Cosmerekats: Journey to the Center of the Cosmere
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat do you get when you combine two best friends and a beautiful, snarky, compelling, and complex high fantasy mega-series? The Cosmerekats.
Join us as we chat about the good, the great, and the hilarious in Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere series continuing into our second season with Mistborn: The Final Empire.
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Episodes
Mistborn Epilogue
May 07, 2022 07:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBWe have reached the end of the Final Empire in more ways than one. In this episode, we debrief the twists and turns from the whole novel and look forward to where the series is headed.
Mistborn 38
April 23, 2022 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBWe reach the end, but there are still twists!
Mistborn 37
March 12, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBDockson gets to be the hero now. Thanks Kelsier for leaving another mess!
Mistborn 36
February 26, 2022 08:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBVin has a mission and she is ready to face whatever comes. Also, our world of Allomancy is growing even bigger here at the end of the book.
Mistborn 35
February 12, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, Vin finds her purpose and her courage to face it.
Mistborn 34
January 29, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBThe black moment is upon us and never has an f-bomb felt more appropriate.
Mistborn 33
January 08, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this week's rabbit trail, Marvel v Mistborn fantasy grudge match: Scarlet Witch v Kelsier?
Mistborn 32
November 13, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBThe story takes a dark turn on the path toward the Sanderlanche, and we get another glimpse into Kelsier's love for his brother, Marsh.
Mistborn 31
October 30, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBVin lays down some truth to Kelsier - both hard truths about his attitude and kind truths about his past.
Mistborn 30
October 16, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this chapter, Vin shows herself to be the super hero she is when all hell breaks loose.
Mistborn 29
October 02, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBVin takes a deep breath and assesses her future - something she never quite believed she would get. We discuss how living life in survival mode has distorted her concept of luck, hope, and expectation.
Mistborn 28
September 18, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBBetween Straff Venture's brutal truths, Vin's lies, and Elend's blissful naiveté, this chapter digs into the question of what it means to be an honest person.
Mistborn 27
September 04, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIn this episode Kelsier, once again proves himself to be a terrible therapist.
Mistborn 26
August 21, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThe Lord Ruler's casual cruelty is on full display in this chapter, giving our favorite thieving crew a cold dose of reality. They are once again forced to decide if they are willing to risk everything to take down the Final Empire.
Mistborn 25
August 07, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBBetween a really long run and the horrors of war, Vin and Kelsier move past the mentor/apprentice relationship and into equality.
Mistborn 24
July 24, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBThis chapter gives us a little calm before the Sanderstorm.
Mistborn 23
July 10, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBOnce again we say, Elend Venture, your privilege is showing. Also in this chapter, Vin is back to navigating the young love, court politics, and systemic oppression.
Mistborn 22
June 26, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBThis chapter is all about young love and hard facts.
Mistborn 21
June 12, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this episode Kelsier flexes his allomancy all over the place, but this time his goal is to encourage and inspire the troops.
Mistborn 20
May 29, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this chapter, Vin and Marsh bond over allomancy and brothers -- as much as anyone can bond with Marsh.
Mistborn 19
May 15, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode, Kelsier gets sneaking tips from Hoid, we meet Elend's jackass of a father, and we, hosts, go on a long, winding tangent about D&D alignments. As one does...
Mistborn 18
May 01, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBShe wore the red dress. This chapter hits some hight points including Vin's rom-com flirtation with Elend and her mean-girls face-off with Shan.
Mistborn 17
April 24, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this somewhat expositional chapter, Vin admires pretty things, Kelsier continues to learn he has to give more than one damn at a time, and Sanderson plays with the superhero mythos.
Mistborn 16
April 17, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode, characters are in recovery mode, and we take a little look into Spook's origins.
Mistborn 14 & 15
March 06, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBFight scene! Vin engages in her first face-to-face battle with a Steel Inquisitor, and she learns from that experience that she is way out-gunned. Then, Kelsier learns from experience that he doesn't just get a pass whenever he does something Cosmerically stupid.
Mistborn 13
February 27, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this bridge chapter, we get to see even more of Vin's epic stubbornness in the face of Kelsier's control freak nature.
Mistborn 12
February 20, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIt's Vin's first ball - Let the cutest of all meet-cutes begin!
Mistborn 11
February 13, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBIn this chapter, we get a deeper look into how Vin, Kelsier, and Sazed each weigh empathy with practicality in the face of a bloodbath.
