Please check out Dragonmount.com for forums and comments. We went out of number sequence here to get some time-sensitive episodes out to you all before the release date for ToM. Never fear - all of the podcasts in between WILL be posted now that the podcast page and the new Dragonmount server are playing nicely together. ATTENTION! THERE ARE SPOILERS! No Towers of Midnight spoilers, but information from ALL the other books are VERY likely! There will be spoilers, just none for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Andrew G, Virginia and Spencer Editor: Jessie R Download this Episode now Music by: Josh Needleman His website is www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. The music title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh!

The 4th Age podcast presents Episode 77, Knife of Dream recap for Chapters 28-33, one of our "catch-up" episodes that never got posted. We realize it is out of date now, but we want the series to be complete. Coming immediately - all The Gathering Storm read-through episodes, plus new episodes on Towers of Midnight. Check out our host Dragonmount.com for forums and comments. We went out of number sequence here to get some time-sensitive episodes out to you all before the release date for ToM. Never fear - all of the podcasts in between WILL be posted now that the podcast page and the new Dragonmount server are playing nicely together. ATTENTION! THERE ARE SPOILERS! No Towers of Midnight spoilers, but information from ALL the other books are VERY likely! There will be spoilers, just none for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Virginia and Andrew G Editor: Richard F Download this Episode now Music by: Josh Needleman His website is www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. The music title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh!

The 4th Age podcast presents Episode 76, Knife of Dream recap for Chapters 22-27, one of our "catch-up" episodes that never got posted. We realize it is out of date now but want the series to be complete. Coming immediately - all The Gathering Storm read-through episodes, plus new episodes on Towers of Midnight. Check out our host Dragonmount.com for forums and comments. We went out of number sequence here to get some time-sensitive episodes out to you all before the release date for ToM. Never fear - all of the podcasts in between WILL be posted now that the podcast page and the new Dragonmount server are playing nicely together. ATTENTION! THERE ARE SPOILERS! No Towers of Midnight spoilers, but information from ALL the other books are VERY likely! There will be spoilers, just none for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Virginia and Andrew G Editor: Jim H Music by: Josh Needleman His website is at www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. It's title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh! Download this Episode now

The 4th Age podcast presents Episode 75, Knife of Dream recap for Chapters 18-21, one of our "catch-up" episodes that never got posted. We realize it is out of date now but want the series to be complete. Coming immediately - all The Gathering Storm read-trough episodes, plus new episodes on Towers of Midnight. Check out our host Dragonmount.com for forums and comments. We went out of number sequence here to get some time-sensitive episodes out to you all before the release date for ToM. Never fear - all of the podcasts in between WILL be posted now that the podcast page and the new Dragonmount server are playing nicely together. ATTENTION! THERE ARE SPOILERS! No Towers of Midnight  spoilers, but information from ALL the other books are VERY likely! There will be spoilers, just none for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Virginia and Andrew G Editor: Spencer Music by: Josh Needleman His website is at www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. It's title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh! Download this Episode now

The 4th Age podcast presents Episode 94, a short WoT You Should Know about the upcoming Towers of Midnight signing tour! Virginia and Spencer highlight where the 4th Age members will be doing a live streaming podcast for you! ToM will be released on November 2nd, 2010. Check out Dragonmount.com for all the details. We are jumping ahead in number sequence here to get this out to you all before the release date for ToM. Never fear - all of the podcasts in between WILL be posted now that the podcast page and the new Dragonmount server are playing nicely together. ATTENTION! THERE ARE NO TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS! But spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! There will be spoilers, just none for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Virginia and Spencer Editor: Spencer Music by: Josh Needleman His website is at www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. It's title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh! Download this Episode now

The 4th Age podcast presents Episode 93, a spoiler-free look at the anxiously awaited Towers of Midnight! In this segment we are pleased to welcome three SPECIAL GUESTS: Leigh Butler of the famous Wheel of Time Re-read Blog on Tor.com, as well as Jason Denzel and Jennifer Liang of Dragonmount.com! They join Virginia for a fun and spoiler-free look at the book which will be released on November 2nd, 2010. We are jumping ahead in number sequence here to get this out to you all before the release date for ToM. Never fear - all of the podcasts in between WILL be posted now that the podcast page and the new Dragonmount server are playing nicely together. ATTENTION! THERE ARE NO TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS! But spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! There will be spoilers, just none for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Virginia and SPECIAL GUESTS Leigh Butler of the famous Wheel of Time Re-Read Blog on Tor.com as well as Jason Denzel, founder and owner of Dragonmount.com and Jennifer Liang,  Dragonmount administrator and driving force behind JordanCon (see AgeOfLegends.net) and other WoT events at DragonCon, etc.. Regular co-hosts Andrew and Spencer had scheduling conflicts and unfortunately could not join us for this recording, but they will be back, never fear! Editor: Spencer Music by: Josh Needleman His website is at www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. It's title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh! Download this Episode now

Matt Hatch, Tamyrlin of Theoryland, joins us via conference call to talk about everyone's favorite Brown sister: Verin Mathwin. Thanks to Richard for editing this one. Part 1 of 2. SPOILERS! There will be spoilers! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Andrew G, Virginia, Spencer, Marc, Jessie and SPECIAL GUEST Matt Hatch Editor: Richard Music by: Josh Needleman His website is at www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. It's title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh!

