Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

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The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Chapter 3: ”The Black Gate is Closed” Apr 04, 2022

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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.

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The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Chapter 2: ”The Passage of the Marshes” Mar 28, 2022

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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.

The Lord of the Rings, Book 4 Episode 1: ”The Taming of Smeagol” Mar 21, 2022

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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.

The Lord of the Rings: ”The Voice of Saruman and The Palantir” Mar 14, 2022

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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.

Episode 177: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS III: ”All” Mar 07, 2022

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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! In this episode, Daenerys Targaryen makes Astapor go boom This week, we:

- 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.

Sadly, the chapter-by-chapter podcast will be taking a few months as Jeff will be in the midst of transition. But we'll return with Act 2 of ASOIAF and ASOS, Sansa III in Summer 2022. In the meantime, Emmett will be bringing fresh content starting in two weeks time; so, stay tuned. And I (Jeff) will miss you all, some of you all. Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn

Episode 176: A STORM OF SWORDS, JON III: ”Fear and Desire” Feb 28, 2022

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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! In this episode, Jon explores several cave systems with Ygritte. This week, we:

- 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

Next week: "dracarys." Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn

Episode 175: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS III: ”Shadow and Flame” Feb 21, 2022

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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! In this episode, Davos cools his heels in jail before chatting with his jailor Melisandre and his fellow prisoner Alester Florent. This week, we:

- 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?

Next week: Jon Snow explores several cave systems. Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn

Episode 174: A STORM OF SWORDS, BRAN I & II: ”Once Upon A Time” Feb 14, 2022

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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! In this episode, GRRM indulges in Tolkien pastiche before transitioning to the most famous in-universe story in the books: The Knight of the Laughing Tree! This week, we:

- 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.)

Next week: Davos is down in the dungeons and gets a roommate in a whacky buddy comedy. Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn

Episode 173: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS II: ”Legion (Part 2)” Feb 07, 2022

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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! In this episode, all hands are on deck for Dany as she tries to figure out what to do in Slaver's Bay. This week, we:

- Take stock of Dany's different kinds of power

- Analyze her relationship with Irri given that power

- Revisit Dany's dragons as her subconscious feelings given form

- Talk about her complex feelings toward Jorah

- Explore the system of the slave trade

Next week: wolf dreams and sad stories in ASOS, Bran I & II! Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn

Episode 172: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS II: ”Legion (Part 1)” Jan 31, 2022

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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! In this episode, Dany descends into hell, aka Astapor, our first city in Slaver's Bay. This week, we:

- Introduce Slaver's Bay as the major new setting in ASOS

- Dig into the hellish imagery of Astapor specifically

- Explore the cultural context of the history and language used here

- Take stock of the horrors involved in the training of the Unsullied

- Analyze Barristan's role in Dany's decision-making process

Next week: we finish up Dany's introduction to Astapor in ASOS, Daenerys II! Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn