Sarah J Maas: The Wait Is Over

March 5, 2026·1 hr 48 min·5 clips

Maas argues that dismissing women's joy—especially in fiction that includes sex—is a pattern that keeps storytelling a man's game.

Sarah walks into immediate chaos. Alex says more people than ever wanted to buy their own plane tickets just to be near the taping, and Sarah admits her own friends suddenly treated it like a major event. The mood is giddy, but not fake. That fan panic gives the episode its shape: huge fantasy-world devotion, real-life awkwardness, and two people laughing at how strange fame can get. Spoilers are fair game too. Alex warns listeners not to blame her if the conversation drifts into series details, which lets the chat feel loose, excited, and very online. Then the tone changes fast. Sarah tells a birth story that begins with fear in an operating room, where someone is kept away and she is left shaking before an epidural. Nobody really comforts her. The person who reaches her is a med school intern, someone Sarah describes as noticing the panic and holding her hand when it mattered. That small kindness hits hard. Sarah keeps coming back to the physical aftermath, saying the c-section recovery was horrible and that the incision changed how her stomach healed. She does not soften it. The story becomes less about medical steps and more about feeling alone, scared, and dismissed while her body was being handled. A second pregnancy carries that shadow. She says it took time to want another child because the earlier recovery stayed with her. The mortality part lands hardest. Sarah thinks about how, a hundred years earlier, she and her son might not have survived, and that thought still follows her. By the end, the warmth comes back. Alex thanks Sarah with full fan-level awe, saying her worlds have made people obsessive in the best possible way. Sarah returns the affection. The closing has that funny, slightly embarrassed mutual admiration, with Montana, a magic vortex, and Alex basically bowing to the work of building worlds.

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A lively author sit-down that pairs fandom energy with a candid, personal tone.

Sarah J. Maas is framed as the sort of guest who can pull a large fandom into one room, and the conversation matches that scale without losing momentum.

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