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VoK 527: WolfCast – “Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (S08E02 Review)

Posted on April 22, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Join VOK curators Bina, Glen and Nadia as well as Hannah and Jock as they discuss e2 of the final season of Game of Thrones – an episode of redemption arcs, strong women, giant teats, and popped cherries.

Spoilers for Game of Thrones and all works in the ASOIAF series.

Music credits – Alpine Universe & HBO.

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VoK 524: Sacred Games (Netflix series) – Season 1

Posted on April 18, 2019 | Leave a comment

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“Do you believe in God? God doesn’t give a F**k.”

Join Bina, Nadia and Jock as they discuss season one of Netflix India’s superb epic thriller, Sacred Games, exploring Mumbai’s underworld of corrupt cops, religiously divided mafiosi, populist politicians, and Bollywood call girls.

“That day I learned drugs, guns and violence are small time business. The real business is politics.”

*No dogs were harmed in the making of this podcast*

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VoK 520: A Tale Of Two Matts aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 83)

Posted on April 1, 2019 | Leave a comment

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After six months and eighteen chapters we finally get to May 300 AL and near the end of Feast! In this episode we will cover Tyrion 7 from Dance (5m), The Princess in the Tower/Arianne 2 from Feast (25m) and Brienne 7 from Feast (44m). These events take place from May 1st to May 3rd 300 AL. The after show begins at 1hr including a discussion of New York Moot and Hashtag Greg parlous trivia skills.

Your hosts are Bina, Casey, Marie, Zack, Matt, Matt and Michael.

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will be hosted by QueenJames and will cover Arya 3/Cat of the Canals, Sam 4 (the death of Aemon) and Cersei 7 from Feast.

This podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in A Song Of Ice And Fire but not the Game of Thrones TV show until 1hr 3m.

Picture credit – Marc Simonetti, Fantasy Flight Games

Music credit – Alpine Universe

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VoK 518: The Whisper Campaign aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 82)

Posted on March 16, 2019 | Leave a comment

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It’s time to once again put your headphones on an join your hosts Abby (Daceymormont), Hannah (shadow_ baby), Jock (Munrojock2), Kevin (Gaiden), Michael (Khal Wadege), Sarah (Lady Weaver), with a brief cameo from the lurker of the episode Zander (The Lord Baron) as they try to avoid talking about Jon while they cover The Wayward Bride, Jon 7 ADWD and The Reaver.

Chapters:

The Wayward Bride (Asha 1) ADWD @ 0:02:10 – Stannis takes Deepwood Motte
Jon 7 ADWD @ 0:43:32 – Jon brings Wun Wun back to the Night’s Watch
The Reaver (Victarion 2) AFFC @ 1:18:21 – Ironborn’s attack on the Shield Islands Aftershow @ 1:57:06

Trigger warnings for Sexual Violence, and warnings for strong language

Image Credit: mattolsonart on Deviantart

Song Credit: Jed O’White Hart

Edited by Sarah – Lady Weaver

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VoK 514: Sex Education (Netflix series) – Season 1

Posted on February 24, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Join Bina, Noah/Pops88, Marie/Nymeria and Jock/MunroJock2 as they discuss the first season of Netflix’ High School dramedy, set in contemporary Britain but heavily influenced by John Hughes movies. The show stars Enders’ Game’s Asa Butterfield as a kid dispensing sex education advice to his peers, and X-Files’ Gillian Anderson as his mum.

The after show starts at 42m.

Music credit – theme song from the show – Ezra Furman – Love You So Bad

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VoK 513: Shtisel (yes Oh series) – Season 1

Posted on February 17, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Join Bina007 and Michal/Inkasrain as they discuss the first season of the hit Israeli TV show, now available on Netflix, Shtisel. Set in an Orthodox Jewish community in contemporary Jerusalem, the show is a funny, moving, and surprisingly relatable drama about the eponymous family.  The discussion is spoiler free until 14 minutes in.

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Music credits – the Shtisel theme music sung by Avi Belleli is available wherever you purchase or stream your music, and the superb Resha’im Arurim remix that Bina now uses as a ringtone is available here.

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VoK 507: The Vollop #5 – Baroness Trumpington

Posted on January 22, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Join Bina007 as she vollops Michal, Casey, Amber, Matt and Jock about Baroness Trumpington – the posh girl who worked at Bletchley, ended up on the front bench of government, and is most famous for flicking a V-sign in the House of Lords.

Music credit – Noel Coward – Twentieth Century Blues and Calvin Harris – It Was Acceptable In The 80s.

Book recommendations – Coming Up Trumps by Jean Trumpington and The Romanoffs by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Aftershow begins at 44m.

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VoK 506: You (Lifetime series) – Season 1

Posted on January 19, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Join Bina, Marie, Sarah, Thomas and Jock as they discuss the eminently trashy but binge-able Lifetime/Netflix TV show You, starring Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgely as a murderous bookshop owner.  (Hashtag Greg, say it ain’t so!) This episode is spoiler-filled for the first season of the show.

