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VoK 347: Book Club (Vol.6) – Perdido Street Station (by China Miéville)


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The VOK Book Club Crew gathers (actually gathered back in September 2015) to discuss China Mieville’s weird fiction masterpiece, “Perdido Street Station”.

Hosts Greg (claudiusthefool), Steven (SJLee), Brett (WhiteRaven), Alex (LuckyCharms), Amber (Amberrocks) & Zach (Alias) assemble to discuss the myriad inhabitants of New Crobuzon, it’s political structure, the true meaning of The Weaver’s ramblings, the effects of Dreamshit & just who the hell was Jack Half-A-Prayer.

Beware of spoilers for Perdido Street Station but not for the other books in the Bas-lag series.

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VoK 345: Rhaegar’s Reroll aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 31)


chapter_54___a_clash_of_kings_drawing_project_by_apoiaf-d5oa75pIn this Cockneycast edition of the Great Linear ASOIAF Re-read, the Vassals discuss the aftermath of Theon’s sack of Winterfell, Jon hearts Ygritte, and Dany makes a fateful decision to go to Slaver’s Bay. We finally get our first A Storm of Swords chapter (Dany 1), and continue with Jon 6, Theon 5 and Jon 7 from ACOK, corresponding to events from the 9th to 12th September 299.

Your hosts are Bina007; Eddie (Teddard); Joe; Noah (Pops88); Tanja (Scilens); and honorary Spurs fan Steve-on-the-forums.

For listeners playing along at home, the next episode will cover Cat 7 ACOK, Jame 1, Cat 1 ASOS and Sansa 8 ACOK.

Beware! The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin, but not for the HBO Show Game of Thrones.

Music credit: Alpine Universe.
Picture credit: The A Podcast of Ice and Fire Drawing Project: ACOK Jon 6 by Jesicka309.
The aftershow begins at 1 hr 20m.

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VoK 344: Blackwater Part Duo aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 30)


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The Battle of the Blackwater continues and concludes with the next episode of the ASOIAF linear reread.

Join hosts Blue-Eyed-Queen/Casey, Nymeria/Marie, Munrojock2/Jock, White Raven/Brett, drownedsnow/Adam, IronRuhail/Ruhail, Ser Patrick the Tall/Patrick, and Bina007/Bina.

This episode will cover Sansa 6, Tyrion 14 and Sansa 7 – finishing the events of 7th September 299. We see a little bit into the making of Cersei, Tyrion’s battle skills, and the last interaction between Sansa and Sandor Clegane before he flees Kings Landing. These are all consecutive chapters in the published order of A Clash of Kings.

This podcast contains spoilers for all published works of ASOIAF.

The aftershow begins at 1 hr 24 minutes.

Picture credit: The A Podcast Of Ice And Fire drawing project – Sansa 7 by Jenn Rose.
Music credit: The Podcast Bard – Jed O’White Hart.

The next reread will be hosted by Bina and will have our first chapter of A Storm of Swords. The chapters will be Dany 1 (ASOS), Jon 6, Theon 5, and Jon 7, all from ACOK.

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VoK 343: Poisoned Memories in ASOIAF (audio essay)


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In this mini-episode Valkyrist explores themes of grief and addiction in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, focusing in particular on the characters of Robert Baratheon, Tyrion Lannister and Aeron Greyjoy.

Contains spoilers for all published books in A Song of Ice and Fire

Credits:
Written and Edited by Valkyrist
Music from HBO’s Game of Thrones soundtrack

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VoK 341: Blackwater Part Uno aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 29)


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The Flagship that is the ASOIAF re-read sails on into episode 29, like Davos into Blackwater Bay, and one can only hope that there isn’t any wildfire or Imp to use it.

Join hosts Patrick the Tall; MunroeJock/Jock; Nadia; Shadowbaby/Hannah; and (later) Nymeria/Marie as they discuss Sansa 5, Davos 3 and Tyrion 13 from A Clash of Kings.

The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in ASOIAF.

The aftershow begins at 2 hr 19 minutes.

The artwork is from the A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project on Deviantart, and is Sansa 5. The music extracts are by Alpine Universe and is available to purchase on iTunes

For listeners playing along at home, the next episode will cover the end half of the Battle of the Blackwater Bay, hosted by Casey, and will cover Sansa 6, Tyrion 14 and Sansa 7.

