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In this episode we look at where Satan showed himself in the news cycle for the first half of 2024.We have special guest star cameo appearances from Trump lawyer Alina Habba, Christian wannabe astrologer and numerologist Amanda Grace, multi-millionaire E. Jean. Carroll, Arizona lawmakers Republican Senators Jake Hoffman, J.D. Mesnard and Ken Bennet, Mississippi wannabe congressional candidate Michael Cassidy, Baphomet, Iowa State Capitol Building, Church of Latter Day Saints, Scientology, Tea Party, Barrack Obama, Kenya, Overton Window, John Cena, illuminati, Andrew Tate, Oscars, Academy Awards, Qanon fan girl Liz Crokin, Hollywood, Donald Trump, North American continent, solar eclipse, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nineveh, Jonah, Carbondale, Illinois, Little Egypt, Egypt, Armageddon, Mount Megiddo, Northern Israel, Assyria, Canaanites, Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III, Old Testament, Halloween, Dungeons and Dragons, Eurovision Song Contest, Bambie Thug, Maria Brink, Marilyn Manson, Doomsday Blue, Avada kedavra, Harry Potter, Lordi, Irish Christian Nationalist Hermann Kelly, New Zealand, Ireland, Hermann Göring, Galway priest Father Declan McInerney, 12P/Pons-Brooks, The Devil Comet and Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains. #666 #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science #History #Atheism #Antitheist #ConspiracyTheory #Conspiracy #Conspiracies #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Satanism #Satanist #Skeptic #Debunk #Illuminati #SatanIsMySuperhero #Podcast #funny #sketch #skit #comedy #comedyshow #comedyskits #HeavyMetal #weird 666, SketchComedy, Sketch, Comedy, Sketch Comedy, Atheist, Science, History, Atheism, Antitheist, Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy, Conspiracies, Sceptical, Scepticism, Mythology, Religion, Devil, Satan, Satanism, Satanist, Skeptic, Debunk, Illuminati, Heavy Metal, weird, SatanIsMySuperhero
All hail Queen Rhaenyra, The First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals, and the Rhyonar, and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm! After years of waiting and weeks of watching, Season 1 of House of the Dragon has ended. Join the Bingetown crew in breaking down all the happenings and our quick thoughts on the season overall! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our adventures return to the leadership hall, deep within the Greywall Mountains, victorious. Yarost stands his ground and has proven himself. The party now looks ahead to who will forge the shield. Want more Twenty Sides? Check the links below. Want more Twenty Sides? Check the links below. Patreon | www.patreon.com/twentysidesInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/twentysidespod/YouTube | https://youtube.com/@twentysidespodcastDiscord | https://discord.gg/74kucBWZFh
We continue our loose series on the various ethnic groups of Westeros with a deep dive on the Andals and the Andal invasion, the second mass human migration from Essos into Westeros, and arguably the most impactful. We look at their history, culture, religion and the reasons they went to Westeros and why they succeeded once they got there, tracing the course and impact of their invasion region by region across the continent. Support us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
Jaime has a curious goodbye with Arya Stark. He refuses to leave the Kingsguard, despite a strong push from his family. He resists an advance from his sister, which results in a heated argument between the two. Finally, he gives Brienne a jaw-dropping gift and then tasks her with a surprising mission in return. Simon and Mackelly squint hard at “Arya Stark.”Chapter Review:Jaime Lannister grows bored of watching the king sign documents that offer rewards or punishment to houses, for their roles in the war. He returns to the White Sword Tower. On his way, he runs into a girl claiming to be Arya Stark. Jaime is skeptical.Cersei waits for him in his chambers. She begs him to talk to their father about Tywin's plan to send her back to Casterly Rock, effectively separating her from her son Tommen. Jaime doesn't think it'll do any good, but Cersei believes it will, if he agrees to leave the Kingsguard. Jaime refuses. Cersei makes a sexual advance that Jaime rebuffs. She throws insults as she storms out.Jaime calls for Ser Loras Tyrell and Brienne of Tarth. Loras admits Brienne might be telling the truth about Renly Baratheon's death. After dismissing Loras, Jaime gives Brienne the Valyrian steel sword his father gave him. In return, he asks she use it to find Sansa Stark and keep her safe.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Jaime Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen.Ser Loras Tyrell - Member of the Kingsguard. Young, dashing, talented knight from the Reach. The third son of Lord Mace Tyrell of Highgarden.Brienne of Tarth - Warrior woman. Once "Brienne the Blue" in King Renly's Rainbow Guard. On a mission to rescue the Stark girls for Catelyn Stark.Cersei Lannister - twin to Jaime, mother to Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella. Tywin Lannister - father of Jaime, Cersei, Tyrion. Lord of Casterly Rock. Hand of the King.Tyrion Lannister - youngest sibling of Jaime and Cersei. Imprisoned awaiting trial for murdering his nephew King Jofrrey.Tommen Lannister - King of the Andals, Roynar, and the First men. Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Protector of the Realm.We've got four new sustainer tiers on our Buy Me a Coffee site. Something for every budget and level of interest. Check it out! Support the showSupport us: Buy from our store Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perks Donate to our cause Use our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of Audible Buy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate link Rate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere.Find us on social media: Discord Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal Facebook Instagram YouTube All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/wa...
For our season one finale, we're discussing the inimitable DAENERYS TARGARYEN from Game of Thrones!Daenerys, brought to screen by Emilia Clarke, had one of the most shocking and intriguing journeys of just about any character in HBO's history. From an exiled and vulnerable princess to the Breaker of Chains and Queen of the Andals and the First Men, sis quite literally set fire to the world that kept her down.Of MANY things, it's her transformation on the quest for power, freedom, and justice that made us go…well….SHE'S HAVING AN EPISODE.Follow us:Aisling (the Irish one) - @itspronouncedashlingLela (the American one) - @lelalondonhello@sheshavinganepisode.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
All hail Queen Rhaenyra, The First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals, and the Rhyonar, and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm! After years of waiting and weeks of watching, Season 1 of House of the Dragon has ended. Join the Bingetown crew in breaking down all the happenings and our quick thoughts on the season overall! Support BingetownTV Podcast: Covering Your Favorite “Binge-Worthy” TV Shows! by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/bingetowntv
Today we will be discussing King Robert I Baratheon, the seventeenth ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, formally styled as Robert of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm. We are going to be basing our discussion off of the “A Wiki of Ice and Fire” page dedicated to Robert Baratheon. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Steffon Baratheon: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Steffon_Baratheon Robert Baratheon: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Robert_I_Baratheon Usurper: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Usurper
In this episode, short people with dubious hairstyles collide as The Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms Regnant, Khaleesi of the Great […]
In this episode, short people with dubious hairstyles collide as The Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms Regnant, Khaleesi of the Great Sea of Grass, Mhyssa, Chain Breaker, The Unburned, and Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen – First of Her Name – swaps Westeros for Passamaquoddy to take on Pete (of Pete's Dragon, just in case Passamaquoddy didn't ring that particular bell for you…). And, just because it'll guarantee death destruction and a boatload of internet backlash, we'll let her bring Drogon – her last surviving dragon. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Game of Thrones (as well as some unpopular opinions about the show!), but if that's your bag then don't forget to check out the SERIES FINALE of Game of Moans from Monday, June 21st, 2021 on the Double Down Podcast Network
I, King Crimson, First of my Name and King of the Andals, order you to listen to my episode about which Game of Thrones episodes are my favorite!! Ha. Just kidding. Not gonna order you but I will kindly request that you give this episode a listen. With the 10 year anniversary coming up for the Game of Thrones show, I thought it would be important to all my listeners to give you guys a GoT episode. So many times have I thought "Okay, what type of show am I gonna do for GoT?" I couldn't pick. I had to really consider what type of impact GoT had on the world and why it had so many followers so fast! I remember my friend used to pride himself on not following GoT until I put on an episode and he was like hold up lemme get an HBOGo (HBOMax) subscription. I put a lot of time into thinking of which Game of Thrones episodes are the best and to be honest it was hard. Difficult to think of which episodes were so vital to the GoT world or which battles were the best. The ones I picked happened to be pivotal points in the GoT fandom. I think this list captures good moments in the GoT fandom. Some moments that people thought were real head spinners and "Oh, sheesh". So hopefully you listeners agree with my list and understand why I picked these particular episodes but even if you don't, hit me up on my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/catchingupwithcrimsonpodcast/ or my Twitter @daddafett to let me know which GoT moments were your favorites.
