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

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How many episodes does Unabashed Book Snobbery have?

The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.

Unabashed Book Snobbery episodes:

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
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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.

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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
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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!
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April 24, 20198x02 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" UBS Review
Julia, Kylie, and Caroline, put Danzie on trial. That's what the cool kids are calling conversations these days, right? Then they wheel-spin even longer than the show's wheel-spinning in the newest episode "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms."

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes.

Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – Intro and recap;
10:00 – Critical reception & Jaime's trial;
22:00 – Earned or not earned?;
1:02:45 - Nitpicks & Carol
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April 17, 20198x01 "Winterfell" UBS Review
Julia and Kylie welcome back Caroline, because the final season of Game of Thrones is here! Join them as they discuss Dave Hill's "Winterfell," catty women, casual dragon riding, and of course elephants.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes and the CAROL board.

Episode Breakdown
0:00 - 11:15 - Intro and episode recap;
11:15 - Winterfell, Sansa, and logistics;
32:45 - Even more Winterfell, Arya, and nonchalant dragon riding;
46:30 - Sam is also here plus an old friend;
1:04:00 - King's Landing & the Iron Fleet;
1:14:15 - Our CAROL board & random highlights
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March 20, 2019UBS #61 Season 4 Rewatch
Julia and Kylie are joined by Caroline and Jana for yet another overly litigious episode. Having just completed The Wars to Come rewatch project, the four chat about Game of Thrones season 4, spooky skeletons, thunderstorms, and cough drops.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.

Episode Breakdown
0:00 – Season impressions, acting, and directing;
23:25 - Best and worst episode;
36:10 – Best and worst scenes;
57:45 – Best and worst plotline & themes;
1:15:05 – Women in S4;
1:50:00 – Caroline's random notes
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February 06, 2019UBS #60 Season 7 Odds and Ends Part 2
Julia and Kylie close out their Season 7 retrospective series with yet another conversation about the geographically scattered plots of the year. Part 2 features all Ironborn and one Redwyne.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.

Episode Breakdown:
0:00 - Intro & Theon's arc;
35:45 - Euron the Hooligan;
58:15 - Olenna the Sour Grapes;
1:21:15 - The state of Weisseroff
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January 21, 2019UBS #59 Season 7 Odds and Ends Part 1
Julia and Kylie jump around in time to bring you their conversation of the many scattered plots of Game of Thrones Season 7 that ended up comprising their final retrospective. Here in Part 1, they discuss Dorne, Sam, Jorah, Sandor, and the Brotherhood without Banners.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes.

Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – Intro from the future;
9:00 – Nicknames & Dorne;
34:40 – Sam drops out of school;
1:06:54 – Jorah the Andal;
1:20:40 – Sandor and the Brotherhood
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December 18, 2018UBS #58 Season 3 Rewatch
Julia and Kylie are joined by their season-commenter Caroline, and welcome Bo back! Today’s topic: Season 3 insights from participating in the Fandomentals GoT rewatch project: The Wars to Come.

Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes.

Episode Breakdown;
0:00 - Season impressions and episodes;
20:00 - Best and worst scenes and plotlines;
38:10 - Themes of the season;
40:50 - Women in S3 part 1: Ros, Shae, Sansa, Marg;
1:00:30 - Women in S3 part 2: Cersei, Brienne, Cat, Talisa, Arya, the Baratheon women;
1:25:45 - Cracks in the plaster/adaptation
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