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Episodes
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
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Twitter: @birdnut95
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Murrelet Project Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/marbled-murrelets-fvfe7o/
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Hawkwatch International: hawkwatch.org
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Oregon Marbled Murrelet Project: oregonmurrelet.org
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
No chance, and no choice.
Links mentioned:
- bidonica's twitter: https://twitter.com/bidonica1
- bidonica's links to art and prints: https://linktr.ee/bidonicart
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Brienne arrives on the Quiet Isle, where the scuttlebutt says that the Hound is at peace. But as Brienne confronts Westeros's limitations on their gender, Brienne finds themselves at anything but peace. Lo the Lynx joins us to talk about the narrow paths before Brienne, gender nonconformity and religion, and continuous acts of claiming one's identity.
Where to find Lo:
- Lo the Lynx's Website — https://lothelynx.wordpress.com/
- Lo's Twitter — https://twitter.com/lo_the_lynx
Links Mentioned:
- Rhaegar's Rubies (comment, user now deleted) — https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1memt6/spoilers_all_rhaegars_rubies/cc8h3eg/?context=3
- My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage — https://read.dukeupress.edu/glq/article/1/3/237/69091/My-Words-to-Victor-Frankenstein-Above-the-Village
Music credits:
Silver Lake by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5341-silver-lake-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Rivers Of The Sky by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5340-rivers-of-the-sky-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
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? Sam of the Rainbow Guard joins us to analyze Brienne's story and find meaning in "illegible bodies."
Where to find Sam:
- Website: The Rainbow Guard — https://therainbowguard.com/
- Twitter: @therainbowguard — https://twitter.com/therainbowguard
Music credits:
Untold Stories by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5844-untold-stories
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
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 innocence dies: "I'm sorry I didn't trust you. I don't know how to do that anymore."
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
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 Randyll Tarly are unpleasant. But it's not cause for getting crabby: That happens later with the entrance of Nimble Dick Crabb.
Links Mentioned:
- JoeMagician covers Dying of the Light Chapter 10 with guests Eliana and Michael (Bookshelfstud): https://www.patreon.com/posts/58792118
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Brienne continues her adventure, learning a history lesson about Duskendale and its extinct houses. She gets her shield repainted to a very familiar image: a shooting star at sunset above an elm tree. After, she adopts a kid.
Links Mentioned:
- GGC talks the Dance of the Dragons civil war with Direwolf City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v2crex206U
- Alicia Kingston (aka the Lord Commander AK) on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AliciaKingstonWatch
- Ashaya on History of Westeros: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHistoryofwesteros
- JoeMagician (Matt's) YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeMagician
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
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Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones: Boydell & Brewer | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Medievalism in Gaiman: Upcoming
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
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 is mended, Iorek, Will, and Lyra begin to express doubts while Mrs. Coulter gives the performance of a lifetime.
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro: Waltz Of The Skeleton Keys by WombatNoisesAudio | https://soundcloud.com/user-734462061
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
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Intro by Anton Langhage
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Background music composed by Ramin Djawadi for HBO's Game of Thrones, "A Lannister Always Pays His Debts"
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Bell sound effects from ZapSplat — https://www.zapsplat.com/
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
In the penultimate Catelyn episode, the waters are rising as the Starks arrive at the Twins... Wait: why is the bride-to-be weeping?
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Where there's a will, there's a way—whether that's a way to get back to the North or secure the Northern succession, that is. Although, it seems the way to the Twins is quite rainy, delayed, and full of time for plotting. Lady Gwyn of Radio Westeros joins us to help break down the implications of Robb's will, Jon's parentage, and the rise and fall of Catelyn's hopes.
Links mentioned: The Grand Northern Conspiracy (by u/Yeade)
Where to find Lady Gwyn:
- Lady Gwyn's twitter: https://twitter.com/ladygwynhyfvar
- Radio Westeros' twitter: https://twitter.com/radiowesteros
- Lady Gwyn's blog: https://ladygwynhyfvar.wordpress.com/
- Radio Westeros' Webpage: https://radiowesteros.com/
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
As the Starks and Tullys say farewell to one more family member, King Robb wonders, “I have won every battle, yet somehow I’m losing the war.” Two representatives promise amends but really, they're promising just -ends-
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Due to some personal life updates, we're experiencing a few production delays—but that just means all of you get bonus episodes! Our regularly scheduled episode for The Amber Spyglass will be delayed a few days, for release between September 26-28, but until then, please enjoy this special episode brought to you by The Dust Podcast (check out their links below!) and our patrons.
When season/series 2 of the His Dark Materials show ended, we joined our good friends Matt (Double M) and Holly of The Dust Podcast to dissect some of our favorite musical moments in the show and what makes the music of His Dark Materials so good. This episode, though, is just a snippet, a taste of the sort of musical analysis and story analysis that you can get regularly from The Dust, so be sure to check them out and subscribe to them.
SPOILERS ALL THREE MAIN TRILOGY BOOKS AND SEASONS 1 AND 2 OF HIS DARK MATERIALS
- The Dust Podcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedustpodcast
- Holly's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Huntpants
- Matt's Twitter - https://twitter.com/musicalconcepts
- Matt's Audio Blog - https://mattsaudioblog.com/
- The Dust Podcast on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dust-a-his-dark-materials-podcast/id1466312718
Other Links Mentioned
- Æsahættr (metal band) - https://aesahaettr.bandcamp.com/
- Philip Pullman's favorite songs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09bbdlr
- Cittàgazze by Portico Quartet - https://youtu.be/cN4kn7SdQq8
- Jacob Collier songs - https://youtu.be/RIZzsx52sPI
- Green Valley by Puscifer - https://youtu.be/Y4Y9TO3X5WM
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Robb Stark learns that it's hard to get ahead in the game of thrones. Catelyn watches her son wrestle with the questions of kingdom, honor, treason, and family when Rickard Karstark joins the ranks of people who are into killing kids.
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Robb returns to Riverrun and breaks the news: He broke his oaths to the Freys. Catelyn finds forgiveness upon her king's return though he only brings chastisement for Edmure.
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
It's all downhill from here: We start on Catelyn's ASOS chapters, and they're real sad. Like very, very sad. It only gets sadder. This episode we get sad about Cat and Lysa's girlhoods and agency over women and girl's bodies.
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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: www.liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021