Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

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Guest Episode: Matt aka Joe Magician Feb 01, 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! Jeff is away for work (he'll be back in the saddle on 2/8), so Emmett is joined by guest host Matt aka Joe Magician to talk about Final Fantasy Tactics! This week, we discuss:

- Our relationship to the Final Fantasy series

- The byzantine shell-game storyline of Tactics

- The themes of power, corruption, and lies

- The incredibly dense gameplay

- How Tactics is basically ASOIAF: The Game

Matt's twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJoeMagician Matt's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/joemagician The Maester Monthly podcast: https://maestermonthly.wordpress.com/ 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 Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Guest Episode: Manu from Podcast Sans Frontieres Jan 25, 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! Jeff is away for the month, so Emmett is joined by guest host Manu of Podcast Sans Frontieres to talk Metal Gear Solid! This week, we discuss:

- Our relationship to the Metal Gear Solid series

- The labyrinthine plot of the series

- The major themes of the series

- How those themes factor into gameplay

- Why ASOIAF fans would love MGS

Manu's twitter: https://twitter.com/ManuclearBomb Manu's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-sans-frontieres/id1550010207 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 Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Guest Episode: Merry from Learned Hands Jan 18, 2021

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- Merry's origin story with law and ASOIAF

- Learned Hands, her excellent podcast with NotACast guest Clint W

- Favorite legal scenes in fiction

- How to think about storytelling as a moral speculative space

- Jon Snow: what is his deal?

Merry's website: https://upfromunderwinterfell.wordpress.com/ Merry's twitter: https://twitter.com/MaesterMerry Merry's podcast: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/k67ja-c05db/Learned-Hands-The-Official-Podcast-of-the-Westerosi-Bar-Association 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 Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 141: A CLASH OF KINGS, TYRION XIII: "Look Upon My Works" Jan 11, 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, it's all Stannis' fault according to Tyrion anyways. This week, we:

- Discuss Tyrion's parentage (again)

- Observe with Tyrion the aftermath of the wildfire

- Lay out the shape of the battle to come and Tyrion's mentality coming into it.

- Look at Tyrion and admire his bravery, even while disparaging him for propping up the illegitimate and tyrannical reign of Joffrey

- Debate whether Tyrion's use of wildfire is justified

Next week: Sansa and Tyrion are in danger for ACOK, Sansa VI and Tyrion XIV!

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 Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 140: A CLASH OF KINGS, DAVOS III: "Inferno (Part 2)" Jan 04, 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, everything explodes. This week, we:

- Talk about how Davos' background informs his perspective

- Explore the meaning of Stannis' fiery heart banner

- Lay out George's "threefold revelation" buildup to the wildfire explosion

- Praise the wonder and terror of the imagery

- Analyze the fiery demon that emerges from the explosion

Next week: Tyrion looks upon his works and blames Stannis in ACOK, Tyrion XIII!

Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF 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 Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

The NotACast 2020 Holiday Special Episode: ”Playing with Fire: An Analysis of ‘Blackwater’” Dec 28, 2020

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Hi everyone and happy holiday 2020! It's been a hell of a year. Hell. Anyways, today, we're journeying back to 2012 to talk about Game of Thrones' most beloved episode: Season Two, Episode Nine's "Blackwater." Journey back as we synopsize, analyze, nostalgia-ize(?) on this George RR Martin episode. Love you all. Thanks for a great 2020 See you in 2021! Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF 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 Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 139: A CLASH OF KINGS, DAVOS III: "Inferno (Part 1)" Dec 21, 2020

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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, the Baratheon fleet sails up the Blackwater Rush to their inevitable victory. This week, we:

- Praise the cinematic tension with which the chapter begins

- Repeatedly and mercilessly dunk on High Captain Ser Imry Florent, who is the worst

- Contrast Davos' dread for battle from his smuggler days with his sons' eagerness to prove themselves as young noblemen

- Talk through the strategic layout of the battle...

- ...and imagine how Jeff would do differently, and better

Next week: Tyrion springs the fiery trap in the second half of ACOK, Davos III!

Episode 138: A CLASH OF KINGS, SANSA V: "Battle Hymn" Dec 14, 2020

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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, Sansa joins the singers in the sept (yay) and has to talk to multiple Lannisters (boo). This week, we:

- Cheer ourselves hoarse at arriving at the Battle of the Blackwater

- Watch Sansa dance her way through conversations with Tyrion and Joffrey

- Praise the beautiful imagery and prose in the sept

- Talk about Sansa's empathy, where she sets its limits, and what it can and cannot accomplish in war

- Welcome (reluctantly) Cersei, who is already drunk

Next week: we flip over to the Baratheon side of the Battle of Blackwater with ACOK, Davos III (Part 1)!

Episode 137: A CLASH OF KINGS, THEON V: "New Nightmare" ft. Alisha Benton Dec 07, 2020

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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, Theon Greyjoy is introduced to the idea that his actions have consequences. He … doesn’t take it well. This week, we:

- Talk about all the dreams that Theon has, what the dreams mean and what prophetic dreams mean overall

- Analyze Theon's growing paranoia, the murders that he's committing and his mindstate

- Get deep into Asha and Theon's relationship and what Asha is trying to do by showing up to Theon with so few men

- Recoil as Ramsay in the guise of Reek worms his way deeper into Theon's psyche

- Realize that it's not Bran and Theon up on the walls. It's the miller's boys

- Talk about Theon as kinslayer and the potential at least one of the miller's boys is his own son

Next week: It's battle time, baby. We're in the Battle of the Blackwater with ACOK, Sansa V!

Alisha's twitter: https://twitter.com/totesnotalice Alisha's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hangrylikethewolfe/ Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF 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 Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Patreon Episode #29: "The Second Coming, Part 2: An Analysis of The Forsaken" Nov 30, 2020

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Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast that usually goes through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! But not here, oh no, not here. In this episode (previously available only to our $5+ patrons and now available for everyone), we take a deep dive into "The Forsaken," Aeron Damphair's released chapter from TWOW. If you like what you hear, check out our Patreon for many more bonus episodes and benefits! This week, we:

- Frame Aeron's descent as both physical and spiritual

- Discuss how George creates Euron as a patchwork villain made of contradictions and eerie juxtapositions

- Contextualize Aeron's first drug-induced nightmare within the psychedelic history of the United States

- Analyze the apocalyptic imagery of said nightmare

- Try and fail to warn Falia Flowers of what's coming for her

Next week: our regularly scheduled programming resumes back in Winterfell with Theon as he continues to rule justly and nobly ... or makes a botch of it while having nightmares and getting owned by his sister again. And we'll be joined by a brand new special guest: Alisha Benton!|

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