Matt Hatch, Tamyrlin of Theoryland, joins us via conference call to talk about everyone's favorite Brown sister: Verin Mathwin. Thanks to Richard for editing this one. Part 2 of 2. SPOILERS! There will be spoilers! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Andrew G, Virginia, Spencer, Marc, Jessie and SPECIAL GUEST Matt Hatch Editor: Richard Music by: Josh Needleman His website is at www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. It's title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh!

This episode, we're talking about possibly the most missed character in the series: Moiraine Damodred. As Virginia says: "I want Moiraine back. I want Moiraine back. I want her back. I want Moiraine." This particular rant was inspired by the release of the new cover art for the US version of Towers of Midnight, featuring the Tower of Ghenjei, and what is hopefully the successful opening of the Tower and rescue of our favorite Blue Aes Sedai. We hope Moiraine is one of your favorite characters, too! SPOILERS! There will be spoilers! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS! Maybe of other series, too.... we will try to give warning. Hosts: Andrew G, Virginia and Spencer Music by: Josh Needleman His website is at www.joshneedleman.net and he has the music available to hear on his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshneedleman. It's title is Floodgate. Thanks, Josh!

Jason Denzel, founder and owner of dragonmount.com and Bob Klutz of encyclopaedia-wot.org interview Kate Reading and Michael Kramer, the talented voices behind all of the Wheel of Time audiobooks to date. What they have to say is fascinating. To quote Robert Jordan from AudiofileMagazine.com: "The spoken word is the basis for all storytelling," he told us from his 1797 home in the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina. "My father and my uncles were storytellers. When we went fishing or hunting, there was always storytelling at night. I grew up with that oral tradition. I've always thought that my writing lends itself to being read aloud for that very reason." We asked him about the advantages of listening to a book as opposed to reading it. "When reading an actual book," he answered, "it's possible to skip over things. You make connections in your head, and you find you're not registering every word. But when it's read to you, there's a difference. You hear every word." "It was my suggestion in the first place," Jordan admitted, "that we have a male and a female actor to do this, a woman to read the female point of view and a man to read the male point of view. And we lucked out in that they both do voices as well. So it is as close as I can come to having an ensemble doing the reading." In addition, Jordan's Western novel, CHEYENNE RAIDERS, available as a digital download from Books on Tape, is read by Michael Kramer. We hope that you enjoy this great interview! PS: A HUGE 4th Age thank you to all you answered the call and volunteered to edit the podcast! Perhaps now we can get caught up and release everything we record!

The 4th Age celebrates it's Fourth Anniversary! Andrew G, Spencer and Virginia and all of here at Dragonmount would like to thank everyone for listening and participating in the fun and our love for Robert's Jordan's Wheel of Time world. A side note : Call for EDITORS! We need help! Anyone with basic audio editing skills who wants to spend long hours in headphones in front of a computer, for absolutely no money (but our undying gratitude as well as that f our many listeners), please email us at podcast@dragonmount.com and let us know.

From the depths of a newly uncovered stasis box we came across this "lost" episode, which we affectionately refer to as "The Ta'veren Date Rape Episode". A bit racier than our usual, definitely PG-13, but not nearly as shocking as it sounds! No ta'veren were harmed in the making of this episode, nor were any of their dates, real or imaginary. Unless you quail at the mention of pillow friends, you'll be okay....and hopefully, gentle readers, you won't think it deserved to stay lost! Some have called it one of our funniest yet. You shall be the judge. But please, no balefire! The title comes from a misunderstanding of something that was said, and it rolled on from there. Regulars Andrew G and Virginia and former host and producer Andrew M feature in this strange little episode. In real time it was recorded around the time of the "Geopolitical Ramifications" episodes. It isn't really Explicit, but I checked that just in case anyone is silly enough to play podcasts over their speakers at work - and who does that, really? I mean, unless you WANT to get fired, or your job is as a reviewer at iTunes or something! ;-) in which case, I want to know where to apply for your job! - Virginia

Chapters 3-6 of Knife of Dreams are the topic of discussion by Andrew, Virginia, and Morgan. As always, during our discussions we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from the prequel New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. The team again sends thanks to editor Spencer for a job well done.

The prologue of Knife of Dreams discussion is by Andrew, Virginia, and Spencer is continued. Part two of two. We are going to try and get through a recap of the entire book before The Gathering Storm is released, so we will all be up to speed for it. As always, during our discussions we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from the prequel New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. The team again sends thanks to Spencer for a job well done. He not only contributes his talents to the discussion, but is one of the super editing team we have now.