The Vassals discuss the new Amazon TV show and the cult fantasy book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman on which it was based.
Aftershow at 1hr 8m.
Hosts – Bina007, Adam/DrownedSnow, Dana/Taindana, Michal/Inkasrain, Jock/Munrock2 and Paul/SerDinnerRoll.
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The vassals discuss the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl, depicting the 1986 nuclear reactor disaster.
Hosts – Bina007, Adam/Drownedsnow, Jock/MunroJock2, Thomas/FTWard, Steven/SJLee, and Matt/Varley.
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Posted in History, Podcast, True Crime, TV Shows
Tagged Bina007, drownedsnow, FTWard, Munrojock2, SJLee, Varley
Bina, QueenJames, Abby/DaceyMormont, Jock and Dan/WitlessChum roll into the penultimate Feast episode as Brienne shouts a word in Brienne 8, Cersei writes a letter to Jaime in Cersei 10 and Theon’s POV is named Reek for the last time.
Reek 3 (1m) – Brienne 8 (21m) – Cersei 10 (34m) – Safe for all aftershow (58m) – TWOW spoiler aftershow (1hr4m) – GOT spoiler aftershow slash dirge (1hr7m30s)
Music credit – Alpine Universe & The Boss; Picture credit – HBO
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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, ASOIAF ReRead, Books & Novellas, Podcast
Tagged Bina007, Daceymormont, Munrojock2, Queen James, witless chum
Join your vassals James(QueenJames), Matt(Varley), Matt(blu3arm0r), Michael(Khal Wadege), Adam(drownedsnow), Marie(Nymeria) for another episode of the Great Linear A Song of Ice and Fire Reread. This episode could potentially spoil any events in George RR Martin’s published series as well as TWOW preview chapters.
We ended the last episode with Moqorro’s vision of Cthulhu in Tyrion 8 in Dance on May 10th. In this episode we cover Cersei 8, Alayne 2/Sansa 3 and Cersei 9 from Feast. The Sansa chapter is the last one published in the series. These events take place between May 11th and 15th 300 AL.
Cersei 8 (2m); Alayne 2/Sansa 3 (33m); Cersei 9 (1hr 17m); After Show (1hr 42m).
Music credit – Alpine Universe
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Tagged drownedsnow, Khal Wadege, Nymeria, Queen James, Varley
Bina, Nadia, Hannah, Jock and Glen discuss the latest two episodes of Game of Thrones – focussing on the major character arcs and predictions for the final episode.
Lemoncake ratings – 3m; Arya and The Hound – 10m; Jaime and Cersei – 23m; Dany and Jon – 35m; Sansa, Tyrion and Varys – 46m; Open questions for episode 6 – 59m.
Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, as well as all aired episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones and a small spoiler for The Hunger Games.
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Tagged Bina007, Dagos_Rivers, Munrojock2, Nadia, Shadowbaby
As we enter the final three episodes covering A Feast For Crows we focus on the Lannister Boys – with Jaime at the siege of Riverrun in Jaime 5 and 6 from Feast, and Tyrion hearing Moqorro’s vision of Euron in Tyrion 8 from Dance. These events take place between May 8th and 10th 300 AL.
For those reading along at home, the next episode will cover Cersei 8 and 9 from Feast and the last (ever?!) Sansa chapter published by George – Alayne 2/Sansa 3 from Feast.
The night is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in A Song Of Ice And Fire.
Jaime 5 (3m); Jaime 6 (17m); Tyrion 8 (32m); Aftershow (50m).
Music credit – Alpine Universe
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Tagged Bina007, Munrojock2, Nadia, Nymeria, Varley, White Raven
The Vassals are back for another Great Linear A Song of Ice and Fire Reread. Join our hosts QueenJames, FTWard (Thomas), Nymeria (Marie), Khal Wadege (Michael), Gaiden (Kevin), MunroJock2 (Jock), and Nadia as they raise their fat pink masts and make their way through the Myrish swamp.
Our chapters are:
Arya 3/Cat of the Canals (Feast) – Arya kills Dareon, becomes blind
Sam 4 (Feast) – Aemon dies
Cersei 7 (Feast) – News of the Shield Islands. Loras sent to take Dragonstone
The next episode will be hosted by Bina and will cover Jaime 5 and 6 from Feast and Tyrion 8 from Dance.
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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Tagged FTWard, Gaiden, Khal Wadege, Munrojock2, Nadia, Nymeria, Queen James
Join Bina, Katie, Michal, Varley, Adam and Brett for a rapid-response take on this week’s epic episode. At 57m we’re pod crashed by Greg, Casey, and a very shell-shocked Zack and Duncan from Ice and Fire Con.
The night is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and all aired episodes of Game of Thrones.
Music credits: Alpine Universe.
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Tagged Alias, Bina007, blue-eyed-queen, claudiusthefool, Dragoncast, drownedsnow, inkasrain, Lady Griffin, Valkyrist, Varley, White Raven
Join Bina, Marie/Nymeria, Jock and, in a mirror-podcast, DavidHHH and Dana/Taindana, for their discussion of Discovery Season Two and unabashed Dreamy Captain Pike shipping.
Spoilers for all things Trek.
Music credit – Star Trek Discovery Main Theme and Torpedo sound effect.
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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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Tagged Bina007, Dagos_Rivers, Munrojock2, Nadia, Shadowbaby
“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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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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Tagged Alias, Bina007, Blu3arm0r, blue-eyed-queen, Khal Wadege, Nymeria, Varley
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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Tagged Darceymormont, Gaiden, Khal Wadege, Lady Weaver, Munrojock2, Shadowbaby, The Lord Baron
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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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.
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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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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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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Tagged Aiwendil, Blu3arm0r, Khal Wadege, Lady Weaver, Munrojock2, Nymeria, Pops88
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
Picture credit – as shown
Book recommendation – The Traitor and the Spy by Ben McIntyre
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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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Tagged Darceymormont, FTWard, Khal Wadege, Munrojock2, Nadia, Queen James, The Lord Baron