Music credits – Tonight You Belong To Me by Joseph William Morgan featuring Lola Rhodes – the theme tune of the show.

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VoK 504: The Best Chapter in Dance aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 80)

Posted on January 6, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Join us for episode 80 of the Great Linear ASOIAF Re-Read … The North Remembers ! After a meeting with Lancel Lannister at Darry and the arrival of the pale mare at Mereen, we witness one of the greatests moments in Dance : Lord Manderly reveals himself and Davos is sent to the terribly legendary Skagos. The chapters are Jaime 4 from Feast, Dany 5 and Davos 4 from Dance. These events take place between April 15th and 17th 300 AL.

This podcast will not contain any show spoilers, however it could potentially spoil any events in George R R Martin’s published series. Your hosts are Sarah (Lady Weaver), Michael (Khal Wadege), Matt (blu3arm0r), Noah (Pops88), Alix (Aiwendil),Jock (Munrojock2) and Marie (Nymeria).

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will be hosted by Casey and will cover the first ever Melisandre POV in Dance, Brienne 6 in Feast, and The Lost Lord/Jon Connington 1 in Dance.

Aftershow at 1 hr 55 min.

Hosted and edited by Nymeria
Music credits – Alpine Universe

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VoK 498: The Vollop #4 – Operation Pimlico

Posted on November 18, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Join Bina007 as she vollops Varley and It Rhymes With Sleek / Jack about the most successful Soviet spy ever to work for the West – Oleg Gordievsky. Active in the 1970s and 1980s, Oleg was simultaneously briefing Reagan, Thatcher and Gorbachev and may have prevented all-out war during Abel Archer 83.  Best of all, he was the subject of a thrilling exfiltration from Soviet Russia.  The after show begins at 1hr 20m.

Music credit – Alpine Universe & Paul McCartney

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Book recommendation – The Traitor and the Spy by Ben McIntyre

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VoK 497: The Worst Decision in Planetos aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 79)

Posted on November 12, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Our journey into FeastDance goes further as we get three epic chapters – Cersei re-arms the Faith in Cersei 6 (4m35s); Jon learns of Ramsay’s marriage plans in Jon 6 (35m); and Tyrion gets kidnapped in Tyrion 6 (59m)! These events take place between April 10th and 15th 300 AL.

Your crew for these events are first time MC, QueenJames, OG Vassals FTWard/Thomas and Nadia, podcast newbie Abby/Darceymormont, and our beloved peanuts Khal Wadege/Michael, Jock/MunroJock2 and Zander/The Lord Baron.

The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for anything in George R R Martin’s ASOIAF series. Content from TWOW preview chapters will be clearly flagged and avoidable. We do not discuss or spoil the show.

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will be hosted by Marie/Nymeria and will cover Jaime 4 from Feast and Dany 5 and Davos 4 from Dance.

Picture credit – HBO

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VoK 496: FeastDance Blue Balls aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 78)

Posted on October 29, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Ironmen get flayed – a Prince is Tattered – and a woman wanders around Westeros without a clue in the 78th episode of the epic linear ASOIAF reread. Join Bina, Varley, Adam, Zack, Marie and Jock as they wade balls-deep into FeastDance, with Reek/Theon 2, Quentyn 2/The Windblown at 18m, and Brienne 5 at 29m. These events take place between the 5th and 9th April 300.

The aftershow starts at 45m with the superb Moot Of The World song by Ged O’White Hart!

The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for anything in George R R Martin’s ASOIAF series. Content from TWOW preview chapters will be clearly flagged and avoidable. We do not discuss or spoil the show.

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will be hosted by QueenJames for the first time!! and will cover Cersei 6 from Feast, Jon 6 from Dance and Tyrion 6 from Dance.

Picture credit – HBO

Music credits – Alpine Universe and the Podcast Bard – Ged O’White Hart

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VoK 493: Mindhunter (Netflix series) – Season 1

Posted on October 6, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Join the psycho sickos Thomas, Dana, Bina, Hannah, and Varley as they do a deep dive into the first season of the Netflix series Mindhunter. This podcast reviews the series and takes a deeper look into the killers featured in it. The sickos will discuss dark and disturbing issues that may not be suitable for everyone. With that in mind enjoy the long awaited, poorly edited (by Varley) podcast as an early Halloween gift.

Music credit – Mindhunter theme by Jason Hill.

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VoK 491: The Last Bran Chapter aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 76)

Posted on September 27, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Join us for episode 76 of the Great Linear ASOIAF Re-Read ! Today we enjoy one of the few Sansa chapters (Alayne 1 from Feast), we learn again how great George is at writing horror stories with Brienne 4 from Feast, and we ponder over the passing of time in the last Bran chapter of the published books : Bran 3 from Dance. Your hosts are Sarah (Lady Weaver), Zach (Alias), Duncan (Valkyrist), Jock (munrojock2), Marie (Nymeria). These events take place between March 23rd and 27th 300 AL.

