Tales from the Waystone

About Tales from the Waystone

A Kingkiller Chronicle re-read podcast where we do a deep dive into the books of Patrick Rothfuss. We recommend starting with episode 1 as our episodes are quite sequential.

Publisher

talesfromthewaystone

Category

arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Dec 2019

Latest episode

29 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 200 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   IT’S A GUNDAAAAAAAMMMM! x WRoEF & The Unfinished Swan - TftWS Spear 5

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name] about the themes in Simon Jimenez's "The Spear Cuts Through Water" and the dreamlike video games "What Remains of Edith Finch" and "The Unfinished Swan."

2. 

   15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Godzilla Trophy Head x Big Fish - TftWS Spear 4

   Host [Host Name] and guest [Guest Name] discuss Simon Jimenez's "The Spear Cuts Through Water" and the film "Big Fish" in this interview episode.

3. 

   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Lefthanded Scissors x Labyrinth - TftWS Spear 3

   Host Will and guest [Guest Name] discuss pages 74-94 of Simon Jimenez's "The Spear Cuts Through Water" and the film "Labyrinth" in this interview episode.

Inside a recent episode

IT’S A GUNDAAAAAAAMMMM! x WRoEF & The Unfinished Swan - TftWS Spear 5

Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] All sides. Where all it does is perpetuate a cycle. There's a song called There Were Roses that one of my friends introduced me to when I was 18 or 20, somewhere in there. And it's specifically related to Protestants and Catholics, specifically to Northern Ireland. And it's just talking about an eye for an eye until everybody's blind. And it's one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. It just hurts. retaliation for retaliation for retaliation for retaliation. And then the people who try to break the cycle or refuse to participate in it end up outcast and shunned. We see the POV's brother, or one of the POV's brothers who's been drafted into the army, decides that he can't participate in good conscience. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

106,976,946

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

18 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

35

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

90

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