Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

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 are joined by twitter and IRL extraordinaire ManuclearBomb! He joins the boys today in analyzing AGOT, Bran IV

This week, we:

- Answer questions about the Blackfyres, the Brotherhood without Banners and the fate of Davos Seaworth

- Bran's physical and emotional broken state

- Old Nan's stories and what horror as a genre actually means

- Robb Stark, Tyrion and the Direwolves

- Theon Greyjoy foreshadowing

- Children of the Forest foreshadowing

- And finally, Manu takes us through his awesome dragon-saddle theory!

 

We need to take one week off on account of IRL things. So, in TWO WEEKS, we hit AGOT, Eddard V!

 

Manu's work: 

Website, A Scene of Ice and Fire Podcast, twitter, instagram

 

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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 are joined AGAIN by ASOIAF mystic and mythical astronomer: Lucifer Means Lightbringer, AKA LML. He joins the boys today in doing the deep-dive into Daenerys Targaryen's third chapter.

Fair warning: there is discussion about rape and sexual assault in this episode.

This week, we:

- Answer questions about Cersei Lannister's TWOW arc, whether Stannis failed his brother and the realm by not telling Robert/Ned about the incest, and LML answers a question about ducks in his mystical, wonderful way!

- Dany's so dense chapter and why we love it

- PQ gets deep into Dany's cosmic apotheosis

- Dragon dreams and how they temper Dany, making her stronger and more resilient

- Why Jorah's grand statement about what the common people pray for is cynical bullshit for Jorah himself

- How GRRM dropped the ball a bit in the evolution of Dany and Drogo's sexual relationship

- Dragon dreams, the Others, the birth of dragons foreshadowing

- LML shows the plebs what it means to embrace the fire of the gods as he takes us through his AMAZING theory on the Long Night, Moon Meteors and the Forging of Lightbringer

- And finally, LML sings Radiohead's Karma Policeonce again to Jeff's deep and abiding sighs.

 

Next Week: AGOT, Bran IV with Manuclear Bomb!

 

Lucifer Means Lightbringer: 

Website, podcast, youtube, twitter, patreon

 

Between Two Weirwoods: "Parenting in Westeros" ft the Girls Gone Canon Podcast and Crowfood's Daughter from the Disputed Lands!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ErvcEEqcI 

 

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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 are back in King's Landing, looking at George doing his best emotional work with AGOT, Arya II!

This week, we:

- Answer questions on Valyrian Steel, Littlefinger, the Age of Heroes adaptation and Ned's plan when he drew the dagger on Littlefinger.

- Talk the impact of trauma on Arya Stark

- The way the world works and how it impacts Arya

- A new catch from Jeff

- More Arya death foreshadowing(?)

- Ned Stark's noble lies

 

Next Week: AGOT, Daenerys III with return special Guest LML!

 

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Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn 

Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish

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 journey back to the Wall to visit with Tyrion as he eats, drinks and japes his way through dinner and then heads on up to the Wall to hang out with Jon

This week, we:

- Answer questions on what Robert, Stannis or Renly would have done with Joffrey, Tommen and Myrcella and answer a question about the alliance between Janos and Alliser in ASOS.

- Get our introduction to Maester Aemon!

- Vows in conflict: Lord Commander Mormont

- Why Mormont's speech to Tyrion about the Others being spotted is nice and spooky, BUT MAKES NO GODDAMN SENSE (Damn, George)

- The endgame and Tyrion's role

- Jon Snow as Lord Commander of the NW foreshadowing

- Is the Night's Watch as classless and meritocratic as it seems? 

 

Next Week: AGOT, Arya II!

 

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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 get their hands dirty in the swamp politics of King's Landing as Lord Eddard Stark enters King's Landing, and we have our first small council session.

This week, we:

- Answer questions on why other theories besides R+L=J don't make sense and answer why there are few Valyrian steel weapons in Essos

- Breakdown Ned's no-good, very bad first day at the office.

- Analyze each of the small council counselors, who they are, their aims, their ambitions

- Littlefinger the Incel

- Is Pycelle an idiot, just pretending to be an idiot or is an idiot who thinks he's pretending to be an idiot?