A one minute lesson from Game of Thrones on the value and importance of a track record. Daenerys in Season 1 and 2 was naive but right after her meeting in Qarth, she evolved and built a track record. Yes I know Daenerys and Khaleesi are the same people but embracing herself as Khaleesi (not as a wife, but as the Unburnt). Her growth! The countless ways she built her track record... be that version, not the meek, sweet person who depends on prophecies but someone who has shown PROOF! She became Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blessingabeng/message
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
The King is dead. Long live King Joffrey? King Stannis? King Renly? Whoever! Ned and Cersei confront in the throne room. Ned is sure he has the manpower advantage to win the day, but then Petyr Baelish delivers a lasting lesson in the school of "Don't trust anyone." Mackelly and Simon take sides.Chapter Review: Eddard Stark is awoken to a Lannister show of strength outside his window, and the day only goes downhill from there. At breakfast, he allows Arya to have one last "dance lesson" but refuses Sansa a final goodbye with prince Joffrey, before the girls board the ship headed for Winterfell. The news causes an outraged Sansa to storm off.The day's downward spiral continues when Grand Maester Pycelle arrives and announces that King Robert has died. A heavy-hearted Ned convenes the small council (apart from Renly, who having carefully weighed up the situation has scarpered from King's Landing) and has Barristan Selmy break the seal on Robert's will. As we know, Ned is supposed to act as Protector of the Realm until Robert's heir comes of age. Before Ned can obtain oaths of allegiance, the council is summoned to the presence of the new king. Ned's helped to the throne room by Littlefinger who assures him that the gold cloaks are on the payroll. Joffrey demands a rapid coronation. Cersei tears up Robert's will and demands that Ned bend the knee. Instead, he reveals that Cersei's children are not Robert's and that the gold cloaks should escort the royal family to their rooms. The city guard do exactly what they've been paid to do, and kill all of Ned's men. Ned himself is taken into custody by Littlefinger himself. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Hand of the King, Lord of Winterfell, and king Robert's closest friend. King Robert Baratheon - King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. Aside from being king, he's also Ned's lifelong best friend. Oh and now he's dead. Renly Baratheon - King Robert's youngest brother. Lord of Storm's End and Master of Laws. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Tully. Lord Varys - The Spider. Eunuch and Master of Whispers. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server!We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
King Robert has been mortally wounded by a boar. Ned's plan to tell him that his children were cuckoos turns to ashes in his mouth. Cersei, Renly, Varys, Petry Baelish - all start scheming for the next round of the Game of Thrones. Is Ned morally nimble enough to keep up? Mac and Simon mourn the fallen king and consider every angle of the implications. Chapter Review: Thanks to a surfeit of wine from his loyal squire Lancel Lannister, King Robert gets gored by a boar and the two-day journey back to King's Landing has allowed the wound to mortify. There is nothing Pycelle can do. Ned transcribes the King's last will and testament, with a slight edit, for the good of the realm. Cersei departs to...who knows? Selmy blames himself. Varys blames Lancel. Renly suggests to Ned that they take Joffrey into custody to ensure adherence to the terms of Ned's will: namely that Ned act as regent and projector of the realm until Joffrey comes of age. Ned writes to Stannis congratulating him on becoming king. Littlefinger paints a grim picture of the realm under Stannis, who doesn't command the love that Robert did nor demonstrates the level of forgiveness and flexibility that a king will need. Ned is set on his path. Baelish agrees to help but he'll need money to pay off the gold cloaks. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Hand of the King, Lord of Winterfell, and king Robert's closest friend.King Robert Baratheon - King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Protector of the realm. Aside from being king, he's also Ned's lifelong best friend. Queen Cersei Lannister - Wife of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister. Stannis Baratheon - Older younger brother of King Robert and Lord of Dragonstone. Renly Baratheon - King Robert's youngest brother. Lord of Storm's End and Master of Laws. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Tully. Grand Maester Pycelle - Elderly grand maester of the Seven Kingdoms. Fellow member of the king's Small Council. Lord Varys - The Spider. Eunuch and Master of Whispers. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server!We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
Eddard Stark is now in possession of the biggest secret in King's Landing. News so immense it could destroy the very kingdom. But the king is off hunting and Ned has few friends with whom to share the news. What to do? Personally we wouldn't have advised confiding in Cersei Bloomin' Lannister, but then again we're morally flexible soft southern children of summer. From their respective castles, Mac and Simon analyze the latest happenings and weigh up the latest battle between Ned's honor and common sense. Chapter Review: Ned entertains some of his Small Council cohorts - Grand Maester Pycelle and Petyr LittleFinger Baelish. Apparently, Tywin Lannister doesn't appreciate having his bannerman, Ser Gregor Clegane brought to heel. Ned's past caring about Tywin. But he does still care about Cersei's children. They parley in the infrequently- used King's Landing Godswood. It goes about as well as might be expected. She admits to everything (even providing the identity of the father), but she does not admit to Jon Arryn's murder. Cersei tries to use her feminine wiles - but come on - this is Lord Eddard Stark. Ned advises her to gather her children and flee... far. Robert's wrath will follow her as far as she could possibly run. Cersei tells Ned he missed the chance to seize the throne for himself. And follows up with, "In the Game of Thrones you win, or you die." Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Hand of the King, Lord of Winterfell, and king Robert's closest friend. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Tully. Grand Maester Pycelle - Elderly grand maester of the Seven Kingdoms. Fellow member of the king's Small Council. Queen Cersei Lannister - Wife of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister. King Robert Baratheon - King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Protector of the realm. Aside from being king, he's also Ned's lifelong best friend. Tywin Lannister - Lord of Casterly Rock. Father of Jamie, Cersei, and Tyrion Lannister. Support the podcast. Buy some merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server!We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
Ned gets a turn on the Iron Throne while King Robert is off hunting. His leg hurts and so do the various bits of him getting poked by the chair - curse you Robert, and you Aegon the Conqueror. His comfort is hardly enhanced by news from the Riverlands of murder and pillage by Lannister-men. Simon and Mackelly consider every implication. Chapter Review:Eddard Stark is in charge and sits the Iron Throne. He's not thrilled by either the responsibility, (Robert is off hunting) nor the ergonomics. While Sansa watches on, he is confronted with news of atrocities in the Riverlands. Un-sigiled brigands have sacked three towns, killing and raping - but not stealing. The only clue as to their identity - one of them is as big as a mountain. Against Grand Maester Pycelle's objections, Ned strips Ser Gregor Clegane of his titles, lands, and life and dispatches a sizable contingent under the King's banner to carry out the justice. He gives the lead of this mission to Ser Beric Dondarrion. In so doing, he slights Ser Loras Tyrell and Ser Ilyn Payne (the King's executioner). Lord Varys suggests that this might not have been the best strategic decision. But we note that Ned carefully picked only men loyal to either House Stark or House Barratheon. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Hand of the King, Lord of Winterfell, and king Robert's closest friend. King Robert Baratheon - King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Protector of the realm. Aside from being king, he's also Ned's lifelong best friend. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Tully. Lord Varys - Master of Spies for King Robert. Ser Gregor Clegane - The Mountain who Rides. Lannister loyalist. Murderer of Rhaegar Targaryen's children. Lord Beric Dondarrion - The Lightning Lord of Blackhaven. Tasked by Ned to bring down the King's justice on Gregor Clegane. Edmure Tully - Heir to Riverrun. Seemingly in charge of defenses, while his father Hoster Tully recuperates from illness. Support the podcast. Buy some merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server!We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
