HOTD: A House of the Dragon Podcast

Jim and A.Ron review each week's episode of HBO's House of the Dragon and your feedback.

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305 - Kissed by Fire
Lots of things get "Kissed by Fire" in this episode of HBO's Game of Thrones. The Hound. Jon Snow. Leslie's Rose. But in all seriousness there is so much good packed into this hour of Thrones; Robb beheading an important bannerman in the pouring rain; ...
122 min
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304 - And Now His Watch Is Ended
We really enjoyed "And Now His Watch Is Ended", the latest episode in our summer rewatch of HBO's Game of Thrones series. Packed with intellectually satisfying intrigue, as well as one of the more satisfying action scenes in Thrones history,
108 min
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303 - Walk of Punishment
Jim and A.Ron take in the episode "Walk of Punishment" of the third season of HBO's Game of Thrones. Dany struggles to find a moral middle ground as she strikes a bargain for a massive slave army, Robb struggles with his command,
74 min
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302 - Dark Wings, Dark Words
Jim and A.Ron do a retrospective review of HBO's Game of Thrones episode, "Dark Wings, Dark Words", same format, we first do a non-spoiler review then get in depth and spoilery at the end of the podcast. We discuss the Reed children who make their firs...
98 min
355
301 - Valar Dohaeris
Jim and A.Ron are back for the summer re-watch of HBO's Game of Thrones season 3. Might as well start at the beginning, with episode 301, "Valar Dohaeris". Daddy's back in town, which is an interesting dynamic which finds Tyrion and Cersei trying to fi...
90 min
356
Season Three Preview
We're back to ambush your podcast feeds with a summer re-watch of HBO's Game of Thrones season three! If you've seen the show, you know this is a red banner year for the series with tons of the twists and tragedies we've come to expect.
55 min
357
210 - Valar Morghulis
Jim and A.Ron finish our retrospective re-watch of season two of HBO's Game of Thrones with the finale, "Valar Morghulis".  It's a typical GoT finale, in that it does a great job of setting up the next season as something you can barely wait to arrive....
126 min
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209 - Blackwater
Jim and A.Ron are nearing the finish line of their retro-re-watch of Game of Thrones season two.  This week is one of the all time great episodes, "Blackwater".  There aren't many heroes or villains in this one,
92 min
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208 - The Prince of Winterfell
Jim and A.Ron's rewatch of HBO's Game of Thrones continues with "The Prince of Winterfell".  We're really feeling the tension as the countdown to the invasion of Stannis approaches zero.  Also, Robb commits political suicide,
112 min
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207 - A Man Without Honor
Jim and A.Ron consider "A Man Without Honor", the latest season two episode on our re-watch of HBO's Game of Thrones.  This episode is about revealing the true characters of people like Jamie, Cersei, Tyrion, Tywin, Shae, Sansa, and Robb,
90 min
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206 - The Old Gods and the New
The realm is apparently unsafe for those beloved to Theon and A.Ron this week as we discuss the treachery of Theon sacking Winterfell, the role A.Ron had in the death of Roy Dotrice (94), along with everything else that this decidedly good episode of G...
93 min
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205 - The Ghost of Harrenhal
Jim and A.Ron re-watched Game of Thrones episode "The Ghost of Harrenhal", break it's neck, and throw it off a parapet.  Just kidding, but we do bite into it like Jaqen into an apple.  We discuss tortured metaphors, Brienne's rushing into commitments,
122 min
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204 - Garden of Bones
Jim and A.Ron re-watch episode 204 of HBO's Game of Thrones series, "Garden of Bones", and mine a rich vein of almost forgotten Peak Tyrion. We also got gummed up with a clumsy arrival of Daenerys at the great city of Qarth,
124 min
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203 - What is Dead May Never Die
Jim and A.Ron continue their re-watch campaign of HBO's Game of Thrones with "What is Dead May Never Die".  There is some really strong stuff in here; Tyrion's canary trap for the Small Council, the heroic and badass last stand of Yoren,
89 min
365
202 - The Night Lands
A.Ron and Jim continue their rewatch of season two of HBO's Game of Thrones with "The Night Lands".  On this podcast, we discuss the opposite of a headless horsemen, Tyrion's tragic flaws, Theon's ignorance of his personal history and that of his peopl...
105 min
366
201 - The North Remembers
And now our (re)watch begins with "The North Remembers", the season two premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones series.  We'll be working our way through the entire second season, the first half of the episode is entirely spoiler free for first time viewers,...
103 min
367
Season 7 Wrapup - SpoiLore Edition
Jim and A.Ron consider some book-based speculation and theories from the latest episode of Game of Thrones!  If you're a show-only watcher who doesn't want any spoilers, it's best to just skip this one.  Need to catch up?
52 min
368
Season 7 SpoiLore Wrap Up - BONUS Episode
In a bonus wrap up SpoiLore episode for Game of Thrones season 7, A.Ron is joined by Kim Renfro, Senior Culture Writer for INSIDER, to discuss our thoughts on season 7 as a whole, leaks, how production spoilers impacted our coverage of this season,
76 min
369
Season 7 Wrapup
Jim and A.Ron close the books on the non-book spoiler part of our season 7 coverage of HBO's Game of Thrones.  Of course, we'll be back later this week to put the SpoilLore segment to bed, and don't forget that starting next week we'll be jumping head ...
115 min
370
707 - The Dragon and the Wolf - SpoiLore Edition
Jim and A.Ron consider some book-based speculation and theories from the latest episode of Game of Thrones!  If you're a show-only watcher who doesn't want any spoilers, it's best to just skip this one.  Need to catch up?
72 min
371
707 - The Dragon and the Wolf
Jim and A.Ron develop their thoughts on the season finale of HBO's Game of Thrones, "The Lion and the Wolf".  Many were pleased, yet there are some lingering resentments.  We try to talk through why we thought Cersei's scheming,
148 min
372
707 - The Dragon and the Wolf - Instant Take
Jim and A.Ron declare that the finale of HBO's Game of Thrones, "The Dragon and the Wolf", did enough to, if not completely excuse the issues of the past few episodes, at least have us back to being fully excited and eager to see the story resume...
30 min
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706 - Beyond the Wall - SpoiLore Edition
Jim and A.Ron consider some book-based speculation and theories from the latest episode of Game of Thrones!  If you're a show-only watcher who doesn't want any spoilers, it's best to just skip this one.  Need to catch up?
100 min
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706 - Beyond the Wall
HBO's Game of Thrones episode 706, "Beyond the Wall" has been extremely polarizing for all of us fans, which, say what you will, isn't something that you want to be saying about the penultimate episode of the penultimate season of the biggest TV show i...
154 min
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706 - Beyond the Wall - Instant Take
A.Ron and Jim are loving this episode of HBO's Game of Thrones, "Beyond the Wall", that is admittedly about 20% ridiculous and 80% pure awesome.  I know that 20% is going to bother a lot of you guys and gals, but come on!
39 min