Tea Is Good, Books Are Better

Raven is too badass to play games with her siblings. We discuss Christmas shopping and accidentally do a minute-long ad for Amazon Prime. In Seraphina , Basind becomes more and more sus, there's a rumour about Seraphina going around the castle, and our brains are too small to understand each other. The Queen may be in denial, we finally figure out what a Daanite is, and Viridius makes a retur...

Getting old sucks. Raven complains about her aging body, Jess brags about succeeding at one of Raven's favourite games, we stress about Christmas shopping, Raven talks about her two new tattoos, and we figure out what's so important about The Mandalorian S2E1! In Seraphina , Phina f**ks up AGAIN (will she ever get her s**t together?), dragons have visas, Orma is emotionally compromised,...

Happy Halloween! Jess and Raven both tell their scariest stories and spookiest supernatural experiences from the haunted house they grew up in. Children's music, ghosts, sleep paralysis, poltergeists, cryptids, and more! In Seraphina , Phina and Kiggs go head to head with Imlann and Phina makes another huge mistake that gets her on Kiggs's bad side. We narrow down our theories on who Iml...

We kick off this week's episode with Jess's stories on how she got pneumonia and how she ended up with hundreds of bags of no name tea bags, and Raven gets into how she broke her back over the weekend. The sisters also argue over whether caesars are delicious or disgusting, and how to say "worcestershire." In Seraphina , Fruit Bat does something sus, Phina and Kiggs come up wit...

Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode, we talk about the movie The Lighthouse, turkey and gravy, Jessica's new but not new copy of Seraphina , how the Starbucks pumpkin cream cold brew completely destroyed Raven's insides, and Raven's improper pronunciation of the word "guess."  In Seraphina , Comonot finally makes it to Lavondaville, Phina's mother's memories star...

Remember when chapters in books had names? In this episode, we talk about fake nails as a cure for terrible habits, and spending too much money on YouTuber brands. In Seraphina, Glisselda confronts Phina about insulting Kiggs, Phina's boldness leaves us shocked and excited, Kiggs accuses Phina of something terrible, and we still can't figure out who the f**k Kiggs's parents are! Jes...

Prepare for low energy and two very confused hosts! In this episode, we launch straight into Seraphina's juicy chapters! Phina learns about her terrifying grandfather and Orma reveals the secrets of his past and his relationship with his sister. Seraphina meets another of her grotesques, we compare the description of music in this novel to the descriptions of Cry To Heaven, and we flush Raven...

Why does it take half an hour to talk about morning routines? And why do we keep talking about it?? We start off this episode with foodgasms and Raven's most hated foods. We discuss the smoke from the fires in the States and the nearby quay that may or may not have been arsonized. In Seraphina, we cheer at her relatability and wonder how we have friends, Phina meets one of her grotesques in r...

Halloween and Harry Potter make a comeback! We start off this episode by concocting more Halloween plans, and Raven reveals her true Hogwarts house and Patronus. You may or may not be surprised! In Seraphina, we are introduced to Phina's garden of grotesques, which leads to the question of what fits and doesn't fit in a fantasy novel. We are also introduced to a new sub-species of dragon...

We kick off this episode by un-cancelling Halloween! We try to figure out how to celebrate the spoopiest day of the year during a pandemic and brainstorm costumes that include masks. Jessica also reveal her boyfriend's morning routine, which leaves Raven absolutely shooketh and wondering why he lives his life the way he does. In Seraphina, Orma's a savage, Seraphina's a savage, we l...

It's the comeback episode! Boy, did we miss this! We are taking a one book break from the A Song of Ice and Fire series to read a different fantasy story that contains the most unique take on dragons you will ever come across. But firstly, in this episode, Jess spins a tale of her return to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Raven rants for far too long about the endless complications wi...

In the last episode of A Clash of Kings and the last episode of TIGBAB Season 3, Raven travels back in time and completely ruins the podcast. We kick off this episode by comparing our epic weekends and crying about an upcoming surgery. And, in A Clash of Kings, we tremble at Tyrion's living nightmare, Raven fails so hard it's sad, Jon comes face to face with the wildlings, we completely...

In this week's episode, Raven stresses about her wisdom teeth and Jess shares her awkward moment at a bachelorette party. In A Clash of Kings, we have an amazing accidental revelation about Arya, we are introduced to Ser Anus, Raven adds George R.R. Martin to her shitlist, Sansa finds something to be happy about, and we find out whether a previous prediction was correct when Reek's true...

In this week's episode, we discuss Jessica's new tattoos and her funny experience at the parlour. In A Clash of Kings, every character surprises us. Tyrion actually kicks some ass in battle until his chain boom plan backfires, Sansa shows some gumption, the Hound finally makes a move, and Renly makes a comeback??? Dany comes face to face with a manticore and Jorah beats a man over the he...

In this episode, we discuss stress dreams versus sexy dreams, and what makes a good sequel. In A Clash of Kings, Tyrion's chain plans start to come together, we read the most epic action chapter of all time and compare it to the show's poor representation of it, and we debate the logistics of sea battles for way too long. We break down the Hound's cowardice and Tyrion's leaders...

We are loose leaf snobs! In this episode, we learn that Raven can't cook and Triple O's are stingy, Jess plays the Sims rated R and Raven has complications with her wisdom teeth. In A Clash of Kings, we pick out problematic characters, Cat enters the ring with Jaime, the mystery of Littlefinger's dagger makes us feel stupid, we spend way too long over-analyzing the Kingslayer's...

Brace yourselves because in this episode Raven has a small brain and a loud mouth. Also, Jess rediscovers the nostalgia of Baldur's Gate, Raven encounters a choosing beggar, and we argue the spiritual level of hot peppers. In A Clash of Kings, we wonder why Sansa continues to have random encounters with the Hound, Jon admits his mistake and his leader's reaction leaves us stunned, Jon ha...

Thank you to our brother, Erik, for joining our Patreon! In today's episode, Raven rants about people becoming too comfortable with Coronavirus and describes how she almost passed out when getting fillings at the dentist. In A Clash of Kings, news of Winterfell's fall comes to King's Landing, one of us becomes a medieval war weapon snob, we break down the science of magic, Jess stru...

What are your thoughts on Oreos??? We open this episode with discussions on cookies and Jess's hacked Amazon account. In A Clash of Kings, Bran finally has a dramatic chapter, Raven rages when someone hurts her pure boy Hodor, Arya serves under a turtle, Raven's predictions about Jaqen H'ghar come true, Jess blows Raven's mind, and we spiral while trying to figure out the meani...

No regular episode this week. We have chosen to participate in the Podcast Blackout (even if we are a little late), as it did not feel right to remain silent amidst the racial violence and police brutality not only in America, but in Canada as well. We are taking this time to listen, self-reflect, and educate ourselves as white-passing biracial Canadians who have undeniably benefited from white pr...

We kick off this episode by drooling over The Weeknd's new album, followed by a raw discussion on why pulling oneself out of depression is so difficult. We then delve into the topic of dreams--nightmares, weird dreaming quirks, and even shared dreams! Raven also tells the story of her first and only panic attack. In A Clash of Kings, we can't figure out Jon's new mission, Varys tell...

Prepare yourself for a long introduction filled with rants about Resident Evil, Star Wars, and Darth Jar Jar. In A Clash of Kings, Dany starts to understand Viserys, and Raven decides the Khaleesi needs to watch How to Train Your Dragon. Jess points out some of Quaithe's tricksy clues, and reveals something about Dany that leaves Raven reeling. We also worship King Bread, cook a septon for di...

In this week's episode, Raven tells Jess about her new vibrating gaming chair and the COVID-19 protesters she saw outside her workplace. And, in A Clash of Kings, Raven rejoices when Theon's chapter finally hints at his thoughts on betraying Robb and Winterfell, and Jess points out an interesting similarity between Theon and Sansa. The sisters find themselves disappointed in Arya for the...

Typos galore! In this episode, Raven f**ks up and Jess's cat might have Coronavirus. In A Clash of Kings, we learn how to make spiced wine, Ghost acts strange, and Jon finds something that might prove his uncle Benjen is alive. We also learn what Bran's dream from episode 59 was all about and are stunned by how wrong our guesses were. And we get two new dreams to decode, involving Ramsay...

SLEEP is good, books are better! Raven tells the story of how her quarantine haircut became a mushroom cut, and Jess talks about how she's liking her hair for the first time in her life. In A Clash of Kings, we learn more about the Seven gods of Westeros, we are mind-blown by the description of Storm's End, Stannis and Renly go head to head and we decide who is right and who is wrong bet...