Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

- Talk about the monster coming for Daenerys, mythology, the Others, Dany herself

- Analyze how the warlocks and Undying are appeals to authority to keep Dany in the HoTU

- Unpack and theorize on what the different visions means (treasons and brides)

- Watch the Undying be put to the lie that they are. They can die.

- Answer the question: Does the ASOIAF fandom prefer theories to analysis and does that hinder our enjoyment of the books?

Next week: We're back in King's landing with Tyrion getting ready for the king's arrival and the Battle of the Blackwater.

- Break down the act of looking and reading through Dany's eyes

- Take note of how George weaves in Red Wedding foreshadowing

- Dissect HOTU as a projected labyrinth of fantasies

- Compare George's work to Nabokov and Kubrick

- Lock eyes in passing with Rhaegar Targaryen, ASOIAF's prime mover

Next week: Dany encounters the Undying at last, only to find out they're serving her for dinner

- Discuss how we see HOTU as metafiction

- Put it in context with Qarth as a setting

- Explore the visual presentation of HOTU

- Go through Pyat Pree's absurd rules

- Introduce shade-of-the-evening, GRRM's catch-all psychedelic drug

Next week: Part 2 of our trip through the House of the Undying, as Dany sees some bizarre visions!

- See how Jaqen the extraordinary has an ordinary plan

- Explore how GRRM subverts an act of triumph by having the worst people live on

- Examine Jaqen's face change and how it makes the metaphor for Arya's journey in ACOK reality

- Try not to make direct eye contact with Roose Bolton ... my lord.

- Theorize on what Jaqen gets up to after Harrenhal and what he's planning for the future!

Next week: Don't do drugs, Dany. Just don't. Oh, you did. Okay. And now you want to walk into the haunted House of the Undying. Oh ... okay.

- Contrast Arya's perspective with Hot Pie's

- Praise George's careful setup work with the fake prisoners

- Explore Harrenhal further as a spooky setting

- Watch Arya and Gendry face off

- Explore the media-savvy way Arya dismantles Jaqen

Next week: Zack joins us again for the second half of ACOK, Arya IX, in which we spring the trap in multiple respects.

Hi folks!

On most normal Mondays, we'd be releasing the our next chapter by chapter analysis, but the week we'd normally record our next analysis (ACOK, Arya IX) was a week we took off.

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And we're delighted to give the general public the first of our five part series on TWOW, The Forsaken!

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In this episode, we kick off our analysis of TWOW, The Forsaken by examining the published Ironborn story: what happens in the first five published novels before we launch into our take on The Forsaken in the ensuing parts of our series.

- Explore Bran's longest wolf dream to date

- Talk through the changing dynamic between Theon and the Starks

- Praise Bran for doing his duty, and Ned for teaching it to him

- Boo Theon as his reign over Winterfell immediately descends into cruel absurdity

- Wonder how Winterfell might fall once more with Theon's help...

Next week: new guest Wolfman Zack joins us as Arya helps Roose Bolton take Harrenhal and says goodbye to Jaqen H'ghar in ACOK Arya IX!

- Examine Edmure's personal and political motivations 

- Dig into Catelyn's lifelong devotion to duty

- Ponder the role songs and stories play in drumming up war

- Describe the Battle of the Fords as it unfolds in all its terrible beauty

- Watch prophetic dread coil around Catelyn's soul

Next week: new guest Stanford Fraser joins us to discuss the fall of Winterfell to Theon in ACOK, Bran VI! 

- Unpack the conspiracy to send Tommen to Rosby

- Get a glimpse of the streets of King's Landing after the riot

- Analyze Tyrion and Shae's relationship and wince at Tyrion slapping Shae

- Talk about Varys' origin story

Next week: we're back with ACOK, Catelyn VI where Edmure Tully holds the fords of the riverlands against Tywin Lannister with zero consequence!

- Judge the Lannisters justly for their conduct regarding Lollys Stokeworth 

- Talk extensively about Tyrion slapping Joffrey (again)

- Get into the political fallout from the riot

- Examine the root causes of the riot

- Theorize on what happened to Tyrek Lannister

Next week: we're back with ACOK, Tyrion X when Tyrion learns more information and hears Varys' backstory.