Today, Emmett and Jeff breakdown AGOT, Tyrion V in which Tyrion escapes a perilous situation with his wit, cunning, and a well-timed roll of the dice. Classic Tyrion shit, in other words.

This week, we:

- Answer a question about whether Jaime Lannister might be Dany's "Treason for love"

- Analyze justice in Westeros (Injustice)

- Show how Tyrion's mouth gets him in and out of trouble

- Run the thread of privilege and non-privilege in Tyrion's storyline

- Do some sigils and heraldry shit in Westeros!

- Tyrion's trials by battle and the privilege of nobility in Westeros

- Theorize about Weirwood and the potential for Sweetrobin to have been a failed Bloodraven protege

- Answer the question: Will Tyrion be a dragon rider!?

Next week: AGOT, Tyrion V!

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Monday Oct 29, 2018

Episode 37: A GAME OF THRONES, BRAN V: "Bran's Day Out"

Monday Oct 29, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff analyze AGOT, Bran V in which Bran Stark takes a lovely horse ride atop his brand new saddle, but in ASOIAF-fashion, it ends in blood.

This week, we:

- Answer a question about Jaqen H'ghar in the black cells

- From joy to melancholy to blood: Bran's day out

- Why Robb and Bran acted somewhat stupidly in the circumstance

- But Theon is the worst

- The dark mirroring GRRM does for this "hunt" vs what we see in Theon's ACOK/ADWD arcs

- The winter town and its significance for TWOW.

Next week: AGOT, Tyrion V!

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Monday Oct 22, 2018

Episode 36: A GAME OF THRONES, DAENERYS IV: "The Holy Mountain"

Monday Oct 22, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff unpack AGOT, Daenerys IV in which Dany and the gang arrive at the “ancient, arrogant, and empty” city of Vaes Dothrak, where in a shocking turn of events, Viserys is an asshole..

This week, we:

- Talk about Dany's identity conflict between Targaryen and Dothraki

- Dany's education as a Khaleesi

- Viserys' racism and arrogance and how his role as "Cart King" seems an honor to him in very Westerosi fashion (but it isn't)

- The belt Dany whacks Viserys with and its symbolic importance

- Why Viserys' villainy is not for the best

- Dany's TWOW Dothraki arc

Next week: AGOT, Bran V!

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Monday Oct 15, 2018

Episode 35: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD IX: "Tears in the Rain"

Monday Oct 15, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff unpack AGOT, Eddard IX in which Ned’s melancholy musings on Robert and Lyanna while riding back from visiting a brothel are rudely interrupted by an attack by Jaime Lannister, which leaves Ned wounded and several of his men killed.

This week, we:

- Talk about the brutal melancholy of the chapter and how GRRM tides the emotions and past experiences in and out.

- Class structure as demonstrated by where Ned, Littlefinger and his men are in Chataya's brothel

- Jaime, Ned and Littlefinger emoting through their confrontation on the streets of King's Landing

- Why Janos Slynt getting killed is satisfying

- Who tipped Jaime off about where to find Ned in King's Landing? (It's Littlefinger)

Next week: AGOT, Daenerys IV!

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Monday Oct 08, 2018

Episode 34: A GAME OF THRONES, CATELYN VI: "Mountain High, Valley Low"

Monday Oct 08, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff unpack AGOT, Catelyn VI in which Catelyn Stark makes it out of the Mountains of the Moon to the Vale proper...only to have to climb yet another mountain. She just can’t win, despite doing nothing wrong, ever.

This week, we:

- Give our initial thoughts on the FIRE AND BLOOD excerpt

- Catelyn's growing stony heart

- Feudalism and Brynden Tully

- Lysa as pitiable and why she's acting the way she is

- Catelyn's ascent to the Eyrie and how it represents the hero's journey and what awaits the hero at the top

- What is going to happen in the Vale in TWOW

Next week: AGOT, Eddard IX!

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Monday Oct 01, 2018

Episode 33: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD VIII: "You Can't Fire Me. I Quit"

Monday Oct 01, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff tackle AGOT, Eddard VIII in which Ned Stark pleads with Robert not to murder Daenerys and Viserys and ends up resigning rather than participate in murder.

This week, we:

- Discuss Ned's three arguments to Robert about not killing Daenerys

- How Ned leaving is a breakup

- How much of a shit Renly is

- Who was the merchant Littlefinger priced a hit out on?

- The moral event horizon: killing children in ASOIAF

Next week: AGOT, Catelyn VI!

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Monday Sep 24, 2018

Episode 32: A GAME OF THRONES, ARYA III: "Riddles in the Dark"

Monday Sep 24, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff tackle AGOT, Arya IIIin which Arya Stark chases cats through the Red Keep and stumbles upon dragon skulls and a pair of conspirators.

This week, we:

- Talk about a potential First Blackfyre Rebellion show

- Discuss Arya's training montage, chasing cats

- Follow up on her chat with dad and how Ned giving her something to do was the best thing he could have done for her

- So much foreshadowing and groundwork: Illyrio, Balerion (the cat, not the dragon),

- What exactly was Varys and Illyrio's plan at this juncture in the story?

Next week: AGOT, Eddard VIII!

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Monday Sep 17, 2018

Episode 31: A GAME OF THRONES, TYRION IV: "Never Bet Against the Lannisters"

Monday Sep 17, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff tackle AGOT, Tyrion IV in which Tyrion Lannister rides as a captive of Catelyn’s Stark’s to the Vale, gets ambushed by Mountain Clansmen and sows doubt in Catelyn’s mind about whether he actually sent the catspaw to kill Bran.

This week, we:

- Answer a question about an AU where Hoster Tully isn't sick.

- Discuss how this chapter immediately follows up to Catelyn V

- Introduce Tyrion's changing mentality

- The Three Stooges in Westeros? Mmm hmm. They're here in this episode!

- Should Bronn have died in the Loot Train Battle in GoT, S07?

Next week: AGOT, Arya III!

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Monday Sep 10, 2018

Episode 30: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD VII: "Asking Questions"

Monday Sep 10, 2018

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!

Today, Emmett and Jeff tackle AGOT, Eddard VII in which in which the Hand’s Tourney comes to a bloody close and the titular Hand has some very revealing conversations with King Robert and Varys the Spider.

This week, we:

- Answer a question about the convenience of Ned figuring out that Jaime was the father of Cersei's children

- Discuss Ser Hugh's life and death as representative of chivalry and knightly virtue

- Robert Baratheon's hatred for rule and the crown vs his love for winning and fighting for the crown

- The end of the Hand's Tourney and what Gregor represents

- Varys and his spiderwebs

- Foreshadowing Ned and Robert's death

- Who killed Ser Hugh of the Vale

Next week: AGOT, Tyrion IV!

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