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Did you really think I wouldn't find something to say?
Feast/ Dance have taught me one thing: there is always something to say <3
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Are you really surprised if I tell you this one is about the patriarchy?
And Alicent's sex life? And Criston Cole being skilled?
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Saknas det avsnitt?
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Surprise! Here is an episode about the first episode of HotD season 3. We're not covering this season episode by episode (like we did with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), except for Virginie's Sweet Knight Report. But we figured we'd do an episode about episode 1, and what we're looking forward this season.
We will definitely do a wrap-up episode after the season is done though! And later this summer, we'll also hit you with an episode about "The Mad King" play that we're seeing live in England in August. So stick around for that!
Tell your friends about us and leave us a flurry of stars and a review wherever you listen to this episode. <3
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Ps: The books Lo recommends in the episode are "Devils Like Us" and "Devils We Know" by L.T. Thompson. If you've read them, Lo would love to discuss them!
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Yes, you knew something was coming. You may not have been able to foresee this would be it, but eh, even we had not seen it coming until very recently.
We sure hope you enjoy it! It's coming back every week this House of the Dragon season <3
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We're back with another Harbour reader episodes, this time talking about the trope of hidden identities in ASOIAF! Our main focus is on Sansa and Arya, and how their "hidden" identities work. From tropes about evil stepmums to the fluidity of gender!
If you haven't listened to Radio Westeros episode about hidden ideantites, we really recommend it!
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In this episode we take a trip through our world and the world of ASOIAF to discuss feasts, holidays, festivals and more! We discuss how the celebrations of maidens in France is more fun than the Maiden's day in Westeros, how harvest feasts are similar in many cultures (and worlds), and how Lo's ancestors have quite a few things in common with Old Gods worshippers...
Join us on this celebration of feasts!
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References and sources
Virginie talks about:
“Fêtes de Jeanne d'Arc: Présentation & images” (Joan of Arc : programme and photos)
“L’Assomption et jour ferie - ses origines et son histoire” (The Assumption and public holiday - their origins and history)
“Solennité de l’Assomption à Notre-Dame de Paris” (The Solemnity of the Assumption in Notre Dame in Paris)
“Fête des Vendanges de Montmarte” (Montmartre wine festival)
Ancient Tongan ‘inasi
Lo talks about:
“Skördefest” (Harvest feast) - Swedish Wikipedia
“Mickelsmäss” (Michaelmass) - Institutet för språk och folkminne (Institute for language and folklore)
“Myten om blotet” (The myth about the blot) - Populär historia (article includes photo of mural by Carl Larsson)
“Jul (förkristen)” (Yule (pre-Christian))” - Swedish Wikipedia
“Lucka 21: Midvinteroffer till gudarna” (Door 21: Midwinter sacrifices to the gods) - Arkeologerna
“Vikingatiden i nytt ljus” (The Viking Age in new light) - Populär historia
“Skåne County” - English Wikipedia (about Skåne County)
The Swedish comedian (and mental health advocate) who makes funny videos about horses from Skåne (whose name Lo couldn’t quite remember) is Henrik Wahlström. https://www.instagram.com/henrikwahlstroem?igsh=MzI0NDg2dW5iZm55
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Welcome to this bonus episode! As mentioned in the episode, life has conspired against us managing to find time to record, so in the meanwhile here is a shorter episode with just Lo. This is also a preview of sorts of the episode we have coming up, where we will discuss what holidays exist (and should exist) in ASOIAF.
In this episode Lo discusses Valborg/Walpurgis night, and end up discussing May 1st as well. And why Westeros should have a spring festival!
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Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
If you want to see videos of the singing promised by Lo, check out these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoLQ5JrfHk&list=RDcmoLQ5JrfHk&start_radio=1 (children's choir singing songs you often hear at Valborg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTmYi8oMxjY&list=RDLTmYi8oMxjY&start_radio=1 (smaller choir singing at an actual Valborg celebration)
If you're curious about the rafting in Uppsala during Valborg, here are two videos about that:
https://youtu.be/sZ2YcMrPHq0?is=GItRbhvRKSF1kyy8 (rafting in Uppsala during Valborg)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXwLEeeo_6J/?igsh=aGtzcTg2Z2FyODFk
Other references and sources:
https://www.isof.se/utforska/kunskapsbanker/lar-dig-mer-om-arets-namn-och-handelser/handelser/valborgsmassoafton
https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/utforska/hogtider/valborgsmassoafton/
https://www.so-rummet.se/fakta-artiklar/historien-bakom-valborgsfirandet-och-forsta-maj#
https://www.etc.se/inrikes/aer-valborg-ett-borgerligt-paahitt
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In this episode we wrap up our coverage of season one of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and discuss what we thought about the season as a whole. We're also joined by Lo's friend Vendela, who hasn't read the books, to get her perspective on the show! So if you've ever wondered what a show-only-fan might think of Dunk & Egg, tune in!
We also return to our himbo-ranking (by popular demand) and discuss important topics such as Maekar's orange cat energy and how thicc Raymun is.
Tell your friends and leave us a flurry of stars and a review wherever you listen to this episode. <3
You can also join us on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
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What used to be a bonus episode is now public -enjoy!
And now we say good bye to our boys for some time, as they go away on adventures we won't join in until season 2 :(
We liked this episode, although we of course have a couple complains but over all, that's really minor.
We got some feel good moments, some haha moments, some teary-eyed moments, some easter eggs, some social justice, some teenage girl thinks, some unabashed himboism, a happy horse, a mystery brain thing from Lo and I both, wow, and we even get to learn about sheep and funerals while alive.
You can become one of the cool kittens on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
You can contact us at:
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Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
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What used to be a bonus episode is now public -enjoy!
The trial of Seven that was promised... Let's say one thing: it happened.
I also want to give another tribute here to the best (and most upsetting) Books!Daario Naharis homage we'll ever get: Humphrey Beesbury deserved better !
Also, Daeron knew what was up (poor bb, give this sexy man a ticket to rehab)
You can become one of the cool kittens on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
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What used to be a bonus episode is now public -enjoy!
As I type this, I realise it may be worth it to point out that this episode titled « Seven » is very much not a remake of the movie with Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow. Just a head's up.
So, here we are: Baelor nudges Dunk towards a trial by combat, but little jackass Aerion outsmarts him and requires a trial by seven. So now, Dunk has to assemble his team. He only has his squire, Prince Egg, and the honour [cough cough] of Ser Steffon Fossoway to help him get the crew together, and defend his, well, life -and the values of true knighthood: to protect the weak and innocent.
We may or may not get emotional, and may or may not tell you about how we watched this episode, and another time one of us watched an episode and cried a lot (even more than today, just before hitting record)
Anyway, as always, let us know what you think, here or on social media, we love getting your feedback and extra commentary.
You can become one of the cool kittens on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
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What used to be a bonus episode is now public -enjoy!
We loved this episode, and of course, Virginie loves pointing out flaws as per her usual Parisianness, but fortunately Lo is here to counteract with music (you'll hear a clip of the murderer's song at the end of the episode, and can check out the whole thing out here)
As per always we give you our best and if a few times it feels like Virginie is saying the wrong name or uses grammar very liberally, she has a good reason (fibromyalgia)
Keep your comments coming, they keep us fuelled for what's coming now that Dunk is in big trouble for being a big strong women respecting kind himbo with the energy of a golden retriever and very much of an orange cat.
You can become one of the cool kittens on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
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What used to be a bonus episode is now public -enjoy!
We get to say "himbo" one thousand times and if Egg knew the word, he probably would, too.
Let us see why, and also talk about classism, characterisation of new people, things we didn't need to see, foul language and so on and so forth of all the good stuff (and some of the not as great, too)
You can become one of the cool kittens on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
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We are making what was during the release of the season Patreon supporters bonus episodes public, and we hope you like it.
An episode per day -it's faster than one per week, but there's still suspense! unless you want to binge it all at the end -up to you dear listener!
Should you want to be one of the cool kids, join us on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
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In preperation for the new tv-show, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, we present you a very scientific examination of himbos in ASOIAF. Spoiler alert: our boy Dunk (thicc as a castle wall) ranks highly.
Join us as we discuss what exactly constitutes a himbo, and talk about characters ranging from Qarl the Maid to Grenn and Gendry. As well as some who are absolutely not himbos, even if they fit some criteria...
If you want to follow along with the ranking, here's the himbo ranking in full:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FsXoYDkqeZ9U8Js95UC9-2kmUs61bbdW/view?usp=drive_link
If you want to do your own ranking, here's a file you can download and fill out yourself: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xTbyax4x2jCFNOVNXVlEKeWIZqdZUyG4rgvOkgzuRuQ/edit?usp=drive_link
As mentioned in the episode - during the duration of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, we'll put out episodes discussion each episode for patreons. If you want to listen to those, or our previous episodes discussing LOTR, join our Patreon!
