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374 episodes transcribedThis chapter feels... familiar... like we've covered it before... ?? Well, anyway, Sam is having a great time at Castle Black before Jon—who is not h...
'Jon said there could be honor in a lie, if it were told for the right reason,' Sam remembers, just before he lies and accidentally puts his best frie...
War crests in the other worlds as Lyra—with Will, Roger, and the rest of the undead—walks once more into the sky. The Amber Spyglass CHAPTER 26...
Sam reunites with his brothers at the Wall and contemplates the ethics of lying as he watches some dubious dudes advance in the Watch's democratic pro...
The past comes back to haunt Samwell and the latest additions to his found family, Gilly and Gilly's son. Dreams of Horn Hill fill Sam's sleeping hour...
Surprise, Craster! It's a boy! But that's not as surprising as the mutiny that takes his life and that of the Old Bear. --- Eliana's twitter: https...
A couple of bombs go off these chapters. The first is when Lyra drops some truth bombs on the dead and the harpies. True stories, it turns out, can b...
Sobbing, we started another POV. As the supernatural threat rises, so does Sam's courage, whether he knows it or not. Yolkboy of Radio Westeros join...
Brienne screams a final word... but her story's not done. Artist and Brienne expert Bidonica joins us to discuss Brienne's development so far and what...
If heaven and hell decide That they both are satisfied Illuminate the "no's" on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you When your soul e...
No chance, and no choice. Links mentioned: bidonica's twitter: https://twitter.com/bidonica1 bidonica's links to art and prints: https://linktr.ee/...
Brienne arrives on the Quiet Isle, where the scuttlebutt says that the Hound is at peace. But as Brienne confronts Westeros's limitations on thei...
In the aftermath of Brienne's first kills, questions loom: Who deserves pity? Is a broken man an outlaw? Whose bodies are allowed stories of power? Sa...
Whispers, Crabbs, and fools... for a moment, the water transforms into whispers. The songs are alive as is the magic in the sword. But Brienne's innoc...
Mary Malone discovers deeper meaning through the zalifs and their world. Lyra and Will seek their deaths. --- Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.co...
Brienne returns to Maidenpool and has a few reunions with folks from the late King Renly's camp. Like many reunions, her meetings with Hyle Hunt and R...
Brienne continues her adventure, learning a history lesson about Duskendale and its extinct houses. She gets her shield repainted to a very familiar i...
Saddle your horses: We're going on a new journey across Westeros in search of a maid that is definitely-not-Sansa-Stark-but-sounds-exactly-like-her w...
It's all about intentions—from those of the knife's unseen tip to Asriel's new vehicle to those of our heroes (and ambiguous villains). As the knife i...
Not my hair... You know the rest of the line. It's the iconic, ultimate Catelyn chapter. The fulcrum upon which the rest of the story turns. Alex (ak...
