Joel Wagler

Joel Wagler

Joined: Feb 9, 2024

Joel is a life long sports and entertainment fan and has spent 14 years covering the NFL, MLB, college basketball, and college football, as well as TV, movies, books, and music as a writer, editor, and sports and entertainment director. He also coaches basketball and bowling for Special Olympics.

Josha Stradowski (Rand al’Thor) in The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time book club: Rand battles saidin and Asha'man in 'Winter's Heart'

Olivia Williams (Queen Morgase Trakand) in The Wheel of Time season 3. Image: Prime Video.

The Wheel of Time may seem like it's set in a medieval world, but it's not

Josha Stradowski (Rand al’Thor) in The Wheel of Time season 3.

The Wheel of Time book series: Is the Slog real or myth?

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law #1). Image: Orbit.

The First Law series introducers readers to two of the most unique characters in fantasy history

Rand al'Thor played by Josha Stradowski in The Wheel of Time season 2. Image: Prime Video.

The Wheel of Time book club: The Path of Daggers lays the groundwork for war

Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) in The Wheel of Time season 3

This Wheel of Time plot differs from the book, and that's a good thing

Mat Cauthon (Dónal Finn), Nynaeve al'Meara (Zoë Robins), and Min Farshaw (Kae Alexander) in The Wheel of Time season 3.

3 things in The Wheel of Time season 3 that are working well (and 2 that aren't)

Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al'Meara in The Wheel of Time. Image courtesy of Prime Video.

The Wheel of Time book club: Our heroes search for ter'angreal in A Crown of Swords

Rand (Josha Stradowski) and Lan (Daniel Henney) in The Wheel of Time season 3

5 things you need to remember about The Wheel of Time before season 3

A group of Aiel with Rand (Josha Stradowski), Moiraine (Rosamund Pike) and Lan (Daniel Henney), which includes Bair (Nukâka Coster-Waldau) and Rhuarc (Björn Landberg).

It's time for The Wheel of Time to surpass House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power

The Wheel of Time star Madeleine Madden (Egwene al'Vere)

The Wheel of Time book club: Rand's relations with the Aes Sedai sour in 'Lord of Chaos'

Rand al'Thor played by Josha Stradowski in The Wheel of Time season 2.

The Wheel of Time book club: Rand comes into focus in The Fires of Heaven

The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins

The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins thrived in game-changing season of Survivor

Donal Finn as Mat Cauthon in The Wheel of Time season two

Many puzzling page-to-screen changes in The Wheel of Time season 2 still rankle

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time #4). Image: Tor Books.

Why you should read The Shadow Rising, which will be adapted this year in The Wheel of Time season 3

Rosamund Pike (Moiraine Damodred) in The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime Video

Don't let the sexism in The Wheel of Time books get in the way of the story