Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

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 and her followers leave Qarth, accompanied by a nice old man who saved her life and who is totally not Barristan..   This week, we:    - Give Qarth one final bronx cheer on our way out. - Shed a single tear Qartheen-style as Xaro breaks up with...

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, Sansa flees Cersei only to run into Sandor, and then Dontos. She just can't get away from drunk adults.   This week, we:    - Praise Sansa for keeping the room together after Cersei flees - Watch the colors explode outside on the Blackwater - Break...

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 charges headfirst into hell, and Sansa wishes she could join him just to get away from Cersei.   This week, we:    - Discuss what Shae does around these parts - Get into Maegor's Holdfast with Sansa and an increasingly drunk Cersei - Tal...

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 work (he'll be back in the saddle on 2/8), so Emmett is joined by guest host Matt aka Joe Magician to talk about Final Fantasy Tactics!   This week, we discuss:    - Our relationship to the Final Fantasy series - The byzantine shell-game storyl...

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 the month, so Emmett is joined by guest host Manu of Podcast Sans Frontieres to talk Metal Gear Solid!   This week, we discuss:    - Our relationship to the Metal Gear Solid series - The labyrinthine plot of the series - The major themes of 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!   Jeff is away for the month, so Emmett is joined by guest host Merry of Learned Hands!   This week, we discuss:    - Merry's origin story with law and ASOIAF - Learned Hands, her excellent podcast with NotACast guest Clint W - Favorite legal scenes in fiction -...

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, it's all Stannis' fault according to Tyrion anyways.   This week, we:    - Discuss Tyrion's parentage (again) - Observe with Tyrion the aftermath of the wildfire - Lay out the shape of the battle to come and Tyrion's mentality coming into it. -...

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, everything explodes.   This week, we:    - Talk about how Davos' background informs his perspective - Explore the meaning of Stannis' fiery heart banner - Lay out George's "threefold revelation" buildup to the wildfire explosion - Praise the wo...

Hi everyone and happy holiday 2020! It's been a hell of a year. Hell. Anyways, today, we're journeying back to 2012 to talk about Game of Thrones' most beloved episode: Season Two, Episode Nine's "Blackwater." Journey back as we synopsize, analyze, nostalgia-ize(?) on this George RR Martin episode.    Love you all. Thanks for a great 2020 See you in 2021!   Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/NotACas...

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 Baratheon fleet sails up the Blackwater Rush to their inevitable victory.   This week, we:    - Praise the cinematic tension with which the chapter begins - Repeatedly and mercilessly dunk on High Captain Ser Imry Florent, who is the worst...

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 joins the singers in the sept (yay) and has to talk to multiple Lannisters (boo).   This week, we:    - Cheer ourselves hoarse at arriving at the Battle of the Blackwater - Watch Sansa dance her way through conversations with Tyrion and J...

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, Theon Greyjoy is introduced to the idea that his actions have consequences. He … doesn’t take it well.   This week, we:    - Talk about all the dreams that Theon has, what the dreams mean and what prophetic dreams mean overall - Analyze Theon's...

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast that usually goes through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! But not here, oh no, not here.    In this episode (previously available only to our $5+ patrons and now available for everyone), we take a deep dive into "The Forsaken," Aeron Damphair's released chapter from TWOW. If you like what you hear, check out...

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 riddles in the dark with Gollum/Jaime and discovers the horrible truth behind the backstory.   This week, we:    - Talk about the rules of the game and how playing this game demonstrates the arrested development of these Robert's Rebell...

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 deals with the apparent deaths of her younger sons by talking to a sympathetic friend: Jaime Lannister? Do I have that right…?   This week, we:    - Trace Catelyn's story from the explosion of colors at the start of ACOK to midnight at...

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 faces his most frightening challenge yet: dinner with his big sister Cersei.    This week, we:    - Filter the news of Bran and Rickon's "deaths" through the Lannister dynamics - Take apart the Tyrion-Cersei relationship and how they rac...

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, Jon Snow gets some practical education from Qhorin Halfhand and some … weird education from his brother Bran.   This week, we:    - Continue on the march through the Frostfangs and point out the Tolkien influence on these Jon chapters - Examine...

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, everything is on fire and all Sansa wants is someone trustworthy to talk to, but instead she has Dontos, Sandor, and Cersei. Oh, and in case all that wasn’t enough, she just got her first period.   This week, we:    - Watch with Sansa as the sm...

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, Jon joins Qhorin Halfhand and his A-Team as they go after wildling spies...only for Jon to immediately get a crush on one.   This week, we:    - Contrast the competence of Qhorin & Co with what we've seen of the Night's Watch so far - Plunge in...

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, Theon decides to make up for all his bad decisions with even worse ones.    This week, we:    - Wake Theon up from his power fantasies into his new nightmare - Watch as he unravels himself in front of the people of Winterfell - Break down the t...

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 working 28 hours a day, nine days a week just to get a warm welcome ready for Stannis.    This week, we:    - Talk about whether Tysha will return to the story - Do that war shit by talking about the clansmen's deployment into the kin...

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, Dany wanders through the House of the Undying and soaks in some visions of wonder and terror.   This week, we:    - Talk about the monster coming for Daenerys, mythology, the Others, Dany herself - Analyze how the warlocks and Undying are appea...

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, Dany wanders through the House of the Undying and soaks in some visions of wonder and terror.   This week, we:    - Break down the act of looking and reading through Dany's eyes - Take note of how George weaves in Red Wedding foreshadowing - Di...

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, Dany gets way too high. Stay in school, kids.    This week, we:    - Discuss how we see HOTU as metafiction - Put it in context with Qarth as a setting - Explore the visual presentation of HOTU - Go through Pyat Pree's absurd rules - Introduce...

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, new guest Wolfman Zack returns to find out what happens after Arya gives Jaqen the final name. Oh, and the hero Roose Bolton shows up. No need for alarm, people!   This week, we:    - See how Jaqen the extraordinary has an ordinary plan - Explo...