a podcast of ice and fire

Goodbye, Hello.

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:45:00 +0000

we're sad to announce the conclusion of our faithful blogspot. a podcast of ice and fire will no longer be updating this blog in the future, and it will be pending deletion eventually.

however, we're thrilled to have officially moved to our website at podcastoficeandfire.com. that domain will no longer redirect you here- it's our new website and it's here to stay.

for those of you who have subscribed faithfully to this blog, our new website uses a new feed. all the episodes are intact, but you will have to re-subscribe to the site.

so say your goodbyes to the scroll-template-and-godawful-poll-style and head on over to podcastoficeandfire.com. we've got episode 15 up and ready for your mockery.

episode 14: racy

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:33:00 +0000

episode 14 for the week of september 7th, in which we continue our re-read project discussing chapters six through ten of a game of thrones. our guest host for this week is breanna. also, mimi reminisces on her disturbing childhood artwork.

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episode 13: let's talk about trees

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:28:00 +0000

episode 13 for the week of august 17th, in which we embark on a re-read project and discuss the first five chapters of a game of thrones. we'll be covering roughly five chapters a week, working our way through the books chronologically, so feel free to re-read with us and send any observations/insight you might encounter along the way to us!

thanks to everyone who sent in audio clips to audition for the 7th host spot. we narrowed it down to three, and this week's episode features nancy hall as our guest host.

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episode 12: flash/slash

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:25:00 +0000

episode 12 for the week of july 20th, in which we answer listener questions and address listener topic ideas. also, chris reveals his inexperience with the world of fanfiction and says some racist things.

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for those of you who want to fill our 7th host spot, make sure you send your audio entry to us via email by sunday night!

news bulletin.

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:58:00 +0000

three things:

1. we are now officially podcastoficeandfire.com, after heavy deliberation. anjou's bastardsoficeandfire.com idea was a close second, and mo's hotpieissexxy.com suggestion required intense consideration. that link will redirect you to this blog for now, until we can persuade someone to help us construct a website.

2. we might also be looking to take on a new host for our podcast, since ben has been missing in action. his shoes are hard to fill, and we've had a lot of offers from listeners who'd like to contribute so at this point it's hard to choose. this decision may very well have to be settled with a joust to the death. keep listening and reading for more info.

3. give us topic ideas! we've been working on trivia questions and tossing a few ideas around but we'd rather give you what you want to hear. we're recording again soon and want this one to be solely concentrated on listener suggestions, so leave them here. this will be mimi's homecoming episode so expect really terrible innuendo.

episode 11: fice and ire

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:46:00 +0000

episode 11 for the week of june the 29th, in which we discuss delays, raptors, books that aren't a song of ice and fire, and our irrational fears.

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for the maps discussed in the podcast, please visit
other-in-law's deviantart gallery

please visit synirc for the web client mentioned for the irc channel

episode 10: ménage à stark

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:09:00 +0000

episode 10 for the week of june 15th, in which we talk about the "what if..." scenarios in the series. what could have happened differently? how would have things turned out if it did? this our first episode on this topic, portraying our views and personal answers to questions submitted by our listeners.

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for the links mentioned during the podcast:
~fatherstone's deviantart ice and fire gallery.

amok's george r.r. martin portrait.

in other news...
come hang out at our irc channel! join #iceandfire on irc.synirc.net
thanks go out to rofflestomp for helping get it up and running.

episode 9: moon seed

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:56:00 +0000

episode 9 for the week of june the 1st, in which we talk about the prophecies in the series. a tricky topic to be sure, this is our first but surely not the last discussion on the subject.

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we want mail.

