History of Westeros: Recent Episodes
History of Westeros
Unlock the mysteries and histories of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” (ASOIAF) with History of Westeros: the most comprehensive podcast known to the Seven Kingdoms.
Featuring battle sounds (even dragons!!) and the voice acting of:
Narrator: Alt Shift X Tyrion: Jack Noble Penny: Nina Friel (goodqueenaly) Shae: Guinevere Greenstones “To horse” Yeller & Gorzhak’s Messenger: Leor Melnik Inkpots & Kem: Joggi aka Through the Moon Door Snatch: Jim McGeehin (SomethingLikeALawyer) Jorah Mormont: Will Mosse, Sword of the Mid-afternoon, probably about 3:30 Kasporio: Michael Klarfeld (klaradox.de) Brown Ben Plumm & Erotic Breastplate Messenger: Brian Eidolon Producer: Ashaya Audio & Sound Engineering: Ben Anderson the Bengineer
We organized fans to make our own production of the preview chapters from The Winds of Winter. There’s music, sound effects, and different voices for all the characters.
Credits: Narrator: Lady Gwyn – Radio Westeros Arya/Mercy: girlnettles Waterman: Daniele Bolelli – History on Fire podcast Daena: Loren Scipioni Izembaro: Matteo Barbagallo Brusco: Ken Krouner Marro/The Stranger: Costantino Pompa The Snapper: Val – Because Geek Bobono: Michael Klarfeld Raff the Sweetling: Joggi – Through the Moon Door Old Guard: yolkboy – Radio Westeros Sound Design: Alex Carmichael Engineering: Ben Anderson aka the Bengineer Producer: Ashaya
We organized fans to make our own fan production of the preview chapters from The Winds of Winter. There’s music, sound effects, and different voices for all the characters.
Credits: Victarion: Jordan Alexander Wulfe One-Ear: K.W. Dent Longwater Pyke: Kris Johnson the Boy: Javi Marcos the Bastard’s Bastard: Bill S Moqorro: Dom Tartaglia Narrator: Aziz Producer: Ash Music and Sound Design: Alex Carmichael Audio Engineering: Ben Anderson aka the Bengineer
And of course, GRRM for writing this wonderful series.
Part 2 of our Blackwood series is here! This covers the last 300 years with special attention on what's next.
We were joined by Chloe of Girls Gone Canon & Drunk ASOIAF History to discuss a recurring theme of deception. Sansa, Young Griff, Cersei, Wyman Manderly, Varys and plenty more.
PS there's a bit of scratchiness in the audio on this one, our apologies.
We're joined by guest BryndenBFish (NotaCast) to discuss the rich parallels between Kingmaker Criston Cole and Kingbreaker Barristan Selmy. A look at both of their lives and roles in the Kingsguard and in the wars they fought. Both preferred swords over politics but were made Hand nonetheless. Does Cole's arc predicts Selmy's?
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High in the halls of the kings who are gone... (vocals only)
Production by Ben Anderson
High in the halls of the kings who are gone... (different mix)
production by Ben Anderson.
We complete the 2 part series w/guest Steven Attewell. Barristan vs. Maelys, the experiences of Tywin and his brothers, Septon Meribald and others. War and aftermath...
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House Blackwood's origins begin in the most ancient of times, when the Children of the Forest held sway, and there were fewer people, and Houses, but more Kings and Kingdoms. We explore their connection to these ancient mysteries, their great creepy weirwood and the various wars and politics that led to current times, where Blackwoods marry Starks, Targaryens and others.
It came on the heels of Summerhall... This one features the notorious Maelys the Monstrous w/the rest of the infamous Band of Nine plus the Golden Company. On the Westerosi side, many familiar faces: Tywin & his brothers, Aerys, Barristan the Bold, the Blackfish & Hoster Tully, Littlefinger's dad, the Baratheon bro's dad and grandad, and the White Bull.
Join us as we discuss all of this with returning guest Race for the Iron Throne's Steven Attewell!
Sean and Aziz chat w/Kim Renfro of Insider Magazine! She's written a book called The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones and is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world about GoT. We'll talk about her book AND what we know about House of the Dragon so far...
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Sean and Aziz discuss and geek out over the Stark kids' arcs (Starcs?) around the end of Clash/start of Storm, which is the beginning of the point at which all the Starks have left Winterfell. Includes some book to show comparisons and predictions on how some of the Starcs will end.
Sean, Ash and Aziz discuss book and show Battle of the Blackwater. It's still the biggest battle in the books (6 POV chapters), and the first one HBO put on full display in Season 2 Episode 9.
In the 2nd half, we chat Nashville/Con of Thrones 2019. We met Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime), the Wolf and the Crows and others while also hanging with fun people like Binge Mode and the elusive Alt Shift X. There were panels and cosplays galore, of course.
From the livestream on Tues July 2nd. Since it's been fairly well established that GRRM is, in part, using F&B to set the table for future ASOIAF events, and given that the Faceless Man and Iron Bank are mentioned quite a bit in the book... then we should pay attention!
From the Sat Jun 22nd livestream w/Sean of House Beard. Everything we know about the GoT Prequel show so far!
Edited audio from the livestream on May 22nd, 2019. Ser Buckley, Lady Gwyn and Aziz have a lot to say about the Iron Throne, Daenerys, fear vs. love, King Bran, the Dothraki and so much more. A lot of this will be seeds for future more in-depth episodes.
Edited audio from the livestream on May 20th, 2019. Sean, Aziz & Ashaya discuss the last episode!
Edited audio from the livestream on May 18th, 2019. What could possibly happen in the FINAL episode? That and more...
Edited audio from the livestream on May 15, 2019. Lady Gwyn, Ser Buckley and Aziz discuss "The Bells", a massively pivotal episode.
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Edited audio from the livestream on May 14th, 2019. Sean, Aziz and Ashaya ring The Bells.
Edited audio from the livestream on May 11th, 2019. Sean, Aziz and Ashaya try to predict the upcoming battle and who might sit the throne, if there is one, in the end. Flick Invite Link: https://bit.ly/2WoAG92
Edited audio from the livestream on May 8th, 2019. Aziz, Lady Gwyn and Joe Buckley discuss The Last of the Starks. Joe Buckley: @SerBuckley; https://isleoffaces.podbean.com and http://thegrindstone.co.uk Sudio Headphones: https://bit.ly/2YhYGek (code WESTEROS15) Flick Invite Link (PHONE ONLY): https://bit.ly/2WoAG92
Edited audio from the livestream on May 7th 2019. A discussion of The Last of the Starks.
Edited audio from the livestream on May 4th, 2019. Sean and Aziz review the trailers and interviews, answer questions and talk about what's next.
Max Brooks is the author of World War Z, ML Cavanaugh is co-Founder of the Modern War Institute. With several other authors, they combined to write an excellent book due out in July. We had a fantastic discussion that involved Ned Stark, Mycah the Butcher's Boy, the responsibilities of leadership, climate change, refugees, dragons, and so much more.
The book can be pre-ordered here: https://amzn.to/2PTey4h
Edited audio from the livestream on May 1st 2019.
Ashaya, Aziz and Lady Gwyn discuss the Long Night!
Lightly Edited audio from the livestream on April 29th 2019.
Sean and Aziz discuss the epic Battle of Winterfell. We break the episode into two halves, basically. The first half is almost all praise and gratitude, the second half is criticism and venting.
Edited audio from the livestream on April 24th 2019. Ashaya, Aziz and Lady Gwyn are joined by Joanna Robinson to discuss A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms!
Edited audio from the livestream on April 22nd 2019. Sean and Aziz talk about what's going down as one of the greatest episodes ever.
Edited audio from the livestream on Weds April 17th 2019. Ashaya, Aziz and Lady Gwyn of Radio Westeros discuss the first episode and its many implications for ASOIAF!
Edited audio from the livestream on April 14th 2019.
Sean and Aziz discuss the first episode of the final season!
Edited audio from the livestream on April 2nd 2019.
With guest LmL and the artwork of Drafturgy, we discuss the voyages of the Sea Snake and his early life. Nefer, Ib, Asshai, Hardhome, the Thousand Islands, The Isle of Elephants... So much worldbuilding!
A deep dive into the life of Brynden Rivers beginning from the point at which he took the Black. Was he a ranger? What did he and Maester Aemon talk about? Who is Coldhands? and more!
Edited audio from the Parallel Livestream on March 19th 2019. Character parallels, so many character parallels!
Edited audio from the livestream on March 12th 2019. Shakespeare of Thrones and JoeMagician join Aziz and Ashaya to discuss a unique character in ASOIAF history whose story involves major endgame parallels. Who was she? What happened to her and her son and dragon? Includes House Strong history and lore, parallels to Melisandre and others.
Edited audio from the Season 8 Trailer Livestream. Sean of House Beard and Lady Gwyn of Radio Westeros join Aziz for some frame by frame breakdown excitement!
Edited audio from the livestream on March 5th 2019. Aziz goes through the life of Aegon III, which is filled with an enormous number of parallels to Jon Snow. It can tell us a lot about what's coming for him...
Edited audio from the livestream on Feb 26th 2019. The life of Alyn Velaryon, adventurer, diplomat, commander, would-be dragontamer, hero, savior... All before he was 21!
