The Hot Ones Challenge - Ep. 70 of Intentionally Blank

This week on Intentionally Blank, Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells are treated to some wonderfully fresh baked bread (and some less than fresh) as they are joined by Brandon's Father! Along with chatting bread, they discuss their own parents and what they are like, along with their own pasts. 

(0:00) - Introducing "The Baker"
(2:20) - The First Bread
(4:25) - Parent Talk
(8:35) - The Second Bread
(11:10) - The Third Bread
(14:00 - The Fourth Bread
(17:30) - The Bakers Past 
(21:52) - Gifts To Us
(24:15) - Where We Grew Up 
(31:40) - Reminiscing About the Past
(32:50) - School Talk

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This week on Intentionally Blank, Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells are once more entering the icey world of ice cream as they open up the Cold Case ice cream sent to us by Rockwell Ice Cream! See as they uncover the mystery behind each ice cream flavor and see if they can become Ace Ice Cream Detectives!

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Chapters

(0:00) - More Ice Cream? 
(12:42) - 1st Ice Cream Tasting
(18:46) - 2nd Ice Cream Tasting
(23:49) - 3rd Ice Cream Tasting
(26:40) - 4th Ice Cream Tasting 
(31:30) - 5th Ice Cream Tasting
(35:58) - 6th Ice Cream Tasting
(39:32) - And The Winner Is...?

This week on Intentionally Blank, Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells get stitched into talking about the Muppets and their many forms. From picking their favorite muppet characters to talking about the best and worst movies they appeared in, you can be sure it will be well "felt" time this week on Intentionally Blank! 

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Chapters

(0:00) - Brandon Hot Take
(0:25) - Modern Muppets
(4:19) - Muppets in Space Defense
(8:10) - A World with more Jim Henson
(10:50) - Muppets Treasure Island / Christmas Carol 
(13:54) - Best Muppet Movie 
(15:20) - Jim Henson Documentary 
(16:40) - Non-Muppet Muppets
(19:12) - Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
(23:25) - Fraggle Rock 
(24:07) - Muppet Remakes
(26:16) - Legacy Sequels 
(28:44) - NOT watching Sesame Street
(29:53) - Favorite Muppet

This week on Intentionally Blank, Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells talk about the novels they left in their "trunk" that have never seen the light of day since they were published. Along with these fascinating tales, Dan talks about his dislike of Denver, and Brandon talks about the "industry" writers belong in. 

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(0:00) - Dans Shameless Self Promotion
(0:40) - What "Industry" writers work in
(2:20) - Dan's Weekly Food Heist
(5:19) - Denver Slander
(8:40) - Trunk Novel Talk
(10:15) - Dans one published Trunk Novel
(11:04) - Brandon's First Trunk Novel
(13:52) - Dan's First Novel
(15:36) - Dans Third Novel
(19:10) - Brandon's Second Novel
(21:10) - Brandon's Fourth Novel
(22:27) - Mistborn Prime
(23:29) - Smaller Stake Stories 
(24:33) - Dans Fifth Novel 
(27:00) - Brandon's Division of Trunk Novels
(28:31) - POSSIBLY Revising older Brandon Novels
(31:49) - Dan Forgets an Entire Book He Wrote
(33:00) - The Remaining Brandon Trunk Novels
(33:42) - Dan Finds his 4th novel
(34:42) - Closing Thoughts

This week on Intentionally Blank, Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells discuss the Hugo Awards along with various other award shows and how they are run. On top of that, Brandon talks about tortoise care and Dan ponders British slang.

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TIME CODES
(0:00) - Not Food Heist...Heist?
(2:08) - Brandon Pyramiding Care
(4:15) - Donald Trumps Reporting 
(5:09) - Dans Turtle Movie Pitch
(6:25) - British Slang and Dan
(9:14) - Start of Hugo Discussion
(19:49) - Oscar Nominations
(23:45) - Nominations In books 
(27:00) - A Better Way

This week on Intentionally Blank, Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells talk about their 2023 New Year's adventures and what they got up to. Brandon became a real-life Knight Radiant in the Grand Cayman Islands, Dan almost was poisoned by the ocean, and the food heist has a Breaking Bad level amount of meat.

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FOOD HEIST LINK: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/11/02/468475/cypress-police-seize-1000-of-oxtail-raw-meats-during-traffic-stop-wednesday/ 

Time Codes: 
(0:00) Food Heist
(3:53) Brandon's Grand Cayman trip 
(4:30) Brandon's snorkeling 
(10:05) Chicken Fingers over Fresh Fish?
(11:03) Brandon Feeding Stingrays
(12:06) Snorkeling
(15:00) Stepping on Jelly Fish
(16:15) Bioluminescent bay
(18:53) Dans Caribbean Experiences
(20:15) Bougee Brandon
(20:49) Dan Honduras Food Story 
(22:32) More Snorkeling Stories
(23:26) New Years Traditions 
(27:21) Desert Island Prompt

This week on Intentionally Blank, Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells face the icy cold challenge of an Ice Cream Tier List, curated by Brandon's son Joel. What ice cream will be deemed the grossest and what will be made a possible favorite? That and more food-related heisting on this week!

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This week on Intentionally Blank, Dan and Brandon go over their year of 2023 and discuss some of their favorite parts of it. From video games to YouTube videos, join us as we close the book on 2023 with this Intentionally Blank review!

Dan's Gaming Retreat: thedanwells.com

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Podcast Chapters
- (0:00) GotY Bets
- (1:30) Dans Boardgame Retreat
- (4:02) Boardgame Heist 
- (4:31) Food Heist 
- (7:55) Year End in Review Start 
- (8:25) Video Game of the Year 
- (9:35) Syrup Sniper
- (10:28) Back to Video Games
- (14:32) Best TV of 2023
- (17:06) Best Films of 2023
- (19:42) Thor Love and Thunder Mini Review
- (21:08) MCU talk
- (26:30) Best Books of 2023 
- (28:00) Favorite Non-Media Thing of 2023
- (31:28) Favorite Youtube Videos of 2023

This week on Intentionally Blank, Dan and Brandon FINALLY talk about "Spiderman - Across the Spiderverse!" Along with getting to the topic at hand, Brandon steps up to the plate with a food heist story of his own, and Dan gives his brutally honest opinion on filmmaking.

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This week on Intentionally Blank, Dan and Brandon jump into discussing the hit film RRR! Along the way, Dan talks about his miraculous win in one of his favorite games, Brandon in turn chats about his preferred go-to games, and both gush about the wonders of RRR.

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