HOTD: A House of the Dragon Podcast

Jim and A.Ron re-watched Game of Thrones episode “The Ghost of Harrenhal”, break it’s neck, and throw it off a parapet. Just kidding, but we do bite into it like Jaqen into an apple. We discuss tortured metaphors, Brienne’s rushing into commitments, Stannis’ reluctance to face The Truth, and Arya’s fun and exciting new friends at Harrenhal. All this and a bunch of interesting feedback, and a lore and history packed SpoiLore section!By the way, we have an archive of Tinfoil SpoiLore archive of previous podcasts by topic. Each link has a time code listed so you can jump right to the tinfoil topic of the week for your convenience and listening pleasure, in case you want to read up on more in depth theories and analysis.Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron re-watch episode 204 of HBO’s Game of Thrones series, “Garden of Bones”, and mine a rich vein of almost forgotten Peak Tyrion. We also got gummed up with a clumsy arrival of Daenerys at the great city of Qarth, and Jim can’t take Lancel seriously, and we’re both really bummed out about the arrival of this season’s re-cast “Mountain”, but the arrival of the fantastic Papa Lannister single-handedly makes up for all of it. Another great season 2 episode, is what we’re saying, and we have some terrific feedback to go along with it.We also talk spoilers at the very end, so if you haven’t caught up with the latest on the show or books you might want to skip that. Need to catch up? Here’s a Tinfoil SpoiLore archive of previous podcasts by topic. Each link has a time code listed so you can jump right to the tinfoil topic of the week for your convenience and listening pleasure!Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron continue their re-watch campaign of HBO’s Game of Thrones with “What is Dead May Never Die”. There is some really strong stuff in here; Tyrion’s canary trap for the Small Council, the heroic and badass last stand of Yoren, the introduction of two fantastic new characters in the forms of Brienne of Tarth and Margary Tyrell. But there is also some less fun stuff; like anything to do with Shae. But all in all a great episode despite not featuring Dany or Robb. All this discussion, plus a healthy heaping of feedback ahead!Check out this FX breakdown reel from Iloura. Warning! Spoilers for season 7!!Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A.Ron and Jim continue their re-watch of season two of HBO’s Game of Thrones with “The Night Lands”. On this podcast, we discuss the opposite of a headless horsemen, Tyrion’s tragic flaws, Theon’s ignorance of his personal history and that of his people, the Iron Islanders, and the moral quandary of the Night’s Watch. Also, A.Ron apologizes for muffing up the White Raven lore from the previous podcast. All this and tons of feedback coming your way!If you want to check out that Varys theory I mention in the SpoiLore section of the podcat, check out our  Tinfoil SpoiLore archive of previous podcasts by topic. Each link has a time code listed so you can jump right to the tinfoil topic of the week for your convenience and listening pleasure.Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now our (re)watch begins with “The North Remembers”, the season two premiere of HBO’s Game of Thrones series. We’ll be working our way through the entire second season, the first half of the episode is entirely spoiler free for first time viewers, then we’ll have a mini-SpoiLore section after we play the end of pod theme music for people who are caught up on the books / show. In this episode we’re appreciating Tyrion’s swagger, Sansa’s strength, Robb’s toughness, and Jon’s girlish good looks. We’ll have more every Tuesday over the next ten weeks, so settle in for a long trip down GoT memory lane! See you next week!Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron consider some book-based speculation and theories from the latest episode of Game of Thrones! If you’re a show-only watcher who doesn’t want any spoilers, it’s best to just skip this one. Need to catch up? Here’s a Tinfoil SpoiLore archive of previous podcasts by topic. Each link has a time code listed so you can jump right to the tinfoil topic of the week for your convenience and listening pleasure.Today’s podcast is sponsored by Sonos, home theater for for music lovers.  For the first time ever, Sonos is offering the listeners of GOT, ten percent off one order of twenty five hundred dollars or less, for any product on Sonos.com. This offer is available for a limited time only and cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions. Use the promo code “GOT10” at sonos.com, to receive this exclusive offer.Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a bonus wrap up SpoiLore episode for Game of Thrones season 7, A.Ron is joined by Kim Renfro, Senior Culture Writer for INSIDER, to discuss our thoughts on season 7 as a whole, leaks, how production spoilers impacted our coverage of this season, and what we think about the far off season 8. Be warned, at the very end of the episode we do dish a bit on the last remaining unconfirmed leak for this season, which may come up next time. If you’re a serious spoiler-phobe, make sure you shut off the pod when we get to that point. If you need more Kim in your life, check out her podcast series, Showrunners, or follow her on Twitter. Our regular edition of SpoiLore will be out tomorrow!Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron close the books on the non-book spoiler part of our season 7 coverage of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Of course, we’ll be back later this week to put the SpoilLore segment to bed, and don’t forget that starting next week we’ll be jumping head first into our rewatch of season 2, AKA the Tyrion Lannister Golden Years. But for now, we dive into a heaping helping of feedback trying to sum up the experience of this seasons, and looking ahead to next. Regardless of when it comes back, Summer of 2018 or Spring of 2019, we’ll right there with you as Game of Thrones heads towards it’s conclusion. Hope you stay with us through our season 2 coverage and beyond, as we look forward to tackling Stranger Things, Mr. Robot, The Walking Dead, and Westworld, to name just a few in the months ahead!Today’s podcast is sponsored by Sonos, home theater for for music lovers.  For the first time ever, Sonos is offering the listeners of GOT, ten percent off one order of twenty five hundred dollars or less, for any product on Sonos.com. This offer is available for a limited time only and cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions. Use the promo code “GOT10” at sonos.com, to receive this exclusive offer.Today’s podcast is sponsored by Casper. Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting www.casper.com/got and using “got” at checkout. Terms and Conditions Apply.Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron consider some book-based speculation and theories from the latest episode of Game of Thrones! If you’re a show-only watcher who doesn’t want any spoilers, it’s best to just skip this one. Need to catch up? Here’s a Tinfoil SpoiLore archive of previous podcasts by topic. Each link has a time code listed so you can jump right to the tinfoil topic of the week for your convenience and listening pleasure.Need some more Game of Thrones in your life? Want to support your favorite podcasters AND some worthy charities? Check out the Podpack! In addition to the divvying up the shares between the podcasters the the ACLU, Bald Move will be donating our entire cut of this project to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.Today’s sponsor is Audible, with an unmatched selection of audiobooks, original audio shows, news, comedy, and more. Get a free audiobook with a 30 day trial at www.audible.com/got.Today’s podcast is also sponsored by Sonos, home theater for for music lovers.  For the first time ever, Sonos is offering the listeners of GOT, ten percent off one order of twenty five hundred dollars or less, for any product on Sonos.com. This offer is available for a limited time only and cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions. Use the promo code “GOT10” at sonos.com, to receive this exclusive offer.Leave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron develop their thoughts on the season finale of HBO’s Game of Thrones, “The Lion and the Wolf”. Many were pleased, yet there are some lingering resentments. We try to talk through why we thought Cersei’s scheming, Sansa and Arya’s collaboration, and the Night King’s ultimate plan to cross the wall made a lot of sense both from a plot and character standpoint, but we definitely leave room for people who have trouble looking past how we arrived there. In the end, we both agree that the series is set for a thrilling and satisfying conclusion, and the DD’s have nearly twice the time to develop it. Will they succeed? Can Martin eventually do better? Join us next week as we wrap up our Season 7 coverage and try to answer these questions and more. And don’t forget Friday, as we delve into the deeper meanings and book implications for the events of this season! See you then.This podcast is sponsored by BombFell, where you can get clothes hand-picked by a stylist to fit your life. Head over to bombfell.com/got to get $25 off your first order!This podcast is also sponsored by Sonos, Home theater for music – and podcast! – lovers. For the first time ever, Sonos is offering the listeners of GOT, ten percent off one order of twenty five hundred dollars or less, for any product on Sonos.com. This offer is available for a limited time only and cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions. Use the promo code, “GOT10 “, at sonos.com, to receive this exclusive offer.If you enjoyed Blade Geer’s song at the end of the podcast and want to download it or check out his other work you can find it at his SoundCloud page: http://www.soundcloud.com/bladegeerLeave Us A ReviewJoin the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | TwitterTheme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices