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Episodes
7 days ago
7 days ago
We must go back. To go forward, you must go back.
Anyway, we're doing this story AGAIN.
If you for some reason want to hear us do it for the first time, you can do it here.
Preorder I Dreamed of You, the upcoming novel from Pim Wangtechawat: https://pimwangtechawat.net/books/
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Catching up on comments, going over what Chloe and Eliana have been consuming lately (and what we're looking forward to), and then the usual gallivanting.
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Friday Dec 05, 2025
I am only a young girl.
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Background music:
"Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Nov 21, 2025
Friday Nov 21, 2025
It's like what if “Dany opened her arms to them, her skin flushed and glowing. This is a wedding, too, she thought" from AGOT Daenerys X but in ADWD and with Drogon being much larger and there's something that's kind of like a bedding.
(Apologies for the audio quality from Eliana. I've had a bit of a personal emergency that required some sacrifices in terms of production.)
Background music:
"Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Daenerys did not ate in this episode, just like we did not ate last week but you do get some life lessons out of this one.
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Daenerys finds that Frog and his friends have come an awful long way just to be wedding crashers.
Mentioned in the episode: Mighty Isobel's post on floppy ears
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
In which we probably spend more time talking about the poop outside IRL than the poop outside the walls of Meereen
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
A new horse comes to Meereen. Unlike the silver, this pale mare is sick—and not in the cool slang way.
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Daenerys seeks peace for Meereen through religion.
Woops forgot to add this link of /u/antisaudiaktion's Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1nvthff/spoilers_main_i_hate_essos_so_much_man/
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Who needs enemies with friends like these?
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
"I am the blood of the dragon, she thought. If they are monsters, so am I."
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Thank you for all your patience and support! Nobody asked for this but sometimes you just accept gifts you didn't want.
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Sacks are full of surprises, as Daenerys learns in trying to bring justice to rebuild Meereen—and as she also learns from the one this final petitioner brings to her throne room.
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
'Do all gods feel so lonely?' Daenerys wonders as she stays in Meereen for 11 years.
Background music
Silver Flame Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
In which Strong Belwas is the shit while Barristan and Jorah are in deep shit (but not as much as in next chapter)
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
In which Mother is mothering.
Links Mentioned:
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(Spoilers Everything) Rhaegar's Biblical Parallel — https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4szgaw/spoilers_everything_rhaegars_biblical_parallel/
Background music
Silver Flame Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Dracarys. Pim Wangtechawat, author of The Moon Represents My Heart, joins us to analyze the language and ambiguity that dance through this iconic Daenerys chapter. Tune in to hear us break down the connection between identity and agency as Dany crosses this Rubicon.
Where to find Pim and buy her book:
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Buy the book: https://pimwangtechawat.net/books/
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Pim's website: https://pimwangtechawat.net/
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Pim's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pim.wangtechawat/
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Pim's Substack: https://substack.com/@pimwangtechawat
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Pim's Twitter: https://x.com/PimsupaW
Background music
"Volatile Reaction" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
You asked (maybe), we answered (maybe)
Mostly we yap
https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/sf33ti/spoilers_main_the_grieving_sister_on_ashara/ The Grieving Sister: On Ashara Dayne's Fate by u/thegreykenzie
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Daenerys arrives in Astapor and learns the true cost of the Unsullied.
Check out Pim Wangtechawat's book, The Moon Represents My Heart: https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/book-gm7e
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Dany sets sail into a new book with a new arc while everyone decides to try testing boundaries.
Fairy ointment story, sent by Barbara: https://www.authorama.com/english-fairy-tales-43.html
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage