This is the podcast where we celebrate HBO’s prestige programming with subpar commentary. Each episode, we’ll look into a show from HBO’s past and tell you if it’s worth your watch! This season, join us as we cover HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON every week, unpacking the Game of Thrones prequel after each episode airs.
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Novel Context is a monthly podcast that unpacks influential books to understand the story the author was really telling, how the culture and politics of that time influenced it, and how that story still shapes us today. This season explores the novel Dracula: who Bram Stoker was, his inspirations for Count Dracula and the origins of vampires, and surprising ways this book haunts us 125 years after being published.
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Noone, a timid young girl, is committed to The Counties Psychiatric Institute due to her ever-worsening nightmare disorder. She is placed under the care of The Counsellor who has dedicated his life to helping kids overcome their ailments, himself a product of childhood trauma. As Noone recounts her nightly torments during their sessions together, it becomes clear that her dreams unfold with a sinister life of their own. When The Counsellor realizes that her nightmares bear uncanny similariti ...
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This week we're covering The Queen Who Ever Was, Episode 18 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about Tyland Lannister's pirate harem, Daemon becoming a Big Wife Guy, Helaena astral projecting into everyone's dreams, Aegon and Larys…
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This week we're covering The Red Sowing, Episode 17 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about King in the Middle Oscar Tully teaching Daemon a lesson, Larys's and Aegon's continued buddy cop antics, Alicent finding Westeros' hottest…
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This week we're covering Smallfolk, Episode 16 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about Seasmoke's dating preferences, Rhaenyra's new found vigor, Aemond One-Eye fracturing his own alliances, Daeron's tremendous lute solos, and the…
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This week we're covering Regent, Episode 15 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about Aemond One-Eye's first day on the job as King Regent, bad omens being marched through the streets of King's Landing, Alicent Hightower leaving her…
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This week we're covering The Red Dragon and the Gold, Episode 14 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about castles falling to the worst haircut in Westeros, King Aegon getting burned by mother and dragon alike, Rhaenys being the gre…
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This week we're covering The Burning Mill, Episode 13 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about the Otto-sized hole in the Green Council, dangerous teens roaming the Riverlands, Rhaenyra packing up emergency kits for her fleeing hei…
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This week we're covering Rhaenyra the Cruel, Episode 12 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about the beautifully shot funeral for BB Jaehaerys, how The Greens keep struggling to keep their literal and metaphorical swords sheathed (…
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This week we're covering A Son for a Son, Episode 11 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about Rhaenyra's grief ride around the Stormlands, finding duty and honor in Winterfell, being sex-positive about your kingdom-crippling scanda…
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There is no going back. It is now time for The Counsellor to do everything he can to sink, sink lower and lower... all the way down into The Nowhere with Noone. ---- Production by Bandai Namco Europe and Louie Media Directed by Thomas Rozès Music by Tobias Lilja and Thomas Rozès. This episode is written by Eugene Myers and Lonnie Nadler. Our showru…
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A foretaste to Chapter 6 Based on Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco Europe Little Nightmares™ & © Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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After numerous sessions and medical exams, it's clear that Noone's brain is changing in unpredictable ways. Although she's weary from a harrowing visit to a fetid stinking sewer, The Counsellor is determined to find answers about the nightmare world. ---- Production by Bandai Namco Europe and Louie Media Directed by Thomas Rozès Music by Tobias Lil…
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A foretaste to Chapter 5 Based on Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco Europe Little Nightmares™ & © Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Noone's nightmare of a disturbing carnival has The Counsellor questioning whether she might be visiting another world while in her sleep. He begins to question the boundaries of reality, and how he might breach them. ---- Production by Bandai Namco Europe and Louie Media Directed by Thomas Rozès Music by Tobias Lilja and Thomas Rozès. This episode …
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A foretaste to Chapter 4 Based on Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco Europe Little Nightmares™ & © Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Noone's nightmares grow more vivid and terrifying by the day as evidenced by her visit to an abandoned shopping mall. But what's stranger is that her dreams are beginning to bear uncanny similarities to those of someone from The Counsellor's past. ---- Production by Bandai Namco Europe and Louie Media Directed by Thomas Rozès Music by Tobias Lilja …
