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Today marks 8 years since the very first VoK episode was published: a review of one of the Tuf Voyaging short stories (an earlier work by George R.R. Martin).

The podcast began as an idea suggested by Amin (host of A Podcast of Ice and Fire) in 2013 for listeners of APOIAF to create listener podcasts. A driving force for the podcast was Vikram (original curator ‘FortyTwo’) who setup the structure we still use today when publishing episodes.

Very quickly, additional curators and podcast contributors became involved and a staggering 106 podcasts were published by the first year anniversary.

Contributors / Hosts of the podcast have come and gone (and we really hope they return one day) and the pace of the podcasts have slowed down a bit since ‘Game of Thrones’ ended. However through our passion for literature, film, history, music and a song of ice and fire, we continue to produce over 50 episodes a year.

Thank you to everyone that has listened, continues to listen and especially for those that decided to join the discussion.

Some final stats: 657 episodes, over 100 hosts, 14 curators, 9152 YouTube Subscribers, Total YouTube video views: 2,237,671.

If you wish to listen to where it all began, below is a link to our first episode:

https://vokpodcast.com/2013/06/03/vok-episode-1-tufs-a-beast-for-norn/

We are pleased to present the Kingsgrave Jukebox – a playlist of ASOIAF songs composed by vassals like Jed O’White Hart, Aiwendil, Scilens and Amberrocks. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for new songs in the coming weeks. And if you’re feeling creative you can even submit a song of your own!

Tickets! http://www.ThronesCon.com/

Hi everyone,
It is the annual Podcast Awards, nominations begin on Friday, 15th April.

Podcast Awards

If you go to the above link, and you will be able to submit a form (from 15th April) of your favourite podcasts, in a number of categories like Gaming, Movies, Politics, Religion, etc.

So we would appreciate if you nominate Vassals of Kingsgrave for Best ‘TV and Film’ Podcast; A Podcast of Ice and Fire for People’s Choice Podcast, and Best ‘Entertainment’ Podcast.

Although, if you don’t want to vote for either podcast, it is still a good opportunity to nominate the podcasts you love in their respective category.

There is a major shakeup which might help both podcasts: they have brought in a rule that podcasts that have won awards, in 2015, will be ineligible, or podcast that have won 5 awards in the past will be ineligible (so Internet Box that VOK lost to last year, in Best General Podcast, has won three times), that may help APOIAF too, as a number of podcasts have won possibly 5 or more awards in the past 10 years (ESPN Fantasy Focus, Rob has a Podcast, Mugglecast, This American Life).

Thanks once again for everyone that takes the time to listen to the podcasts, through iTunes, or through YouTube.

Here is a list of all of the “Call to Arms” threads currently active on the Vassals of Kingsgrave forums. CTA’s are the organizing stage for all upcoming podcasts. Feel free to get involved in any of them. Or, if you’re feeling brave enough, even start your own! 😉

Game of Thrones:
DragonCast episode reviews (America)
WolfCast episode reviews (Europe)
KrakenCast episode reviews (Australia & Asia-Pacific)

A Song of Ice and Fire:
The Westerlands (TWOIAF)
The Bones and Beyond (TWOIAF)
Talking Targaryens (TWOIAF)

Movies & TV:
Twin Peaks – Full ReWatch
Better Call Saul – Season 1
The Sopranos – Season 6

Books & Novellas:
The Silmarillion – Full ReRead
Book Roundtable – Stephen King
Book Club (Vol.5) *Nominations*
Comic Book Club (Vol.4) – Fables
Comics Book TV Shows (Spring)
The Works of William Shakespeare
The Lord of the Rings – Full Cast(le) Recordings

The full VoK Topic List is located HERE, and is updated frequently.

Finally, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a few seconds to leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. It would be super helpful. Thanks, and stay tuned! 🙂

P.S. Please enjoy the latest masterpiece by our very own uflGator1. It symbolizes mankind’s primordial desire to punch narwhals in their stupid faces (see: VOK 190).

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Here is a list of all of the “Call to Arms” threads currently active on the Vassals of Kingsgrave forums. CTA’s are the organizing stage for all upcoming podcasts. Feel free to get involved in any of them… or, if you’re feeling brave enough, even start your own! 😉

A Song of Ice and Fire:
The North/The Wall and Beyond (TWOIAF)
The Westerlands (TWOIAF)
The Bones and Beyond (TWOIAF)
The Reign of the Dragon (TWOIAF)
Preston Jacobs’ Theories

Movies & TV:
Studio Ghibli – Retrospective
Showgirls [1995]
Twin Peaks – Full ReWatch
The Sopranos – Season 6
House of Cards – Season 3
Adventure Time
Berserk

Books & Novellas:
The Silmarillion – Full ReRead
Book Club (Vol.5) – Nominations
Comic Book Club (Vol.4) – Nominations
Comics Book TV Shows (Spring)
The Works of William Shakespeare
The Lord of the Rings – Full Cast(le) Recordings

Video Games:
Dark Souls 2

Fandom:
VoK Awards 2014
Guys Night Out
Serial Podcast

The full VoK Topic List is located HERE, and is updated frequently.

