Before The Dragon: Bloodmoon and ASOIAF

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Matt goes through the differences between House of the Dragon S1E03 and Fire and Blood by George RR Martin. Tweet the podcast @B4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (youtube.com/@B4thedragonpod). Some sounds and music in this podcast (including “Breathe” by Ian Post) are licensed to […]

Matt goes through the differences between S1E02 and Fire and Blood by George RR Martin. Tweet the podcast @B4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (youtube.com/@B4thedragonpod). Some sounds and music in this podcast are licensed to Matt via Artist.io (https://artlist.io/) and all licenses can be […]

Matt lays out the differences between the books and show for House of the Dragon S1E01. If you have  additional insights regarding this subject, or if this content isn't to your liking, we are completely open to your feedback! Tweet @B4thedragonpod, Hive or Mastodon mattsaudioblog, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, submit comments via mattsaudioblog.com or via the YouTube […]

Just like Matt has been covering the music of Ramin Djwadi for Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, he also really loves Lorne Balfe’s score for His Dark Materials, so we’re adding this episode of music analysis for the His Dark Materials series finale on this feed. SPOILERS! This episode describes scenes in […]

Matt likes Lorne Balfe’s score for His Dark Materials and Wheel of time as much as he likes Ramin’s score for Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. Join Matt and Holly on Thursdays covering Series 3 of His Dark Materials on another podcast called The Dust Podcast! You”ll get story analysis and music […]

Matt is joined by Holly and John to wrap up season 1 of House of the Dragon, with ratings, discussions and the first ever Holly-BLEEP awards for a select group of categories, highlighting the best and the worst of the season. We still want to hear from you! Tweet @b4thedragonpod email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment at mattsaudioblog.com […]

Happy Halloween to all who partake! In Part 3 (of 3), Holly reaches out from beyond the grave to give her rating, three words, and brothelmates,as Kelly. Susan, John and Matt go through YOURS as well, and give a couple of real-world thoughts too. Even though the season is over we STILL want to hear […]

Happy Halloween to all who partake! In Part 2 (of 3!), Holly is STILL DEAD, forcing Kelly. Susan, John and Matt to continue to grieve by discussing more things about the House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale, then conclude their out of control Top 5 lists to close this section out. Even though the […]

Happy Halloween to all who partake! In Part 1 (of 3!), Holly is DEAD, leaving Kelly. Susan, John and Matt left to rate the House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale, and talk about 3 big topics, then get down to some out of control Top 5 lists to close this section out. Even though […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to the season finale of House of the Dragon “The Black Queen”. Send us your 3 words descriptions, brothelmates of the episode (best coupling), and thoughts by tweeting @b4thedragonpod, sending emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, commenting on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there). […]

Siren of ASOIAF from the West Kelly (@kellyunderfoot on twitter) takes over the podcast S1E09 of House of the Dragon, “The Green Council”! We want to hear from you too! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube channel (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast” […]

It's the 2nd look podcast for S1E09 of House of the Dragon, “The Green Council”! Matt is never alone really, and he shares some perspectives sent in by his usual panel, and YOUR thoughts, three words, and brothelmates as well! We want to hear from you too! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, […]

Sorry for the audio issues (which clear up at 4:45), it's going to be a weird week (more on that in the podcast). Otherwise you get Matt's initial reaction to S1E09 of House of the Dragon, “The Green Council” Tweet @b4thedragonpod send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on the web posts at mattsaudioblog.com, or the YouTube […]

It's the panel podcast (part 2) for S1E08 of House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides”! Remember that even John's burrito takes are always right! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube channel (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast” there)! Some sounds […]

It's the panel podcast (part 1) for S1E08 of House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides”! Plus we draw our winner for the Scenes for a Westerosi Movie contest! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube channel (search for “Before the Dragon […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E08 “The Lord of Tides”. Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the web posts or use the contact form at mattsaudioblog.com, or leave comments (and subscribe please) at the YouTube videos, by searching for Before the Dragon Podcast there. Download […]

In this Part 2 of the panel cast, Queen Cersei Lannister is joined by Maester Intern Kelly, Susan, Holly, and John (Sneh) to discuss all things House of the Dragon S1E07 “Driftmark”, plus play 3 Words, Brothelmates of the Week, play a new double round of Seven Hellz, and catch up on all the feedback. […]