- The beautiful tragedy of Ned and Catelyn's final meeting

- Get into foreshadowing and talk about why Ned fundamentally misunderstands his role as Hand of the King and how it leads to his downfall

- Do you like debt economics? We do! We analyze who is truly to blame for the 6 million golden dragon debt the crown currently has.

 

Next Week: AGOT, Tyrion III

 

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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 journey north to the beauty and horror of the Wall, hang out with Jon Snow, Alliser Thorne, Tyrion Lannister and Donal Noye

This week, we:

- Talk about the Age of Heroes show and answer a question about whether Stannis will burn Theon, Asha and Rickon

- Jon as a bully and how he gets his privilege checked hard

- Weep about how much of a BAMF Donal Noye is

- How Ser Alliser is a terrible trainer of men

- Get into foreshadowing and callbacks, talk about the "cold gods of winter" as the Others and other assorted fun mini-theories

- We sing "Where in the world is Benjen Stark of Winterfell" and talk about what happened to Benjen and what his future role in the story!

 

 

Next Week: AGOT, Eddard IV!

 

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Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish

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 get into the thick of King's Landing and all its amazing architecture and wretched politics

This week, we:

- Answer questions about House Dayne in TWOW and our favorite music from GAME OF THRONES.

- We stare in awe at George's description of King's Landing

- Cash Rules Everything Around Me (in King's Landing)

- Littlefinger and Varys as poker players

- Untanling the conspiracies of Varys and Littlefinger

- Rodrik, Catelyn, Varys foreshadowing/mini theories

- Are Varys and Littlefinger working together? It's a real theory (and it's ugly)

 

Next Week: AGOT, Jon III!

 

Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF 

Our twitter: https://twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF 

Emmett's tumblr: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/ 

Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn 

Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish

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 are joined by ASOIAF mystic and mythical astronomer: Lucifer Means Lightbringer, AKA LML. He joins the boys today in analyzing AGOT, Bran III, the trippy as shit chapter where Bran falls and learns to fly via the Three Eyed Crow

This week, we:

- Answer questions our favorite actors in GAME OF THRONES, what religions we'd follow and whether Robert's hatred for Rhaegar was motivated by Lyanna

- We get deep into Bran's vision sequence

- LML walks us through "the fire of the gods."

- We do work on getting into the foreshadowing in this chapter

- We address every, and I mean EVERY vision Bran sees and lay out possibilities for what it means

- LML sings Radiohead's Karma Police to Jeff's deep and abiding sighs.

 

Next Week: AGOT, Catelyn IV

 

Lucifer Means Lightbringer: Website, podcast, youtube, twitter, patreon

 

Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF 

Our twitter: https://twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF 

Emmett's tumblr: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/ 

Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn 

Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish

It's been a while. We missed you (sort-of), but 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 TWO chapters from AGOT: Sansa I and Eddard III

This week, we:

- Answer questions!

- Emmett does Emmett things and talks about how Sansa is the embodiment of the fantasy reader

- Life is not a song and the thematic motif of Sansa's chapters gets talked

- We shit on Renly

- We talk about Robert and Ned death foreshadowing

- Get in deep on the feudal structure of Westeros and how it helps the powerful oppress the powerless!

 

It's just the best thing you'll hear until our next podcast!

 

Next week: AGOT, Bran III with special guest Lucifer Means Lightbringer!

 

Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF 

Our twitter: https://twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF 

Emmett's tumblr: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/ 

Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn 

Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish

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 an emotionally-challenging chapter which goes in deep into Catelyn Stark's grief over her son, cover yet another attempt on Bran's life and then we see the inklings of Catelyn Stark, #smart #politician emerge

This week, we:

- Talk about FIRE AND BLOOD, VOLUME ONE

- Emmett gives us an EXCLUSIVE Ice and Fire Con report

- A portrait of Catelyn in grief

- We talk about how Theon is written weirdly

- Lady Stoneheart/Red Wedding foreshadowing in this chapter!

- Libraries and why they burn or will burn in TWOW

 

 

Unfortunately, we'll need to take a 3-week break after this, but when we return on May 28: yup, it's Sansa's first chapter (Jeff is thrilled)

 

 

Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF 

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Emmett's tumblr: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/ 

Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn 

Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish