Small Council Matters

The Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon, Wendy) discuss the superlatives of House of the Dragon season 2. The maesters gnaw on every last burnt end of the season – overall rating, best episodes, performances, character arcs and production elements.

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Missed a previous episode? Here are all episodes of the Small Council Matters podcast. Hosted by Wendy Hembrock. Recorded on 8/20/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

The Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon, Wendy) gathered to tally up the scores on the pre-game season predictions. Will the Romanian judge throw a flag at our Bronze medalist? Who will win the “major award“?

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 8/13/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

The Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon and Wendy) take account of the season finale of House of the Dragon episode 208 “The Queen Who Ever Was”. Team Green is itching to fly into battle and get this war lit… or flee over the horizon. But either way, they ain’t got wings. Team Black is soaring high with a Harrenhal host, and the three-eyed raven’s weirwood supercomputer of ice and fire visions. All this saber rattling, but it’s still all quiet on the Westeros front.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 8/5/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

The Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon and Wendy) discuss the dragons and their process for adopting riders in House of the Dragon episode 207 “The Red Sowing”. Team Green is fractured with interpersonal conflicts. Team Black dares to sow hope by raising a bastard army, lured by the dream of soaring to a better life as a dragon rider. But it must be the dragon who speaks. Their decisions are delivered with furious flames, chomping carnage or playful jostling.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 7/30/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

The Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon and Wendy) consider the Joes and Janes on the streets of Kings Landing in House of the Dragon episode 206 “Smallfolk”. The Green Queen is swarmed and nearly killed by the hungry mob, while the Black Queen cozies up to them with gifts of food. While speed dating for a new rider, Seasmoke plays with a son of the Sea Snake, but flambes an overconfident noble.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 7/22/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

Our Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon and Wendy) take up the grisly and grievous matters following the battle of Rooks’ Rest in HBO’s House of the Dragon episode 205 “Regent”. Where do we go from here? The battle’s done and Team Green kind of won, but the smallfolk are not sounding any victory cheer. Team Black go hand in hand knowing a new hope is near of dragon seeds.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 7/16/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

Our Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon and Wendy) consider HBO’s House of the Dragon episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”. Dragon warfare has been lit. The Red Dragon and her Queen make a valiant stand. The Gold Dragon and his Green King take a fiery fall.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 7/9/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

The Small Council (Christine, Shannon, Jesse, Wendy) discuss House of the Dragon episode 203 “The Burning Mill”. The Green Queen recognizes her mistakes but it’s too late, since her Green boys are on the path to war. The Black Queen accepts her duty to wage war, while her King Consort begins his drippy trippy stay at Harrenhal.

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– HBO’s House that Dragons Built for Episode 203 

– Dragon Easter Eggs in Episode 203 

– The Ringer Episode 3 Power Rankings

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Hosted by Jesse Jackson.
Recorded on 7/02/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

The Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon, Wendy) considers episode 202 “Rhaenyra the Cruel” of House of the Dragon. The Greens publicly grieve and privately smash the old models of ruling. The Blacks duel in crucial conversations between husbands and wives, and brother against brother.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 6/24/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.

Our Small Council gathered to discuss the matters of the House of the Dragon’s “A Son For a Son”. The maesters (Christine, Jesse, Shannon, Wendy) consider the rats and other vermin crawling around the Greens and vengeance overtaking the Blacks in the premiere episode of season 2.

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You can join our Discord community here. Leave the Small Council a Speakpipe audio message or call 706-927-8478. Send tiny ravens to the Small Council Matters Podcast @SCM_Pod or email [email protected]. Thank you for listening! 

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 6/18/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
Music by Break of Reality Used with permission.