Considering this podcast has an entire section dedicated to pedantry, I'm surprised to hear how often Amory Lorch gets called "Armoury" 😅 In all seriousness, great episode as always. I'm gradually working my way through these and enjoying them all!

Having you start by mentioning the Olympics made me check which episode this was because the Olympics are on now as well 😅 perfect timing

7 and a half minutes of prattle

Here to give it a go; looks sexy

Something I NEED to talk about with the King's Moot: is this vote like at a Battle of the Bands where it's essentially an applause-o-meter telling us who wins? Do the iron born care if someone cheers twice? Or would that get you some stabbed in the gut? Let's say you're holding a seal skin from the first guy, but then your neighbor sees you cheering for the next guy?! Did I miss something? Or is this pure pedantry lol

On the topic of Jorah's honour, I think he probably feels/felt at least somewhat justified with selling people into slavery because they were poachers. We all know that slavery is wrong but fans definitely have more sympathy towards Jorah than to the slavers of Slaver's Bay. There's a big difference between a totally innocent person being enslaved (or someone who is a slave from birth) and someone who has committed a crime and is then enslaved as a punishment. No one in Westeros would have cared if Jorah sent them to the Wall , but if someone is FORCED to join the Night's Watch, is that really so far removed from slavery? I know it's not actually as bad and they can potentially progress up the ranks etc, but it would still mean that they lose a lot of their rights, are forced to work for their "masters" and they can be punished severely or even killed for insubordination or desertion. Not trying to justify slavery here, just trying to suggest a possible reason why Jorah might have sold them without feeling tooo much guilt/dishonour since the people being directly affected were criminals. Taking or selling Longclaw would have affected his family who had done nothing wrong and that would have crossed the line and been too dishonourable in his mind

I checked the date that I listened to episode 1, which turned out to be 21st of June, so I satisfyingly got through all of your book 1 episodes in exactly 1 month. At that time I think you had around 390 subscribers and now you're up to 421, hopefully the channel continues to grow more and more! I've really been enjoying these 😁

I always get a little giggle at the references to Rickon 😅

Hearing you mention covid as it was just starting to really kick off was interesting. I imagine there'll be a bit more covid talk in future episodes. It's an interesting sort of time capsule. Oh, and another great episode!

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I saw the podcast in my feed a couple of months ago and started adding it to my "listen later" playlist a few episodes at a time. I've only recently caught up to them in the playlist but I'm really enjoying them so far. It'll take me a long time to catch up with the most recent episodes but I'll get there eventually 😅

The fuck are we…cholesterol? Dude, what? Read Feast for Crows! Read it! Start! You can’t sneak-attack soft launch your friggin podcast right now, are you serious?

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Love these

Love the pod just finished a feast for crows so it’s nice to get reminders on key points and sometimes find out stuff I missed. But for future post would it be possible to add timestamps. Not sure how much work it is but would love it to go back to certain points

Molly, she wrote a sticky note to me saying she needed a new shower head I go over there I see it’s brownish It was the hot water Plumber suggests fix tank OK good story

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Hey you guys, you've got so many subscribers now and sponsors too! I'm catching up after a long time, listening to you almost makes me want to go back to Discord, listening while drawing, keep growing ❤

I so feel for you and your dog! I hope her mouth recovers soon! I have done the dog pill morning mix up too! When I drowsily put my dog's pill in my own mouth, it was quite a surprise, and I knew something was wrong because my pills don't taste vaguely of beef! I don't keep them in the same place anymore 🫣 When Arya and co. sailed between the Titan's legs I was surprised at the lack of bawdy jokes. I suppose it shows the respect they have for the Titan.

Thank you for this podcast! I can't wait until you get to the Dorne sub plots. I've read FFC twice now, and I can't seem to avoid zoning out a bit during those chapters...I need an explainer! Also, I've noticed you mention Roy Dotrice's narration and I'm so relieved to have someone talk about how goofy it sometimes is! I've begun listening on 1.2x speed as the series progresses and Roy's age advances and his rate of speech slows. I'm grateful for his performances! And I appreciate that giddy pyromancer that much more :)

Brienne’s AFFC chapters are my favourite of all the books, she’s my favourite person ever, and I love the emphasis on the themes of the book in her chapters

It's so great to see the faces behind the voices. Love the pod guys. 😅❤

I already listened on Spotify, but you you guys need some views, I mean "love," here. You guys are great. I've been listening since the podcast was only a few episodes in, and listen to this podcast more regularly than any other.

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I listen to u guys on Spotify....nyc podcast ❤

Listening in 2024! Absolutely love this podcast. So glad I found it to help me traverse the books for the 1st time.

These episode are always the best 😂🎉

Merry Christmas guys, from the Netherlands🎉

Now that I’ve read ahead of you guys, every time I finish a really good chapter I think to myself “I cannot wait for Simon and Mackelly to get to this part.” Keep it up guys, we all absolutely love it.

Reading this chapter was amazing

Oh man! I know this podcast will be great already. There should be more content like this on KZbin. And you guys should also get 10 times more views and likes. It's very good stuff.

Oh wow I’ve been looking for someone to go through all the chapters. Can’t wait to watch all of these videos

Selmy was the only other council member who objected to the assassination plot back in AGOT.

Laborers aren't the best warriors, it's why the Brotherhood without Banners strikes from the shadows instead of open battle.

I can't blame the Freedmen for not wanting to stay in the cities that robbed them of their lives.

aside from the use of the word Mongrel to describe Ben Plumm, this chapter is pretty good.

Grazdan is the John Smith of Slaver's Bay.

Zorses are actually real lol

Nightshade =/= Shade of the Evening.

I don't think Illyrio has any knowledge of Arstan & Belwas.

this is the beginning of Dany not knowing how to liberate slaves.

the women Dany claims weren't freed, important distinction to be made I feel.

Dothraki slaves come from a variety of Backgrounds, the Architecture of Vaes Dothrak shows this the most clearly.

it isn't too unusual for Merchants to travel halfway across the world to avoid paying taxes.

the Show was too afraid to show us Drogo's glistening penis.

the Fathers are the inverse of the Dosh Khaleen.

Ive been listening to the podcast for about a month now. great job guys Ive enjoyed the content so far and look forward to finishing the entire podcast❤

Just started reading ASOIAF and supplementing with your podcast. Currently on A Clash of Kings, Tyrion 1. Came here to see if y’all have finished the podcast and I’m glad to see that you all have not! I doubt I will catch up but I hope I can. Thanks for all you’ve added to the community. Love from Houston Texas P.s. what do you all do for work? Just curious