Unabashed Book Snobbery

By Kylie & Julia

The Game of Thrones-critical and ASOIAF-ethusiast podcast. This is where being a book snob is a good thing.... more

4.9

7575 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Unabashed Book Snobbery:

How many episodes does Unabashed Book Snobbery have?

The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.

Unabashed Book Snobbery episodes:

December 01, 2022HotD 1x02 Her Hair is Full of Patriarchy
Julia, Kylie, and Caroline continue their viewing of House of the Dragon with its second episode "The Rogue Prince" and crap...are they starting to really enjoy it? Only minor Dornish rants ensue, and we learn why Rhaenys's hair is so big.
Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 - Introduction
5:20 - Episode Recap
8:16 - Beginning of episode discussion
16:15 - Yet another Criston Cole rant
21:00 - Some clarifications from last week
25:00 - Alicent the sexual manipulator
35:20 - Will Viserys marry this 12 year old?
44:09 - Daemon shenanigans
1:10:41 - Let's talk costumes
1:16:45 - Highlights/lowlights
...more
1h 36min
November 17, 2022HotD 1x01 - Fine, We'll Watch the Boring Targs
Julia and Kylie reunite with Caroline to cover yet another HBO A Song of Ice and Fire-universe show House of the Dragon...this time with actually nice things to say? In addition to, dare we say it, a degree of dramatic satisfaction. This episode focuses on the series premiere, "The Heirs of the Dragon."
Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full podcast notes and links.
Episode Breakdown
0:00 – Intro and catch-up
8:45 – Episode recap
11:15 – Review & discussion
48:40 – Dornish rant
...more
1h 32min
March 25, 2020UBS #71 Remembering Season 8 Part 2
Julia and Kylie continue their laborious journey back through Season 8, as they recap the final 3 episodes that broke fandom forever.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes and links.

Episode Breakdown
0:00 – Intro from the future!
8:30 – “The Last of the Starks”;
1:03:30 – “The Bells”;
1:37:30 – “The Iron Throne”
...more
0min
March 19, 2020UBS #70 Remembering Season 8 Part 1
Back with a vengeance, Julia and Kylie begin their work revisiting Season 8 with one of their famous high level recaps of the entire season! Analysisishness ensues.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.

Episode Breakdown:
0:00 - Intro from the future!
8:00 - "Winterfell";
1:00:00 - "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms";
1:43:45 - "The Long Knight"
...more
0min
August 14, 2019 The 4th Primetime Carol Awards - GoT Season 8
Kylie, Julia, and Caroline return as MCs for the most prestigious award show in all of
television: The Carol Awards! Celebrating the best in dramatic
satisfaction, they take you through Game of Thrones Season 8's greatest
hits in 40 categories, once more.

The full Season 8 Carol Awards Ceremony post can be found on TheFandomentals.com. Nomination presentations begin around the 4 minute mark

...more
0min
June 07, 2019 UBS #68 Season 8 Grab Bag
After taking a few weeks to recover, Julia and Kylie are finally ready to talk about Game of Thrones season 8, by clearing out Kylie's ask-box in a very unstructured conversation, as is fitting.

Due to the grab-bag nature of this episode, a proper "breakdown" was not possible.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.

...more
0min
May 22, 20198x06 "The Iron Throne" UBS Review
Julia, Kylie, and Caroline, are joined by Gretchen for the FINAL EPISODE EVER of Game of Thrones. They discuss the dramatic satisfaction that obviously ensued, as well as a pesky little thing that begins with 's' and ends with 'ism'.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.
Episode Breakdown
0:00 - Intro & episode recap;
12:30 - Sansa and Dany;
44:00 - Jonny;
1:00:00 - Gvernance & character arcs;
1:36:00 - CAROL and closing thoughts
...more
0min
May 15, 2019 8x05 "The Bells" UBS Review
Julia, Kylie, and Caroline, welcome Blaire to their bell choir, which is deeply significant to all involved. Topics include whether this is the worst episode to date, the reemergence of Carol, and Harry Strickland's horse.

Due to yet another epic battle episode on the show, this episode does not have neatly divided topic markers. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full podcast notes.

...more
0min
May 08, 20198x04 "The Last of the Starks" UBS Review
Julia, Kylie, and Caroline, welcome Jana back to the feed, to chat about the set-up for Game of Thrones's final theater. It is...not looking promising.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 - Intro & recap;
10:15 - Mad Queen Dany & her boyfriend;
32:45 - Sansa & violence in the show;
44:15 - Arya, Bronn, Jaime;
54:15 - Sam & Gilly, logistics, and some BS deaths;
1:11:30 - Pacing, meta lines, CAROL;
1:25:15 - Leaks for the remainder of the season;
1:35:15 - Closing non-spoilery thoughts
...more
0min
May 01, 2019 8x03 "The Long Night" UBS Review
Julia, Kylie, and Caroline, are joined by fellow book-snob Musa to discuss one very long nighttime fight. It shouldn't need more emphasis than that, right?

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for related posts and the CAROL board.

This week, we are episode break-down-less, as there's really no useful distinctions in our conversation. Rather like the episode!
...more
0min

FAQs about Unabashed Book Snobbery:

How many episodes does Unabashed Book Snobbery have?

The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.

More shows like Unabashed Book Snobbery

Pop Culture Happy Hour by NPR

Pop Culture Happy Hour

10,988 Listeners

How Did This Get Made? by Earwolf and Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas

How Did This Get Made?

22,896 Listeners

Last Podcast On The Left by The Last Podcast Network

Last Podcast On The Left

50,732 Listeners

Radio Westeros ASOIAF Podcast by Radio Westeros

Radio Westeros ASOIAF Podcast

929 Listeners

Blank Check with Griffin & David by Blank Check Productions

Blank Check with Griffin & David

5,976 Listeners

Postgame of Thrones by You Love To Hear It Productions

Postgame of Thrones

51 Listeners

History of Westeros (Game of Thrones) by History of Westeros

History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)

1,213 Listeners

The Watch by The Ringer

The Watch

5,320 Listeners

TRASHFUTURE by TRASHFUTURE

TRASHFUTURE

563 Listeners

Behind the Bastards by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Behind the Bastards

15,368 Listeners

You're Wrong About by Sarah Marshall

You're Wrong About

21,760 Listeners

The Big Picture by The Ringer

The Big Picture

5,515 Listeners

5-4 by Prologue Projects

5-4

3,406 Listeners

The Ancients by History Hit

The Ancients

3,090 Listeners

If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

If Books Could Kill

8,918 Listeners