Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Davos tries to assassinate Melisandre despite his pneumonia. Take a sick day, Davos!   This week, we:    - Return to Dragonstone, with all the gothic gloom that goes with it - Analyze Davos' short-lived identity as a spiritual warrior - Compare Davos' drive to kill Melisandre to Cressen...and Melisandre herself - Give it up for Salladhor Saan, the voice of reason in this chapter - Meet Edric Storm, aka the *real* reason Davos survived the battle   Next week: there's too much horseshit around here in ASOS, Jaime II!    Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

Episode 159: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS II: ”Pirates and Prophets”

Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Dany is sailing away, setting a course for the Slaver's Bay!   This week, we:    - Analyze the sea and its meaning for Daenerys and Viserys - Decipher the realities of Aerys II and Rhaegar along with Daenerys - Introduce ourselves to the backstory of the Unsullied and get excited with Dany about them - Remind ourselves why we hate Jorah Mormont. - Theorize on the books and scrolls Rhaegar read that convinced him to put his books aside to become a warrior   Next week: We're back with Davos Seaworth as he really should just be listening to Salladhor Saan.   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 158: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS I: ”Setting Sail”

Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, special guest Micah joins us as Jon Snow meets the wildling king Mance Rayder, who has just a few questions for our hero.   This week, we:    - Praise George's beautiful imagery - Break down Mance's introductory scene - Analyze the layers of performance in Mance's character - Dig into the minor characters Micah loves so dearly - Ask the big question: is Mance Rhaegar? (No. But also yes.)   Next week: Team Targaryen sets sail for Slaver's Bay in ASOS, Daenerys I!    Micah's twitter: https://twitter.com/Micah_ofClark   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 157: A STORM OF SWORDS, JON I: ”The Lone Ranger” ft. Micah

Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Emmett is taking a well-deserved week off which means that Jeff will inflict himself upon you all by taking a look at the Five Year Gap and why it was bad. Also, you're a coward if you disagree with me.   This week, we:    - Define what the Five-Year Gap was and how it came into existence - Talk about all of the plots GRRM had in mind for a post-five year gap version of ADWD - Talk about which characters the gap worked well for and which it didn't - Argue that the Five-Year Gap was bad in many way - Ask whether the Five-Year Gap is truly gone. Next week: Emmett's doppelganger/boyfriend Mance Rayder has a few questions for Jon Snow. Just a few in ASOS, Jon I!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

The Jeffisode: I Am Right: The Five Year Gap Was Bad

Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, it's just us innocent girls, hanging out, nothing else going on!   This week, we:    - Talk about how GRRM set up Sansa's arc in ASOIAF to intentionally frustrate the reader and Sansa - Analyze the image of the Tyrells and how they use soft power effectively - Meet these Tyrells: how they work together as a team - Olenna? Olenna! - Ask the question why George loves the Olenna Tyrell archetype so much that he writes her over and over again in ASOIAF   Next week: Emmett's doppelganger/boyfriend Mance Rayder has a few questions for Jon Snow. Just a few in ASOS, Jon I!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 156: A STORM OF SWORDS, SANSA I: ”The Tea Party”

Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Davos is chilling on the beach until the Mother interrupts.   This week, we:    - Set up Davos' Storm of Swords arc: from rock bottom to the top of the tower - Take stock of the fallout for the Baratheon side of the war - Learn what happened after the wildfire inferno - Cheer on Davos as he decides to live and take charge of his life - Ask the big question: does Davos really see a god here?   Next week: the Queen of Thorns holds court in Sansa I!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 155: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS I: ”Cast Away”

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Tyrion learns the news and has a chat with dad. It goes great (it doesn't).   This week, we:    - Explore the changing power dynamics for Tyrion between ACOK and ASOS - See how Tywin undermines Tyrion and claims credit for the victory on the Blackwater - Explore the brutal backstory and why Tywin hates Tyrion - Start to piece together the Red Wedding conspiracy and how Tywin is communicating with Roose and Walder.   Next week: Davos Seaworth is on vacation on a beautiful island in Blackwater Bay, but for some reason, he wants to leave the surf and fun to return to Stannis.     Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 154: A STORM OF SWORDS, TYRION I: ”Father and Son”

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Catelyn's one-way journey to hell begins.   This week, we:    - Set up Catelyn's arc in this book - Watch as the old men of the castle fail to arrest her - Dig into the tragic Tully backstory - Welcome Edmure home from battle - Debate Hoster Tully: bad or bad?   Next week: Tyrion wakes up to find it all taken away from him in ASOS, Tyrion I!     Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 153: A STORM OF SWORDS, CATELYN I: "The Lost and the Dead"

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, returning guest Shiloh Carroll joins us to discuss Jaime Lannister, objectively the best character in ASOIAF (according to Jeff).   This week, we:    - Talk about what it's like to be reintroduced to Jaime - Praise George's mastery of atmosphere coming off the Prologue - Dig into the layers of Jaime and Brienne's relationship - Observe how "They Lay With Lions" challenges them in different ways - Analyze these characters from an Arthurian and medievalist perspective   Next week: we return to Riverrun for Catelyn's first chapter!   Shiloh's twitter: https://twitter.com/medievalismish    Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 152: A STORM OF SWORDS, JAIME I: "The Dark Knight Rises" ft. Shiloh Carroll

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, some of the Night’s Watch are planning a mutiny...and that’s it. Thanks for listening, folks, thought we’d come back with a quick one!   This week, we:    - Return in triumph and thank a lot of folks - Talk about the setting, the space and who Chett is. - See how the boot of oppression has helped make Chett into even more of a monster than he is - Listen in as LC Mormont gives the plan - Realize that Chett is kind of pathetic when it comes down to it. - Hey, does anyone else hear horns? Three blasts perhaps? - Analyze Mormont's strategy and how it compares to Stannis' tactics at the Battle of the Wall   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Episode 151: A STORM OF SWORDS, Prologue "Apocalypse Now"

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! Jeff is away for a couple months due to work; while he's gone, Emmett will be joined by a rotating series of guest hosts on a variety of topics. But this week, we have a special treat. Emmett's been recording solo episodes on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings for all our patrons. We've combined chapters 3-8 into a single episode, and it's now available for everyone! If you like this one, we have many more LOTR episodes that are available to all our patrons on Patreon.     Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

The Lord of the Rings: Chapters 3-8

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   Jeff is away for a couple months due to work; while he's gone, Emmett will be joined by a rotating series of guest hosts on a variety of topics. This week, we have on Angelina Meehan to discuss the 1974 rock opera movie Phantom of the Paradise!   Angelina's twitter: https://twitter.com/whyangelinawhy   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Guest Episode: Angelina on Phantom of the Paradise

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   Jeff is away for a couple months due to work; while he's gone, Emmett will be joined by a rotating series of guest hosts on a variety of topics. This week, though, he's on his own with a preview episode for ASOS!    Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Preview Episode for A Storm of Swords

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   Jeff is away for a couple months due to work; while he's gone, Emmett will be joined by a rotating series of guest hosts on a variety of topics. This week, we have on Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn to discuss historical narrators!    Dr. Finn's twitter: https://twitter.com/KVMFinn   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Guest Episode: Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn on Historical Narrators

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   Jeff is away for a couple months due to work; while he's gone, Emmett will be joined by a rotating series of guest hosts on a variety of topics. This week, we have on Michal to discuss Littlefinger and Judaism in ASOIAF!   Michal's twitter: https://twitter.com/inkasrain   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Guest Episode: Michal on Littlefinger and Judaism in ASOIAF

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