The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works George R R Martin’s A Song Of Ice and Fire series but not for the HBO Show or TWOW Preview Chapters unless clearly marked.

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will be hosted by Adam. It will cover Jon 5 and Tyrion 5 from Dance and Sam 3 from Feast.

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VoK 490: Sense8 (Netflix series) – Series Finale

Posted on September 23, 2018 | Leave a comment

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The Vassals bid a fond farewell to the Netflix series Sense8 as we review the series finale. Join David (davidhhh), Marie (Nymeria), Hannah (Shadowbaby), Matt (blu3arm0r), Jock (munrojock2), James (QueenJames) as we discuss our love for this show and how much we’ll miss it… and orgies, polyamory, and rainbow sex toys too. After all, this IS VoK!
The aftershow hilarity starts at 1:58:36.

Music credits: Depeche Mode – I Feel You; Magnetic Fields feat Xoe Wise – Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing (Sense8 Remix)
Edited by davidhhh

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VoK 488: SoccerCast (Vol.6) – English Premier League 2018–19 (Opening Games)

Posted on August 29, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Join Bing, Noah and Leigh as they discuss the changes to the teams in the English Premier League transfer window and review the opening games of the new season, in the first of our all-new shiny monthly Soccercast! It’s the VOK series that no-one was clamouring for but everybody needs in their life.

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VoK 486: Cersei See-Saw aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 75)

Posted on August 21, 2018 | 1 comment

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Join our small but perfectly formed podcast crew for the next instalment in our epic linear reread. This episode is hosted by Bina007, Tye/Enigmas, Zander/The Lord Baron, Hannah/Shadowbaby and DavidHHH. We cover Dany 4 from Dance (2m), Cersei 5 from Feast (28m) and Jaime 3 from Feast (58m) – which all takes place from March 21st to March 23rd 300 AL. The aftershow begins at 1hr45m.

The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in the ASOIAF series but not for the TV show Game of Thrones. And for those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will be hosted by Marie/Nymeria and will cover Alayne 1/Sansa 2 and Brienne 4 from Feast and Bran 3 from Dance.

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VoK 485: Pickle Rickard aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 74)

Posted on August 8, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Hey there, join us for episode 74 of our Great Linear Re-Read of A Song of Ice and Fire by G.R.R. Martin ! Today your hosts are Michael (Khal Wadege), Leigh (ChaoticNeutral1882), Matt (blu3arm0r), Varley, Jock (munrojock2) and Marie (Nymeria) and we cover the events of Cersei 4 from Feast, and Tyrion 4 and Bran 2 from Dance. We get to see an epic Small Council meeting, travel aboard the Shy Maid, and finally meet Bloodraven.  These chapters take place from March 16th to 20th of 300 AL.

As usual, spoilers for the entire published series but not for the show, nor for TWOW preview chapters. Come and listen to the guffawing of Pycelle by Varley, our troubles with Australian internet, and a great parody of Rick and Morty!

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will cover Dany 4 from Dance, Cersei 5 from Feast, and Jaime 3 from Feast.

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VoK 484: Game of Thrones – Unsullied Bingewatch

Posted on August 2, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Long-time show hold-outs Bina007 and Nadia give in the to the hype and binge-watch Game of Thrones seasons 5, 6 and 7 while pop-culture queen Michal/Inkasrain stands aside and laughs as their heads explode.

In the first spoiler-free section, we discuss the impact of no-watchers vs show-watchers on the fandom in general and VOK in particular, and whether it’s better to watch with a crowd or alone.

At 20 minutes in we enter our show-spoiler part of the show with a general discussion of seasons 5 to 7. At 26 mins in we get into Season 5 in depth – at 48m, Season 6 and at 1hr2m, Season 7. The after show begins at 1hr 20m and there’s some TWOW spoilery-stuff at 1hr24m.

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Edited by Bina007
Music by Alpine Universe

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VoK 482: The Buckethead Army aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 73)

Posted on July 26, 2018 | Leave a comment

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In this episode Bina007, Matt/Varley, Adam/Drownedsnow, Marie/Nymeria and Michael/Khal Wadege discuss Arya 2 from Feast (2m in) Jon 4 (24m in) and Davos 3 (at 56m in) from Dance. The events take place from March 7th to March 12th. We get Arya’s supercool training montage in Braavos, we get Stannis hearing some home truths from Jon, and Wylla Manderley being a badass.

The podcast contains spoilers for all published works in ASOIAF but not for Game of Thrones.

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will cover Cersei 4 from Feast and Tyrion 4  and Bran 2 from Dance.

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