Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

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Episode 150: A CLASH OF KINGS, BRAN VII: "Tree of Life" ft. ManuclearBomb! Apr 19, 2021

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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! In this episode, Bran leaves his home, his childhood, and the book behind as we reach the end of A Clash of Kings. And we were joined by Manu AKA ManuclearBomb as a special guest! This week, we:

- Talk about the future of the NotACast pod-cast in which Jeff will be taking a few months hiatus for work

- Emote through this chapter

- Journey with Summer through the destruction of Winterfell

- See the darkness as a means of Bran advancing in his powers

- Tour a broken Winterfell with Bran, Rickon, Hodor, Osha, Meera and Jojen

- Mourn Maester Luwin

- Discuss how Bran gets back to Winterfell

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Episode 149: A CLASH OF KINGS, JON VIII: "Keep Your Sword Sharp" Apr 12, 2021

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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, Qhorin Halfhand goes out like a badass, but not before laying a heavy duty on our boy Jon Snow. This week, we:

- Watch sadly as the Watchmen are picked off one by one

- Dig into Qhorin's worldview

- Compare and contrast the political and magical forces at work

- Salute the Halfhand in his final stand

- Get all excited for Jon's undercover plot in ASOS

Next week: Manu from Podcast Sans Frontieres joins us to wrap up the book with ACOK, Bran VII!

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Episode 148: A CLASH OF KINGS, TYRION XV: "King of Ashes" Apr 05, 2021

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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, Tyrion has some good and bad dreams and then wakes up to a terrible reality. This week, we:

- Talk about the Tyrells as parallels to the Lannisters

- Delve deep into Tyrion's subconscious and what he wants

- See the dreams Tyrion has and wonder at what they say about Tyrion

- Reveal yet again that Tyrion is a supervillain with a compelling and sympathetic backstory

- Compare Ned and Tyrion and talk about who did better as Hand of the King

Next week: Qhorin makes his last stand, and Jon Snow turns cloak. Or does he?

The JokerCast: The Sloshed Review of #TheSnyderCut of JUSTICE LEAGUE Mar 29, 2021

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Well, well, well. Here we are today, taking a short break from our chapter by chapter format and doing a review of Zack Snyder's JUSTICE LEAGUE! And we're doing it with drinks in our hand. It's going to go great!

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Episode 147: A CLASH OF KINGS, THEON VI: "The Noose" Mar 22, 2021

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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, Theon keeps on being the worst person in the world, only for someone even worse to show up and break his face. This week, we:

- Praise the intimate urgency of George's writing

- Shake our heads as Theon miserably fails at leadership, yet again

- Put Theon's actions into context with his backstory

- Shudder as the Bastard of Bolton arrives to burn it all down

- Break apart the layers of the Reek-Ramsay twist

Next week: we stagger drunkenly headfirst into Zack Snyder's Justice League!

Episode 146: A CLASH OF KINGS, SANSA VIII: "The Gilded Age" Mar 15, 2021

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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, Tywin and the Tyrells congratulate each other for arriving just in time to take credit for Tyrion's work, and Sansa gets out of her betrothal to Joffrey This week, we:

- Dissect the visuals on display in the royal court

- Roll our eyes at Tywin with his fancy armor and large pile of horseshit

- Unpack the Tyrell entry into King's Landing politics

- Watch as Joffrey unravels himself in the face of Stannis diehards

- Set the stage for Sansa's ASOS plot with a fateful hairnet

Next week: Theon is "saved" by "Reek."

Episode 145: A CLASH OF KINGS, ARYA X: "The Ghost of Harrenhal" Mar 08, 2021

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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, Arya speeds through her internship with Roose Bolton before getting the hell out of Harrenhal with her little friends. This week, we:

- Theorize about how COVID might impact WINDS

- Talk about Arya and Harrenhal in the wake of liberation

- Shudder at Roose Bolton all the while not being able to take our eyes off his "soft, pale, hairless body."

- Uncover Arya's character development in this chapter and her "done with wooden teeth" thought

- Watch as Arya Stark does her first premeditated murder and unpack it.

- Unpack the huge mystery behind the book that Roose Bolton burned and how many cat skeletons he has at the Dreadfort

Next week: The Lannisters and Tyrells throw themselves a party to celebrate "their" victory

Episode 144: A CLASH OF KINGS, DAENERYS V: "It Was All A Dream" Mar 01, 2021

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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 and her followers leave Qarth, accompanied by a nice old man who saved her life and who is totally not Barristan.. This week, we:

- Give Qarth one final bronx cheer on our way out.

- Shed a single tear Qartheen-style as Xaro breaks up with Dany over text

- Praise the immersive feel of the Qartheen docks and damn the character development of Dany

- Unpack the entry and Barristan and Strong Belwas into Dany's story and why Illyrio sent them forward

- Shine a light on who this Urrathon Nightwalker character is (He's Euron)

Next week: Arya interns for Roose Bolton before finally escaping Harrenhal.

Episode 143: A CLASH OF KINGS, SANSA VII: "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" Feb 22, 2021

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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, Sansa flees Cersei only to run into Sandor, and then Dontos. She just can't get away from drunk adults. This week, we:

- Praise Sansa for keeping the room together after Cersei flees

- Watch the colors explode outside on the Blackwater

- Break down the influence of both horror and romance on Sandor

- Discuss the arrival of "Renly's ghost" as reported by Dontos

Next week: everyone leaves Qarth (finally) in ACOK Daenerys V!

Episode 142: A CLASH OF KINGS, Sansa VI and Tyrion XIV: "Burning Bridges" Feb 15, 2021

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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! In this episode, Tyrion charges headfirst into hell, and Sansa wishes she could join him just to get away from Cersei. This week, we:

- Discuss what Shae does around these parts

- Get into Maegor's Holdfast with Sansa and an increasingly drunk Cersei

- Talk about how Cersei fails at the basics of queenship where Sansa succeeds

- Analyze Tyrion's tactics on the battlefield

- Talk about the hell and heaven of the battle and Tyrion's place in it

- Debate on who ordered the hit on Tyrion

Next week: It's the climax of the battle with ACOK, Sansa VII!