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VoK 339: Tales from the Darkling Plain (aka The Lost VOKs)


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In this Halloween spooktacular, Valkyrist ventures into the Darkling Plain in search of lost podcast recordings, and summons the ghosts of Kingsgrave’s past.

Clips have been selected from the following unpublished VOK podcasts:

02:10 – DragonCast S04E09 Review
24:20 – SoccerCast (Vol.2)
47:49 – CockneyMoot 2014 FCR Outtakes
50:41 – ASOIAF Future Predictions
1:13:44 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Preview
1:38:23 – Mockingjay: Part 1 Review
1:44:50 – WolfCast S05E10 Review
2:02:09 – SeattleMoot 2015
2:22:32 – APOIAF April Fools’ Aftershow
2:39:49 – Kingsgrave Jukebox

Disclaimer: This podcast contains spoilers for A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, and The Hunger Games. Please consult the timestamps above to avoid being spoiled for any of these titles.

Credits:
Curated by Valkyrist
Songs by jed o’white hart, Aiwendil, Bina007, and Amberrocks

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VoK 337: The Medieval Vagina aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 28)


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The juggernaut that is the ASOIAF re-read rolls on into episode 28, where we see the consequences of Dany laying waste to the House of the Undying and the build-up to the Battle of the Blackwater Bay.  We’ve also had the Battle of the Red Fork happen off screen.

Join hosts Bina007; Blue Eyed Queen/Casey; Nadia; Scilens/Tanja; Shadowbaby/Hannah; and (briefly) Varley/Matt as they discuss Tyrion 11, Dany 5, Tyrion 12 and Sansa 4 from A Clash of Kings.

This brings us to the end of August 299 – a month in which we saw the fall of Winterfell, the fall of Storms End, the fall of Harrenhall, the Battle of the Red Fork, The House of the Undying, Jon’s 16th birthday and Robb shagging Jeyne Westerling offstage!

The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in ASOIAF.

The aftershow begins at 1 hr 32 minutes.

The artwork is from the A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project on Deviantart, and is Tyrion 12 drawn by Jesicka309. The music extracts are by Alpine Universe and Urge Overkill and are available to purchase on iTunes.

For listeners playing along at home, the next two episodes will cover the Battle of the Blackwater Bay. In the first, hosted by Ser Patrick the Tall, we will cover Sansa 5, Davos 3,  and Tyrion 13.  The second episode, hosted by Casey, will cover Sansa 6, Tyrion 14 and Sansa 7.

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VoK 336: House of Creeps aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 27)


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Join Vassals Adam (drownedsnow), Tanja (Scilens), Scott (Shaggy Dog), Matt (Varley), Hannah (shadow_baby), and Nadia as they continue the epic linear re-read of A Song Of Ice and Fire. This episode covers Dany 4 of A Clash of Kings, which is the House of the Undying chapter.

 

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers.

Editor: Adam

Picture credit:  The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Dany IV by zeyik

The next episode will cover 22nd August – 3rd September 299
Tyrion 11, Dany 5, Tyrion 12, and Sansa 4

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VoK 335: Deadly Broth aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 26)


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The epic linear re-read of A Song Of Ice and Fire plows through Cat 6, Arya 9, and Dany 3 of A Clash of Kings. A relatively short time period from 15th August 299 – 19th August 299.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Tanja (Scilens), Scott (Shaggy Dog), Matt (Varley), Hannah (shadow_baby), and Nadia
 

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers.

Editor: Adam

Picture credit:  The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Arya IX by Dickon Manwoody.

The next episode will cover Dany 4.

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VoK 333: Invidious Choices aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 25)


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The Vassals continue their linear re-read of George R R Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, which chapters covering the week of 7th August 299. In Davos, Stannis takes Storms End; in Cat 5, she arrives back at Riverrun to a foolish brother and feverish father; in Tyrion 10, he tries to get Shae into the castle; and in Theon 4, he fakes the deaths of Bran and Rickon.

The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in ASOIAF. The aftershow begins at 1 hr 50m and at 2 hr 7m, there’s a spoiler-filled discussion of The Night Of.