Ned dreams of fighting to rescue his sister Lyanna. He wakes to find that the king and queen are waiting speak with him. Queen Cersei spins a yarn, Ned creates an awkward scene, and the royal couple squabbles leading to violence. Finally, Ned gets his old job back, whether he wants it or not. Chapter Review: Eddard Stark and six of his companions stand off against three members of the royal kingsguard. He wakes in the Tower of the Hand, a week after the fight with Jamie Lannister's men. The king and queen soon arrive and queen Cersei starts right in on Ned as the instigator of the fight. Robert commands that Cat Stark release Tyrion Lannister immediately and that Ned make up with Jamie. Ned tells Robert that he was coming from seeing Robert's baby daughter at a brothel. The king and queen begin an argument that ends with Robert hitting Cersei in the face, knocking her to the ground. The chapter ends with Robert tossing the Hand of the King pin to Ned and commanding that he take his old job back. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Hand of the King, Lord of Winterfell, and king Robert's closest friend. King Robert Baratheon - King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men.Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Protector of the realm. Aside from being king, he's also Ned's lifelong best friend. Cersei Lannister - Queen of Westeros. The twin sister of Jamie Lannister and older sister to Tyrion Lannister. Jamie Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen. Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Jory Cassel - Captain of the Stark household guard. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Tully. Lyanna Stark - Younger sister of Ned Stark. Once betrothed to Robert Baratheon. Kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen. She died near the end of Robert's Rebellion. Support the podcast. Buy some merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server!We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM!: https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER!: https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
Eddard Stark has found the brothel he'd been looking for. He also found a fight he wasn't looking for. Both deliver surprising results. We comb through the facts and details to make sure you know what's happening, why, and the possible repercussions. Chapter Review: We find Ned, some of his household guard, and Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish visiting the brothel Jon Arryn and Stannis Baratheon had visited prior to Jon's death. Ned has discovered that King Robert has a base-born child to one of the women of the brothel. The child is a girl named Barra who looks just like Robert. After promising Barra's mother that the girl will want for nothing, Ned and the guys head back to the Red Keep. On the way, Ned reminisces about promises he made his sister Lyanna and sees his bastard son Jon's face in the rain.While Ned and Littlefinger are discussing why Jon Arryn was visiting King Robert's bastards, the street becomes flooded with Lannister men. Jamie Lannister tells Ned he's looking for his brother Tyrion, who Catelyn Stark has taken captive. Ned tells Jamie that Tyrion was taken on his orders, to answer for his crimes. Jamie lets Littlefinger leave and then threatens to kill Ned, but Ned says if he does Cat will kill Tyrion. Before Jamie rides off, he tells his men not to touch Ned, but to kill his men. In the fighting, all of Ned's men are killed and Ned suffers a badly broken leg. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Hand of the King, Lord of Winterfell, and king Robert's closest friend. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Tully. Jamie Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen. Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Jory Cassel - Captain of the Stark household guard. King Robert Baratheon - King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Protector of the realm. Aside from being king, he's also Ned's lifelong best friend. Support the podcast. Buy some merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server!We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM!: https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER!: https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show
The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)
Ned and Robert go toe-to-toe over how to handle Dany's pregnancy. When all is said and done, king Robert needs a new Hand of the King, and Ned is headed back to Winterfell. We sit in on the Small Council meeting, tell you what happened, why, and make conjectures about the consequences. Chapter Review: King Robert is in attendance at the Small Council meeting. He has learned that Daenerys Targaryen is pregnant and says now is the time to extinguish the Targaryen flame for good. Ned says it's nothing short of murder to kill a 14-year-old girl and her unborn child. Increasingly heated words are exchanged between the two until king Robert can take no more. He puts it to a vote of the Small Council and wins 4-1. Ned refuses to order the assassination and resigns as Hand of the King. A furious king Robert tells him to get out before his head ends up on a spike. Back at the Tower of the Hand, Ned has mixed feelings about leaving. He's excited to get back to Winterfell but worried about the realm being left in the hands of king Robert and the other members of the Small Council. He also feels remorseful that he hadn't gotten to the bottom of Jon Arryn's murder. While he's planning his departure, Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish shows up and offers to take him to the brothel that Ned and his men have been looking for. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Hand of the King, Lord of Winterfell, and king Robert's closest friend. King Robert Baratheon - King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Protector of the realm. Lord Varys - Eunuch and Master of Whispers. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, childhood friend to Cat Stark. Renly Baratheon - King Robert's youngest brother. Lord of Storm's End and Master of Laws. Ser Barriston Selmy - Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Daenerys Targaryen - Khaleesi to a Dothraki khalasar, younger sister to Viserys. Viserys Targaryen - Deposed heir to the Iron Throne. Khal Drogo - Leader of a Dothraki khalasar, husband to Daeny Targaryen. Stannis Baratheon - Older younger brother of King Robert, Lord of Dragonstone. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM!: https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER!: https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show
S1 E2: "Monkey D. Luffy v Daenerys Targaryen & Drogon" Welcome back to Super Bracket Bros! This episode is the second matchup of the tournament and of the East bracket. This time around we will be discussing (7) Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons! versus! Some guy named (2) Luffy who wants to be King of the Pirates... We break down this ridiculous battle the best we can okay? Give us a break. This episode includes how to cook your dragon, pirates who can't swim, and "oh shit!" moments.
Edited audio from the livestream on August 6th. Oldtown from the Dawn Age to current times. Including ancient mysteries, the coming of the Andals and their Faith, then Aegon the Conqueror and his descendants, to Euron Greyjoy and what's happening now with the city and House Hightower.
Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, good ol' Maester Luwin reassures Bran and Rickon that their creepy nightmares about their dad being dead are meaningless...and of course, he is proven 100% right. Since when do dreams *mean* things?! This week, we: -Discuss the different directions George considered going with books four and five -Set up the struggle that will dominate Bran's storyline in the next book: the secular v. the magical, the Stark in Winterfell v. the Winged Wolf -Dig into the layers of political and personal history down in the Winterfell crypts -Pay tribute to the Ned Stark shaped hole inside Bran, Rickon, and his own tomb -Ponder where the Children of the Forest went and what they did after the Andals arrived per Luwin's story... Next week: AGOT, Sansa VI with new guest Michal Shick of Hypable, Nice Jewish Fangirls, and Vassals of Kingsgrave! Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish
The girl with the long title, who doesn't get burned when she plays with fire. Join us as we make Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains into a D&D Character! Written by George R.R. Martin and portrayed by Emilia Clarke in the HBO tv-series. Click here for Deanerys character sheet!
