In this episode Matt goes over some spoiler-free news and feedback, and then dives into all kinds of spoiler feedback, and spoiler rumors (you’ll be warned before the spoilers come)! Remember to participate with the podcast this season – join our fan call-ins (info at https://mattsaudioblog.com/fan-call-in-show-is-back/ ) send posts to Matt or comm…

Matt outlines how this podcast will cover Season 2 of House of the Dragon. Remember that we want YOU to be part of our fan call-in shows. All info needed can be found at: https://mattsaudioblog.com/fan-call-in-show-is-back/ – if you can’t contribute there then give us your thoughts about each episode via socials (@b4thedragonpod) or YouTube (same s…

In this final (of four) installments Matt starts off with some more recent spoiler-free feedback and then goes FULL Book-Spoilers as he is joined by Kelly to breakdown the official trailer for season 2 of House of the Dragon, PLUS they go through some more of your spoiler-oriented feedback! What did YOU think of the trailer? Contact @b4thedragonpod…

In this third (of four) installments Matt is joined by Kelly to breakdown the official trailer for season 2 of House of the Dragon in SPOILER-FREE fashion, PLUS we go through some of your spoiler-free feedback! What did YOU think of the trailer? Contact @b4thedragonpod on the socials with your thoughts, use that same handle to leave comments on our…

In this second (of four) installments Matt is joined by Kelly to breakdown the official trailer for season 2 of House of the Dragon in SPOILER-FREE fashion! What did YOU think of the trailer? Contact @b4thedragonpod on the socials with your thoughts, use that same handle to leave comments on our YouTube videos, or send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmai…

In this first (of four) installments Matt is joined by Kelly to breakdown the official trailer for season 2 of House of the Dragon in SPOILER-FREE fashion! What did YOU think of the trailer? Contact @b4thedragonpod on the socials with your thoughts, use that same handle to leave comments on our YouTube videos, or send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail…

If you’re House of the Dragon Season 2 spoiler-adverse, this presentation may not be for you (you’ve been warned). Otherwise, Matt discusses the theme of Love versus Duty, as he explores the plight of the Cargyll twins, Erryk and Arryk. How do you think the show should handle what Matt calls “The Royal Guard Rumble” (Matt is adverse to calling this…

Bubba and Catfish from The Joffrey of Podcasts (@DoublePHQ on the socials, and https://www.youtube.com/@DoublePMedia on YouTube) stop by for a horrific conversation with their Top 5 Most Horrific Moments in the Game of Thrones TV universe. What are YOUR top 5 most horrific moments? Let Matt know with your YouTube or social media comments @B4thedrag…

Heath Snow(lo) from Podcast Winterfell and The Film List on the DVR podcast network (https://dvrpodcast.com/) joins Matt in a spoiler free conversation about the House of the Dragon Trailers, the state of the fandom, the state of other HBO GoT Universe shows coming, and his NEW FILM (which you should order now) called Star City Murders! Order Star …

Ravens have flown in from all over the realm in the first 3 months of 2024, and Matt has gathered them up so he can share them with you, in this (mostly spoilers for Season 2 of House of the Dragon) presentation. Send your own ravens to Matt using @B4thedragonpod on the socials and on YouTube or send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com Matt’s nemesi…

In this presentation Matt goes through both of the new House of the Dragon trailers, first in spoiler free fashion, followed by book knowledge assisted analysis at the end. What did you think of these trailers? Send posts to @B4thedragonpod on the site formerly known as Twitter, leave comments on our YouTube videos found at youtube.com/@B4thedragon…

In this VERY SPOILERY for House of the Dragon Season 2 preview episode, Matt explores the Battle of the Burning Mill, the players in the battle, and ramifications of it. We LOVE your feedback. Tell us what you think about this battle by leaving comments on our YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/@b4thedragonpod), sending posts to @B4thedragonpod…

In this VERY SPOILERY for House of the Dragon Season 2 episode, Matt takes a deep look into the eyes of Blood and Cheese, and tells you what he sees! What do YOU see when you think of Blood and Cheese? Tell us by leaving comments on our YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/@b4thedragonpod), sending posts to @B4thedragonpod on the site formerly kn…

