Episode 253: A FEAST FOR CROWS, CERSEI V: "The Iron Claw" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-25...

In our latest patron-only episode, we talk about what might be coming next for various characters down south, from the Tullys to the Tyrells to everyone's favorites, the Freys. Our episode is up for all our patrons on Patreon!

"Remembering the South," our latest patron-only episode, is up for all patrons on our Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/NotACastAS...

This week in Westeros, Sansa has to play Littlefinger's daughter "Alayne Stone" as he manipulates the Lords of the Vale into backing down, all to offer her an object lesson in the game of thrones. Our episode is up for everyone!

“LET MY PORRIDGE FLY!!!” Is absolutely some of George’s best writing.

Episode 252: A FEAST FOR CROWS, ALAYNE I: "The Aristocrats" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-25...

Today is the last day to vote for the topic of our next patron-only episode! Come join our Patreon to vote in the poll and then listen to the episode!

This week in Essos, Arya starts her education at Murder University. It's a dreamy, abstract chapter, but it's grounded in ritual and routine, and finds catharsis when Arya refuses to sacrifice Needle (and all that goes with it) to the god of death. Our episode is up for everyone!

Lovely that @notacast.bsky.social is getting to the part of Arya’s story where she hangs out at our namesake! ⚓️

@notacast.bsky.social sold me on the awkwardness of the sam/gilly sex scene being the point

And if you missed our last Patreon episode, we go all Karl Marx/EJ Hobsbawm on Westeros and discuss what it would take to move the Seven Kingdoms beyond the feudal mode of production - subscribe now!

“Needle was Jon Snow’s smile.” Arya II is split in two, on one side the deconstruction of Arya of House Stark, and on the other the creation of No One of the House of Black and White. But dissecting the chapter is Needle, a reminder that Arya’s heart is still there, if submitted under layers of pain

Episode 251: A FEAST FOR CROWS, ARYA II: "Angels of Death" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-25...

Our latest Patreon-exclusive episode at @notacast.bsky.social is all about social revolution in Westeros - how could it come about and where? www.patreon.com/posts/140920...

We have arrived at the introduction of Euron Greyjoy, who kicks things off with the ultimate supervillain monologue: framing his lifelong commitment to violence as a mockery of every god who fails to answer prayers, allowing him to dominate the world in their place.

Episode 247: A FEAST FOR CROWS, THE IRON CAPTAIN: "Big Brother" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-24...

There's no character in the story quite like Victarion Greyjoy, whose POV is a giant joke on him. GRRM gleefully pokes holes in Vic's worldview, showing how it's made him miserable and connecting the dots to what's gone wrong with the Old Way as a whole. He's his own worst enemy!

Episode 247: A FEAST FOR CROWS, THE IRON CAPTAIN: "Big Brother" is available for our Sworn Sword patrons on Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

The valonqar, Jojen's fate, the unsolved prophecies of the House of the Undying...these are just some of theories @manuclearbomb.bsky.social and I discuss on our latest episode for patrons. Come join the Patreon so you can listen to exclusive episodes every four weeks!

Our latest patron-only episode, "Beyond Theorydome (Part 2)" in which we rapid-fire ASOIAF theories is available for all our patrons! Check out all our patron-only episodes here: www.patreon.com/c/NotACastAS...

@notacast.bsky.social asked what happened to Jon Snow's soul, but neither host suggested he sold it to Milhouse for five bucks. Unbelievable

We were so glad to have @lothelynx.bsky.social back on the NotACast to talk through Brienne's ghost hunt (literally, a guy named Hunt shows up) in Maidenpool. Come listen to us talk about gender, knighthood, and Nimble Dick!

I joined NAC to chat Brienne, gender, violence, and how the biggest dick of this chapter isn’t the guy called Nimble Dick. Among other things!

Episode 243: A FEAST FOR CROWS, BRIENNE III: "Ghost Hunt" ft. @lothelynx.bsky.social is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-24...

I got to the opportunity to guest on @notacast.bsky.social to talk about Brienne which was a blast! It ended up pretty much being my thesis on Brienne and gender structures in Westeros. Plus some stuff about crime and punishment. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ecwx4-...

Episode 236: A FEAST FOR CROWS, CERSEI II: "Personnel is Policy" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-23...

@notacast.bsky.social I was listening to Ep. 233 on Brienne and one of the things I love about her arc is that it is the antithesis of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan. I’m not sure if that’s what GRRM was aiming for, but I thought I would mention it in case you were interested.

Belatedly catching up on @notacast.bsky.social’s episode on Brienne I, and I really appreciated all the historical and literal parallels drawn when it comes to Brienne! Made me add things to my reading list! But because I’m me, I gotta throw two more parallels in there. 🧵

Really appreciated @notacast.bsky.social’s first Arya chapter with all the comparisons to historical cities, like Venice and Amsterdam. Reminded me a lot of what @bidonica.bsky.social talked about with us on @ragmanspod.bsky.social abt European art history! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wrpiw-...

listening to @notacast.bsky.social affc cersei I back to back with @girlsgonecanon.bsky.social adwd cersei ii and I was today years old when it clicked: cersei's very first pov chapter opens with her having a prophetic dream

Thanking the old gods for a new AFFC @notacast.bsky.social episode this week for some much much needed escapism.

No new episode this week! If you haven't already, check out our previous episode, our introduction to Dorne via Areo Hotah and the Sand Snakes: notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-23...

This week in Westeros: we head down to Dorne, where the Sand Snakes are calling for war and murder as revenge for their father Oberyn, but little do they know that their seemingly passive uncle Doran has his own plot cooking on low heat. Our episode is up for everyone!

Can't wait for this and for y'all to hear it!

Episode 231: A FEAST FOR CROWS, THE CAPTAIN OF GUARDS: "Snakes in the Garden" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-23...

I just listened to @notacast.bsky.social's last ep where they discussed the potential future fates of the Sandsnakes, so I just gotta take the opportunity to talk a bit about my fave Sandsnake (Alleras) and what I think their future might hold! 🐍

This week in Westeros: we kick off the sorely underrated Ironborn storyline in Feast with Aeron Greyjoy, whose desperate attempts to use religion to banish the legacy of his abusive brother Euron have failed. The king is dead...long live the king. Our episode is up for everyone!

Episode 230: A FEAST FOR CROWS, THE PROPHET: "The King is Dead" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-23...

Listening to @notacast.bsky.social’s episode about The Prophet really makes me think that I should make (write/podcast) about the Ironborn in relation to Nordic neo-Nazis’ usage of Viking imagery. Like en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_...

Our year end episode for 2024 is available for everyone! Come listen to @manuclearbomb.bsky.social and @poorquentyn.bsky.social chat about everything we loved this year: notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/special-ep...

When they talk about how it’s not everyone’s favorite, they mean me, it’s my least favorite, but fam, listening to my dudes cover this is like watching a documentary on ALIEN3, by which I mean the making & analysis of is fascinating and riveting even if the thing itself is not for me personally

ICYMI: this week in Westeros, we kicked off A Feast for Crows! Come listen to @manuclearbomb.bsky.social and I break down the book's prologue!

Just as we start it!

This week in Westeros, we begin everyone's favorite, A Feast for Crows! But Pate's prologue stands outside the book: a self-contained introduction to Oldtown, a bulwark against "the age of wonder and terror," at least until Pate lets the magic in. Our episode is up for everyone!

Today we FEAST

Episode 229: A FEAST FOR CROWS, PROLOGUE: "Wonder and Terror" is available for everyone! notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-22...