Alan gets a little more personal about the things he has in common with Sarene in Chapter 17 of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. What is Pedagogy and why is it so hard to learn? What is up with Shuden and Race in this book? How is Sarene so good

Elantris Ch 16

Oct 5th, 2020 1h 18m

Alan gets Axial about Raoden in Chapter 16 of “Elantris’ by Brandon Sanderson. The chapter is packed with a lack of violence and I love it. How many times can one person say alienation in one podcast? There aren’t even aliens in this book, and

Elantris Ch 15

Sep 21st, 2020 44m 42s

Alan analyses Hrathen’s Trolley Problem as he has a repressed dream of Elantris in Chapter 15. I talk about the Crusades, the utility of doubt in faith, and how time is a circle.Pedantic Word BINGO:PsycologicalPropelNaturalisticDiffuseAuthority

Elantris Chapter 14

Sep 6th, 2020 57m 25s

Alan details Sarene’s fight against the Patriarchy, and her greatest enemy- Art- in chapter 14 of Elantris. What do women want in Kae? What are they allowed to want? What does it cost Sarene to live authentically? The answers reveal what it mea

Elantris Ch 13

Aug 31st, 2020 1h 1m

Alan talks about the short-story that is Elantris Chapter 13. Can Raoden climb Maslow’s pyramid to discover how hieroglyphs became an alphabet? Is Karata Omnibenevolent?Am I just throwing words and ideas together in a description that describes

Elantris Ch 12

Aug 10th, 2020 1h 1m

Alan gets into Contrast, Abstraction, Devotion, and Dominion as the we explore Chapter 12. Hrathen envies Dilaf’s passion while he has a crisis of identity. What would St Anselm say? St who? What’s all this now?Pretentious Word BINGO:Estrangeme

Elantris Ch 11

Aug 3rd, 2020 1h 50m

Alan takes a long look at Chapter 11. The Patriarchy shows up to the party, we get a lesson about the meaning of ‘Plantation’, and meditate on the corporate structure of King Iadon’s government. Does Utopia make us better people, or so comforta

Elantris Ch 10

Jul 5th, 2020 57m 51s

Alan returns after an unplanned break to talk about Chapter 10. Learn about the Male Gaze by not experiencing it. Learn about the Emperor of America who never ruled anything. Learn about how stereotypes are subverted as they are asserted in Ela

Elantris Ch 9

May 11th, 2020 1h 2m

Alan breaks down Chapter 9 of Elantris which is practically a zoo with all the animals roaming around. Metaphorical animals. Which kinda makes it a metaphorical zoo. Well it isn’t a zoo really, it’s more like…… a fantasy of a zoo if the animals

Elantris Ch 8

May 3rd, 2020 42m 54s

Is Elantris Marxist propaganda? Are the Laws of Supply and Demand hardwired into people? Alan digs into the humor of Chapter 8, the Great Chain of Being, and Serene’s feminist Marxist tendencies. Lots of pretentious words in this one!Pretentiou

Elantris Ch 7

Apr 27th, 2020 38m 18s

Alan heads back to Elantris so he talk about Dorthy leaving Oz, Balefire unraveling The Pattern, and John Locke inspiring Freaky Friday. So he stays perfectly on topic about Chapter 7 of Elantris- right? Sort of…Pretentious Word BINGO:Intrinsic

Elantris Chapter 6

Apr 20th, 2020 40m 30s

Alan gets pragmatic and apologetic about Chapter 6 of Elantris. Hrathen and Dilaf pour over the history of the Elantrians and cook up a plan for hatred, that will convert a nation. Meanwhile, learn how the 20th century nation-state was built on

Elantris Ch 5

Apr 12th, 2020 41m 42s

Alan talks about swearing in Fantasy, how much Americans love Competence, and how Thomas Hobbes understood Elantrian society. Hrathen hates heterodoxy, Sarene feels tragically happy, and Iadon is a dummy. It’s the fifth chapter of Elantris!Pret

Elantris Ch 4

Apr 6th, 2020 38m 54s

Alan gets rhetorical about World-Building in the fourth chapter of Elantris. Learn what a Leviathan is, and what it has to do with people who want to fight all the time. Like the gangs in Elantris. Who act like a leviathan? No. That’s not right

Elantris Chapter 3

Mar 29th, 2020 44m 40s

Alan tackles the third chapter of Elantris and explains how Hrathen is a Studio Ghibli character. What is a tritagonist? How is Shu-Dereth like imperial Christianity and Satanic tyranny at the same time? Will these questions be answered? Maybe?

SpiritWeb: Attack on Titan

Mar 25th, 2020 57m 46s

Alan takes a detour to talk about Attack on Titan. Learn about Japanese history and culture, and how that is reflected in the world-building of Attack on Titan. Alan talks about why criticism is important when something in a story can contribut

Elantris Ch 2

Mar 22nd, 2020 46m

Alan talks about Elantris Chapter 2 and gets very social-justice about Sarene. In other news, Ashe is C3-PO and we learn Kae is a Foil.Pretentious Word BINGO:DisyllabicPedanticFoilCoalition3rd Person OmniscientDramatic IronyPatronizingDissonanc

Elantris Ch 1

Mar 16th, 2020 39m 14s

The podcast begins with the first chapter of Elantris! How many fancy words do you know? You will learn so many new fancy words by listening to this podcast! Impress your friends, or put them to sleep. Yeah, maybe that second one…Pretentious Vo

Introduction

Mar 9th, 2020 59m 25s

Meet Alan, the Realmatic Investigator and learn why he is recording a podcast about Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere novels one chapter at a time. What is criticism? What is truth?Check out all the podcasts on the Hallowed Ground Media Network.Death

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