Matt takes a very spoilery look into a key battle that will occur in Season 2 of House of the Dragon: the battle of Rook’s Rest. We’d love to hear from YOU! Send emails to mattsaudibblog@gmail.com, or comment on our videos at youtube.com/@B4theDragonPod (you can use that same spelling to send posts on the site formerly known as Twitter). Matt produ…

Matt gives you the latest House of the Dragon news, and his Top Five list of characters that must “show him something” in season 2, and goes through your feedback! Send the podcast YOUR feedback and Top 5 lists, and we’ll share them with the rest of our listeners/viewers. Contact us via the site formerly known as twitter or via our YouTube channel …

Matt breaks down the new House of the Dragon Season 2 teaser from a TV-Friendly and (later) a Book-Reader perspective, as well as issuing his definitive TOP 5 shots within it. What were YOUR top 5 shots? Let us know by posting to @B4TheDragonPod on the site formerly known as Twitter, sending emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, or by leaving comment…

Watch as Matt’s podcast abilities and resistance to whining and complaining continues to deteriorate right in front of your eyes, all while delivering some news you probably have already heard. Send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, or posts to @B4thedragonpod on the site formerly known as twitter, or leave comments on our YT channel https://www.…

There will be no podcasts from any of Matt’s feeds, nor content for other content provider feeds until these strikes are over. Hopefully they will be resolved soon so that we can get back to discussing all the shows Matt loves! download Mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/g2sqen/TheStrikeAndThePodcasts.mp3…

Matt goes through the differences between House of the Dragon S1E03 and Fire and Blood by George RR Martin. Tweet the podcast @B4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (youtube.com/@B4thedragonpod). Some sounds and music in this podcast (including “Breathe…

Matt goes through the differences between S1E02 and Fire and Blood by George RR Martin. Tweet the podcast @B4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (youtube.com/@B4thedragonpod). Some sounds and music in this podcast are licensed to Matt via Artist.io (htt…

Matt lays out the differences between the books and show for House of the Dragon S1E01. If you have additional insights regarding this subject, or if this content isn’t to your liking, we are completely open to your feedback! Tweet @B4thedragonpod, Hive or Mastodon mattsaudioblog, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, submit comments via mattsaudioblog.c…

Just like Matt has been covering the music of Ramin Djwadi for Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, he also really loves Lorne Balfe’s score for His Dark Materials, so we’re adding this episode of music analysis for the His Dark Materials series finale on this feed. SPOILERS! This episode describes scenes in the last 2 eps of His Dark Materials…

Matt likes Lorne Balfe’s score for His Dark Materials and Wheel of time as much as he likes Ramin’s score for Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. Join Matt and Holly on Thursdays covering Series 3 of His Dark Materials on another podcast called The Dust Podcast! You”ll get story analysis and music analysis, just like you do here with HotD! Her…

Matt is joined by Holly and John to wrap up season 1 of House of the Dragon, with ratings, discussions and the first ever Holly-BLEEP awards for a select group of categories, highlighting the best and the worst of the season. We still want to hear from you! Tweet @b4thedragonpod email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment at mattsaudioblog.com or at yo…

Happy Halloween to all who partake! In Part 3 (of 3), Holly reaches out from beyond the grave to give her rating, three words, and brothelmates,as Kelly. Susan, John and Matt go through YOURS as well, and give a couple of real-world thoughts too. Even though the season is over we STILL want to hear from YOU! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, send emails to ma…

Happy Halloween to all who partake! In Part 2 (of 3!), Holly is STILL DEAD, forcing Kelly. Susan, John and Matt to continue to grieve by discussing more things about the House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale, then conclude their out of control Top 5 lists to close this section out. Even though the season is over we STILL want to hear from YOU! Tweet …

Happy Halloween to all who partake! In Part 1 (of 3!), Holly is DEAD, leaving Kelly. Susan, John and Matt left to rate the House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale, and talk about 3 big topics, then get down to some out of control Top 5 lists to close this section out. Even though the season is over we STILL want to hear from YOU! Tweet @b4thedragonpod,…

