HOTD: A House of the Dragon Podcast

Steve and Anthony review the first episode of HOTD season 1. Anthony talks with Dr. Natalie Goodison about medieval birthing and Dr. Iain MacInnis about how medieval folk dealt with dead bodies. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim, A.Ron, and Anthony discuss their plans for covering season 2 of House of the Dragon. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80's TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Support Bald Move: Club Bald Move Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hazel Grian and Pádraig MacCarron discuss Jon's relationship to Ygritte and his first magical encounter with a weirwood tree. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Kelly DeVries explains the various ways that battle strategy was learned and communicated. Did medieval warlords use music on the battlefield? Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sansa faces the looming prospect of a wedding to Joffrey which is further complicated by her newly discovered puberty. Elysia from Wool-Shift-Dust joins to talk about this alongside important thematic elements from Cersei and the Hound. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prof. Philip Haberkern explains the trickiest of divine figures. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a release date for season 2 of House of the Dragon! Cancel your summer plans, the Blacks and the Greens are going to battle it out. It’s the return of the HOTD Bald Move coverage that you love: Instant Talks for Club Members, commentary on a scene by scene breakdown for everyone, and YOUR feedback read and discussed by Jim and A.Ron. Keep it leal. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80's TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Support Bald Move: Club Bald Move Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The introduction to Ygritte! Phil Haberkern returns to talk about Jon's meet-cute. Then S. Dorsey Armstrong answers a question about Jon and King Arthur. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony uses cartoons and Jewish mysticism to explain Theon's fate. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony and Ray talk about both HOTD trailers (black and green). Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Theon tragic or an asshole? What can Machiavelli teach us about Theon's dilemma? Stephanie Barbé Hammer returns to discuss. Check out her newest novel! Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lt. Col. ML Cavanaugh answers a listener's question about siege warfare. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Profs Phil Haberkern and Kelly DeVries join to discuss Tyrion's siege preparations. Check out Kelly's book which has become a textbook in many classes on the topic of medieval warfare. See also his reader. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Pádraig MacCarron explores a curious title given to Daenerys in the House of the Undying Ones: "Daughter of Three." Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melanie, Ken, and Ray bombard Anthony with fan theories until he has a nervous breakdown and considers retiring the podcast for good. Mathematician Dr. MacCarron helps Anthony reassemble himself and recover his love for the fandom. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While in the House of the Undying, Daenerys sees a series of visions. One image is of a white lion in the Dothraki Sea. In class, we consider a few interpretations and offer a possible solution. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Jaqen H'gar unnaturally old? Is Faceless Man magic just smoke in mirrors? Are prayers answered in Westeros? Is Biter a Squisher? Dr. Pádraig MacCarron returns to discuss an action-packed Arya chapter. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Kelly DeVries joins the class to discuss why it is so rare for a knight to be killed in battle. I highly recommend his book. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the details on this year's Groundhog Day Marathon! Jim and A.Ron are watching all, and we mean ALL, of the Spider-Man movies to raise money for the Cure Alz Fund. Click here to fill out the Family Feud Survey or participate in the games on air! It's web-slinging fun for a good cause! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Pavlac and Valerie Garver discuss Theon's sacking of Winterfell. Then Anthony's friends join the podcast to claim their teams for HOTD season 2 in the second part of our Stonecrow's auction. Have a look at the Star Mantle. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: book@baldmove.com | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices