Episodes

Monday Jul 18, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 5 Chapter 4: ”The Siege of Gondor (Part 2)”
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our (second) episode on Book 5, Chapter 4, "The Siege of Gondor," in which the forces of Mordor lay siege to Minas Tirith, only for the Riders of Rohan to show up at the last second to save the day.

Monday Jul 04, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 5 Chapter 4: The Siege of Gondor (Part 1)
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our (first) episode on Book 5, Chapter 4, "The Siege of Gondor," in which Faramir comes home to Minas Tirith, only to receive the opposite of a warm welcome from his father Denethor.

Monday Jun 27, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 5 Chapter 3: The Muster of Rohan
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our episode on Book 5, Chapter 3, "The Muster of Rohan," in which Merry is almost left behind by King Theoden before Eowyn--I mean, "Dernhelm"--takes him along to war.

Monday Jun 20, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 5 Chapter 2: The Passing of the Grey Company
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our episode on Book 5, Chapter 2, "The Passing of the Grey Company," in which Aragorn's friends show up just in time for him to lead them underground to recruit an army of ghosts.

Monday Jun 13, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 5 Chapter 1: ”Minas Tirith” (Part 2)
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our episode wrapping up Book 5, Chapter 1, "Minas Tirith," in which Pippin makes some new friends and welcomes reinforcements to the city, only for Gandalf to tell him there will be no dawn.

Monday Jun 06, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 5 Chapter 1: Minas Tirith (Part 1)
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our (first) episode on Book 5, Chapter 1, "Minas Tirith," in which Pippin and Gandalf discover something rotten in the state of Gondor: its steward Denethor.

Monday May 30, 2022
The Last Duel ft. Stefan Sasse
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes...but this week, he has on returning guest Stefan Sasse to talk about the recent movie The Last Duel.

Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Special guest Benjamin Nielsen joins us for Book 4, Chapter 9 & 10, "Shelob's Lair" and "The Choices of Master Samwise," in which everyone's favorite giant spider stings Frodo, leaving Sam to take up the gauntlet of the quest, whether he likes it or not. (Spoiler: he doesn't.)

Monday May 16, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Chapter 8: ”The Stairs of Cirith Ungol”
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our episode wrapping up Book 4, Chapter 8, "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol," in which Frodo survives the Witch-King thanks to Sam and his stories, right before everything goes horribly wrong again.

Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's our episode on Book 4 Chapters 7 & 8, "Journey to the Crossroads" and "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol," in which Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to the happiest place in Middle-Earth: Minas Morgul.