Your hosts are Bina007, DrownedSnow/Adam, Nadia; SerDinnerRoll/Small Paul; Shadowbaby/Hannah; SJLee/Steven and Varley/Matt. The artwork is from the A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project, and is Davos 2 drawn by A Podcast of Ice and Fire host, Kyle. The music extract is by Alpine Universe and is available to purchase on iTunes.

For listeners playing along at home, the next episode will be hosted by Adam, and will cover events from the week of 15th August 299, and chapters Cat 6, Arya 9, Dany 3 and Dany 4 – The House of the Undying.

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VoK 329: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Special Rehearsal Edition Review)


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Beware of Spoilers, The following podcast discusses spoilers for all published books in the Harry Potter Series

After the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, many fans had mixed reactions to the “8th Story”, and VoK also had mixed feelings, we will explain why in this 2 hour podcast.

Glen (Dagos_Rivers) hosts and is joined by Nadia (Nadia), Kevin (Gaiden) and Ryan (Tremprod) as they discuss, review and summarise each act of the 2 part (5 – 6 hour Play; 325 page Script).

Also featured:
-Unauthorised Harry Potter sensation: The Harry Potter Musical trilogy and possible influence on Cursed Child (?)
-Albus and Scorpius: An (un)subtle love story?
-Harry Potter fandom and Midnight release parties.
-Hype for Fantastic Beasts.
-Will we ever get a DVD recording of the stage show?

Running Time: 02:08:50
CREDITS:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

References:
Image of London Cast from “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” (Image we were deprived of in script book).

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VoK 328: Tolkien Trivia (Vol.2) – Don’t Be a Gorbag!


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Join the Vassals for Round 2 (of 100?) of the fun and fact-filled Tolkien Trivia Night!  Contestants Adam (drownedsnow), Matt (Varley), Shane (Easttexasdirewolf), Alex (LuckyCharms) & Paul (SerDinnerRoll) vie for dominance with scorekeeper & rules enforcer Nadia and host and reigning champion Greg (claudiusthefool).

Join us for a future Tolkien Trivia Night on the Podcast of Ice & Fire Forums

Edited by Greg

Intro music: Ren & Stimpy Big Show Theme
Aftershow Interlude: The Lords of the Rhymes

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VoK 326: The Hobbit ReRead (Part 1)


Join Vassals Matt (Varley), Drew (Wargasm), Nadia, and Adam (drownedsnow) on the first of a two-part re-read through J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” where everything goes entirely according to plan.
The aftershow begins at 1:17:33.

This episode features spoilers for all published works of J. R. R. Tolkien and probably George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well.

Editor: Adam

Picture credit: Gandalf at Bag End by John Howe.
Music Credit: Hero’s Theme by Twin Musicom, Evil March by Kevin MacLeod

 

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VoK 325: Mass Hysteria aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 23)


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The epic linear re-read of A Song Of Ice and Fire gets work done as the vassals cover Tyrion 8, Arya 8, Bran 5, and Tyrion 9. – News of Renly’s death, News of Oxcross, and a Riot in the capital. These events correspond to June 25th-July 27th 299.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Matt (Varley), Nadia, Hannah (Shadowbaby), and The Late Lord Paul (SerDinnerRoll).
 
The aftershow begins at 1 hr 14mins and is completely irrelevant.

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers.

Editor: Adam

Picture credit:  The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Bran V by Tom 162.

The next episode will cover the following chapters from A Clash of Kings: Theon 3; Jon 4; Jon 5 and Bran 6.

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VoK 324: Tolkien Trivia (Vol.1)


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Listen in as Vassals try their hand at some trivia to see who will be come the Lord of the Rings!

This will (hopefully) become a regular thing, so let it be known if you’d like to join future Tolkien (or any other ) trivia VOKs!

Hosts: Paul (SerDinnerRoll) Alex (Lucky Charms), Matt (Varley), Nadia (Nadia), Greg (claudiusthefool), Adam (Drownedsnow) & Amber (Amberrocks)

Edited by Paul

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VoK 323: CanadaCast aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 22)


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The epic linear re-read of A Song Of Ice and Fire gets to the half-way point of A Clash of Kings, as the vassals cover Cat 3, Cat 4, Sansa 3, and Jon 3 – or the death of Renly, Joffrey terrorising Sansa and Craster’s Keep. These events correspond to June 11th to 20th 299.

