Notes: Steve and Anthony cover “The Hedge Knight” (Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, pp.1-40). If you want to help a woman who needs a pacemaker, please visit Anthony’s gofundme page: https://gofund.me/7ec2af2d

A.Ron is back to talk Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Then Anthony tries to talk Steve into reading the Hedge Knight with him. Finally, Dr. Stephanie Hammer discusses “narratemes” in folktales. For a list of our 31 narratemes, see here.

Pádraig MacCarron and Phillip Haberkern return for a retrospective on the second book in A Song of Ice and Fire.

Oxford’s Carolyne Larrington, Nottingham’s Katherine Olley, and UHI’s Iain MacInnis discuss the final Bran chapter in A Clash of Kings. Then Anthony and Chad discuss dark and light magic in ASOIAF.

Has Jon yet realized that he is a warg? What was Qhorin’s long-term plan for Jon? Who boasts the better legacy: GRRM, Lucas, or Tolkien? Prof. Chadwick T. Carmichael is back to discuss.

Who is to blame for Tyrion’s assassination attempt? Phil Haberkern discusses the possibilities.

Professors Iain MacInnis, Kate Olley, and Carolyne Larrington join to discuss Theon’s final chapter in A Clash of Kings. Then Prof. Jill Havens introduces The Story of the Volsungs.

Sansa is finally free of Joffrey’s sadism. Or is she? Professor Phil Haberkern joins to discuss.

Wolves, and Vampires, and Mer-people! Arya’s final days at Harrenhal have it all. Friends of the podcast Arthur, Padraig, and Hazel return for an across-the-pond roundtable discussion.

Steve and Anthony talk about Bran’s connection to werewolf mythology. Then Ray, Melanie, and Ken discuss the early stages of the “Meereenese knot” in the final Dany chapter of Clash.