This week VTS welcomes Jason to the table for an episode that touches on quite a few topics for its relatively short running time. The discussion starts off with Patti's feelings about the ending of Game of Thrones (this segment is spoiler-free in case you haven't watched yet), and Rick reveals his psychic powers, having foreseen the new throne-sitter (Protector of the Realm, Lord/Lady of the Seven Kingdoms, King/Queen of the Andals, etc.) way back in Season 1 Episode 1. That's his wild claim, anyway, and I guess we have no reason to doubt him. Then Rob waxes nostalgic (on Empire's birthday) about pre-specialized Star Wars movies, some debate ensues about the new Detective Pokemon flick, Frank questions his commitment to spoiler-free living, and practically everyone legit loses their shizz over the new Stranger Things upside-downy set from LEGO. Next we get down to details with Jason, a Vegas native who does some killer custom work, mostly with Star Wars Black Series figures. Jason talks a bit about his techniques and inspirations, and we learn a new phrase - "boil & pop" - you'll have to tune in to see what that's all about. It's Geek Pride Week, so how else to celebrate but an hour with your favorite nerds - and Jedi Jesus - on this episode of Vegas Toy SquadCast!
Finally, it's officially over. The famous, the infamous, the most popular, the biggest tv series, ever. And still, they gave us something big, something that we'll never thought of. Well, at least not so many peeps ever think that Brandon Stark would be the King of the Seven (Six) Kingdoms. Di NGADEM episode kali ini, @dikoputranto dan @mezzaallegro ngebahas komplit soal ending dari series favorit banyak orang ini. Dari mulai first impression pas nonton pertama kali, pembahasan in-depth soal beberapa scene penting, sampai jokes-jokes sampah andalan kami berdua. DISCLAIMER: Saking sampahnya dan too much referencing about nudity and porn, mungkin buat yang sedang beribadah puasa, mesti nahan diri dulu buat dengerin pas sudah waktunya berbuka. Kami (tidak) minta maaf untuk rombengnya mulut kami berdua, dan kami (tidak) berjanji untuk tidak mengulanginya lagi. We warned you, btw. So, this is it, enjoy while it lasts. And don't forget to bend your knees to our new King! Long live the King! "All hail Bran the Broken, First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Six Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm.." - Tyrion Lannister
Tread Perilously finally makes its way to Westeros with the final episode of Game of Thrones. And though we didn't know it during our recording, the episode was called "The Iron Throne." When Jon Snow is advised by just about everyone that his aunt -- the Mad Queen Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen the Unburnt, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals, The Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, and Protector of the Realm -- will definitely kill him at the first opportunity, the Prince of Indecision debates the merits of killing her first versus his own desire to see her naked again. After he finally makes a decision, the Realm must deal with the repercussions. Despite a Targaryen plot against Tread Perilously's sound quality, Erik points out the absence of Jon Connington, Little Aegon, and a few other Ice and Fire characters. He also admits he missed one episode of the series. Justin discusses the difficulty with endings. He also praises the visual excellence of the episode. Superior air power comes into play. Erik loses his mind over the sudden appearances of Edmure Tully and Quentyn Martell. Issues of plot convenience are discussed and Daenerys's heel turn is examined at length. Also, Erik makes a bold Winds of Winter prediction regarding Little Finger.
* We kick off this week’s episode by reviewing Detective Pikachu and Long Shot, and bitching about Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 5. We then quickly transition to prank calling Andrew’s scammer. * In NOT NORMAL News, Trump thinks he should get an extension on his abysmal first term, and Lindsey Graham supplies the excellent judicial advice of ignoring a subpoena. * AP Choice has us considering whether we’d adopt a plant-based diet, heartbeat bills, and how to remove our data from Google. * During Surprise Bitch! we play a game that’s trending online with listener Danielle. Good luck with those highlights, girl! * Think of your daughters before naming them Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lady of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm, Lady of Dragonstone, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons. * The Intergovernmental Panel on climate change completed a study that examined attitudes towards perceptions of international threats in 26 countries. * If we enter the next ice age, will lenders track down our iced corpses demanding repayment? Probably. * Farmer Pat is back to tell us about another food marketing scheme: organic foods. * Organic produce is no better or worse than conventional produce, but organic meats have been found to have higher levels of trans-fats. * In recommendations, we reveal our age. RIP. * This week’s episode is sponsored by BioClarity (https://www.bioclarity.com and enter code MIL for 40% off skincare routines and 15% off everything else on their site) and Myro (https://www.mymyro.com/mill and enter code mill for 50% off your first order and to get started for just $5). Support #Millennial by supporting our sponsors! And in this week’s installment of After Dark: * We provide an in-depth, spoiler-ridden review of Game of Thrones, Season 8 Episode 5. * Which parts of the episode did we find most frustrating? We cover the frustration seen online in response to what many perceive as a rushed ending. * What other shows have started out strong and ended weak? * Do fans expect too much, and are we spoiled to expect anything more than what we’ve been given?
The penultimate episode of each season is typically cataclysmic and, being the final season, S8E5 really took this trend and ran with it. While this will likely prove to be one of the most divisive and, to some, unforgivable episodes, it was nothing if not surprising. I don’t wanna get into it here, but the condensed nature of this season is having some serious repercussions. Dany is betrayed once again, the Northern army camps outside King’s Landing, Tyrion pleads for one last chance at peace, Arya and the Hound infiltrate the capital, the Lannister brother share a solemn farewell, Qyburn tries to protect his Queen, the Iron Fleet burns in Blackwater Bay, The Hound finally faces his fraternal nemesis (foe if you’re into alliteration), the Lannister army surrenders to the invaders, and the bells of King’s Landing ring desperately for salvation, before all hell breaks loose… Arya struggles to survive the calamity, the Northern army gives in to their bloodlust, a wounded Jaime comforts Cersei, while the city without honour crumbles, as Daenerys Targaryen, first of her name, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons, burns them all.
The penultimate episode of each season is typically cataclysmic and, being the final season, S8E5 really took this trend and ran with it. While this will likely prove to be one of the most divisive and, to some, unforgivable episodes, it was nothing if not surprising. I don’t wanna get into it here, but the condensed nature of this season is having some serious repercussions. Dany is betrayed once again, the Northern army camps outside King’s Landing, Tyrion pleads for one last chance at peace, Arya and the Hound infiltrate the capital, the Lannister brother share a solemn farewell, Qyburn tries to protect his Queen, the Iron Fleet burns in Blackwater Bay, The Hound finally faces his fraternal nemesis (foe if you’re into alliteration), the Lannister army surrenders to the invaders, and the bells of King’s Landing ring desperately for salvation, before all hell breaks loose… Arya struggles to survive the calamity, the Northern army gives in to their bloodlust, a wounded Jaime comforts Cersei, while the city without honour crumbles, as Daenerys Targaryen, first of her name, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons, burns them all.
We start off Part 2 with an appetizer talking about Border and Customs stories and we try and guess what powers they have with your phone. Then we give you the delicious entree with some Game of Thrones talk (Spoiler warning for Episodes 1 and 2 for GoT Season 8). We get hit with some pure grade Bryanisms and things escalate quickly. Our brains then begin to rapidly disintegrate. Post Addendum: Turns out border agents have a lot more power than we talked about in this episode.