Edited audio from the livestream on Feb 19th 2019. Ashaya and Aziz were joined by Nina Friel (goodqueenaly.tumblr.com) to discuss the Pact of Ice and Fire, the False Dawn, the Hour of the Wolf and quite a few parallels. GoT board game survey link: https://goo.gl/forms/NsxeiaGoi1v2lt6p2
Edited audio from the livestream on Feb 12th 2019. Ashaya and Aziz betray humanity to take the side of the firebreathing reptiles! Shame. Shame.
Edited audio from the livestream on Feb 5th, 2019. Ashaya and Aziz answer a wide variety of questions from TWOW to Season 8 to Fire and Blood to pineapple on pizza...
Edited audio from the livestream on Jan 29th 2019. Guests are Eliana (Girls Gone Canon, Maester Monthly) and Michal Schick (Vassals of Kingsgrave, Hypable, HoW voices). We take a very deep character dive into Alyssa Velaryon, Alyssa Targaryen, and Rhaena Targaryen. There are a lot of parallels to Cersei, Catelyn, plus a discussion of Tyrion Targaryen!
Edited audio from the livestream on Jan 22nd 2019. With guests JoeMagician and InDeepGeek, we discuss the many possibilities for disease and winter in ASOIAF. A chilling chat, to be sure.
Edited audio from the livestream on Jan 15, 2019. With guests Steven Attewell and Lady Gwyn, we discuss Jaehaerys & Alysanne's version of the Tower of Joy, full of clues for the ASOIAF version. We also talk about the Golden Wedding, the War for the White Cloaks, Rogar Baratheon, and quite a lot about Young Griff.
Edited audio for the livestream on 1/8/19. Ash and Aziz are joined by LmL (Mythical Astronomy of Ice and Fire, Between2Weirwoods) to discuss Elissa Farman's quest to go West of Westeros!
Edited audio from the livestream on New Year's Day 2019. Guests are Lady Gwyn of Radio Westeros and Chloe of Girls Gone Canon. We discuss Aegon the Uncrowned, succession issues, the rich Sansa/Alysanne parallels, the Targaryen family tree retcon, Jon's "real" name, and quite a bit more!
Edited audio from the livestream on Dec 12th 2018. Guests include Gemma from Secrets of the Citadel, Quinn from Ideas of Ice and Fire, and Emmett from NotACast!
We discuss a variety of magic-related topics from early in the book, including Aerea Targaryen, Balerion, Maegor and Visenya and a lot more.
Audio from the livestream on Dec 11th 2018. Ashaya & Aziz give their initial impressions of the new book while taking questions.
GRRM's version of the Odyssey is here! We've got Brindled Men, wyverns, killer diseases, ancient cities, corsairs, dark gods. Plus characters like Daenerys, Missandei and her brothers, Victarion, Barristan Selmy and his new knights.
Edited audio from the Livestream on 10/20/18. Featuring Sean, Ashaya and Aziz. We discuss the Fire & Blood excerpt, the news about Dark Sister from GRRM, our adventures at WorldCon, DragonCon, news about future episodes and collaborations. We also gave away a signed copy of AGOT and a Fire & Suds bathbomb! So much to cover in one episode!
Foreshadowing for ASOIAF via the Rise & Fall of the Rhoynar! Includes: Greyscale, Darkstar, Water Wizards, the Water Gardens of Dorne, Volantis, dragons and much more. Special thanks to Michal Schick of Vassals of Kingsgrave podcast and Hypable magazine for the voices.
This one covers Bloodraven's time as Hand up to the point where he takes the Black. A full accounting of the reigns of Aerys I and Maekar, plus Aerion Brightflame, Daeron the Drunkard, Egg, Maester Aemon, Blackfyres and so much more including the discovery of the Prince That Was Promised prophecy. Big thanks to Camille Stoner and Valkyrist (who you can catch on the Vassals of Kingsgrave pod) for the voices, and to all the art contributors.
Aziz, Jim McGeehin, Samantha Wallace & Steve Love discuss the paradigm shift in Westeros that occurred as the dragons died out. The Targaryens lost their great source of power, which necessitated many changes. Recorded live at Con of Thrones 2018.
A great panel from Con of Thrones 2018, featuring Ashaya, Joe Magician, Bookshelfstud & Joanna Lannister. Why scrapping the gap was a great idea, why GRRM planned it in the first place, and how many of the characters might have turned out if he hadn't.
Edited audio from the livestream on June 14th 2018. The just-announced HBO pilot set during the Age of Heroes gives us a great reason to talk about that epic era and how it might look on TV. Aziz, Ash, LuciferMeansLightbringer and JoeMagician and chat about this exciting news!