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In this episode we take you on a journey to meet very real people (à la Brandon Starks if he were a king or a hunter) who are saints and actual people who are saints (with or without boobies and visions) with a bonus festive saint and singing (no fire was started in the making of this episode).
We manage to parallel Septon Meribald and Gregor Clegan (and bonus Oedipus!) to the same saint, and also talk Pretty Meris, Melisandre, Mother Mole, Baelor the Blessed, Jeyne Poole and more. We even throw in how Valyria could have avoided the Doom. And cakes that are boob-shaped.
Join us on this trip and make this shortest day of the year if you're in the Northern Hemisphere longer (and bring extra light to it if you're in the Southern Hemisphere, and some cold because these candles are in Sweden)
Tell your friends and maybe your racist uncle who needs to be reminded borders are fake about us and leave us a flurry of stars and a review wherever you listen to this episode <3
You can also join us on Patreon and support our work + get some LOTR virgin read through reaction episodes in your ears (and even go as far as save the world!)
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Content, sources and ressources:
Virginie talks about
- Saint Agatha of Sicily
https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/saint-du-jour/02/05/saint-agathe--vierge-et-martyre-de-catane.html
https://www.vaticanstate.va/fr/etat-et-gouvernement/notes-generales/saint-du-jour/1458-5-fevrier-sainte-agathe-martyre.html
Prière Eucharistique 1 https://www.bibliotheque-monastique.ch/bibliotheque/bibliotheque/prièreseuch/PREXEUCH.htm
Deborah PUCCIO, « Sainte Agathe, les femmes et le chocolat », Clio [En ligne], 14 | 2001, mis en ligne le 03 juillet 2006, consulté le 12 décembre 2025. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/clio/108 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/clio.108
- Saint Julien le Pauvre (Saint Julian the Poor)
well, it's a Parisian mashup of a number of Saint Julians so maybe read on Julian the Hospitaller. And check out the church when you're in Paris!
https://www.sjlp-paris.org/
Lo talks about:
-Saint Erik
https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/uppsaladomkyrka/erik-den-helige-och-andra-helgon
https://www.so-rummet.se/kategorier/erik-den-helige
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Mobil/Artikel/15396
-Saint Birgitta
https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/heliga-birgitta-medeltida-maktspelerska
https://historiska.se/utforska-historien/kunskapsbank/heliga-birgitta-sveriges-mest-kanda-kvinna/
and bonus Saint Lucie and songs!
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In this episode we talk about gender nonconforming people throughout history, and ASOIAF. We cover everyone from Joan of Arc, genderqueer Viking era people, possible trans saints, and a Polish gender criminal (of sorts). And we compare them to characters like Brienne of Tarth, Morna White Mask, Alleras the Sphinx, Arya Stark, Brave Danny Flint, and more. Join us as we discuss how the gender binary is fake and heteronormativity is bullshit!
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Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
Content, sources and ressources:
Lo talks about Late Iron Age/Viking age archeology, Saint Marinos, and Wojciech of Poznán:
“Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography” edited by Alicia Spencer-Hall & Blake Gutt (including chapters by M.W. Bychowski and Lee Colwill)
“Were there Transgender People in the Middle Ages?” - M.W. Bychowski
“Wojciech of Poznán and the Trans Archive, Poland, 1550-1561” by Anna Kłosowska (in “Trans historical: Gender plurality before the modern”, edited by Greta LeFleur, Masha Raskolnikov & Anna Kłosowska)
“Magic, Genderfluidity, and queer Vikings, ca. 750‐1050” - Jacob Bell
Virginie talks about Joan of Arc and Saint Eugene/Eugenia:
“Les genres fluides - De Jeanne d'Arc aux saintes trans” by Clovis Maillet“Passionnément Moyen Âge - Plaidoyer pour le petit peuple” by Claude Gauvard
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In this episode, your hosts take you once more to the delightful (or not) realm of political deaths. Some of them just stop being alive, some are murdered, some experience chop chop, but all men must die -kings, princes who are also kings, men who used to be kings, people who got rid of kings, people who didn't want to get rid of kings, people who are not monarchs too.