In this Part 1 of the panel cast, Queen Cersei Lannister is joined by Maester Intern Kelly, Susan, Holly, and John (Sneh) to discuss all things House of the Dragon S1E07 “Driftmark”. We want your feedback! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our website posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for “Before the […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E07 “Driftmark”. Tweet to @b3thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube videos (Search for “Before the Dragon Podcast” on YT). Download Mp3

In this Part 2 of the panel cast, Matt is joined by Susan, Holly, and John (Sneh) to discuss all things House of the Dragon S1E06 “The Princess and the Queen”. We want your feedback! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our website posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon […]

In this Part 1 of the panel cast, Matt is joined by Susan, Holly, and John (Sneh) to discuss all things House of the Dragon S1E06 “The Princess and the Queen”. We want your feedback! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our website posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E06! He rambles so much back and forth between subjects, we can't even timestamp anything! He wants to know YOUR reaction! Send your 3 word descriptions, best couplings, and show or podcast thoughts by tweeting @b4thedragonpod, emailing mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, or commenting on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or […]

Matt explores 2 themes presented in S1E05 of House of the Dragon “We Light the Way”: The Alicent/Hightower theme, and the Velaryon theme! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search “Before the Dragon Podcast” there, subscribe, like, and comment). Download Mp3

Sorry – a turn of events this week prevented us from having a panel cast covering S1E05 of House of the Dragon. This small pod just covers feedback received and the final Westerosi “Scene from a Movie”. We still want to know what you thought of this episode, what your 3 word description is, what […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E05! He wants to know YOUR reaction! Send your 3 word descriptions, best couplings, and show or podcast thoughts by tweeting @b4thedragonpod, emailing mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, or commenting on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or the YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast). Time Stamps:00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert […]

Susan Holly Kelly, John, and Matt continue to explore House of the Dragon S1E04 “King of the Narrow Sea”. Games are played like 3 words, Brothelmates of the Week, and Seven Hellz, as well as covering your submissions and feedback too! If you want to send feedback get it to us by Tuesdays at 5pm […]

Susan, Holly, Kelly, and John join Matt to discuss S1E04 of House of the Dragon. You also get issue 4 of Scene from a Westerosi movie. Figure out what actual movie our Westerosi movie scene is based on, and submit as many of the 5 that you can to be eligible to win free official […]

Spoiler Alert! We wanted to give you heads up that book knowledge does bleed into this presentation heavily, and may be considered spoilery by some! Otherwise, Kelly gives you a tour of all the sigils that came courting for Rhaenyra's hand at Storm's End! Tweet the podcast @b4thedraggonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments at […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E04 King of the Narrow Sea. Tweet @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog.com, leave comments on the web posts (mattsaudioblog.com), or on the YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there). Download Mp3

Susan, Kelly, John, and Matt continue to discuss House of the Dragon S1E03 “Second of his Name”. A “serious” discussion breaks out, then they continue to explore the Tiny Wheel of Topics, and get a surprise Top 5 list from Kelly! They also play the 3 word description game, nominate the best couplings for the […]

Matt is joined by Stephanie (briefly), Susan, Kelly, and John to talk about S1E03 of House of the Dragon, “Second of His Name”. Matt also breaks down the music behind Dameon's Feigned Surrender. We also unveil our 3rd of 5 Scenes from a Westeroisi movie (play in our contest and have a chance to win […]

Download Mp3 Matt gives an initial reaction to S1E03 of House of the Dragon “Second of His Name”. Tweet to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com , comment at the website (and find podcast app links to subscribe and rate with) at mattsaudioblog.com or subscribe and comment on our YouTube channel videos by searching for “Before […]

Download Mp3 In this Part 2, Matt and Susan continue to pay their owed Seven Hellz punishments as the full panel continues the discussion regarding S1E02 of House of the Dragon, “The Rogue Prince”! We want your feedback regarding, 3 word descriptions, and best couplings of each and every episode! We also want you to […]

Download MP3 In this Part 1, Matt and Susan pay their owed Seven Hellz punishments as the full panel discusses S1E02 of House of the Dragon, “The Rogue Prince”! Part 2 will come out in a few hours (7am EDT the following day). We want your feedback regarding, 3 word descriptions, and best couplings of […]