This one starts with recent Manderly history and ends with thoughts on starvation, human sacrifice, cannibalism, fear and prophecy. Fun times!
...a thousand years ago... We explore the double backstory of House Manderly, the ancient realm in the south where they came to be, and the ancient realm in the north where they reside and prosper now.
Edited audio from our YouTube Livestream on March 30th, 2018. We discuss some of the best animal moments in the books, some of which have surprising implications. We had a lot of guests for this one, Lady Gwyn (Radio Westeros), Haley Bowery (The Manimals & DrinkingGOT), Chloe Ketchum (Drunk ASOIAF History, Ice & Fire Con) & Tara Lynne (The Geekiary, Ice & Fire Con).
A long time coming, the first of three! From his birth to the death of Daeron II in 209.
A special episode! This is a collaboration with Daniele Bolelli of the History on Fire podcast. We chat about a wide variety of real world historical influences on A Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire.
Originally posted to Patrons/Donors-only over a year ago, now available to all! The actual factual first chapter of the series.
Edited audio from the Nameday stream on Nov 25th 2017. A large variety of questions were asked and answered, most of them non-ASOIAF/GoT, so this one's different!
Explore the dark and ancient past of House Stark and Winterfell, with glimpses of what's to come.
Ashaya and Aziz are joined by BryndenBFish and LmL to discuss the just released Sons of the Dragon. This chat happened live on 10/17/17.
The past, present, and possible futures of Ser Brynden Tully of Riverrun, Knight of the Gate and famous throughout Westeros, called Blackfish.
We discussed all the possibilities we could imagine for Jaime in the North. Ashaya, Sean and Aziz with special guest Joanna Robinson of Storm of Spoilers podcast and Vanity Fair magazine.
This audio comes from Con of Thrones 2017, where Aziz and Emmett Booth (PoorQuentyn) held a panel on how HP Lovecraft has influenced ASOIAF. Some of the audience questions were inaudible so we cut ahead to the answers after a brief pause, in some places.
Sean, Aziz, Lady Gwyn, yolkboy, Zack Luye (Game of Owns) and Michal Schick (Vassals of Kingsgrave, Hypable) break down season 7 in this super long and fun episode!
Our finale review with Radio Westeros! We kept all the questions in this time so it's extra long. To see the images go to historyofwesteros.com and click the RSS feed link, or use the free acast podcast player.
A hugely fun recording of our review of "The Dragon and the Wolf". Most of our finale livestream is here, while many of the questions and answers are posted on Patreon.
w/special guest LML! Check the RSS feed at www.historyofwesteros.com or use the free acast podcast player if you'd like to see the images associated with this episode.
Dragonglass! Ice Dragons! That and more as Radio Westeros returns. To see the images associated with this episode go to historyofwesteros.com or use the free acast podcast player.
We remain leak free, but take a close look at the trailers while taking some fun questions. As usual, the images can be seen on our website or through the free acast podcast player.
Don't Eastwatch, Eastlisten. To see the images associated with this episode, download the free acast player or go to historyofwesteros.com
Reunionbowl is on! To see the images associated with this episode, use the free acast podcast player or go to historyofwesteros.com and select the episode from the RSS feed on the right.
Edited audio for Saturday August 12th's livestream with Sean and Aziz! To see the images associated with this episode, download it from the free acast player, or go to historyofwesteros.com and click on the episode in the RSS feed.
The edited livestream for The Spoils of War with usual guests Radio Westeros! To see the images associated with this episode, download the free acast player from any app store, or click the RSS feed on the right hand side at www.historyofwesteros.com
Won't someone please think of all the burning beards? To see the images associated with this live episode, download the free acast player or go to historyofwesteros.com
A leak free live episode to get ready for The Spoils of War!
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yolkboy, Ashaya and Aziz give you justice... The Queen's Justice!
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The Queen's Justice gets the full treatment. As with all of our s7 coverage, this was recorded live.
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Aziz and Sean look at all available trailers and a few interviews to get a sense of what's next!
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The edited audio from our livestream discussing Stormborn on 7/25/17 w/Radio Westeros. The stream was so long that we decided to cut it in half, this is the second half.
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The livestream with Radio Westeros went so long (so much to say, so many good questions!) that we decided to chop it in half and post it separately, so everyone would have access to the first half sooner.
Radio Westeros joins us for another season of Book to Show comparisons! This episode was recorded live and includes some Q&A.
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Sean and Aziz kick off the season with analysis, bad jokes and live questions! Recorded live on 7/17/17.
Sean, Aziz and Ashaya run another live Q&A full of twists... While also reporting on Con of Thrones 2017!
Hannah and Zack from Game of Owns join us for a joint episode to discuss what's being called the greatest Game of Thrones trailer to date!