Also, Virginie needs to come clean: she said "kings" were banned from the streets of Paris but she meant "pigs" 😅 (also, as her voice testifies, she was sick and deserves a break. Same for that time she forgets a key word in a sentence but it still makes sense)
Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode in real life and on social media, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice.
Also, check out our Patreon! Virginie reads LOTR for the first time and is currently finding Jesus, you do not* want to miss it! (*or maybe you do) (up to you!)
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Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
Content, sources and ressources:
Lo talks about the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, the murder of Anna Lindh and the successful conspiracy against Gustav III
https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/gustav-iii-skandaler-sexstrul-och-statskupper
https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/en-konspiration-tar-form-mordet-pa-gustav-iii-del-1
https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/attentatet-mordet-pa-gustav-iii-del-2
https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/dod-och-vedergallning-mordet-pa-gustav-iii-del-3
https://www.daghammarskjold.se/dag-hammarskjold/dag-hammarskjold/
https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/dag-hammarskjold-med-varlden-pa-sina-axlar
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/nya-uppgifter-legoknekt-ska-ha-erkant-att-han-dodade-dag-hammarskjold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lindh
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/mijailovic-talar-ut-det-ar-dags-att-sanningen-kommer-fram/
Virginie talks about the death of Philippe de France and the French Revolution. She hated the exercise of concision about a whole goddam war fought inside and outside the country so resorted to videos for high school students and the like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzaKONz9RZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0InXmR8U0Ic
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In this episode, we talk about one of our absolute favourite characters: Wyman Manderly.
We analyse where he and his family stand in the North, how he is perceived and how he uses that, his sense of ethics, why we love him in spite of some... less savoury bits and we finally get to share artwork by the fantastic Hanieh @dr3adlady.bsky.social (We'll share it on social media and on our Patreon, on a public post like all our public episodes)
We also talk about some of the cast around him and we have a great time doing all that!
Tell your friends and your favourite rat cook (Remy or otherwise) about it, and if you like what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice.
Also, check out our Patreon where you can become a subscriber and get our bonus episodes at the Boots level and up! Virginie reads LOTR for the first time ever, and we hear from our patrons that she's keen eyed for *stuff*
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Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
Sources/further reading:“’To Be Cocky Is to Challenge the Norms’: The Impact of Bodynormativity on Bodily and Sexual Attraction in Relation to Being a Cripple.” - Denise Malmberg
“Men and masculinities” - Stephen M Whitehead
“Masculinity, Competence, and Health: The Influence of Weight and Race on Social Perceptions of Men.” - Nell Mary Trautner, Samantha Kwan & Scott V Savage
“Lords Too Fat to Sit a Horse: Body Normativity and Masculinity in ASOIAF” - Lo
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In this episode, your hosts and guest Ray, discuss what happens when different cultures meet, in ASOIAF and irl.
We discuss migration, culture clashes, prejudice, racism, colonialism, and more! Along the way we conclude that both Viserys Targaryen and Jorah Mormont are the worst (albeit in different ways), and that the Free Folk makes a good parallel to climate refugees.
We also chat with our guest about his journey through both the ASOIAF fandom and life in general!
Tell your friends and fandom acquintances about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a bunch of stars and write a review on your podcast app of choice.
Also, check out our Patreon where we publish exclusive bonus episodes for our beloved patrons: Virginie reads LOTR for the first time, and we just finished "The Fellowship of the Ring"!
You can contact Ray at:
@untitledray (on Instagram)
@untitledray.bsky.social (on Bluesky
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Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!
Content, sources and ressources that are not our own experiences:
Lo
”The Free Folk and Colonialism” (essay by Lo)
”Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige” / ”The Rocks Will Echo our Sorrow: The forced displacement of the Northern Sámi” - Elin Anna Labba
Map of Meänmaa
”Meänkieli – Grammatik, lärobok, historik, texter” - Bengt Pohjanen
"Tornedalingar i Sverige" - Forum för levande historia
”Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset.”
The song ”Donkey Kong” by Hooja.
Virginie
"The Great Replacement Theory Explained" - National Immigration Forum
"Forced migration or displacement" - Migration Data Portal
"Migration and human mobility - key figures" - Migration Data Portal
"Key migration terms" - IOM
"Climate change and displacement" - UNHCR
"Climate change and human mobility" - IOM
Climate change (search on IOM's website)
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