The 4th Age

The 111th Episode of The 4th Age Podcast, in which we continue our read-through of Towers of Midnight with Chapters 8-12. Your hosts for this episode are Andrew, Virginia and Spencer. Chapter 8 - The Seven-Striped Lass Chapter 9 - Blood in the Air Chapter 10 - After the Taint Chapter 11 - An Unexpected Letter Chapter 12 - An Empty Ink Bottle Warning: SPOILER ALERT! (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE NOTHING BUT TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all the previous books! Maybe of other book series, TV series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia and Spencer. Editor for this episode: Richard F Download this Episode now Notes and Addendum: Contact us about the podcast anytime at podcast@dragonmount.com. If you don't hear from one of us in a day or two, please try again. Normally one or more of us will respond immediately, but if the RW is being difficult, sometimes we do miss things. A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here at Dragonmount! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need of editing help, so please, contact Andrew or Virginia at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. We aren't formally holding auditions for podcast co-hosts at this time, but if you are really up on the Wheel of Time and related trivia, (or if you just plain know more than we do, LOL), and you love to geek out discussing it, send us an email and a sample mp3 and we'll give it a listen. In anticipation of future needs, we would like to be prepared, so meet us on the virtual Field of Merrilor and we'll see what transpires! 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 110th Episode of The 4th Age Podcast, in which we continue our read-through of Towers of Midnight with Chapters 4-7. Your hosts for this episode are Andrew, Virginia and Spencer. Chapter 4 – The Pattern Groans Chapter 5 – Writings Chapter 6 – Questioning Intentions Chapter 7 – Lighter than a Feather Warning: SPOILER ALERT! (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE NOTHING BUT TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, TV series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia and Spencer. Editor for this episode: Richard F Download this Episode now Notes and Addendum: Contact us about the podcast anytime at podcast@dragonmount.com. If you don't hear from one of us in a day or two, please try again. Normally one or more of us will respond immediately, but if the RW is being difficult sometimes we do miss things. A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here at Dragonmount! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need of editing help, so please, contact Andrew or Virginia at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. We aren't formally holding auditions for podcast co-hosts at this time, but if you are really up on the Wheel of Time and related trivia, (or if you just plain know more than we do, LOL), and you love to geek out discussing it, send us an email and a sample mp3 and we'll give it a listen. In anticipation of future needs, we would like to be prepared, so meet us on the virtual Field of Merrilor and we'll see what transpires! 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 a short news update on the upcoming JordanCon4, with special guest and Dragonmount administrator Jennifer Liang. The dates are April 20-22, 2012 in Atlanta, GA - discount tickets and rooms rates are still available. All the details may be found at jordancon.org. Also, please check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. Hosts: Virginia Special Guest: Jennifer Liang Editor: Spencer Download this Episode now 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

A podcast dedicated to The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson - hosted by Dragonmount.com

The 106th Episode of The 4th Age Podcast, discussing Tam al'Thor, the remarkable father figure to Rand, the Dragon Reborn. Your hosts for this episode are Andrew, Virginia, Spencer, Carrie and Marc. (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia, Spencer Carrie, and Marc Editor for this episode: Ken S Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please, contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. 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 105th Episode of The 4th Age Podcast. Your hosts for this episode are Andrew, Virginia, Spencer, and Carrie. (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia, Spencer and Carrie Editor for this episode: Richard F Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please, contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. 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

Nakomi, the mysterious Aiel woman Aviendha met in the Waste on her way to Rhuidean, and other oddities found is our topic for the 104th Episode of The 4th Age Podcast. Your hosts for this episode are Andrew, Virginia, Spencer, and Carrie. (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia, Spencer and Carrie Editor for this episode: Ken S Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please, contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. 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

Mat, our favorite "I am not a bloody Hero" is our topic for the 103rd Episode of The 4th Age Podcast. Your hosts for this episode are Andrew, Virginia, Spencer, Carrie and Daniel. (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia, Spencer Editor for this episode: Richard F Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please, contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. 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

Listener Emails form the basis for discussion for the 102nd Episode of The 4th Age Podcast. Your hosts for this episode are Andrew, Virginia and Spencer. (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia, Spencer Editor for this episode: Richard F Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please, contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. 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

Listener Voicemails is the topic for the 101st Episode of The 4th Age Podcast. Your hosts for this episode are Virginia, Spencer, and Carrie. (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Virginia, Spencer, Carrie Editor for this episode: Ken S Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please, contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. 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