Finally, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a few seconds to leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. It would be super helpful. Thanks, and stay tuned! 🙂

Thanks to the loyal listeners of House Manwoody (and the APOIAF crew), the Vassals of Kingsgrave have been nominated for the 10th Annual Podcast Awards. Our humble little community cast has been placed in the “General” category, alongside heavy-hitters like Serial.

“Well that’s great,” I hear you say, “but how could I possibly help you dethrone such a gargantuan competitor. I’m only one person with an internet connection.” Well, humble listener, the fact is, you hold all the power. You can vote. And here’s how…

Step 1: Go to this website: http://www.PodcastAwards.com/
Step 2: Select “Vassals of Kingsgrave” in the General category.
Step 3: Scroll to the bottom, and enter your name and email, followed by “Submit”.
Step 4: Go to your email inbox, and verify your vote.
Step 5: Have a Kit Kat. You’ve earned it! 😉

Voting closes on March 24, at 2100 EST. However, you can vote each and every one of those 22 days, starting with today.

So be sure to share, retweet, reblog, do whatever it is Tumblr does, and loose your ravens to every corner of the realm.

What say you Vassals! 🙂

Dear Listeners,

It being award show season, we curators thought it would be fun to do our own award show this year. We invite you all to use the form below and nominate your picks for best movie,TV show,Anime,Video Game etc.

http://goo.gl/forms/c9zzMm2ATW

Entries will be tallied, and the popular choice wins..simple as that.

Hi Gang,

As you know we at VoK use archive.org to host and distribute our podcast. Its one of the main reasons we curators have been able to run VoK for free, and don’t have to ask for donations or look for sponsors.

Archive.org hosts other good podcasts like APOIAF and content from independent news sites like Democracy Now!. They also do the fun “Wayback Machine”, which crawls the web and saves sites, like do you miss the look and feel of Martin’s old site? , then check out this.

Archive.org is a non profit and is run thru donations from patrons. So if you can, please give generously to Archive.org

Thanks

Vikram aka Fortytwo

One of our tweets just appeared on Comedy Central’s @midnight! Could we be any more legit? 😉

Last night, in a little café off Swanston St, in the Melbourne CBD, the second ever Vassals of Kingsgrave Australian meet-up was held. In attendance (pictured from left to right) was Duncan (aka Valkyrist), Tanja (aka Scilens, en route back to Germany), Marius, and Jessica (aka jesicka309).

Coffee and red wine was drunk, wild ASOIAF theories were exchanged, winter cake was eaten (pictured below, baked by Marius), and a fun time was had by all! 🙂

*AIR RAID SIREN*

Do not adjust your computer screens. Operation “Crownless Skull” is in full effect. The podcast formerly known as A PODCAST OF ICE AND FIRE is now under the direct control of VOK. Marshal law has been imposed over all forums and subforums. Any attempts to aid the fugitives Kyle, Ashley, or Mimi will result in immediate imprisonment. Over the next 24 hours, we will be accepting oaths of fealty from our loyal listeners.

Feast your eyeballs on the new world order: http://PodcastOfIceAndFire.com/

THE DRAGONFIRE RISES!

VOKpodcast.com

“Behold – the glories of the internet!”

HAPPY 2014 VASSALS! It was almost 7 months ago that the first VoK was released, and since then we’ve organised and recorded 51 episodes, comprising over 70 hours of original content. Mother have mercy, just imagine what we’ll have achieved in 7 more months. As always, a big thanks to Amin and the Podcast of Ice and Fire crew for their lovely support, and of course to you guys (listeners and hosts), who make it all worthwhile.

In case you wanted to get VoK a (late) Christmas present, then we would be super appreciative if you could leave us a positive review and rating on iTunes, and (if you haven’t already) follow us on Twitter and YouTube. It should only take 30 seconds (a minute at the most), but we would be eternally grateful! Seriously, it would really help us out in terms of iTunes visibility. Anyway, that’s enough grovelling 😉

Here is a list of all of the “Call to Arms” threads currently active on the forums. Feel free to get involved in any of them… or, if you’re feeling brave enough, even start your own!

Movies & TV:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (review)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (review)
Amadeus (fan commentary)
Sherlock (BBC series)

Books & Novellas:
The Lord of the Rings (full reread)
ASOIAF Crackpot Theories
Real Word vs. ASOIAF History
A Flight of Sorrows (Collector’s Edition)
The Gentlemen Bastards series (by Scott Lynch)
Discworld series (by Terry Pratchett)

Video Games:
Fallout series
Dragon Age series

The full VoK Topic List is located HERE, and is updated frequently.

Finally, while it may be 2014, as Quaithe says, “to go forward you must go back”. Accordingly, all of the character discussions from our epic FeastDance reread have been neatly edited and indexed into a convenient YouTube playlist. For example:

So you can check out the full playlist HERE, and peruse individual character chapters at your leisure. We’re also hoping it will drive a bit more traffic to the podcast.

Anyway, that should put you all up to date. Happy New Year and long live House Manwoody! 🙂

Hey Gang,

I’m curious on what you all think is an ideal podcast duration. If you can answer this quick poll it would be valuable.

http://strawpoll.me/876117

Thanks.

Fortytwo aka Vikram