Spaßvogel Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Are there any podcasts out there that cover GoT (The Show) but with hosts who are actually well versed in the books and lore? I have been stuck on some long drives recently and tried a couple GoT podcasts out, but the hosts either had never read the books or spent a good amount of time openly mocking the books. Of the four I've tried out so far (they were all on Stitcher, btw) the hosts seemed to be primarily fawning sycophants which made for tough listening because they could find no wrong or even worse, wished that the show had gone even further in the wrong direction. Any help would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scabbard Of the Morning Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 A Podcast of Ice and Fire, they've been around for a while and they aren't sycophants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymorococh Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 History of Westeros has both show-only and book reader review shows, I'm not aware of a more knowledgeable podcast host. They do tend to the more positive interpretation but the knowledge they have outweighs that IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripusortrapus Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 The hosts of Bingemode have read the books and each episode they "deep dive" into the books as well as the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaßvogel Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Thanks for all the replies. I will give each a try. I tend to listen to lots of podcasts during commutes. The ones I tried so far were: Cast of Kings (I was familiar with both hosts from their other media, but ultimately found their discussions unfulfilling. The Variety author seems unwilling to jeopardize her access to cast and crew and Dave Chen has never read the books). Second was Podcast Winterfell which had zero book content in the episode I listened to and two hosts who could find no wrong. Everything was the best and greatest ever. Sigh. The other two I'm not even going to mention because I don't want to chance driving any traffic their way. They were that bad. Stitcher even had a whole category just for "Winter Is Here" shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Spaßvogel said: Thanks for all the replies. I will give each a try. I tend to listen to lots of podcasts during commutes. The ones I tried so far were: Cast of Kings (I was familiar with both hosts from their other media, but ultimately found their discussions unfulfilling. The Variety author seems unwilling to jeopardize her access to cast and crew and Dave Chen has never read the books). Second was Podcast Winterfell which had zero book content in the episode I listened to and two hosts who could find no wrong. Everything was the best and greatest ever. Sigh. The other two I'm not even going to mention because I don't want to chance driving any traffic their way. They were that bad. Stitcher even had a whole category just for "Winter Is Here" shows. Besides those mentioned, try Not a Podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaßvogel Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 3:20 AM, Ran said: Besides those mentioned, try Not a Podcast. Listened to that one during another long drive yesterday. Enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for the recc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaßvogel Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 4/30/2019 at 3:58 PM, The Scabbard Of the Morning said: A Podcast of Ice and Fire, they've been around for a while and they aren't sycophants. Another one I liked. Not sure why I hadn't listened before. I was aware of that one from this forum, but somehow it slipped through the memory holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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