Episodes

Monday Apr 18, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Chapter 5: ”The Window on the West” (Part 1)
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 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!
Jeff is off for a couple months, so Emmett is resuming his Lord of the Rings episodes. Here's the first episode on the fifth chapter of Book Four, in which Faramir puts Frodo on trial for the murder (?) of his brother Boromir. The next episode will cover the rest of the chapter, including the titular Window of the West.

Monday Apr 11, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Chapter 4: ”Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit”
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 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 the fourth chapter of Book Four, in which Sam's just trying to enjoy a home-cooked meal when the war interrupts, bringing with it a new character: Faramir.

Monday Apr 04, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Chapter 3: ”The Black Gate is Closed”
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 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 the third chapter of Book Four, in which our hobbit heroes finally arrive at the entranceway to Mordor...only to find that there's no way through, and they'll have to trust in Gollum yet again.

Monday Mar 28, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Chapter 2: ”The Passage of the Marshes”
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 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 the second chapter of Book Four, in which Gollum leads Frodo and Sam through the happiest place in Middle-Earth: the Dead Marshes.

Monday Mar 21, 2022
The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Episode 1: ”The Taming of Smeagol”
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 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 the first chapter of Book Four, in which Frodo and Sam wander in circles before running into their new best friend: Gollum, aka Smeagol.

Monday Mar 14, 2022
The Lord of the Rings: ”The Voice of Saruman and The Palantir”
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 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 the last one on Book Three, covering Saruman's downfall at Isengard and Pippin finding the Palantir, before we begin coverage of Book Four next week with Frodo, Sam, and their new best friend Gollum.

Monday Mar 07, 2022
Episode 177: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS III: ”All”
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
- Abandon analysis and live in the moment, wishing we were reading this chapter for the first time
- Watch as Dany wears masks and falsehoods before donning the garb of war
- Witness Dany re-embrace her ethereal and magical side to make positive political change in the present -- but with long-term consequences
- Watch as all masks drop as Dany springs the trap on the most heinous people imaginable
- Wave farewell to the end of the Act 1 of ASOS.
- Analyze why Quaithe, why does she make an appearance in this chapter.

Monday Feb 28, 2022
Episode 176: A STORM OF SWORDS, JON III: ”Fear and Desire”
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
- Wave farewell to Ghost
- Break down Jon's crucial line: "we look up at the same stars, and see such different things"
- Continue Jon's espionage storyline from previous chapters
- Weep for the tragic romance of Jon and Ygritte
- Look back at Gendel and Gorne

Monday Feb 21, 2022
Episode 175: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS III: ”Shadow and Flame”
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
- Frame this chapter as a crucible pivot point within Davos' ASOS arc
- Explore the ambiguous duality in his dynamic with Melisandre
- Deconstruct Melisandre's rigid binary worldview
- Poke fun at Alester Florent
- Set up Davos' quandary going forward: how does he further Stannis' cause as anything but a suicide mission?

Monday Feb 14, 2022
Episode 174: A STORM OF SWORDS, BRAN I & II: ”Once Upon A Time”
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
- Announce our next patreon episode on the 2003 Battlestar Galactica: Miniseries
- Look into the woods with Bran and Summer.
- Talk about Bran in the context of the hero's journey and what that means for such a young kid
- Love the crap out of the scene with the Liddle Man
- Go deep into the Knight of the Laughing Tree story and who the knight might be (Quaithe? No.)