Brandon Sanderson

Episode 44 – Whose Outline Is It Anyway?

Look–it’s a fact. Not everyone can make diabolically elaborate plans go off without a hitch like the Joker or those guys from Ocean’s Eleven. That’s why some people use copious outlines while writing, and others…not so much. This episode, Nick and Tim

Read More

Episode 54 – The MetaCast

To: Timothy Deal From: Nick Hayden Subject: Regarding Episode 54’s Write-up Tim, we gotta get this podcast posted, but my knack for inventing a clever hook for the write-up is failing me. I just need that and we’re set to go. After the hook, I just mentio

Read More

Episode 80 – You Asked, We Answered!

It’s our 7th anniversary! In celebration, we opened up the mailbag, signed-in to the gmail, scoured Messenger, and kept our ears open. You had questions for us, your intrepid hosts, and we dedicate the first half of our 80th episode to answering your most

Read More

Episode 106 – ONE THEORY to RULE THEM ALL!!

What if I told you everything you knew was a lie? The Island is actually purgatory and all the Pixar films are connected and Aladdin actually takes place in a future post-apocalyptic wasteland and Captain Planet and the Magic Schoolbus are actually the sa

Read More

Episode 115 – What Was That Title Again?

Remember your favorite episode of Derailed Trains of Thought? Yeah–that one. It was about…I mean, there was a funny What If? and…yeah, a great discussion about books…or something. Have you ever found yourself forgetting the details of your favorite

Read More