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The longest-running A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon podcast on the internet, featuring Stefan Sasse & Sean T. Collins on pop culture, politics, fantasy, history, and more.

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BLAH 227 | House of the Dragon, S3 Retrospective, with Federica Bocco

2026/09/18

Now that Season 3 has concluded, I invited Federica Bocco from "Winter is Coming" to discuss the whole season. She has a more negative take than Sean and I, and so I thought we could discuss the shortcomings of the show a bit.

BLAH 226 | The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, with Bret Deveraux

2026/08/05

There's a faux history book about the titular Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire which I read and then reawakened my urge to discuss totalitarianism and historical modelling in Star Wars with Bret Deveraux, and he was kind enough to oblige!

BLAM 105 | House of the Dragon, Season 3, Episode 5, with Sean T. Collins

2026/07/20

Hi everyone, as a special treat, we're publishing the latest episode for our subscriber-exclusive podcast for everyone! If you want to listen to the other and the following reviews, join the Patreon!

BLAH 225 | A Tale of Two Germanies - Reunification, with Jim McGeehin

2026/06/14

We are finally reunifying Germany!

BLAH 224 | Best of ASOIAF - Memories of Yi Ti, with Sean T. Collins

2026/05/10

Why did the Yi Ti build gigantic forts? Where did Azor Ahai really come from? Join us to not get any answers!

BLAH 223| A tale of two Germanies - The Wall, with Jim McGeehin

2026/04/04

We're nearing the end. Not that anyone expected it when 1989 rolled around, but hindsight is a bitch.

BLAH 221 | A tale of two Germanies - Turnaround, with Jim McGeehin

2026/03/01

We' re continuing our series and talk about the FRG in the 1980s.

BLAH 222 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, S01E06, with Sean T. Collins

2026/02/25

We're reviewing the final episode of the season. What I show!

BLAH 220 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, S01E05, with Sean T. Collins

2026/02/21

We talk about the big event, of course, but there's also a huge discussion about the worth of flashbacks and we even add a little addendum about the new trailer for the third season of House of the Dragon!

BLAH 219 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, S01E04, with Sean T. Collins

2026/02/10

Payoffs are coming. We talk about the emotional impact this episode had.

BLAH 218 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, S01E03, with Sean T. Collins

2026/02/08

We review the third episode of a show that's just getting stronger every week, and giving you some sound structural reasons as to why!

BLAH 217 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, S01E02, with Sean T. Collins

2026/01/28

We review the second episode.

BLAH 216 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, S01E01, with Sean T. Collins

2026/01/19

We are reviewing the first episode of the Dunk&Egg saga! Follow us along interpreting the new Laughing Storm and Dunk's extremely serious naivitée and wonder with us whether it matters how tall he actually is.

BLAH 215 | The Best of ASOIAF - The Hedge Knight, with Sean T. Collins

2025/12/22

Without any reason in HBO's programming schedule whatsoever, we tackle the "Hedge Knight" and its value system.

BLAH 214 | A Tale of Two Germanies - Honecker, with Jim McGeehin

2025/11/09

In our 11th episode of the subseries about the history of the divided Germany, we're looking at East Germany from 1973 to 1989 - the era named after its charismatic, relatable leader, Erich Honecker.

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4.6 out of 5

164 reviews

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Colorismynewfavoritegame 2023/05/21

Awful

Perhaps the least informed understanding of the Russian Revolution ever recorded. Given how bad it is, I cannot believe you on anything else now.

★☆☆☆☆

timeconstraint 2021/01/05

Re: the Wiemer Republic-

“Don’t read anything that will aid you in discerning the truth for yourself, and words mean what we say they mean.” Very trustworthy podcast.

★★★★★

TCTaliaferro 2020/04/13

Dark Star

Not a patron But I do have 2 Darkstar theories: 1.) He did kill Myrcella and that her cousin/look-a-like was scarred so she could be sent back as My...

★★★★★

Snakepaste 2019/11/22

Stefan is great.

Stefan is great. I like the content but also find many episodes to be perfect fall asleep background noise too, a nice quiet podcast.

★★★☆☆

St Nickname 2019/06/03

Solid podcast, but could be better.

Sean T. Collins, when he decides to show up, and Stephan “I totally agree” Sasse do a great job analyzing ASOIF, GOT and other works. However, they to...

★★★★★

Jenna Silver 2018/07/02

The Unrivaled Authority of ASoIaF

Not only do these two obviously love the source material and have some fantastic analysis on how the story reflects on the outside world, the way Sean...

★★★★☆

Jaboola 2018/03/02

Good not great

The two presenters have some great written thought pieces on GoT and the books. This felt a bit more like a lightly planned, "hey let's talk for an ho...

★★★★★

shtock 2018/03/01

Best analysis

These two guys are 100% the best critics and best analyzers out there. I mean one is a professional so you know it’s going to be smartly done. Enjoy w...

★★★★★

Doctorink99 2018/01/27

Extraordinarily insightful

There's a ton of Game of Thrones/ASOIAF podcasts around. This one is, hands down, no questions, the best. Lots of podcasts exist that recap episodes o...

★★★★★

DYLM1981 2018/01/03

Great Show

Great podcast on a variety of topics related to ASoIAF.

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