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A foretaste to Chapter 3 Based on Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco Europe Little Nightmares™ & © Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A foretaste to Chapter 2. Based on Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco Europe Little Nightmares™ & © Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Noone, a timid young girl, is committed to The Counties Psychiatric Institute due to her ever-worsening nightmare disorder. She is placed under the care of The Counsellor who has dedicated his life to helping kids overcome their ailments. However, Noone's nightmares aren't like any he's heard before... ---- Production by Bandai Namco Europe and Lou…
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As Noone recounts her dream of a tainted Bathhouse, the Counsellor tries to unearth details about the mysterious figure from her nightmares. The one Noone calls, "The Candleman". ---- Production by Bandai Namco Europe and Louie Media. Directed by Thomas Rozès. Music by Tobias Lilja and Thomas Rozès. This episode is written by Mike Bambridge aka Sup…
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The Sounds of Nightmares, the first audio fiction series from the world of Little Nightmares. Noone, a timid young girl, is committed to The Counties Psychiatric Institute due to her ever-worsening nightmare disorder. She is placed under the care of The Counsellor who has dedicated his life to helping kids overcome their ailments, himself a product…
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Welcome to Novel Context, bi-weekly podcast that unpacks influential books to understand the story the author was really telling, how the culture and politics of that time influenced it, and how that story still shapes us today. On this episode, we begin our season long exploration of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. We'll be walking through Jonat…
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HOTD: The Black Queen (and Season 1 Recap)
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This week we're covering The Black Queen, Episode 10 and the season finale of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about how much Otto Hightower stinks, Queen Rhaenyra drinking negronis... sbagliato... with prosecco at the Painted Table…
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This week we're covering The Green Council, Episode 9 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about early morning coups, Alicent Hightower's finally finding her queenly agency, Aegon losing his title of grossest Green, coronations and t…
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This week we're covering The Lord of the Tides, Episode 8 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. This season we are covering the Game of Thrones prequel series every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about awkward dinners, the Paddy Consindine Emmy campaign, Marxist Aemond, what number Westeros sets its toaster to. Be sure to find on us…
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This week we're covering Episode 7 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, a Game of Thrones prequel series that we'll cover every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about terrible ASOIAF funerals, everyone ignoring the poor twins, Aemond being metal as hell, dudes being bad directors, and the big incest-y plan to set our favorite charact…
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This week we're covering Episode 6 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, a Game of Thrones prequel series that we'll cover every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about the pro's and con's of the 10 year gap, sticky window sills, the hottest man in Westeros getting *too* hot, a dive into the cursed history of Harrenhal, and our favorit…
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This week we're covering Episode 5 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, a Game of Thrones prequel series that we'll cover every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about the worst weddings in Westeros, ineffective runes, High Tide looking dope, Game of Thrones always killing our favorite gay characters, the immeasurable weight of vows, …
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This week we're covering Episode 4 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, a Game of Thrones prequel series that we'll cover every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're chatting about The Bachelorette: Storm's End Edition, an absolutely unhinged night on the town, chest hair, Rhaenyra's absolutely exhausted PR team, Otto somehow screwing up his perf…
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This week we're covering Episode 3 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, a Game of Thrones prequel series that we'll cover every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about dropping your friends after they sleep with your dad, the incredible costs of tradition and prophecy, a new set of problematic Lannister twins, stanning Laenor and how …
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This week we're covering Episode 2 of HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, a Game of Thrones prequel series that we'll cover every week as the episodes premiere. This week we're talking about the new title sequence, marriage politicking, insecure heirs, stupid theories that the internet has, and Corlys sliding into Daemon's DMs to set up a date with the Crab…
