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Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast

Desmond McNeese (Host)(Engineer)

WoT: reWatch Of Tribulation YouTube Live https://youtube.com/@wolfbrothers7?si=EFfxRiLmNjYE4Xgp Wednesday 8pm PST Join Justin and Desmond as they dive deep into The Wheel of Time, Amazon Prime’s adaptation of Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy saga. Justin, a longtime fan of the books, and Desmond, a first-time traveler through the world of the One Power, rewatch and dissect every episode — exploring what shone bright, what flickered out, and what might have led to the show’s eventual end. Email

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47:23

S2 Ep14: Twisted Stone Ring

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/04/07

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 21 - A World Of Dreams "There is one Creator, who exists everywhere at once for all of these worlds. In the same way, there is only one Dark One, who also exists in all of these worlds at once. If he is freed from the prison the Creator made in one world, he is freed on all. So long as he is kept prisoner in one, he remains imprisoned on all." — Verin Mathwin “There are many possible worlds, some of which can be reached by the Portal Stones, but they are all linked

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31:19

S2 Ep13: James Oliver Rigney Jr

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/03/31

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 19 - Awakening "You can turn the worst that comes to your advantage if you only think." — Abell Cauthon “Mat awakens and cannot tell if the thoughts of battles and Moiraine are dreams. Everything is bits and fragments. He thinks of a battle where he is giving commands and knows that he must win or die. Mat does not know if this is real but he is known as a gambler.[1] Mat remembers Moiraine and knows something of Shadar Logoth, and a dagger. Something about going to

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31:03

S2 Ep12: Please, Tell Your Friends About This Show

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/03/24

We do not get to our chapter this week, but we have a great conversation anyways. Some of it, even, about The Wheel of Time. Enjoy this great chat with your favorite podcast boys and stay tuned for next week's talk about, The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 19 - Awakening, I Promise you, it’s already edited. "And it was written that no hand but his should wield the Sword held in the Stone, but he did draw it out, like fire in his hand, and his glory did burn the world. Thus did it begin. Thus do we sing

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40:10

S2 Ep11: Ruby-Hilted Dagger

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/03/17

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 18 - Healing A man is the easiest animal to put on a leash, and the hardest to keep leashed. Even when he chooses it himself." — Siuan Sanche Among the ten Aes Sedai there for the Healing includes the Amyrlin, Leane, Verin, Serafelle, Sheriam, Alanna, Anaiya and Brendas. Using Vora's sa'angreal and combining powers, the Amyrlin leads the circle as they attempt to Heal Mat, who lies on a table in the middle of the

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36:10

S2 Ep10: The Grey Man

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/03/10

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 15 - The Grey Man "Remember that body, Egwene. Remember that he tried to kill you. Kill us. Remember the Black Ajah. Remember them all the time. Because if you forget, just once, the next time, it may be you lying dead." — Nynaeve al'Meara “Sheriam says he is one of the Soulless, a Gray Man. They give up their souls to serve the Dark One, Sheriam explains; one has not dared to enter Tar Valon since the Trolloc

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32:19

S2 Ep9: Black Ajah

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/03/03

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 13 - Punishments / Chapter 14 - The Bite of the Thorns "And lest you start thinking it's some sort of reward, remember that the first few weeks as one of the Accepted are used to pick the rotting fish out of the basket of good ones." "Trust is as slippery as a basket of eels, sometimes. The point is, you two are what I have to work with, thin reeds though you may be." — Siuan Sanche Liandrin and twelve others stole several ter'angreal from the Tower and tried to

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38:26

S2 Ep8: False Dragons

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/02/24

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 12 - The Amyrlin Seat "Verin, you are worrying about a lionfish out in the Sea of Storms, while here and now the silverpike are chewing our nets to shreds." — Siuan Sanche The One Power emanates from the True Source, which is made up of two complementary parts: saidin, the male half, and saidar, the female half. People who can wield it are called channelers. https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/One_Power The Wheel of Time, an epic fantasy book series by Robert Jordan and

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32:39

S2 Ep7: Wolf Dreams

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/02/17

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 9 - Wolf Dreams "Dreams can be dangerous for you, Perrin." — Moiraine to Perrin She saw a fragment of a book from the Age of Legends.[1] Some of the few who run with wolves get swallowed up by them. Dreams can be dangerous for him because wolves live partly in a world of dreams. The wolfspeak method of communication is related to dreams. – https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dragon_Reborn/Chapter_9 The Wheel of Time, an epic fantasy book series by Robert Jordan and

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38:19

S2 Ep6: Jarra

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/02/10

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 8 - Jarra "I am an Ogier! What did you think I was? A Trolloc?" — Loial son of Arent son of Halan Perrin asks Simion if he saw someone matching Rand's description. Apparently Rand came through and played the flute for all the weddings in exchange for food and board. He awoke in the middle of the night rambling about someone being after him and left immediately, heading east. – https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dragon_Reborn/Chapter_8 The Wheel of Time, an epic fantasy

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56:22

S2 Ep5: Nightmares Walking

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/02/03

The Dragon Reborn - Chapter 5 - Nightmares Walking We go deep on this chapter beginning to end. Rand and Perrin are starting to come to terms with their “powers” like it or not, and that’s a heavy mountain. “All existing angreal are left over from the Age of Legends. The knowledge of their construction was lost during the Breaking of the World, along with the knowledge of creating ter'angreal, although the making of ter'angreal has been rediscovered. Angreal are rare; sa'angreal are extremely

