B4TD055: House of the Dragon S1E07 – Cersei Lannister – Podcaster!

In this Part 1 of the panel cast, Queen Cersei Lannister is joined by Maester Intern Kelly, Susan, Holly, and John (Sneh) to discuss all things House of the Dragon S1E07 “Driftmark”. We want your feedback! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our website posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast”, and subscribe)!

Some sounds and music are licensed through Artis IO (https://artlist.io/).Proof of all licenses are found in a publicly shared Google Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1to5jB5pXtiovOSAkrsaDRaReQQX9TfON?usp=sharing

Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:01:19 – Welcome, Punishments Serving, and Episode Ratings
00:09:13 – Musical Analysis: Can we have just a shred of continuity?
00:18:16 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Season 2 in Spring of ’24?
00:22:45 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: An Eye for an Eye (Alicent or Guity)
00:31:14 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Daemon and Rhaenyra
00:38:16 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: An Eye for a Dragon (Aemond’s star or infamy rises?)
00:52:18 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Mission Impossible (Laenor’s Mission Impossible)
01:01:44 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Name or Blood? What makes a Legacy?
01:08:51 – Maester Impossible: Kelly’s Top 5 Famous Club Foots

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B4TD048: House of the Dragon S1E05 Initial Reaction

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E05! He wants to know YOUR reaction! Send your 3 word descriptions, best couplings, and show or podcast thoughts by tweeting @b4thedragonpod, emailing mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, or commenting on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or the YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast).

Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:01:05 – Stat of the Episode
00:02:51 – Podcast Info
00:03:20 – Rating
00:03:46 – Tension in ALL Storylines!
00:05:03 – TWO Murders!
00:06:57 – Alicent (and Otto)
00:09:58 – Laenor’s Bad Day(s)!
00:11:19 – Rhaenyra Shares TOO little TOO late!
00:16:38 – Hats Off to Milly and Emily!!
00:21:00 – 3 Words, Brothelmates, and Seven Hellz Updates!
00:24:28 – Closing Thoughts

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B4TD047: House of the Dragon S1E04 – “She Can Fix Him”

Susan Holly Kelly, John, and Matt continue to explore House of the Dragon S1E04 “King of the Narrow Sea”. Games are played like 3 words, Brothelmates of the Week, and Seven Hellz, as well as covering your submissions and feedback too!

If you want to send feedback get it to us by Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific time to ensure it gets included in the Thursday cast, but if you don’t make that deadline we’ll share yours the next week anyway! Send tweets to @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our web posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YT videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there, subscribe, like vids, and comment)!

John also does a podcast about Horror genre films, so be sure to check out The Wicked Wild Podcast (thewickedwild.com)!

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Some sounds and music in this podcast are licensed to Matt via Artist.io (https://artlist.io/) and all licenses can be viewed via this publicly shared Google folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1to5jB5pXtiovOSAkrsaDRaReQQX9TfON?usp=sharing

Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:01:10 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: The Meddling Hand!
00:11:05 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Maester Conspiracy Meltdown
00:18:52 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Daem-ON or Daem-OFF?
00:30:33 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Tapestries!
00:35:56 – Three Words
00:41:03 – Brothelmates (Best Coupling)
00:46:40 – Seven Hellz Game (now drawing TWO names per week)
01:00:21 – Feedback 01:04:16 – Closing Thoughts

B4TD046: House of the Dragon S1E04 – Are You YAYnyra or NAYnyra?

Susan, Holly, Kelly, and John join Matt to discuss S1E04 of House of the Dragon. You also get issue 4 of Scene from a Westerosi movie. Figure out what actual movie our Westerosi movie scene is based on, and submit as many of the 5 that you can to be eligible to win free official HBO House of the Dragon or Game of Thrones (your choice) Merchandise from the podcast! How do you submit? Tweet your guesses (or any feedback, 3 word descriptions, or best couplings) to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our website posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast on YT, subscribe, like, and comment on our videos).

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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:02:11 – Episode Ratings
00:09:20 – Music Analysis Intro
00:10:04 – Music Analysis – Rethinking the Dragon Connection Theme
00:22:06 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: The Eustace/Mushroom Compromise and a new show canon
00:43:23 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: The Westerosi Hatfields and Mccoys
00:50:29 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Alicent’s Awful Assignment
00:59:56 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Why White Worm? WHY????
01:08:05 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Dagger Prophecy
01:14:03 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: YAYnyra or NAYnyra (Rhaenyr-YAH, or Rhaenyr-NAH?)
01:24:10 – Westerosi Movie Scene 4

B4TD044: House of the Dragon S1E04 Initial Reaction

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E04 King of the Narrow Sea. Tweet @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog.com, leave comments on the web posts (mattsaudioblog.com), or on the YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there).

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BT043: House of the Dragon S1E03 – CGI Oh De(E)r!

Susan, Kelly, John, and Matt continue to discuss House of the Dragon S1E03 “Second of his Name”. A “serious” discussion breaks out, then they continue to explore the Tiny Wheel of Topics, and get a surprise Top 5 list from Kelly! They also play the 3 word description game, nominate the best couplings for the episode (Brothelmates), and play Seven Hellz, where they now draw not one, but TWO names to be potentially punished by in the next episode.

Send us your feedback, 3 words, Brothelmates, or guesses at this week’s “Scene from a Westerosi Movie” (see previous episode) by tweeting @b4thedragonpod, sending emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leaving comments at the website (mattsaudioblog.com),or on our YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there, subscribe, like and comment)!

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“Three little words” and “L.O.V.E.” are performed by John Pizzerelli (https://www.johnpizzarelli.com/) –

Time Stamps: 00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:00:50 – Serious Topic Time: CGI Oh Deer!
00:02:37 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Otto will try ANYTHING!
00:13:26 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Miguel Departs
00:22:26 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: More Deer! (The White Hart)
00:34:30 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Crabfeeder Who?
00:40:38 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Valaryon Cold Intro?
00:46:38 – Kelly’s Top 5 White-Blond Hair Styles of HotD
00:50:09 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Sidecar Characters – Favorite Sceentime Fresh Faces
00:55:10 – Three Words
00:58:22 – Brothelmates (Best Coupling)
01:03:38 – Seven Hellz Game (now drawing TWO names per week)
01:10:11 – Feedback
01:12:47 – Final Thoughts (about CGI Deer – oh! And about the episode!)