为你读英语美文·第309期 怒火燎原 主播： 雲昊坐标：奥地利·格拉茨公众号首播The Field of Fire怒火燎原翻译：人人影视The days of the Andals were numbered. One by one, their so-called kings were bending the knee or facing the wrath of Aegon Targaryen. Aegon of Old Valyria, Aegon who was "blood of the dragon".安达尔人气数将尽。曾经的诸王不是陆续屈膝称臣便要面对伊耿· 坦格利安的屠戮。来自古老瓦雷利亚的伊耿身上流淌着真龙的血液。After defeating the ironmen at Harrenhal and slaying the last of the Storm Kings, Aegon and his sisters, Rhaenys and Visenya, set their sights on other prizes - the gold mines of the Rock and the fertile lands of the Reach.继击溃赫伦堡铁民和杀死最后一位风暴国王之后，伊耿和他的姊妹雷妮丝和维桑尼亚将目光投向其他宝地 – 凯岩城的金矿以及河湾国的沃土。King Loren Lannister of the Rock and King Mern Gardener of the Reach foolishly thought their combined armies could beat back the Targaryen host. They rode forth together, their proud banners flapping in the wind, and faced off against Aegon in a vast golden field of wheat. The two kings commanded a massive force of nearly 60,000, and it appeared the day was theirs.凯岩王罗伦兰尼斯特与河湾王孟恩园丁愚蠢地认为二人联手必能力挫坦格利安大军。他们并肩进军，骄傲的战旗在风中猎猎飘扬，在广袤的金黄麦田上，他们遭遇了伊耿。双王麾下将近六万人，看似志在必得。Until Aegon unleashed all three of his dragons, for the first and only time. Each beast was named after the Valyrian gods of Aegon's forefathers. Visenya rode Vhagar, whose fiery breath could melt armor. Rhaenys rode Meraxes, whose jaws were big enough to swallow a horse whole.直到伊耿第一次也是最后一次将三只龙悉数放出。每只龙都以伊耿祖先所信奉的瓦雷利亚神邸命名。 维桑尼亚所骑的是瓦格哈尔，它那炙热的气息能融化盔甲。 雷妮丝所骑的米拉西斯，其血盆大口可以吞下整匹马。The greatest of all… was Balerion the Black Dread, with fire dark as night and wings so huge, whole towns were covered in shadow when he flew overhead. This magnificent creature was ridden by Aegon himself.而体型最巨大的当属“黑死神”贝勒里恩，它喷吐的烈焰漆黑如夜双翼硕大无朋，振翅腾空时阴影足可遮没整座城镇。这头巨兽由伊耿亲自驾驭。4,000 men were bathed in glorious dragonflame that day, on what came to be known as the Field of Fire. King Mern was among the dead, and House Gardener died with him. His stewards, the Tyrells, surrendered his ancestral stronghold of Highgarden to Aegon, and were appointed Lords Paramount of the Reach and Wardens of the South.四千人被那炫目的龙焰烧成灰烬，这场战役史称“怒火燎原”。孟恩王陨于沙场，园丁家族随之覆灭。他的总管提利尔家族，将其祖居的高庭献给伊耿，并因此受封为河湾王和南境守护。When Loren Lannister witnessed Mern's fate, he wisely bent the knee. Aegon spared Loren's life and the Lannisters were made Lords Paramount of the Westerlands and Wardens of the West.罗伦兰尼斯特目睹孟恩的命运，明智的选择屈膝称臣。伊耿赦免了罗伦，并封兰尼斯特家族为西境之王和西境守护。After his triumph on the Field of Fire, Aegon's conquest was assured. In a short time, the so-called Seven Kingdoms were melted down in the heat of the dragons' flame and transformed into a single realm. Aegon would forever be known… as Aegon the Conqueror.怒火燎原一役结束后，伊耿胜局已定。一时之间，所谓七大王国悉数臣服于巨龙的烈焰，统一为一国。伊耿将永远被世人铭记为——征服者伊耿。▎主播介绍雲昊：软件工程博士后，现居奥地利策划，制作：雲昊文字，音乐，图片非商业用途，版权归作者或版权方所有 ▎节目首发，背景音乐，图文资料，更多推送敬请关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，ID：readenglishforyou
为你读英语美文·第309期 怒火燎原 主播： 雲昊坐标：奥地利·格拉茨公众号首播The Field of Fire怒火燎原翻译：人人影视The days of the Andals were numbered. One by one, their so-called kings were bending the knee or facing the wrath of Aegon Targaryen. Aegon of Old Valyria, Aegon who was "blood of the dragon".安达尔人气数将尽。曾经的诸王不是陆续屈膝称臣便要面对伊耿· 坦格利安的屠戮。来自古老瓦雷利亚的伊耿身上流淌着真龙的血液。After defeating the ironmen at Harrenhal and slaying the last of the Storm Kings, Aegon and his sisters, Rhaenys and Visenya, set their sights on other prizes - the gold mines of the Rock and the fertile lands of the Reach.继击溃赫伦堡铁民和杀死最后一位风暴国王之后，伊耿和他的姊妹雷妮丝和维桑尼亚将目光投向其他宝地 – 凯岩城的金矿以及河湾国的沃土。King Loren Lannister of the Rock and King Mern Gardener of the Reach foolishly thought their combined armies could beat back the Targaryen host. They rode forth together, their proud banners flapping in the wind, and faced off against Aegon in a vast golden field of wheat. The two kings commanded a massive force of nearly 60,000, and it appeared the day was theirs.凯岩王罗伦兰尼斯特与河湾王孟恩园丁愚蠢地认为二人联手必能力挫坦格利安大军。他们并肩进军，骄傲的战旗在风中猎猎飘扬，在广袤的金黄麦田上，他们遭遇了伊耿。双王麾下将近六万人，看似志在必得。Until Aegon unleashed all three of his dragons, for the first and only time. Each beast was named after the Valyrian gods of Aegon's forefathers. Visenya rode Vhagar, whose fiery breath could melt armor. Rhaenys rode Meraxes, whose jaws were big enough to swallow a horse whole.直到伊耿第一次也是最后一次将三只龙悉数放出。每只龙都以伊耿祖先所信奉的瓦雷利亚神邸命名。 维桑尼亚所骑的是瓦格哈尔，它那炙热的气息能融化盔甲。 雷妮丝所骑的米拉西斯，其血盆大口可以吞下整匹马。The greatest of all… was Balerion the Black Dread, with fire dark as night and wings so huge, whole towns were covered in shadow when he flew overhead. This magnificent creature was ridden by Aegon himself.而体型最巨大的当属“黑死神”贝勒里恩，它喷吐的烈焰漆黑如夜双翼硕大无朋，振翅腾空时阴影足可遮没整座城镇。这头巨兽由伊耿亲自驾驭。4,000 men were bathed in glorious dragonflame that day, on what came to be known as the Field of Fire. King Mern was among the dead, and House Gardener died with him. His stewards, the Tyrells, surrendered his ancestral stronghold of Highgarden to Aegon, and were appointed Lords Paramount of the Reach and Wardens of the South.四千人被那炫目的龙焰烧成灰烬，这场战役史称“怒火燎原”。孟恩王陨于沙场，园丁家族随之覆灭。他的总管提利尔家族，将其祖居的高庭献给伊耿，并因此受封为河湾王和南境守护。When Loren Lannister witnessed Mern's fate, he wisely bent the knee. Aegon spared Loren's life and the Lannisters were made Lords Paramount of the Westerlands and Wardens of the West.罗伦兰尼斯特目睹孟恩的命运，明智的选择屈膝称臣。伊耿赦免了罗伦，并封兰尼斯特家族为西境之王和西境守护。After his triumph on the Field of Fire, Aegon's conquest was assured. In a short time, the so-called Seven Kingdoms were melted down in the heat of the dragons' flame and transformed into a single realm. Aegon would forever be known… as Aegon the Conqueror.怒火燎原一役结束后，伊耿胜局已定。一时之间，所谓七大王国悉数臣服于巨龙的烈焰，统一为一国。伊耿将永远被世人铭记为——征服者伊耿。▎主播介绍雲昊：软件工程博士后，现居奥地利策划，制作：雲昊文字，音乐，图片非商业用途，版权归作者或版权方所有 ▎节目首发，背景音乐，图文资料，更多推送敬请关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，ID：readenglishforyou
Tiger BYKE. Playoff weekend no. 1. NBA players hate Space Jam. A farewell to D-Wade. Movie trailer talk. Happy Thrones-ing. Music: “Make It Better” — Anderson .Paak (feat. Smokey Robinson) Game of Thrones opening credits theme
Only a weekend stands between us and the premiere of Season 8 of Game of Thrones, and we can't quite believe it's almost here. We have so many questions for the final season to answer, and while The Night's Cast can't answer them all, we can give you some food for thought as you head into premiere weekend! We're concluding our White Book episodes, in which we discuss the character arcs and possible endgames of some of the characters who are still standing as Season 8 begins. This week, Samantha and Akash of the Andals are joined by Travis and Brett from the wonderful Planetos Podcast to discuss Bran Stark, Varys, Jon Snow and the Hound.