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40:00

S2 Ep4: Twice And Twice Shall He Be Marked

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/01/27

"Twice and twice shall he be marked, twice to live and twice to die. Once the heron, to set his path. Twice the heron, to name him true. Once the Dragon, for remembrance lost. Twice the Dragon, for the price he must pay." The Wheel of Time, an epic fantasy book series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Now, an Amazon Prime TV series. All manner of characters populate the vast world of the series. With fourteen books and a prequel, The Wheel of Time series contains thousands of characters, from

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48:27

S2 Ep3: I Have Won Again, Lewes Therin

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/01/20

The Great Hunt - Chapter 37 - What Might Be We discuss the Portal Stone mishap, wherein Rand and his fellow travelers experience many alternate timelines of their lives where things went differently. Fatty and Jeremy are walking Des through Channeling Sickness, and he’s not on board, at first. "She tells Rand that he'll just have to arbitrarily pick one of these alternative worlds and quotes her father, saying that it's "time to roll the dice." - wot.fandom.com #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Find us on

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21:18

S2 Ep2: Revenge Of The Seanchan

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/01/13

The Great Hunt - Chapter 29 - Seanchan “At the highest level are the Blood who trace their lineage back to Artur Hawkwing by way of his son Luthair.” - Fandom, The Wheel of Time Wiki Who ARE The Seanchan, where DID they come from? We are going to meet The Seanchan along with Bayle Domon. Talk a little more about the Seanchan, Desmond is going to be confused, you’ll love it. #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Find us on Twitter @ParchedAielman Please send questions and comments to

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29:59

S2 Ep1: Three-Fold

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2023/01/06

“a shaping stone to make them, a testing ground to prove their worth, and a punishment for their sin” Today we talk about the Aiel and who IS or IS NOT Aiel, get it? We also get into the general landscape of the Wheel of Time, because Desmond still can’t understand given the size and scope of WoT how no one knows of anyone else. Welcome to Season 2 of Thank The Light, cause I don’t care if Amazon can’t figure out when to bless us with more episodes we are moving on to new

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40:30

S1 Ep57: Willow (1988)

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2022/12/30

Desmond is under full protest for the total lack of information regarding The Wheel of Time season 2 and is bringing the protest to you. This week we watch the 1988 fantasy spectacular, Willow, complete with each and every bong hit from Fatty. Please Like, Subscribe, and tell a friend about Thank the Light. Find us on Twitter @ParchedAielman #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Please send questions and comments to thankthelight@gmail.com Find more great podcasts here at What Sounds Awesome from We Mixed

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41:47

S1 Ep56: Bond, Warder Bond

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2022/12/23

The Great Hunt: Chapter 22 - Watcher “Moiraine asks again if Lan regrets his bonding, given that she can give him to whomever she wishes. Lan asks if the entire thing is a test after all.” The Boys discuss The Warder/Aes Sedai Bond and Desmond complicates it with his lack of knowledge, it’s great. Please Like, Subscribe, and tell a friend about Thank the Light. Find us on Twitter @ParchedAielman #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Please send questions and comments to thankthelight@gmail.com Find more

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42:30

S1 Ep55: To The White Tower

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2022/12/16

The Great Hunt: Chapter 18 - To The White Tower “They go through a difficult lesson and Nynaeve is infuriated afterwards, but Egwene is only excited at her own progress.” Who is the Jar Jar Binks of The Wheel of Time Universe? Who else was someone else back in the day besides Rand? Please Like, Subscribe, and tell a friend about Thank the Light. Find us on Twitter @ParchedAielman #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Please send questions and comments to thankthelight@gmail.com Find more great podcasts here

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22:48

S1 Ep54: In The Mirror Of Darkness

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2022/12/09

The Great Hunt: Chapter 16 - In The Mirror Of Darkness We discuss parallel universes and whether or not we live in a timeline that will include them in the Wheel of Time TV show. SERIOUSLY, what the heck happened to Barney Harris #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Find us on Twitter @ParchedAielman Please send questions and comments to thankthelight@gmail.com Please Like, Subscribe, and tell a friend about Thank the Light. Find more great podcasts here at What Sounds Awesome from We Mixed It Podcast

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27:43

S1 Ep53: Wolfbrother

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2022/12/02

The Great Hunt: Chapter 14 - Wolfbrothers All The Answers: Ep. 105 - Potentiality - If you would like to learn how to communicate with animals. #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Find us on Twitter @ParchedAielman Please send questions and comments to thankthelight@gmail.com Please Like, Subscribe, and tell a friend about Thank the Light. Find more great podcasts here at What Sounds Awesome from We Mixed It Podcast Lineup! Time Travel Movies - Time Pop Comedy Spirituality - All the Answers Fitness

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40:57

S1 Ep52: From Stone To Stone

Thank the Light: The Wheel of Time Podcast ·

2022/11/25

We take our frustrations about not having a Season 2 date yet on Season 1, and it’s not fair, but we make some good points. We sort of discussed Portal Stones. Fatty and Jeremy talk about what the series has meant to them IRL, and it’s AMAZING! And, then we end the episode because Des has to go. #BillyZaneAsAsmodean Find us on Twitter @ParchedAielman Please send questions and comments to thankthelight@gmail.com Please Like, Subscribe, and tell a friend about Thank the Light. Find more great

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