Your hosts are Alexi (Czar Alexi), Bina007, Casey (Blue-Eyed-Queen), Drew (Wargasm), Hannah (Shadowbaby), Matt (Varley), Steven (SJLee) and Zander (The Lord Baron).

 

The aftershow begins at 1 hr 45mins. No caribou were harmed in the taping of this episode.

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers.

Music credit: Alpine Universe and The Presidents Of The USA. Picture credit:  The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Cat 3 by Dickon Manwoody.

The next episode will be hosted by Ser Patrick The Tall and will cover the following chapters from A Clash of Kings: Tyrion 8; Arya 8; Bran 5 and Tyrion 9.

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VoK 321: Full Cast(le) Recording #10 – Clean Hands and Rotten Onions


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The shadows come to dance… and the vassals set sail once more for the stormy waters of the Full Cast(le) Recording. Join them for a special performance of “Davos II” from George R. R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings.

And hang out by the portcullis afterwards for an in-depth discussion on Westerosi rap battles, Baratheon sibling rivalries, and raising shadow babies. Cost of entry – 1 onion.

2:28 – Chapter Reading
39:39 – Chapter Discussion
1:19:36 – Aftershow

The Cast:
Duncan (Valkyrist) – Narrator
Drew (Wargasm) – Davos Seaworth
Greg (claudiusthefool) – Stannis Baratheon
Brett (White Raven) – Cortnay Penrose
Hannah (shadow_ baby) – Melisandre of Asshai
Zach (Alias) – Alester Florent / Lord Estermont
Tanja (Scilens) – Bryce Caron
Matt (Varley) – Guyard Morrigen
Adam (drownedsnow) – Jon Fossoway
Amber (Amberrocks) – Devan Seaworth

The Crew:
Duncan (Valkyrist) – Editor

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VoK 315: Competitive Tickling aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 20)


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In this episode the Vassals cover events from the 3rd April to 5th May 299 and the chapters Arya 6, Jon 2, Dany 1, Cat 2 and Tyrion 6 from A Clash of Kings.  Topics of discussion include the relative evil of The Mountain vs Ramsay; Westerosi slavery; Catbait16….and competitive tickling.

Hosts:  Bina007; Brett (Whiteraven); Chance (Fire and Bud); Drew (Wargasm); Hannah (Shadowbaby); Matt (Varley); Paul (Ser Dinner Roll) and Sarah (Lady Weaver).

The aftershow begins at 1hr 30m.

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers.

Music credit: Alpine Universe. Picture credit:  The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Arya 6 by Cromatose.

The next episode will cover the following chapters from A Clash of Kings: Tyrion 7; Theon 2; Dany 2; Bran 4 and Arya 7.

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VoK 310: Childhood’s End aka The Great Harry Potter ReRead (Part 1)


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Welcome to the Hogwarts of innuendo! Join the great load o’ duffers known as Michal (inkasrain), Greg (claudiusthefool), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Matt (Varley), Adam (drownedsnow), Zach (Alias), Bing (Shoeshiner), Paul (Pod’s Plight), and Shane (easttexasdirewolf) as they study the first nine chapters of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Listeners will be tested on 90’s technology, baseball insults, and flying phallic imagery.

This podcast contains spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series, as well as A Song of Ice and Fire (including spoiler chapters) and Captain Planet.

Credits:
Edited by inkasrain
Music by Mike Peoples, inspired by the work of John Williams.

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VoK 309: Sagging Breasts and Kindly Smiles aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 18)


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The Vassals return from hiatus to pick up their ramble-chat through George R R Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Once again, we re-read the chapters in linear, rather than published, order, so as to add a little novelty to proceedings. The chapters covered in this episode are Sansa 2, Davos 1, Tyrion 3, Arya 5 and Bran 2 from A Clash of Kings. They correspond to events from the 3rd to the 17th March 299.

As ever this podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series but does NOT contain spoilers from HBO’s Game of Thrones.

The aftershow begins at 1 hr 15 m. Picture credit: The A Podcast of Ice and Fire MS Paint project of A Clash of Kings. Sansa 2 by Jenn Rose. Music credits: Alpine Universe. The chapters for the next episode will be Bran 3, Jon 1, Theon 1 and Tyrion 4 and 5.

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