Episodes

Monday Oct 04, 2021
Episode 157: A STORM OF SWORDS, JON I: ”The Lone Ranger” ft. Micah
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
- Praise George's beautiful imagery
- Break down Mance's introductory scene
- Analyze the layers of performance in Mance's character
- Dig into the minor characters Micah loves so dearly
- Ask the big question: is Mance Rhaegar? (No. But also yes.)

Monday Sep 27, 2021
The Jeffisode: I Am Right: The Five Year Gap Was Bad
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
- Define what the Five-Year Gap was and how it came into existence
- Talk about all of the plots GRRM had in mind for a post-five year gap version of ADWD
- Talk about which characters the gap worked well for and which it didn't
- Argue that the Five-Year Gap was bad in many way
- Ask whether the Five-Year Gap is truly gone.

Monday Sep 20, 2021
Episode 156: A STORM OF SWORDS, SANSA I: ”The Tea Party”
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
- Talk about how GRRM set up Sansa's arc in ASOIAF to intentionally frustrate the reader and Sansa
- Analyze the image of the Tyrells and how they use soft power effectively
- Meet these Tyrells: how they work together as a team
- Olenna? Olenna!
- Ask the question why George loves the Olenna Tyrell archetype so much that he writes her over and over again in ASOIAF

Monday Sep 13, 2021
Episode 155: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS I: ”Cast Away”
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
- Set up Davos' Storm of Swords arc: from rock bottom to the top of the tower
- Take stock of the fallout for the Baratheon side of the war
- Learn what happened after the wildfire inferno
- Cheer on Davos as he decides to live and take charge of his life
- Ask the big question: does Davos really see a god here?

Monday Sep 06, 2021
Episode 154: A STORM OF SWORDS, TYRION I: ”Father and Son”
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
- Explore the changing power dynamics for Tyrion between ACOK and ASOS
- See how Tywin undermines Tyrion and claims credit for the victory on the Blackwater
- Explore the brutal backstory and why Tywin hates Tyrion
- Start to piece together the Red Wedding conspiracy and how Tywin is communicating with Roose and Walder.

Monday Aug 30, 2021
Episode 153: A STORM OF SWORDS, CATELYN I: "The Lost and the Dead"
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
- Set up Catelyn's arc in this book
- Watch as the old men of the castle fail to arrest her
- Dig into the tragic Tully backstory
- Welcome Edmure home from battle
- Debate Hoster Tully: bad or bad?

Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
- Talk about what it's like to be reintroduced to Jaime
- Praise George's mastery of atmosphere coming off the Prologue
- Dig into the layers of Jaime and Brienne's relationship
- Observe how "They Lay With Lions" challenges them in different ways
- Analyze these characters from an Arthurian and medievalist perspective

Monday Aug 16, 2021
Episode 151: A STORM OF SWORDS, Prologue "Apocalypse Now"
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
- Return in triumph and thank a lot of folks
- Talk about the setting, the space and who Chett is.
- See how the boot of oppression has helped make Chett into even more of a monster than he is
- Listen in as LC Mormont gives the plan
- Realize that Chett is kind of pathetic when it comes down to it.
- Hey, does anyone else hear horns? Three blasts perhaps?
- Analyze Mormont's strategy and how it compares to Stannis' tactics at the Battle of the Wall

Monday Aug 09, 2021
The Lord of the Rings: Chapters 3-8
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
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!

Monday Aug 02, 2021
Guest Episode: Angelina on Phantom of the Paradise
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021