Race for the Iron Throne
You Win or You Die – Historical and Political Analysis of Game of Thrones by Steven Attewell
“Video” Podcast of HBO’s Game of Thrones, Season 2, Episode 3, “What Is Dead May Never Die”
And….we’re back!
In our ongoing attempt to get fully caught up with Game of Thrones in advance of Season 5’s premiere, we’re coming back for a second episode this week, which you can listen to here.
“Video” Podcast of HBO’s Game of Thrones, Season 2, Episode 2, “The Nightlands”
Podcast is up! We’re going to be doing two of these a week until Season 5 starts, so expect another episode on Thursday.
Enjoy!
Guest Post at Tower of the Hand: The Blacks and Reds, Part II
Part II in my series on the Blackfyre Rebellions is up on Tower of the Hand. In this part, I try to reconstruct the course of the First Rebellion, explain Daemon I’s reign from a single coin, and try to explain what happened at Redgrass Field.
Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Bran IV, ACOK
“Open your eye…the crow gave you the third, but you will not open it.”
Synopsis: Bran discusses the greensight with Jojen and Meera, and then with Maester Luwin.
SPOILER WARNING: This chapter analysis, and all following, will contain spoilers for all Song of Ice and Fire novels and Game of Thrones episodes. Caveat lector.
“Video” Podcast of Game of Thrones, Season 2, Episode 1, “The North Remembers”
After dealing with a strange WordPress error, SEK and I are now live with our breakdown of the first episode in HBO’s troubled second season over at Lawyers, Guns, and Money.
Guest Post on Tower of the Hand: The Blacks and Reds, Part I
The long-anticipated first part in a new essay series on the Blackfyre Rebellions has arrived! In this essay, I explore the origins and causes of the First Blackfyre Rebellion, both on a geopolitical and personal level, which houses fought for the Black Dragon and which for the Red, and unveil my Leo Longthorn Conspiracy theory.
Enjoy!
“Video” Podcast of Game of Thrones, Season 1, Episode 10, “Fire and Blood”
As promised, we are back for a second podcast in as many days, which you can listen to here.
This completes our run of Season 1 reviews/recaps. Starting tomorrow, we will be starting our run of Season 2 recaps, although we will not be putting them out once a day like we’ve been doing – rather, we’re going to have an honest-to-the-old-gods-and-the-new regular release schedule. Podcast episodes will go up Tuesday evenings (as we noticed a large number of people putting off listening/commenting until they got home from work), every week from now until Season 5 begins in mid-April.
“Video” Podcast of Game of Thrones, Season 1, Episode 9, “Baelor”
AND YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!
Completely stunning the oddsmakers, SEK and I (now both of us of Lawyers, Guns, and Money) have finally started podcasting again, and not only that, we’re going to be releasing one episode a day for the next three days. So this week, we’ll be burning off the last two episodes of Season 1 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the two episodes that arguably launched the show into the stratosphere, and then launching into the troubled Season 2 and trying to figure out how HBO survived the growing pains.
And you can listen right here. (We’re working on getting the video uploaded and embedded for those of you who prefer to look at our weird visages)
X-Posted from Tumblr: Tywin’s Economic Policy
As someone who’s very very interested in the intersection between ASOIAF and public policy, I’m kind of amazed I haven’t gotten to this topic before, so many thanks to Joanna Lannister for reminding me.
I’ve been interested in Tywin’s tenure as Hand for a long time, and I was quite pleased to see that the WOIAF gave us a lot more detail, which has allowed me to revise and extend my thinking.
Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Daenerys II, ACOK
All the colors that had been missing from Vaes Tolorro had found their way to Qarth; buildings crowded about her fantastical as a fever dream in shades of rose, violet, and umber.
Synopsis: Daenerys and her dragons arrive in Qarth to rapturous applause. Dany takes up residence at the house of Xaro Xhoan Daxos, gets an invitation from Pyat Pree to visit the House of the Undying, and receives word that Robert Baratheon is dead.