Aziz took a series of questions on Sat June 17th! The first half of this episode is spoiler-free, the 2nd half features questions that pertains to TWOW. Thanks to Zack Twamley of When Diplomacy Fails podcast for the intro!
We're joined by special guest PoorQuentyn (poorquentyn.tumblr.com) for a look at Euron's past, present and future.
A long look at the life and times of Joanna Lannister! As the mother of Tyrion and "master" of Tywin, she's a very important character.
Steven Attewell returns, we discuss the 3rd and 4th Blackfyre Rebellions, the Golden Company, and a lot more Bittersteel.
Find Steven at: https://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/
Our new show Fandomedia is at http://fandomedia.reviews
Answering all the burning (and freezing) questions sent us regarding the last episode. Make sure to check out our new podcast at fandomedia.reviews
An episode dedicated to all kinds of dreams, whether mundane or magical. Green dreams, wolf dreams, dragon dreams, dreams of guilt, fever dreams... Send any questions for the Q&A follow-up to westeroshistory@gmail.com
Ashaya and Aziz are joined by Amin from A Podcast of Ice and Fire to discuss Tower of the Hand's A Hymn for Spring book that we all contributed to.
Aziz is re-joined by LmL for a live discussion! We took questions prior to the episode, and several more from live commenters. The episode was recorded live on Sat, Oct. 22nd 2016.
The Long Night, Azor Ahai, Strange Stone, Dragonlords, the Amethyst Empiress & ancient bloodlines. This joint episode w/Mythical Astronomy of Ice & Fire has it all!
Check out LmL's show at: lucifermeanslightbringer.com
The Blackfyre series returns! This time: the life of Aegor Rivers, aka Bittersteel. Aziz also does a Grandpa Simpson impression.
We were among the first on the planet to hear this chapter, and it's safe to say: we're taken by the "The Forsaken"!
We're joined by Radio Westeros, Tony Teflon, Michal Schick and Lucifer Means Lightbringer to close out what's been a great Season 6.
Ashaya, Aziz, Lady Gwyn and yolkboy took questions live on 6/23, and a great time was had by all.
Ashaya, Aziz, Lady Gwyn and yolkboy discuss what's possibly the most epic episode of TV ever made!
Sean & Aziz chat "The Battle of the Bastards", one of the most ambitious and epic episodes of TV ever made.
Lady Gwyn, yolkboy and Aziz discuss "No One" and take stabs at how the season might end.
Sean & Aziz discuss "No One" and wonder how they can get one of those sweet Fire-Catapult Ships for themselves.
HoW is again joined by Radio Westeros to discuss "Blood of My Blood", an exciting episode featuring visions and the return of several important characters! Also included is a chat about Balticon 50, where all 4 of us attended, along with GRRM himself...
Sean and Aziz analyze "Blood of My Blood", especially the visions and the re-introduction of several important characters.
We're halfway through the season! Sean & Aziz answer watchener questions about a variety of characters and plotlines.
"The Door" has bigger implications for the ASOIAF books than perhaps any episode of Game of Thrones ever... and we've got it covered.
Aziz and Sean take a visit to Longtown to record an episode worthy of Longy Longerson himself. It's a big chat about one of Game of Thrones' biggest episodes of all time. Aziz cannot seem to call Yara anything but Asha, and Sean's beard grows a full inch.
Lady Gwyn and yolkboy are back with Aziz to break down "Book of the Stranger"! It's another hit for season 6, which keeps on delivering awesomeness.
Sean & Aziz discuss "Book of The Stranger", but only after making sure no one has barred the door to the History of Westeros recording studio.
Aziz, Lady Gwyn, and yolkboy dig deep and discuss "Oathbreaker" while drawing quite a few connections to the books.
Ashaya, Aziz, and Lady Gwyn and yolkboy of Radio Westeros discuss "Home" and its implications for the books.
Sean & Aziz break down the premiere episode of Season 6! Leave your ruby necklaces on for this one (please).
Aziz & Ashaya are rejoined by the Radio Westeros team to take questions on the uncharted territory that is Season 6 of HBO's Game of Thrones.
Sean and Aziz get you ready for Game of Thrones Season 6! A trailer breakdown plus casting news, insight and predictions. Fun for everyone but geared towards people who have not read the books.
A look at this most ancient of cities, the legend of Azor Ahai, and the origin of dragons. With special guest Lucifer Means Lightbringer.
Everything you ever wanted to know (and more) regarding the Valyrian Steel Sword Dark Sister. Famous owners from Queen Visenya to Bloodraven, and all their epic kills!
Our latest live episode, recorded Jan. 16th 2016, where we answer questions related to The Winds of Winter. Predictions, expectations, theories and hopes.