Tel'aran'rhiod is the topic for exciting 100th Episode of The 4th Age Podcast. Matt Hatch from Theoryland.com and Jennifer Liang of Dragonmount.com and JordanCon are our special guests, and they join your hosts Andrew, Virginia, Spencer, Carrie and Daniel for this discussion of The World of Dreams. If you ever wanted to know more about this fascinating subject, including such esoteric areas as the Gap of Infinity, listen in! (This episode, like most of our talks, is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. No guarantees, however. Hosts: Andrew, Virginia, Spencer, Carrie and Daniel Editor for this episode: Richard F Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please, contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. 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

WoT World Mechanics is the topic for The 4th Age Podcast Episode 99. Virginia and Spencer are your hosts for this discussion (which is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read Towers of Midnight yet!) Warning: SPOILER ALERT! Andrew, Daniel and Carrie and the rest of the podcast crew have many and varied duties which sometimes prevent them from participating each week when we record, but they will be back in future episodes, if it pleases the Light. Be sure to check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS in this podcast! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! Maybe of other book series, tv series, and movies as well, too, or anything ELSE we can think of in the known and unknown universe.... we will try to give warning. Did we mention that there will be spoilers....? Yes, really! BTW, everybody dies at the end. JUST KIDDING - oh, wait, that's true of life in general...okay, everyone not specifically shown to be immortal will eventually die. And maybe them, too. No promises! What's that noise...? wait... You? NOOOO! So....If you are new to the series, welcome, you have many hours of pleasurable reading ahead. If you are not new to WoT, read Towers of Midnight, already! You won't be sorry. It's made-of-awesome (as Leigh Butler says) and there's only a year until the LAST BOOK is published, after all! Hosts: Virginia, Spencer Editor for this episode: Richard F Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Download this Episode now A HUGE thanks to all our editors, past and present, from all of us here! We couldn't make this happen with your help and technical expertise. We are usually in need to editing help - please contact Spencer at podcast@dragonmount.com if you are interested in volunteering. (No one gets paid in coin around here, sorry...perhaps some glory will accrue, but as with searching for the Horn of Valere, "think not of the glory". :-) It's a labor of love for this fantastic book series.) 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 98, in which the Podcast Crew takes a look at Rand Sedai in Towers of Midnight. SPOILER ALERT! Virginia, Spencer, Carrie and Daniel are your hosts for this discussion (which is chock full of spoilers if you haven't read ToM yet!) about the new and improved Rand al'Thor after his remarkable epiphany on the summit of Dragonmount, the scene of his spectacular demise in his last incarnation as the Dragon, Lew Therin Telamon. Check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! Yes, there will be spoilers 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. Did we mention that there will be spoilers....? Hosts: Virginia, Carrie, Spencer and Daniel Editor: JJ Allen Download this Episode now 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 a short news update, looking at and analyzing the popular 2011 Suvudu Cage Match between characters from various fantasy books, and Spencer reveals a heretofore hidden Talent! Andrew, Spencer and Virginia are your hosts for this episode. Check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. Also, don't forget JordanCon is coming soon! April 15-17 in Atlanta, GA - tickets and rooms rates are still available. Check out AgeofLegends.net for all the details! ATTENTION! THERE MAY BE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! Yes, there will be spoilers for ToM! If you haven't read all the way through the Wheel of Time, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS of all previous books! In this podcast, probably spoilers of other series, too. Did we mention that there will be spoilers....? Links to the current Cage Matches as of 3/30/2011. Vote now! Quick Ben vs Perrin Aybara http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/03/cage-match-2011-quick-ben-versus-perrin-aybara.html Jon Snow vs Vin http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/03/cage-match-2011-jon-snow-versus-vin.html Hosts: Andrew, Spencer, Virginia Editor: Spencer Download this Episode now 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 97, in which the ladies of the Podcast Crew take a look at the Towers of Midnight. Virginia, Carrie and Jessie are your hosts for this episode. Check out Dragonmount.com for forums, comments and all the latest news in the Wheel of Time world. ATTENTION! THERE ARE TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT SPOILERS! Also, spoilers on ALL the other books are VERY likely! Yes, there will be spoilers 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. Did we mention that there will be spoilers....? Hosts: Virginia, Carrie, Jessie Editor: Gerry A Download this Episode now 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