Mistborn 10
February 06, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBAside from discussing Breeze being an ass, we run off on a lovely tangent about the tactical uses of Luthadel fashion.
Mistborn 9
January 30, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBIn this episode, we get more fun with Sazed. There might be some fangirling over him. Also, Kelsier appears to have a BIT of a god complex...
Mistborn 8
January 16, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this chapter, we get a first glimpse into the friendship that Vin and Sazed are going to forge.
Mistborn 7
January 09, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this chapter, Kelsier puts on his teacher hat and we get a lesson in allomantic physics!
Mistborn 6
January 02, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this chapter, Kelsier gleefully leads the brainstorming session of all brainstorming sessions. He only needs multi-colored post-it notes and he'd be golden.
Mistborn 5
December 19, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBDrama llama Kelsier shows why his reputation is not overblown in this, our first real allomantic fight scene.
Mistborn 4
December 12, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBKelsier, the man, the myth, the drama llama. In this episode, we meet the rest of the crew and Kelsier explains his ideas for taking down the Final Empire and the Lord Ruler.
Mistborn 3
December 05, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWe dig into the oh so fun(?) topic of Vin's complex PTSD, and Kelsier's deft care for her in that head space.
Mistborn 2
November 28, 2020 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBThis episode gets a bit (a lot) sociological as we discuss the ways cultures enforce social stratification.
Mistborn 1
November 14, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBWe've entered the Luthadel underbelly and get to meet Vin in all her bad ass, paranoid, complex PTSD glory.
Mistborn Prologue
November 07, 2020 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBWelcome to season 2! In this first episode of our Mistborn: The Final Empire read along, we get a feel for our new dusty planet, Scadrial, and meet the ever-grinning, oh, so enigmatic Kelsier.
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
October 31, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBShades, silver, and bandits, oh my! In this special episode, Chris and Rose dig into Sanderson's fun and creepy Cosmere novella, Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell, which can be found in Arcanum Unbounded. The
Warbreaker 57-Epilogue
July 11, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBWe wrap up our first Cosmere book with a lot of gushing over how far the characters have come since that first episode. We hope you enjoyed the ride as much as we did and we'll see you in Season 2 when we dig into book 1 of the Mistborn series.
Warbreaker 54-56
July 04, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBIn this penultimate episode of our Warbreaker read-through, Siri faces betrayal, Larimar confesses the truth about Lightsong's death, Vasher and Nightblood destroy a lot of evil, and Vivenna finally claims a place for herself in the halls of epic bad-assery.
Warbreaker 52 & 53
June 27, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBAs we continue the Sanderslide, we run down Sandertangents about a few Sanderthemes and gush over the Sanderskill for writing.
Warbreaker 50-51
June 20, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBWelcome to the Sanderslide - ambushes, imprisonments, half-hearted flirting! And in the middle of so much action, we get a nice glimpse into Vasher and Nightblood's backstory as well as the nature of Cosmeric morality.
Warbreaker 47-49
June 13, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBThis week is packed with characters stepping up to take responsibility for their futures and their mistakes. Also, the Cosmere's lack of therapists sends Chris and Rose into a rant-session on trauma processing.
Warbreaker 44-46
June 06, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBIn this episode, Siri and Susi finally get sexy, Vasher goes into lecture mode, and Rose and Chris tackle the biggest question of all: Is Vivenna a Ravenclaw or a Slytherin?
Warbreaker 42 & 43
May 30, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBMore delicious realmatic theory comes into play while we watch Lightsong try one more time to push his responsibility onto someone else, and Vivenna faces down her biggest paradigm shift, yet.
Warbreaker 39-41
May 23, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBIn these chapters, Vivenna survives moment to moment through fear, illness, and starvation, while Siri flexes her political muscles against Treledees.
Warbreaker 36-38
May 09, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBSiri and Susi flirt, while Vivenna hits an even deeper rock bottom, and Lightsong figures out a bit more of who he is. In our f-bomb moment, Rose dreams a fairytale of wielding Nightblood against abusers.
Warbreaker 35 & F-Bombs
May 02, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this special episode we dig into the nasty techniques emotional abusers use to control their victims. It goes dark, so we removed our standard f-bombing limits and let them fly. We end by celebrating the true badassery of survivors who escape abusive brainwashing and move toward freedom and wholeness.