About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss Rand's journey and opinions while covering Chapter 49 of THE GATHERING STORM.

(This one gets a little heavy) In this week's episode, Rand takes a trip; Ali has extremely strong opinions about Rand's opinions on that trip; the trains run on time; and you-know-who remains captured. SAVE THE WHEEL OF TIME SHOW - CLICK HERE! CHECK OUT "BABBLE ON: A BABYLON 5 PODCAST" Watch the EPISODE REACTIONS! Listen to the PODCAST! Ali's NEW bingo card can be found HERE! This is Episode 256 of our main book series episodes. ~~~ Material covered in this episode: Chapter 49 of THE GATHERING STORM This episode contains SPOILERS through THE END of THE GATHERING STORM ~~~ Check out our TWITTER , INSTAGRAM , and TIKTOK Check out our Patreon at patreon.com/wheeltakes Email us at wheeltakespodcast@gmail.com US-friendly MERCHANDISE: https://www.zazzle.com/store/wheeltakesmerch/products Europe-friendly MERCHANDISE: https://wheel-takes-merch.myspreadshop.co.uk/all Send us a card! Wheel Takes Podcast P.O. Box 1457 El Segundo, CA 90245 Ali's nicknames confusing you? Check out our NAME KEY ! Check out the Prediction Tracker: https://bit.ly/37cyadl ! ~~~ Support the Prague Shakespeare Company! US-based donation link…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ali, Gus

Topics covered

• Wheel of Time
• literature
• character analysis
• story development
• podcast reactions

Keywords

• Wheel of Time
• Rand
• THE GATHERING STORM
• podcast
• literature analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prague Shakespeare Company, Babble On: A Babylon 5 Podcast

Books & works: THE GATHERING STORM

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