Judy hasn’t see Game of Thrones?! Why? Amanda, Stephanie, and Virginia try to find out and then convince her it’s worth watching as the series comes to its long-awaited conclusion. This is not the show to watch when you’re winding down your day. It’s not one to watch when you don’t like gratuitous sex and intense violence. It’s not a show for those who want everyone to live. Not for dog-lovers. So why watch it? Here’s a few reasons: Jamie Lannister, power dynamics, assassin, bad-ass women, dragons, Daario Naharis, and Jon Snow. Let’s not forget epic battles, costumes, and fantastic character relationships. You know nothing, Judy Samuels, but you will. So sayeth Queen Introvert of the House Indoors, First of Her Name, the Comfortable, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Comfy Couch, Eater of Pizza, and Mother of Podcasts.
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GPF discusses what the novels-turned-hit-TV show tell us about geopolitics and apply GPF's methodology to the Game of Thrones universe. Read "The Geopolitics of Ice and Fire" here: hubs.ly/H06X1KN0 TRANSCRIPT: JS: Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Geopolitical Futures Podcast. I am joined today by our marketing director, Sam Dube. Welcome, Sam. SD: Welcome, thank you for having me. JS: So we are doing something a little bit different for today. This will be publishing on April Fools' and it's going to accompany a special edition piece that we're doing for April Fools' on “Game of Thrones,” which has turned into a hit HBO series. Before it was an HBO series, it was a series of fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin. I know that some of our listeners will be completely uninterested in this, and for that, I apologize and you can just tune in next week for our regular turn at geopolitics. But I actually think that “Game of Thrones” itself is an interesting laboratory for thinking about geopolitics, and I think that the level of interest that it has spawned, particularly in the United States, but not just in the United States, is also interesting to talk about from a geopolitical perspective. And since it was April Fools', we wanted to have a little fun, so that's what we're going to do today. And Sam is joining me because she is a real fan and she is a true fan. She's been reading all the books for a long time. I am just somebody who has come a little late to the party and has been watching the television show. So Sam, thank you for lending us your expertise. I want to jump right into it, and people can read the piece that we wrote and stuff like that. But what I want to start off with rather than the actual content of “Game of Thrones” itself is a discussion of why you like it and why you think people are so drawn to it. I have my own answer, but maybe you can start us off by explaining to the audience why this is something that you gravitated to. SD: Well sure. I've always been a fan of fantasy and in general those sorts of novels. I am also a big reader, so having something with a lot to sink my teeth into was really attractive. But what really kept me into the novels is the number of characters that there are, how dynamic they are and how they change over time. Normally with a novel or with a TV show, there's one main character and you kind of follow them all the way through and you get one perspective. But this is such a multi-person perspective that your emotional reaction to the show changes as they want you to change by following different character's stories, having them meet different situations. It just really draws you in because there's so much going on, and you can adjust your reaction to different people and see the same situation from many different angles. JS: It's funny, so would you say then that for you it's more about the books, or is it more about the show itself? SD: Well, now that there's no more books coming before the shows, I would say now it's about the show. When he was releasing the books ahead of time, it was more about the books for me. Although I won't lie, I really do enjoy watching the shows quite a bit. JS: Well, and also I mean I guess I would ask you as someone who has been reading the books and following George R.R. Martin for a long time, a lot has been made about the current and domestic political overtones of some of his work. So when Daenerys gets stuck in Meereen, for example, people have described that as very similar to the second Iraq War, or the political statement about the United States being stuck in the Iraq War in particular, or in the Middle East in general. Is that something you line up with or do you think it's more abstract than that? SD: I don't know. I think so many of these themes were in play. I am really not sure about that. I haven't seen that myself and I haven't given that much thought. Usually when I am escaping into that, I am escaping into the fantasy of it and to tune everything else out. But I mean I could see it thinking back on many of the things that have happened. I can certainly see, you know, themes or thematically things that have happened in history kind of reappearing in the Westeros landscape. JS: Speaking as somebody who really wasn't into the books that much but is more into the TV show, but I am also somebody who is generally a fan of these types of things myself, and I have been asking myself why I am interested in these things and why I read these books. This is true of fantasy, it goes on down with “Lord of the Rings,” it goes on down to “The Chronicles of Narnia.” I would even extend it to science fiction. “Dune” is one of my favorite novels. Our founder, George Friedman, in our weekly reading lists will throw a science fiction novel in there every once in a while, and he explains why it's a really interesting way of thinking about the world. But one thing that's really struck me thinking about “Game of Thrones” in general, but also just the general trend towards blockbuster superhero movies and huge franchises and fantasy novels and splitting seasons into multiple things. I mean “Harry Potter,” they had seven books, but we're going to make nine different movies and a play and all this other stuff. I think part of the reason for that, and I am playing a little bit of armchair psychologist here, but I hope people will forgive me, because I think what I am going to say is actually a bit true, which is that, I think that we live in this time of fake news, and we live in this time of spin, and we live in this time of people really aren't sure what's going on. There's not a lot of clarity about what's going on in the world. During the Cold War, for both sides, whether you were in the Soviet Union or you were in the United States, there was a defined enemy, there was a defined conflict. You sort of knew what was happening in the world as a way to orient yourself. When people look back at the history of World War II, even World War I, it's very easy to sort of identify, OK, well this was the good side and this was the bad side, and this was my country's or my family's or my particular tribe's tie to that particular conflict. I don't think we live in a world that's like that anymore. It's become less clear what's going on in the world when we see these multinational institutions degrading and we see that there isn't just one conflict. The U.S. wars in the Middle East and with radical Islam is a really good example. Our founder, George Friedman, writes about this all the time. Most Muslims aren't blowing things up or aren't committing terrorist attacks in London. But some Muslims are, and it's impossible to separate those two things from each other. So you can't deny that you are in a war with radical Islam or with Islam itself, but then you also don't want that to make it such that every single Muslim you see you want to ascribe some kind of hateful feeling to. So for me, that's a really long way of saying, I think people, and when I say people, I am really talking about myself here, I gravitate towards “Game of Thrones” because it is a story that tells me something about good and evil. It is something I can sink my teeth into. And I think the thing that is particularly unique about “Game of Thrones” from that point of view, and what I argue in this piece would make it geopolitical, is that it's not clear, right? All of the different sides have some good things and some bad things, and there's very, very few sides that are actually just completely evil, who are horrible, who you can't relate to or understand at all. I think this gets back to your point, because when you are talking about your attachment to it, you are talking about the characters and the different narratives and stories, and for me as an analyst who spends a lot of time doing empathetic analysis of other countries, and especially other political leaders, I relate to that, because that's a lot of my job. A lot of my job is to put myself into the mindset of another person or another leader and try and see the constraints that are around them and see the things that they must do and then use that to analyze geopolitics. And I think that's something as a watcher of “Game of Thrones” that people have to do. As somebody who is a huge fan of this, does that sound sacrilegious to you, Sam, or do you feel like that gets along with the ethos of the general fandom of it? SD: I think that goes along with it well. When you were talking about the Middle East and the conflict going on there, and how we approach that and how it's not really clear who's the good guy and who's the bad guy, you can't lump