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:01:00 +0000

greetings from the dothraki sea, everyone! and by dothraki sea, i mean mongolian steppes.

first and foremost, the podcast crew would like thank everyone who has been leaving interesting, funny, and awesome comments on our blog. we love reading the replies so much that we want you to record them! send us an audio mp3 file of your insights, questions, and general feedback to iceandfirepodcast@gmail.com. we would love to include listener sound bites in our future episodes so we can discuss and respond. windows sound recorder and audacity are great, easy tools to record an mp3 with. if you have any questions about how, don't be afraid to ask!

secondly, we'd like to start receiving email submissions of questions for two upcoming episodes: the what if? podcast and the ultimate asoiaf trivia contest.

ask us the "what if..." scenarios that were always on your mind as you read through the books. what if ned had taken renly's or littlefinger's advice during the last hours of robert's reign? what if khal drogo had survived and took the dothraki to westeros? what if the starks had stayed in winterfell?

for the trivia contest, pose some great questions! we need a lot, ranging from mildly easy to mind-rackingly difficult. try to avoid the no-brainers like "what is the first book of the series called?" as well as the tediously detailed ones that require book consultation such as "what is the third word of the fourth paragraph in the UK edition of a clash for kings?". send us as many or as few as you'd like, we'd like to make this episode a big group effort.

iceandfirepodcast@gmail.com. get emailing and you'll get some love letters in return!*

*love letters not guaranteed

episode 8: girls night out in westeros

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:16:00 +0000

episode 8 for the week of may 18th, in which the superior (female) members of the podcast (Mimi, Ashley, and Ashley 2) discuss the female characters of asoiaf, sex scenes, and who we would like to see play the characters on screen. this is the counter part episode to the guys night out, and yes, we also answer the question posed by Amin in the last episode but with a little twist.

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episode 7: guys night out in westeros

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:49:00 +0000

episode 7 for the week of may 11th, in which the male members of the podcast crew (chris, aaron, amin, and ben) discuss brews and battles, warriors and wenches. this is the first of two special episodes- the second one will be the girls night out version. stayed tuned for the end of this episode to hear a special closing discussion that may get more than just aaron fired for once.

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episode 6: cover art critique

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:24:00 +0000

(mini) episode 6 for the week of may 4th, in which we criticize/compliment a song of ice and fire cover art for the foreign language editions of the books, discover that japanese publishers really don't like tyrion, and croations love camel toe.

follow along the discussion by viewing all the foreign language edition art at george r.r. martin's cover art gallery. or just listen to us giggle nonsensically for an hour and a half.

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where did the whores go?

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:02:00 +0000

as you may have noticed, we're a couple of podcasts behind our weekly publication. a couple of listeners have asked when our next episode will go up. but things have been super hectic recently within the crew.

mimi is in the process of graduating, moving out, and is flying to mongolia in one week. chris is taking night classes that conflict with the routine recording schedule and has a lot going on with work. aaron is busy with finals and eating ice cream. ashley 1 has recently suffered the loss of a close friend in her life, for which she has all of our condolences and the understanding that the podcast is definitely not a priority for her right now.

we can't guarantee any timely publications as of right now, because it's hard getting everyone together amidst all of our personal issues currently. but here is what we know for sure will be gracing your ears in due time:

episode 6, already recorded and undergoing editing. this one is a mini-episode since it doesn't feature real discussion, but it's relevant to the books (and somewhat interactive!) and will (hopefully) be funny.

episode 7, the big prophecies podcast. it's taken a long time for us to get around to this one because we want to do it justice. we'll be recording it this week.

as well as two more, guy's night out and girl's night out episodes. apparently these are sneaky, competitive, secretive recordings and i have no idea what will be featured in either. but expect bad jokes!

thanks for being so patient with us, we love reading the recent comments and discussion on the blog!

episode 5: the creepy ninja

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:41:00 +0000

episode 5 for the week of april 20th, in which we discuss the religions of the series, compare ourselves to the seven deities of the faith, and talk about boobs (boob talk not included). thanks for participating in the poll, everyone! if you'd like, please comment and share your reasoning for your favorite asoiaf religion.

also, we'd like to give a big thank you to tower of the hand for their recent post about our podcast, and welcome the new listeners who followed over from their link. our goal to make it to 100 subscribers is becoming a possibility! on the day we do, aaron and chris will post pictures of themselves dressed up as the asoiaf characters of your choice.

ps - and once again, i mess up and tell aaron to say "week of april 22nd" in the intro. i'm double-fired.