Aziz and special guest Lucifer Means Lightbringer discuss the mystical and ancient side of House Dayne. Dawn (is it Lightbringer?), Sword of the Morning (who decides?), the castles of Starfall and High Hermitage... and plenty more!
Aziz & Ashaya break down the major characters from House Dayne. Theories, background and predictions!
Aziz delivers a sermon on House Royce, the ancient Bronze clad stalwarts of the Vale. Included are connections to House Stark, Ser Waymar the ranger from the prologue, and Lord Bronze Yohn, who has his hands full with Littlefinger.
Thanks to Lady Gwyn of Radio Westeros for the quotes!
Aziz is joined by guests Steven Attewell (Race for the Iron Throne) and Jim McGeehin (Wars and Politics of Ice and Fire) to recap and explain one of the largest battles in the history of Westeros. The Red Dragon vs. The Black Dragon, winner takes the Iron Throne.
Steven Attewell: racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com Jim McGeehin: bryndenbfish.wordpress.com
Aziz & Ashaya answer questions! Some were received ahead of time, giving us a chance to prepare a bit, others we answered on the fly. YouTube contains the unedited footage, this is the edited version.
Aziz is joined by returning guest Steven Attewell (of Race for the Iron Throne) to discuss the legendary Daemon Blackfyre. The man, the myth, the sword, the rivalries, the immense popularity. Comparisons to Robert and Renly Baratheon, Aemon the Dragonknight and more are included. The most Daemon-tastic episode of all time!
This episode delves deep into Aerys, Rhaegar and other characters who were impacted by Summerhall. There's talk of how the Mad King could wreak havoc on the Seven Kingdoms even now...
Ashaya and Aziz delve deep into the mysteries of Summerhall. What went wrong, who caused it, prophecies, dragon eggs, death and destruction... this episode has it all.
An all-star lineup has been assembled to decide the best and worst moments of Season 5. Aziz and Ashaya are joined by Lady Gwyn and yolkboy of Radio Westeros, Tony Teflon of Teflon TV, Stefan Sasse of Nerdstream Era and Boiled Leather Audio Hour and Steve Mangiameli the FriggenItalian!
Sean and Aziz finish up season 5 by taking questions and looking at the season as a whole. No one was burned during the recording of this episode.
Aziz, Lady Gwyn and yolkboy were LIVE and taking questions for this final episode of Season 5!
Aziz and Sean LIVE were live as they discussed the finale of season 5, titled Mother's Mercy.
Join Aziz and Radio Westeros as they discuss episode 9 of season 5, titled The Dance of Dragons.
Go hard or go home, but don't go Hardhome! But do check out this review, we have quite a lot to say (shocking, we know). Aziz is joined by Radio Westeros' Lady Gwyn and yolkboy. Ice magic, Night's King, Valyrian steel... We discuss it all!
Aziz discusses The Gift with Lady Gwyn and yolkboy of Radio Westeros. At the end of the episode, they discuss season 6 casting news and the preview for next week, for those interested and those specifically disinterested!
Ashaya & Aziz devour this chapter as if it were a 12 foot tall lemon cake threatened by a pimply gingerlad.
"The Gift" was quite an episode! Quite possibly the biggest episode of the season so far, with huge implications and major developments. Bring your copy of The Seven Pointed Star and watch. House Beard is represented again by Sean and his Unsullied perspectives, while Aziz steers the ship.
Ashaya, Aziz & yolkboy are Unbowed, Unbent & Unbroken by Season 5, episode 6. This week features more than the usual amount of watchener questions and comments, a discussion on the controversy, and many deep parallels with the books. Some are quite unexpected...
Sean of House Beard and Aziz of House History cannot be smelled from 5 miles away, but can they find a cock merchant? Guess again. We review this controversial episode that has both major highs and major lows.
Aziz & Ashaya are joined again by yolkboy of Radio Westeros for a fun discussion of "Kill the Boy". Sorry, there are no winklepickers in this episode, but there is a Strong Belwas joke. Also, there are lots of thoughts on Sansa, Ramsay, Stannis vs. Roose, Jon & Aemon, greyscale and the Doom of Valyria.
The halfway point is here and the buildup to what's looking like what will be an epic second half is almost complete. Sean and Aziz talk Valyria, greyscale, dragons, and a new set of characters to be worried about.
Sons of the Harpy is one of the most talked about episodes since the Red Wedding. Ashaya and Aziz are again joined by the Radio Westeros team to discuss a heroic death, several uprisings, and the reveal of a long awaited mystery. Also, winklepickers.
The buzz around this episode seemingly makes it one of the most important to date. A ton of history, backstory, plot exposition and action are present in Sons of the Harpy and Sean and Aziz have a blast breaking it down in detail.