them all together. I actually thought of Tyrion Lannister and Jamie Lannister and all of the Lannisters, and how evil they seem from the outside, and how evil Tywin was, and how evil Cersei is. I don't think that's changed much. But then you look at Tyrion Lannister, who's good pretty much for the start. He's a really snarky smart-ass, but he's really very smart. And you look at Jamie Lannister, who's gone from a king slayer to kind of almost an anti-hero. All those distinctions, good vs. evil, kind of get muddied in that. And then you look at the people who really are so good, like Ned Stark, who's almost a martyr, and he doesn't get anywhere with it. He's a perfect example of nice guys really do finish last – or headless. So, I think “Game of Thrones” does allow us to have that, you know that view of a world that's as muddy and as hard to understand as our own, but with characters who are as easy to understand as our own political leaders. I mean we have a pulse on what these characters are that are running these various things, and whether or not we argue that the leader of any particular country is very important at any given moment is kind of a separate debate. But in “Game of Thrones” you get that. It's real life. You get these strong political leaders, you can understand their personalities, you can understand their priorities, their backstory, but in this case, I am kind of using the families as political entities, which kind of works for “Game of Thrones,” kind of doesn't, because they shift so frequently. But it's hard to tell if one house is all good or all bad based on the people who make it up. JS: I think that's a really good point. It actually helps segue into a discussion of “Game of Thrones” itself, because you are right “Game of Thrones” doesn't really line up into our world in the sense that there aren't nations. I make this point in the April Fools' piece that we wrote. There really is no nationalism in “Game of Thrones.” There is no sense of national identity. Everything is really feudalistic. One of the things that I realized, and you know just a full confession, I wrote that piece around Christmas time when I was in my grandmother's house, and I had some time away from work, and I was just trying to relax. For fun, I was reading the first volume of Winston Churchill's “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.” When Churchill is writing that first volume of “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples,” he goes through the way that the monarchy eventually emerges in England, and I was really, really struck by the way he described the transition from feudalism to monarchy and the differences between Britain and between the country in that regard. It really struck me that one of the things that Martin was really playing with was Europe. It's funny that United States has become so obsessed with “Game of Thrones.” And “Game of Thrones,” it's really a worldwide phenomenon. I travel a lot for work. I am in Budapest right now, actually. I find that a lot of people in the world have watched “Game of Thrones,” and know these strange words in English just because they were used in “Game of Thrones” and will talk to me about “Game of Thrones.” It becomes a point of common conversation. One of the things to me that is strange about that, in the United States I think people don't realize that the world that Martin is describing really is very similar to the Medieval or the Middle Ages in Europe. He's talking about a time where there's feudalism, there's monarchy. Religion still plays a great role and has a great deal of power throughout the “Game of Thrones” universe. And he's talking about the intersection of all these things. And for me one of the greater themes in “Game of Thrones” is the collapse of all these things. So the houses themselves are not nations, but you can see in them, in the fact that you know the houses become tied to particular geographies, you can sort of see the beginnings of what a nation might look like, even with the accents and the different faiths and different ethnicities that are attached with each region. So I think one of the reasons that America doesn't even realize that the show is so popular in other places around the world is that it really does, on a certain level, speak to a European audience. Sam, I was talking to you before, and one of the things that you wanted to touch on was the role of magic in “Game of Thrones.” And I think that for people who normally read our stuff, and people who normally are interested in international politics, magic is probably one of the things that turns them off the most about fantasy. You are either a person who likes magic and fantasy or you are a person who's like, you know what, give me the real world stuff, this is a load of garbage, I want to go learn about current things. But you had some interesting things to say about what magic actually represents in the universe. How about you tell me a little about that. SD: Sure. One of the things in the piece that you wrote for this is, you liken dragons to a technology that Valyrians had that allowed them to kind of take over and really dominate the whole world, and later the Targaryens once the Valyrians were wiped out. And I would say although it is fantasy, and I mean yeah, dragons are cool to talk about and of course they are completely unrealistic, there is something in the real world that we can liken magic to and that would be, hold on for this one, it's a microchip. So microchip is a new technology that really changed the world and it really revolutionized a lot of new technologies. I mean it's the grandfather of what I am talking on right now. Likewise, magic was that for the Valeyrians when they went and found the dragons, they just found them slumbering in a bunch of volcanoes. They just went and found them and they were like, oh we can train these dragons. Let's figure out some magic to do it. And it was that magic, it was them developing the magic or having the magic to be able to train those beasts, that allowed them to kind of turn dragons into the technology that made them great. I mean in addition to that, they also created some amazing roadways and Valyrian steel swords, which no one else has been able to match. So their true competitive advantage in the world was that technology, that magic which allowed them to tame things such as dragons which isn't that unlike computers, microchips, laser-guided missiles, all that stuff couldn't exist without the microchip. And all the things that the Valyrians, and later the Targaryens who came from the Valyrians, did to take over and to really force their way out into the world came from that one central thing, the magic that they were able to conjure that other groups of people in Westeros couldn't conquer. JS: It's interesting. I didn't think of this until you just said it just now, but for me, I always thought of the dragons as sort of the equivalent of a nuclear weapon. You know, like a weapon of mass destruction that makes one side completely invincible and makes other people bend to your will. But what you brought up about this, and this betrays that I watch the show and don't read the books, but you said that they found the dragons in a cave somewhere, and for me that immediately goes to the Comanche Indians on the American Continent before the United States has sort of moved out and added Texas and all these other colonial holdings. Because at the time in the West, there were a bunch of different Native American groups, and the Comanche were not the most dominant. What happened was the Comanche discovered the horse, and the Comanche interacted with the horse in a way that none of the other Native American tribes did, and they became the greatest cavalry archers that North America had ever seen and terrorized the Spanish to the point that the Spanish invited American settlers into Texas because they wanted some kind of buffer zone between the Spanish colonies and these Comanche Indians. And the Comanches ended up ruling a wide swath of the West, until eventually the Americans invented the six shooter, the Colt .45, and were able to develop the types of weapons that could neutralize them. But it's funny, it just occurs to me that that's another level in which the technology thing counts. SD: Yeah, imagine if Cersei can come up with a Colt .45 to get rid of those dragons? I don't know what that would look like. JS: Yeah. I'll throw another hard question at you, because I think the dragons are easy to explain in terms of technology. You can think in a religious world if somebody was making a myth that, OK, a weapon of mass destruction or some awesome weapon could totally be represented as a dragon mythically. What about the army of the dead? So you know we've got Daenerys Targaryen is coming back to Westeros with her dragons to conquer, which she sees as rightfully hers, but the other thing that is happening, and it's really going to pick up this season I think, is that this army of the dead, of these zombies, is marching from the north and is about to try and cross over this magic wall that's separating from the rest of Westeros. And they seem completely invincible. We know that they can be killed probably by dragon fire. I haven't confirmed that, but I feel like that seems like an obvious one. Or Valyrian steel, which you mentioned earlier. But when you are thinking about technology and you are thinking about realism, and I think Martin really is a realistic writer, how do you explain the army of the dead? What do you think is