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episode 4: tard bastards

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:24:00 +0000

episode 4 for the week of april 13th. sorry for the publishing delay! for this episode, we took a trip up north to the wall and the night's watch, cross-examining the mental capacity of the others and learning more about chris' jon snow fanaticism. the crew for this episode is minus amin but plus the new hosts!

ps - oops! i call it the 5th episode in the outro message. don't pay any attention to that. i know nothing.

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episode 3 (part 2): the reason for fishwives

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:24:00 +0000

episode 3 (part two!) for the week of april 6th, in which we do our best to get back on track with the theme of love and lust in a song of ice and fire. this week, we took some time to discuss the role of homosexuality in the series, the cultural values of marriage, and why aaron wants a fishwife.

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episode 3 (part 1): tyrion the catcher

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:43:00 +0000

episode 3, part 1 for the week of march 30th. here's what happened. what was originally intended to be a thoughtful, intellectual discussion on the romantic relationships and cultural values toward sex and marriage in the series quickly devolved into a very long discussion about which characters we'd like to make sweet love to. at the thirty-minute mark, the podcast takes on all the insight and intellect of a high school boy's locker room. therefore, we have decided to split the subject into two episodes- the more relevant, latter section to be released within the week.

don't hate us, we love you.

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episode 2: blowing our loads

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:37:00 +0000

episode 2 for the week of march 23rd, in which we focus on the central theme of death in the series. here, we discuss the character deaths that impacted us the most, and make lousy predictions.

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subscribe to us.

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:02:00 +0000

don't forget, you can alway subscribe to our podcast episodes via itunes by clicking the itunes button on the sidebar. this way, you can keep up-to-date on our episodes as we publish them without having to go through the hassle of streaming/downloading each individually. you can also put us on your ipod now (it's like carrying five nerds in your pocket, hooray technology!).

for the next episode, we'll be discussing deaths in the series. if you have any theories, questions, or points for debate you want to contribute, please let us know!

episode 1: the ghost cow

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:10:00 +0000

the debut episode of the podcast of ice and fire, in which we focus on the major noble houses of a song of ice and fire and discuss why dorne is the ultimate vacation hotspot in westeros.

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introduction.

noreply@blogger.com (a podcast of ice and fire) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:05:00 +0000

welcome to the official blog of the podcast of ice and fire! this is our surrogate site, a means of posting episodes and news until we've either (a) established ourselves as a successful podcast and can move on up to a legitimate website or (b) fail miserably. the power is yours!

we have recently recorded our debut episode: you should expect to see it up and running within a week or less. for now, i've decided to create an introductory post in order to acquaint you with the crew behind the demented ramblings.

name: mimi
age: 20
location: texas
mimi is mongolian-born but dothraki at heart. she's getting a biology degree but planning on being a trophy wife. she likes bunnies, tea, video games, and reading in bed.

name: chris
age: 78
location: washington
chris is the old wise mentor of the group and has a real job. he lives comfortably in a small town called seattle in the pacific northwest. he enjoys wagging his Wii, reading, and competitive hamster racing.

name: ashley
age: 24
location: toronto
ashley is our resident fangirl and editing genius. she won't tell me anything about herself so it's up to me to piece together a bio. all i know is that she's really into sandor clegane.

name: aaron
age: 22
location: iowa
aaron is studying electronic media in the middle of a frozen cornfield wasteland. he likes to cook, watch movies, and is a devoted battlestar galactica fanboy along with asoiaf.

name: amin
location: Canada

name: ashley (2.0)
age: 21
location: colorado
not to be confused with ashley 1.0. ashley 2.0 is a psychology major who enjoys learning other languages: she has taken french, spanish, and japanese, and admittedly is far from fluent in any of them. she also like movies, reading, fashion, and sleeping in.

thanks for visiting our blog, and keep checking back for the first episode. feel free to leave us comments if you have any suggestions for topics you'd like to hear addressed on a song of ice and fire podcast, or if you'd like to join in an episode or two as a guest.

- mimi