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This season we are headed back to Westeros in HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, a Game of Thrones prequel series that we'll cover every week as the episodes premiere. This week we dive into the wild journey HBO took to find the right GOT spin-off, decide who has the best claim to the Iron Throne, talk Targaryen dreams (and how they literally ruin everyone…
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This season we’ll be watching HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon... in real time. Each week we’ll be deep diving House of the Dragon’s latest episode, unpacking the story, exploring the lore from George R.R. Martin’s books, and telling you about the tin foil-iest fan theories and GOT twitter beefs. Be sure to find on us on Twitter at…
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Bonus: And Just Like That... (Spoilers)
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On today's special bonus episode the hosts are re-joined by Nancy to discuss HBO's AND JUST LIKE THAT..., the sequel series to SEX AND THE CITY. The gang spills a spoiler-rich tea on the entire Sex and the City canon, the new season, some of the cringiest new plot lines, which boyfriends should have died instead of [redacted], if the show stinks wi…
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This week we take a coke fueled private jet to HBO's SILICON VALLEY, where we discuss Mike Judge's brilliance (despite what the hosts say, King of the Hill is a very good show), which tech companies are leading us closer to global catastrophe, every kid from Freaks and Geeks being dope, and our Myspace Top Eight. Links: All of the Silicon Valley in…
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This week we unearth the grim truths behind HBO's CHERNOBYL, and we catch up with Soviet propaganda, really talented British actors, a band of pirates comprised solely of Skarsgårds, our favorite disaster movies, and how Chernobyl is just Russian Jurassic Park.By Bruit Media
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This week we investigate HBO's THE OUTSIDER and uncover the hosts' deep love for Jason Bateman, Stephen King adaptations, what makes a spooky show work even if you don't like to be spooked, why James Patterson is a terrible writer, and somehow *merkins* — we have no idea how that segment survived the edit, so be sure to hang around for it.…
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On this episode we're headed back to HBO's DEADWOOD to talk about westerns, cowboys, brothels, US land disputes, old-timey movie theaters, Timothy Olyphant wearing the same outfit in all his shows, and somehow Nicole manages to bring up Wes Anderson (if Wes Anderson made a western show on HBO, it would be called "The Quaint & Magnificent Stitchwork…
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We talk about HBO's BIG LITTLE LIES, how a who-dun-it works, having dinner with some of the greatest actresses of all time, and we answer the long-standing question: Laura Dern? (The answer is yes... always yes to Laura Dern.)By Bruit Media
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On our Season 2 premiere, we talk about HBO's SEX AND THE CITY with our guest Nancy King. Join us as we talk about its cultural impact, our favorite boyfriends, the show's complete lack of diversity, and more!By Bruit Media
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* Spoiler Warning * In this bonus episode conversation, we chat even more about HBO's GAME OF THRONES and this time - it's filled with spoilers! Join us as we talk about our favorite ignored subplots, deep book theories, why we love Oberyn, why we hate Euron, our strong feelings on the final season, and much more!…
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On this extra-sized season finale episode we chat about HBO's GAME OF THRONES, the fantasy phenomenon that took the world by storm. Join us as we talk about the pilot episode, our favorite characters, if Season 8 ruined the show, how fantasy settings allow for lazy sexism in writing, and much more!By Bruit Media
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On this episode we chat about HBO's FRAGGLE ROCK, a children's show featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Join us as we talk about our favorite Rock that isn't Dwayne Johnson, what the heck a Muppet is supposed to be, messaging in kid's shows, and more!By Bruit Media
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On this episode we chat about HBO's THE NIGHT OF, an acclaimed crime drama miniseries. Join us as we talk about the mystery of John Turturro performances, our favorite fictional detectives and more!By Bruit Media
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On this episode we chat about HBO's BALLERS, a sports agent dramedy led by Dwayne Johnson. Join us as we chat about the luxuries of being a famous athlete, Rock's career, our favorite sports movies, and more!By Bruit Media
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On this episode we chat about HBO's JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, a trippy surfing show that definitely isn't about surfing. Join us as we also debate the merits of Point Break and Blake Lively's boston accent.By Bruit Media
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On this episode we talk about HBO's VEEP, starring the amazing Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Join us as we walk through the British origins of the show, the fast-moving pilot episode, our favorite fictional politicians and more!By Bruit Media
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This is the podcast where we celebrate HBO’s prestige programming with subpar commentary. Each episode, Nicole and David will look into a show from HBO’s past and tell you if it’s worth your watch!By Bruit Media
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