the closest analogy to that? SD: Well they're just technology gone wrong. If the dragons are technology gone right, which I think a lot of people would argue they weren't technology gone right, depends on what side you are on, so is the army of the dead. The army of the dead were created by the children of the forest when the First Men first invaded Westeros. Before any men went into Westeros, there was children of the forest, there were giants, there were other magical creatures. They were all over there having a grand old time, and then these First Men with their big swords of bronze and their armor came in, and this peaceful community wasn't ready for it. So they couldn't fight them, they just kept being dominated, dominated, dominated. So they created this army of the dead. They created that with magic. Now the problem with any technology is if you create something that big and that serious, you better be able to control it. I mean, liken it to a virus. Some kid in a classroom somewhere is playing around and sets off a virus that infects 20 million computers. He might have meant to do that. He might have just been screwing around with his computer with a virus program. But once it's out, it's out. And this is kind of like that technology. They use magic to turn a dead person into the first person in this army of the dead, and then it spreads because like a virus, they kind of self-create like create more of themselves. So that's how I would liken it to in terms of technology. JS: I hadn't thought of it that way. That's interesting. Another thing I would ask you, Sam, and it's been fun for me because we're a small team at Geopolitical Futures and we all work on basically all our pieces together. It's really a communal effort every piece that comes out. But, you know, you are a marketing director, and I am over here in analysis, and sometimes we don't get to talk as much about analysis, but this was a case where I think going into this you actually knew more than I did and we got to collaborate a little bit. One of the things you said to me was that you had never thought of the series from the point of view of geography in the way we sort of laid it out. So can you talk a little bit about as a fan of “Game of Thrones,” what it was sort of like to read through it, approach this way with this particular methodology, and whether you were skeptical it was going to work at first and whether you think it did? SD: I wasn't really skeptical of it. I was wondering how it was going to be different, because there's so much fan fiction out there. And I think the geographic approach that you took was really clever because you watch “Game of Thrones” and you don't really have a view of where these things are in your head. Like, where is King's Landing, where is The Reach, you know like where are all these things in relation to each other and it's just a concept you can't really grasp. So the fact that you created this analysis that actually has a map that shows it against Europe so you get a real idea of how far these things are from each other. Everything just makes a little bit more sense. I can see the path that the Valryians took when they were beginning to take over the world after they found their dragons. I can see the little island that the Targaryens went to when one of the children of a Targaryen leader had a vision that Valyria was going to be destroyed. I can even see the destruction on the new map of Valryia because they refer to it as a peninsula. It's not a peninsula. It's a series of islands. I can even see the path that the Valryians took up that push the Andals over into Westeros when they first invaded thousands of years before the television show happened. So it puts a completely different perspective on it all that makes it, I mean it's not real, it's obviously not real, but it makes it feel a little more real, feel a little more subjective and like something that you could actually step into because this is a real world. This is a real physical place and not just some abstract concept in my head. I really liked the fact that it pulls together a real understanding of the world that these people live in. I mean, you can say this army moved from point A to point B, but without seeing it on a map you really have no concept of that. And I think this analysis does a great job of putting that perspective into place. And I never had that before. It was really nice to see that. JS: I appreciate you saying that, and for me, also it drives home one of the things that I think makes “Game of Thrones” really interesting, and for me valuable as a resource. It's not just something I do to burn off time. For me, it's intellectually engaging on a certain level, and this is true of a lot of different fiction. I am a self-confessed nerd and I've already said some of the things that I've read. But I don't know that Martin worked it this way, but it seems to me that Martin must've started with a map and started writing his story after the map. I think the same thing about “Dune,” which is a story about a desert planet where geography plays a huge role. Something like “The Chronicles of Narnia” is very clearly to me about faith. It's very clearly to me about C.S. Lewis' interaction with faith and him dealing with that. “Lord of the Rings” is another one that always gets lopped into this stuff and that has something to do with faith, but Tolkien was a linguist at the end of the day, and he is famous for saying that the first thing that began the whole “Lord of the Rings” saga was he invented a language. And then came all the maps and the geography and all of this other stuff. So for me, approaching “Game of Thrones” for somebody who does geopolitics for a living, I think one of the reasons I gravitate towards “Game of Thrones” as much as I do is because it really is about a map. And I really do think that you can explain things through geography. And one of the things I am really curious about, and one of the reasons I indulged myself in this little exercise while I was on vacation to write this was that I really think this is an interesting laboratory for thinking about geopolitics. I think of “Game of Thrones” and George R.R. Martin in general as a very a realistic take on what politics looks like at a certain level and the way that people betray each other and make alliances and all these other things, and I am curious just how far it goes. I have a great deal of faith in the model that we use at Geopolitical Futures. It's been very good at predicting a lot of events. And for me it's kind of a litmus test, like just how realistic is George R.R. Martin going to be. Is it going to turn out to be just a fantasy series and something incredibly crazy that nobody could have predicted is going to happen, or can I use the same tools that I used to predict global geopolitics and think about this universe that Martin has created, which I think is much more realistic and much more based on geography than most of these types of universes are, and can I say something intelligent about what the future of this universe is going to be. So that's one of the reasons that I've sort of let myself go into that. But when you think about “Game of Thrones,” you think about other things that you've read. Harry Potter is another one in there. I don't know exactly what the genesis was for that in J.K. Rowling's mind, but do you think that Martin really was centered in geography, or do you think there's something else going on there that I am missing? SD: I feel like he couldn't have written it the way he did if he wasn't aware of the geography. I mean when you come at it from the story's angle and then you look at the geography of it, it has to be geographic based. It is too well written to the map to not have had that in his head. It would be too coincidental that the way all of these people moved over time with their geography, there's too many coincidences for him not to have done that on purpose. However, I do think that he is a huge fan of throwing curveballs, things that you don't expect and figures that people who have a lot of ability to change the scene of the world. There's no way to know for sure whether or not Cersei will come up with that Colt .45 that can kill these dragons or, it probably won't be Cersei, but there's no way to know that Aegon Targaryen isn't going to come back theoretically from the dead and claim his throne, and all of the sudden you have three dragons and three Targaryens. Like, who knows what is going to happen with that stuff. So I think he will create twists within the constraints of geopolitics, but I do think it's hard to predict just because he just really likes those twists. But I do think he will keep it constrained by the geography of the world he's created. JS: Well, thanks Sam. For our listeners, I hope you've enjoyed this. This was a little bit different than we normally do and we always appreciate your feedback. But if you liked this, we'd love to hear back from you with comments at www.geopoliticalfutures.com. If you didn't like it, we'd also love to hear from you, too. Don't worry, I promise we are not going to become a “Game of Thrones” website that is cataloging it all the time, and this was a special occasion for April Fools', and we thought we'd just try it. But so as always, appreciate your feedback. I am Jacob Shapiro, I am the director of analysis, this was Sam Dube, who is our marketing director, and we will see you next week for some more podcasting about geopolitics. Thanks.
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