Matt gives his initial reaction to the season finale of House of the Dragon “The Black Queen”. Send us your 3 words descriptions, brothelmates of the episode (best coupling), and thoughts by tweeting @b4thedragonpod, sending emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, commenting on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for Befor…

Siren of ASOIAF from the West Kelly (@kellyunderfoot on twitter) takes over the podcast S1E09 of House of the Dragon, “The Green Council”! We want to hear from you too! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube channel (search for “Before the Drag…

It’s the 2nd look podcast for S1E09 of House of the Dragon, “The Green Council”! Matt is never alone really, and he shares some perspectives sent in by his usual panel, and YOUR thoughts, three words, and brothelmates as well! We want to hear from you too! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on…

Sorry for the audio issues (which clear up at 4:45), it’s going to be a weird week (more on that in the podcast). Otherwise you get Matt’s initial reaction to S1E09 of House of the Dragon, “The Green Council” Tweet @b4thedragonpod send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on the web posts at mattsaudioblog.com, or the YouTube (search for “Be…

It’s the panel podcast (part 2) for S1E08 of House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides”! Remember that even John’s burrito takes are always right! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube channel (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast” there)! …

It’s the panel podcast (part 1) for S1E08 of House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides”! Plus we draw our winner for the Scenes for a Westerosi Movie contest! Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube channel (search for “Before the Dragon Podca…

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E08 “The Lord of Tides”. Tweet the podcast @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the web posts or use the contact form at mattsaudioblog.com, or leave comments (and subscribe please) at the YouTube videos, by searching for Before the Dragon Podcast there.…

In this Part 2 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”, plus play 3 Words, Brothelmates of the Week, play a new double round of Seven Hellz, and catch up on all the feedback. We want your feedback! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, em…

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 “B…

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E07 “Driftmark”. Tweet to @b3thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on the YouTube videos (Search for “Before the Dragon Podcast” on YT). Download Mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dbt8fg/B4TD054-House-of-the-Dragon-S1E07…

In this Part 2 of the panel cast, Matt is joined by Susan, Holly, and John (Sneh) to discuss all things House of the Dragon S1E06 “The Princess and the Queen”. 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 Podcas…

In this Part 1 of the panel cast, Matt is joined by Susan, Holly, and John (Sneh) to discuss all things House of the Dragon S1E06 “The Princess and the Queen”. 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 Podcas…

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E06! He rambles so much back and forth between subjects, we can’t even timestamp anything! 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 (…

Matt explores 2 themes presented in S1E05 of House of the Dragon “We Light the Way”: The Alicent/Hightower theme, and the Velaryon theme! Tweet @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search “Before the Dragon Podcast” there, subscribe, like, and comment). Downl…

Sorry – a turn of events this week prevented us from having a panel cast covering S1E05 of House of the Dragon. This small pod just covers feedback received and the final Westerosi “Scene from a Movie”. We still want to know what you thought of this episode, what your 3 word description is, what your best coupling (Brothelmates) is, and we want you…

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). Tim…

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 Thursda…

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 f…

Spoiler Alert! We wanted to give you heads up that book knowledge does bleed into this presentation heavily, and may be considered spoilery by some! Otherwise, Kelly gives you a tour of all the sigils that came courting for Rhaenyra’s hand at Storm’s End! Tweet the podcast @b4thedraggonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments at…

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). Download Mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e5yqkp/B4TD044-House-of-the-Dragon-S1E04-Initi…

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 H…

Matt is joined by Stephanie (briefly), Susan, Kelly, and John to talk about S1E03 of House of the Dragon, “Second of His Name”. Matt also breaks down the music behind Dameon’s Feigned Surrender. We also unveil our 3rd of 5 Scenes from a Westeroisi movie (play in our contest and have a chance to win official HotD or GoT merch), celebrate September N…

Download Mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vxakpa/B4TD041-House-Of-The-Dragon-S1E03-Initial-Reaction.mp3 Matt gives an initial reaction to S1E03 of House of the Dragon “Second of His Name”. Tweet to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com , comment at the website (and find podcast app links to subscribe and rate with) at mattsaud…