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VoK 507: The Vollop #5 – Baroness Trumpington

Posted on January 22, 2019 by | 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 by | 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 500: The Dance of the Vassals V

Posted on December 15, 2018 by | 1 comment


The curators of Vassals of Kingsgrave celebrate their 500th episode!! Join Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Zach (Alias), Greg (claudiusthefool), Michal (inkasrain), Adam (drownedsnow), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall), Duncan (Valkyrist), Glen (Dagos_Rivers), and Nadia as they answer listener-submitted questions about the books, the podcast and the fandom of A Song of Ice and Fire.

Topics include: our favorite episodes, meetup experiences, Westerosi survival tips, best and worst tinfoil theories, dream podcast guests, stalking George, how the series has affected our lives, and what the future holds.

Stick around for the Aftershow (at 2:31:51) for an interview with Amin Javadi from “A Podcast of Ice and Fire,” in which he elaborates on the early years of the ASOIAF fandom and the origins of VOK.

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Edited by Valkyrist
Music from Age of Empires

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VoK 498: The Vollop #4 – Operation Pimlico

Posted on November 18, 2018 by | 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

Picture credit – as shown

Book recommendation – The Traitor and the Spy by Ben McIntyre

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

Posted on October 29, 2018 by | 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 by | 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 486: Cersei See-Saw aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 75)

Posted on August 21, 2018 by | 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 484: Game of Thrones – Unsullied Bingewatch

Posted on August 2, 2018 by | 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.

Credits:
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 by | 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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VoK 480: SoccerCast (Vol.5) – World Cup 2018 (Finals)

Posted on July 20, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Join Bina, Bing and Leigh as they round out VOK’s World Cup 2018 coverage with a review of the semi-finals and final.  TL:DR – it ain’t coming home #sadface.  We end at 1hr in with a debate on which was the best goal, player and keeper of the tournament as well as the biggest disappointment. At 1hr 10m we look to Qatar 2022.

Music credit – official Fifa World Cup 2018 theme song, “One Life” by Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi.

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VoK 478: Queer Eye (Netflix series) – Seasons 1 & 2

Posted on July 12, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Join QueenJames Varley and Bina as they discuss the GORGE Netflix reboot of Queer Eye. We begin by discussing the Fab 5 and who’s the MVP and LVP.  At 21m in we discuss the heroes of season 1.  At 1hr2m we move to season 2.

Music credit – “All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)” by Betty Who.

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VoK 477: SoccerCast (Vol.4) – World Cup 2018 (Knockout Stage)

Posted on July 9, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Join Bing/Shoeshiner, Bina007, Leigh/ChaoticNeutral1882, Matt/Blu3arm0r and Noah/Pops88 as they review the R16 and Quarter Final matches and preview the Semi-finals. The after show begins at 1hr 9m wherein the team takes a World Cup trivia quiz.

Music credits – Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds, “Three Lions” 1998 and “Vindaloo” by Fat Les.

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VoK 476: SoccerCast (Vol.3) – World Cup 2018 (Group Stages)

Posted on June 30, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Join Bina007, Matt/Blu3arm0r, Leigh/ChaoticNeutral182 and Bing/Shoeshiner as they discuss the surprising results in group stages of this year’s football world cup and look ahead to the round of 16 matches.

Music credits – Alpine Universe and the official Fifa World Cup 18 song, Live It Up, featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi.

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VoK 475: 13 Reasons Why (Netflix series) – Season 2

Posted on June 27, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Join Adam, Bina, Casey and James as they discuss the controversial second season of Netflix’ teen drama about high school sexual violence and suicide. This is a spoiler-filled discussion and covers highly sensitive topics so please exercise self-care before listening.  You can also check out VOK 371 for our season 1 discussion.

Music credit – the Netflix theme tune for the show by Brendan “Eskmo” Angelides.

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VoK 474: Westworld – “Vanishing Point” & “The Passenger” (S02E09-10 Review)

Posted on June 25, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Join Hostcast as we discuss the season 2 finale of HBO’s Westworld, “The Passenger”.

We’re all in the thing now.

Hosts: Adam (Drownedsnow), Matt (Blu3arm0r), and Bina (Bina007).

From Lisa Joy

“In Lost, they really believed in the mystery box and not looking too much inside the mystery box. It was some kind of idea generator that you didn’t need to dissect and open up. And that’s absolutely fascinating and an engaging way to tell a story”, Joy said. “But for us, you know, I think we are interested in dismantling the mystery box, opening it up, looking at what it is, putting it together like it’s some kind of Lego, seeing how it works and really questioning and exposing that.”

“The questions that we tee up, we do try to address”, she said. “We have an answer for all of them.”

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VoK 472: Chinchilla-Dick and the Scuttlebutts aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 71)

Posted on June 4, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Join OG Vassals – Bina007, Brett/Whiteraven, Hashtag Greg/ClaudiusTheFool, Matt/Varley and Podcast Lurker Amberrocks – as well as the delightful new Podcast host QueenJames  – as they continue VOK’s epic linear re-read. In this episode we cover Dany 3 from A Dance With Dragons, wherein Ducksauce Declares War; Davos 2 from Dance, in which he reaches White Harbor; and Jaime 2 from Feast in which all the Tyrells have left. These events take place on the 25th and 27th of February 300 AL.  Also please be warned that this episode is smuttier than usual.

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 is will be hosted by Sarah/LADY WEAVER and will cover Arya 1 (AFFC), Tyrion 3 (ADWD), and Sam 2 (AFFC).

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VoK 470: Solo – A Star Wars Movie [2018] (Review)

Posted on May 25, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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In this FlashVoK a hastily assembled crew of over-excited Vassals gather to give a spoiler filled review of the latest Star Wars movie. A longer more thoughtful VOK response may be forthcoming when more members of the community have seen the film.

Hosts – Amberrocks, Bina007, Varley and Tye/Enigmas.

Picture credit – Disney

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VoK 468: Westworld – “Virtù e Fortuna” & “The Riddle of the Sphinx” (S02E03-04 Review)

Posted on May 19, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Join Hostcast as we discuss the 3rd and 4th episodes of season 2 of Westworld

Hosts: Adam (Drownedsnow), Bina (Bina007), and Michael (Mordian).

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VoK 467: ChicagoCast aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 69)

Posted on May 17, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Join Bina007, Noah/Pops88, Paul/SerDinnerRoll, Zander/TheLordBaron, and Steven/SJLee as they cover Bran 1 from ADWD, Sam 1 from AFFC and Jon 2 from ADWD. These events take place on the 18th and then the 20th of February 300 AL. It’s also the first time we get what will often be the same events from two angles in the Jon and Sam chapters.

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 is will be hosted by Adam/DrownedSnow and will cover Reek 1 and Jon 3 from A Dance With Dragons and Davos 1 from A Feast For Crows.

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VoK 464: Westworld – “Journey into Night” & “Reunion” (S02E01-02 Review)

Posted on May 3, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world, the disarray. Hostcast chooses to see the beauty. To believe there is an order to our days. A purpose.

Hosts: Adam (Drownedsnow), Bina (Bina007), Marie (Nymeria), and Jock (Munrojock2)

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