Aziz is joined by Radio Westeros' yolkboy and Lady Gwyn for a detailed, fun discussion about "High Sparrow". We pick the characters we think are most likely to die, and a surprise choice from Cersei as her Hand of the King... There's so much to talk about as always, and we're excited to share it with you!
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Sean and Aziz break down the very subtle "High Sparrow". Themes of identity, service and revenge are discussed, as well as several mysteries and motivations.
This is our first episode featuring user questions!
The early part of Season 5 continues with “The House of Black & White” an episode full of spectacular scenery, clever dialogue and several developing mysteries. We are veering further into uncharted territory as the show continues to grow apart from the books. Ashaya and Aziz are joined by Lady Gwyn and yolkboy of Radio Westeros for a discussion featuring lots of predictions, comparisons to the books, and of course, bad jokes.
Aziz and Sean discuss episode 2 of Game of Thrones, "The House of Black and White", and all its fantastic scenery and dialogue. Also, there's a special beard-related announcement...
Listeners caught up on the book series can check out our Book to Show Discussion episodes as well.
Ashaya returns and is joined by guest yolkboy from Radio Westeros. Season 5 is a different experience for book readers, as major divergences are expected. Here in our discussion on episode one, we compare it to the books, and note all the changes we could find. There are quite a few, some good, some not so good, and some we'll have to wait and see on...
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While so many major plots came to an end in Season 4, so many new plots are just getting started here in Season 5. Sean and Aziz are back with a no frills, high content break down for episode 1. We discuss every location and plotline featured in the episode, making sense of it all while pointing to things you might have missed...
This episode is dedicated to the show, with very little mention of the books at all. For book-to-show reviews, check out our "Season 5 for Book Readers" episodes.
Season 5 is upon us! Sean of House Beard is still "Growing Long" and he's back with us to chat about the upcoming episodes. We analyze the trailers and every plotline, making predictions and guesses while also introducing some of the new cast and characters. This season we'll see some heavy departure from the books, so keeping track is even more important!
The son of Aegon the Unworthy had a lot to deal with after his father's deathbed decree. Guest Steven Attewell joins Aziz in discussing this monarch, and whether or not he actually deserved to be called "the Good". Special attention paid to the Great Bastards, Baelor Breakspear, and Dorne.
A detailed look at the life, times and works of the man who knows the most about the "higher mysteries". If you want to learn more about dragons, ravens, or why the seasons are so crazy, you do not want to miss this episode on Septon Barth. He's the leading expert in all of A Song of Ice and Fire on those topics and quite a few more!
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This episode covers the life of Aegon IV the Unworthy, the man who fathered the Blackfyre Rebellions. A King who used the Iron Throne to serve his needs, caring little for the realm. He made life miserable for his sister Naerys and brother Aemon the Dragonknight while siring Bittersteel, Bloodraven, Shiera Seastar and Daemon Blackfyre himself.
This is a spoiler filled episode that discusses the legendary Night's King of the Night's Watch.
The Doom annihilated the powerful and sorcerous Freehold of Valyria in mere moments. History of Westeros takes a look at what it was, why it happened, and possibly… who caused it.
In this discussion episode, we give our first impressions of The World of Ice and Fire. We discuss all of the immediate revelations, and the latter half of the episode contains discoveries more related to the 'current events' of the series.
The exciting conclusion of Battle of Ice is here with Part 3. Jeff Hartline returns as our special guest to help us navigate the political and military situations. A very speculative episode, but as always we stick to text! We picked out some particularly great quotes for this one...
History of Westeros continues our series on the upcoming Battle of Ice, which will be early in The Winds of Winter! We are again joined by Jeff Hartline (BryndenBFish of Wars and Politics of Ice & Fire), who was in part 1 as well. This is part two of a three part series.
Ashaya and Aziz are joined by guest Jeff Hartline (Wars and Politics of ASOIAF blog) for this 3 part series on The Battle of Ice.
Part 1 is dedicated to unraveling the complex political situation in the North. There are Houses with compelled loyalty secretly plotting revenge, while loyal armies face the winds of winter. Each house of note is discussed, as well as the key players.
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History of Westeros analyzes the fifth pre-release chapter from The Winds of Winter, widely regarded as the best of the bunch. George gives us something that is somehow dark, controversial and satisfying all at the same time. We peel off all the layers to find all the references and details you might have missed.
This episode gives detail on every weirwood in Westeros while adding new theories and background. Apart from the Heart Trees, there’s a lot on Ravens, the Others, the magic of genetics and the weather, the Children of the Forest and the Nightfort. Throughout the tour, Ashaya and Aziz make several predictions and point out some eerie parallels. Be sure to watch our first episode on weirwoods.