Matt gets on his soap box again, reviews your feedback from last week, then gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E02 “The Rogue Prince”. Have thoughts about the episode or the podcast? Have a three word description of the episode? Have a best coupling for the episode? Send ALL of that to […]

Download MP3 Matt is joined by Siren of ASOIAF from the West Kelly, Siren of ASOIAF from the East Susan, Siren of ASOIAF from the South Holly, and Titan of ASOIAF from the North John, to discuss all things S1E01 of House of the Dragon. In this part two of two casts today,you get a […]

Download MP3 Matt is joined by Siren of ASOIAF from the West Kelly, Siren of ASOIAF from the East Susan, Siren of ASOIAF from the South Holly, and Titan of ASOIAF from the North John, to discuss all things S1E01 of House of the Dragon. In this part one of two casts today, you get […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E01. Tell us what you thought of the episode, as well as your three word description of it, and the best coupling in it (brothelmates) by tweeting to @b4thedragonpod, emailing mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or leaving comments on the website posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or the YouTube videos (search for […]

Matt gives his initial reaction to listening to Ramin's “The Prince that was Promised”, the first released cut of House of the Dragon music. Due to YT rules this podcast will appear only on twitter (@b4thedragonpod), and in this audio form. The piece is distributed by Watertower music, and no copyright infringement is intended aa […]

House of the Dragon is now only 1 week away! Matt previews what the podcast will offer and when those offerings will occur, starts a contest for our listeners as well as “getting the band back together” (an old Blues Brothers reference) to for the first edition of the game that nobody wants – “Seven […]

Matt is join by the Siren of ASOIAF from the East, Susan, to discuss all of the content coming out during, and since, San Diego Comic Con! If you have thoughts, tweet to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on the posts at mattsaudioblog.com, or comment on the YouTube videos (search Before the Dragon Podcast). […]

Matt is joined by the Siren of ASOIAF from the North, Stephanie, to talk about the latest House of the Dragon trailer that dropped on July 20, 2022. What did you think of the trailer? Tweet your thoughts to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com , or comment at the webpage (mattsaudioblog.com) or the YouTube channel […]

Matt is joined by Axel Foley (@Waxelfoley on twitter from Podcast Winterfell (podcastwinterfell.com) and DVR Podcasts (dvrpodcast.com) to discuss the news first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, regarding the possibility of a new spinoff series involving Jon Snow. They give you their reaction, and discuss the observed fan reactions, the reasons of why this is […]

Matt briefly quotes and discusses GRRM's notablog posting from June 1st of 2022. Tweet the podcast @B4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or use the contact form at the website mattsaudioblog.com and explore all of the podcasts Matt is involved in while there! Please subscribe to our YouTube channel. Find it by searching for Before the […]

Matt expresses his doctrine for entertainment that will be executed for all of his franchise coverage. Tweet to @B4theDragonPod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the youtube videos (search for Before the Dragon podcast on YouTube and subscribe today), or use the contact form, as well as finding all of the podcasts that Matt […]

Titan of ASOIAF from the north John (@J_McGonagle on twitter) joins Matt for a look at the trailer from a book readers perspective (warning – there may be spoilers). Apologies for the audio quality (Matt will learn how to use a mic SOMEday)! Contact the podcast via tweet @B4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, or use the contact […]

Matt discusses the new House of the Dragon trailer and images released by HBO on May 5th, 2022, and also reviews some feedback. We want to hear from YOU! Find the podcast @b4thedragonpod on twitter, send emails to mattsausdioblog@gmail.com leave comments on the YouTube page (search for Before the Dragon Podcast on YouTube) or find […]

Matt gives you the latest Westerosi news, including the premiere date for the heavily anticipated House of the Dragon series! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, and find all back episodes of every podcast Matt does, as well as other helpful information like podcast app links (please leave a written review where you […]

With a new year comes new lists and games for the world of ice and fire and the HBO Game of Thrones franchises! The Siren of A Song of Ice and Fire from the West, Kelly (@KellyUnderfoot on twitter), joins Matt to have some fun! Send us your suggestions for games, for punishments in the […]