In this episode, your hosts and guest Ray, discuss what happens when different cultures meet, in ASOIAF and irl.

We discuss migration, culture clashes, prejudice, racism, colonialism, and more! Along the way we conclude that both Viserys Targaryen and Jorah Mormont are the worst (albeit in different ways), and that the Free Folk makes a good parallel to climate refugees. 

We also chat with our guest about his journey through both the ASOIAF fandom and life in general! 

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Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!

Content, sources and ressources that are not our own experiences:

Lo

”The Free Folk and Colonialism” (essay by Lo)

”Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige” / ”The Rocks Will Echo our Sorrow: The forced displacement of the Northern Sámi” - Elin Anna Labba

Map of Meänmaa

”Meänkieli – Grammatik, lärobok, historik, texter” - Bengt Pohjanen

"Tornedalingar i Sverige" - Forum för levande historia

”Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset.”

The song ”Donkey Kong” by Hooja.

Virginie

"The Great Replacement Theory Explained" - National Immigration Forum

"Forced migration or displacement" - Migration Data Portal

"Migration and human mobility - key figures" - Migration Data Portal

"Key migration terms" - IOM

"Climate change and displacement" - UNHCR

"Climate change and human mobility" - IOM

Climate change (search on IOM's website)