The episode features themes of blood and ancestry, as weirwoods tend to be inextricably tied to the surrounding area, both physically and culturally. Given the broad scope of this topic, quite a variety of related subjects come up. Heart tree-murdering Melisandre makes an appearance or two, the Wall is discussed as well as several members of House Stark and some very out of the way places you’ve barely heard of.
We go from Beyond the Wall to the far south, considering not just where the weirwoods are, but where they might have been in the past. Given that there are so many places left unseen in the story, we make educated guesses where other trees might be. This isn’t just about where the trees are, though…the absence of weirwoods can be as conspicuous as the most grotesque Heart Tree face.
History of Westeros delves deep into Heart Trees & Weirwoods. As always, we discuss their history while poring over the details to learn as much as possible. We cover everything from tree dreams to blood sacrifice, the power of stumps, Bran’s visions, the cave of the Three Eyed Crow and an assortment of items made from weirwood… and quite a bit more. It’s such a huge topic we can’t even tease it all!
History of Westeros’ series on Religion & Magic kicks off with the great comet, a sign interpreted by many and seen by all. Was it sent by the gods or is it a sign that magic and dragons have returned? Whatever the meaning, there will be blood and fire. Ashaya and Aziz give an overview of what to expect in the series while asking a bunch of tough questions. Particular attention is paid to parallels between various supernatural elements found throughout the books.
This episode contains very mild spoilers for The Winds of Winter, giving us a better understanding of the titular Dragonbinder, the horn with Valyrian glyphs that sounds like hell but can supposedly control dragons.
A huge battle is about to occur in The Winds of Winter where several POV characters have converged. We break down the relevant spoiler chapters while detailing each of the participants’ motivations and expectations for the conflict. Theories, predictions and plenty of action from the battle itself!
Ashaya and Aziz delve into the humor and background of Stannis Baratheon, History of Westeros’ pick for the series funniest character. Listening to this episode will not cause the loss of any fingertips, and we’ll swear to that, but we will not be responsible for any shadow-baby related mishaps.
Ashaya & Aziz discuss the infamous but mysterious island of Skagos. The Stoneborn are perhaps the most ancient and isolated human culture in Westeros. Through the Skagosi we see glimpses of what the North was like eons ago. Along the way there is discussion of cannibals, unicorns, “dead things in the water”, and a certain young Stark boy.
We discuss themes of aftermath, devastation and chaos at the end of the War of the Five Kings. Mostly through the eyes of Brienne and Jaime, we see topics that include the siege of Riverrun, the Quiet Isle, Harrenhal, Sandor Clegane, the Blackfish & many others.
Steve and Aziz discuss the history of the Riverlands from Aegon’s Conquest up to the Red Wedding. The Riverlands’ role in the War Against the Faith, The Dance of the Dragons, The Blackfyre Rebellions, Robert’s Rebellion, the Greyjoy Rebellions and the War of the Five Kings are all covered. Houses Darry, Lothston, Mooton, Tully, Mallister and many more.
Steve and Aziz discuss the history of the Riverlands from the Dawn Age to Aegon’s Conquest. They discuss Houses Blackwood, Mudd, Bracken, Frey, Mallister, Tully, Lothston, along with many more.
Learn more about famous Kingsguard members like Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, Barristan the Bold, and Ser Arthur Dayne. There are no spoilers past A Storm of Swords.
In this episode, Aziz, Steve, and Ashaya continue their series on Varys and Illyrio. This is the spoiler filled installment in which their origins, motives, and “Young Griff” are discussed.
In this spoiler-free first installment, Steve, Aziz, and Ashaya discuss what we have learned about Varys and Illyrio as of the first three books.
A spoiler free edition where Aziz and Steve discuss some of the houses that have supportive roles within the A Song of Ice and Fire universe and the TV show, Game of Thrones. We have a very special guest in this episode: Larry of OTAKU ASSEMBLE!
In this episode, Steve, Aziz & Ashaya continue their discussion of maesters, Oldtown, and House Hightower through A Dance with Dragons. Individual maesters, including Marwyn the Mage, are covered.
This week, Aziz and Steve are joined by Ashaya for a spoiler free discussion on Oldtown and the Citadel. This conversation takes us up through the book A Clash of Kings and season two of Game of Thrones.
In this episode, Aziz and Steve are joined by Ken from the "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" blog/podcast. Here we discuss ALL things Dorne and it is spoiler-heavy! The History of Westeros podcast is also available via iTunes.
A very thorough discussion of the Arianne spoiler (early release) chapter from the Winds of Winter. Includes character analysis, historical context, predictions/theories, a keen eye for detail and of course, a sense of humor.