Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

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 secures passage across the Green Fork for Robb and his army by negotiating a marriage pact with Walder Frey, an irascible old ass who will thankfully never turn up in the story again.  This week, we: -Discuss how the Frey army is larger t...

Duh-Duh-duh-duh-Duh-duh-Duh-Duh-Duh-duh-Duh-deee-DUHHHHHH Game of Thrones is back, and it’s more gamey, more thronesey than ever! Join Emmett and Jeff as they unpack this episode in all its glory! From the good (Jon and Sam, Sam and Daenerys, music, costuming, homages to S01) to the bad (Theon/Yara, the Bronn subplot), we talk it all, and we answer some of your questions too!   Our patreon:  www.p...

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, the Amen Brothers are joined by Lauren, AKA Shakespeare of Thrones to discuss George RR Martin's best Shakespeare pastiche in Ned’s final (sob) chapter in ASOIAF. This week, we: - Muse about whether we'd rather read TWOW or ADOS if we could only...

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, Sansa Stark begs the newly-crowned King Joffrey for mercy for her father Eddard, and Joffrey agrees! We love a happy ending here at the NotACast... This week, we: -Wonder how Sansa would have fared as the Tyrells' hostage rather than the Lanniste...

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 is finally reunited with Tywin Lannister, beloved father, friend to the smallfolk, and our very favorite character. This week, we: -Recount Tywin's crimes in the Westerlands -Talk the intricate and horrific family dynamic between Tyrion an...

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 Stark reunites with her firstborn child Robb at Moat Cailin; she still thinks of him fondly as her squalling infant son, but he's all grown up now and leading men to war.  This week, we: -Ponder the fate of Ashara Dayne -Welcome the Mande...

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, if you come at the khaleesi, you best not miss.  This week, we:  - Talk about why Jorah sucks - Get some meta in and how this may have been one of the last chapters GRRM wrote for AGOT - Dany's identity crisis. Dothraki or Targaryen? Westerosi or...

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, Robb Stark proves his mettle in mustering an army to go rescue his father, only for Osha to warn Bran that he's...well...marching the wrong way.  This week, we:  -Confess what we were like in high school   -Watch with pride as the Young Wolf is b...

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, dead men come walking (and killing) in the night in AGOT, Jon VII. This week, we:  -Predict with 100% accuracy how Jon's arc will go in TWOW -Praise the razor-sharp structure of GRRM's misdirection in this chapter -Cheer on Samwell Tarly, crime s...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff analyze Emmett's 2nd favorite ASOIAF chapter: AGOT, Arya IV: Syrio's last stand. This week, we: - Talk about the legends and stories that inspired GRRM in creating Sansa - The audio horror of war - Courtesy as armor and manipulation (by Cer...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff analyze Emmett's 2nd favorite ASOIAF chapter: AGOT, Arya IV: Syrio's last stand. This week, we: - Talk about why Septa Mordane remains the worst - Syrio's heroic last stand and what it means for the reader and Arya - Arya goes back into the...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff do the most consequential chapter in all of fantasy in the past 20 years: AGOT, Eddard XIV: Ned Stark's downfall. This week, we: - Send non-tinfoil theories to the Wall - The dread leading up to Ned's march into the throneroom - Was Varys g...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff venture into a brief optimistic spot: Jon Snow's graduation into the Night's Watch in AGOT, Jon VI This week, we: - Talk about what's in the Crypts of Winterfell - Sing Vitamin C and recite our Night's Watch vows - Mormont's speech about th...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff dive into a VERY emotionally distressing chapter: Eddard XIII. This week, we: - Hypothesize about the Lannister role in endgame -Analyze the parallels between this chapter and the Tower of Joy -Pay tribute to Robert Baratheon on his deathbe...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff are joined AGAIN by ASOIAF mystic and mythical astronomer: Lucifer Means Lightbringer, AKA LML. He joins the boys today in doing the deep-dive into Daenerys Targaryen's fifth chapter. This week, we: - Answer a question about Dany and Quaith...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff unpack the most pivotal chapter in AGOT yet: AGOT, Eddard XII This week, we talk about: - Cersei's downfall - Ned's struggle with the truth and how to save the children - Was Ned stupid and this is what got him killed? (NO!)   In two weeks:...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff breakdown AGOT, Sansa III, where, you guessed it, Sansa hears the phrase "life is not a song." This week, we talk about: - Which part of ASOIAF we'd remove if we had too (The Two Amen Brothers fight over what's right) - Sansa begins to lear...

Hi everyone and happy holidays! Today, we're releasing our holiday special episode all about TWOW/ADOS and how much of it was spoiled by GoT. And we brought a fantastic guest with us: Joanna Robinson of Vanity Fair, Storm of Spoilers, Decoding Westworld and so many other fantastic podcasts and projects!   Thanks for making our lives so blessed this year. Seriously, you all are the best!   Joanna R...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff breakdown AGOT, Eddard XI, in which Ned Stark sits high atop the uncomfortable Iron Throne and does a bit of northern justice south of the Neck. But was this the smart play? So much to talk about … This week, we talk about: - Loras and Renl...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff breakdown AGOT, Tyrion VI, in which Tyrion shares his brutal backstory with his new friend Bronn before making a whole bunch of new friends with the locals. This week, we talk about: -The many battles of TWOW (a favorite topic of Jeff's)  -...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff breakdown AGOT, Jon V, in which Jon Snow is officially offered a place in the Night’s Watch, but doesn’t feel right about it unless his BFF Samwell Tarly gets to come along as well. This week, we talk about: - The mysterious letter Princess...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff breakdown AGOT, Catelyn VII in which Catelyn watches one duel and recalls another. This week, we: - Answer a question Littlefinger's involvement in Robert's Rebellion - Talk about the idiot monkey morons known as the Vale nobility - More of...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff are joined by Chloe AKA LiesandArbor to breakdown one of the most iconic chapters in all of ASOIAF: AGOT, Eddard X. This week, we: - Talk a whole lot about the battles of ice and fire that will kick off TWOW - Radio theater the shit out of...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff breakdown AGOT, Tyrion V in which Tyrion escapes a perilous situation with his wit, cunning, and a well-timed roll of the dice. Classic Tyrion shit, in other words. This week, we: - Answer a question about whether Jaime Lannister might be D...

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! Today, Emmett and Jeff analyze AGOT, Bran V in which Bran Stark takes a lovely horse ride atop his brand new saddle, but in ASOIAF-fashion, it ends in blood. This week, we: - Answer a question about Jaqen H'ghar in the black cells - From joy to melancholy to bloo...