FireandLunch finishes up the Targaryen Kings section of The World of Ice and Fire. Part Two covers Daeron I through Aerys II (the post Dragons era of Targ Kings). We battle thru successions, incredibly stupid theories on wildfire, creepy long nails and a seemingly endless list of tragic mistresses. Will we ever know what happened at Summerhall? Stay tuned for Spoilers! Look at these jerks and their family vacations. #PieCast Episode 27: The Targaryen Kings Part Two. Featuring Jenny, Lauren and R...
Mar 30, 2015•1 hr 9 min
FireandLunch continues their read through of The World of Ice and Fire. In this episode they cover the Westerosi reign of the Targaryen Kings. Part One covers Aegon I through Aegon III (the Targs with Dragons). Have a slice of Pie and get ready to cover the ups and downs of rule by Dragon! As always, here there be spoilers. And fire. So much fire. #PieCast Episode 26: The Targaryen Kings Part One. Featuring Jenny of Oldstones, Laeuren* and Rhaech'yl. Running time: 57 minutes. ** *Historians Love...
Mar 29, 2015•58 min
Would you like to hear the Rains of Castamere? This week, we take a look back at that delightful massacre that was the Red Wedding episode in Season 3. So join us as we eulogize Robb and Catelyn, and discuss trollish Roose Bolton, Walder Frey's happy face, the most convenient bathroom break ever, a Manderly sighting, and our appreciation of Rickon Stark, the Future King of Westeros. We also have a slightly lengthy nerd rage section where we discuss the end of the Talisa problem, the fact that th...
Mar 23, 2015•53 min
FireandLunch is FINALLY going to read and discuss The World of Ice and Fire. This discussion covers the first section of TWOIAF - Ancient History. From the First Men to the Long Night and the Rise and Fall of Valyria. Join the brigade as they roll out the Maester's scrolls! Spoilers for everything! (Who is reading TWOIAF and complaining about spoilers?) PS - We had some audio issues on this one (damn you, Skype!). Hopefully you won't notice but please forgive us if you do! #PieCast Episode 24: T...
Mar 15, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Happy New Year! The first episode of 2015 comes to you from the middle of a Snowpocalypse! FireandLunch braves the storm to gather round the fire and discuss the first Dunk and Egg novella, The Hedge Knight. Dear summer child, here there be spoilers! #PieCast Episode 23: The Hedge Knight. Featuring Rachel, Megan and Jess. Run time: 1 hour
Jan 28, 2015•1 hr 2 min
In our last Piecast episode of 2014, Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Katie and Jess revisit that wine-soaked classic of an episode, Blackwater. We discuss alternative uses of wildfire, the Westerosi equivalent of Santa Claus, and whether this Drunk!Cersei was in fact the gold standard of Drunk!Cerseis. (Spoiler alert: She was.) As always, gentle listeners, Here There Be Spoilers. Happy Holidays! #Piecast Episode 22: Blackwater. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Katie and Jess. Running time: 55 minutes.
Dec 16, 2014•55 min
In this episode of the FireandLunch PieCast Rachel, Jenny, Jess and special guest Elena ( Team More Wine, Sir!) take their time with some suggested topics from the FireandLunch tumblr! Not at all incoherent discussion is presented in two parts: Part 1 - Fashion in Game of Thrones and what the heck it all means; Part 2 - Our Favorite submitted crackpot theories! In which FireandLunch uncovers the greatest theory of them all! Keep your third eye open for Spoilers! #PieCast Episode 21: Floppy Ears ...
Nov 17, 2014•1 hr 18 min
FireandLunch examines the latest spoilery Game of Thrones Set Photos for S5, reviews GRRM's 92Y Event for "The World of Ice and Fire" and tries to deal with the fact that from here on out we're all Unsullied. Remember to clap for the professional circus stylings of Kevan Lannister as you pull up a chair and share a slice of pie! As always there will be Spoilers! #PieCast:Episode 20: Season 5 is the What?!&$@!? Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Katie and Jess. Running Time 59 min.
Nov 02, 2014•59 min
Oh look! The pie! This week, the Ladies of FireandLunch discuss our experiences at New York Comic Con. We talk choking chickens, the merkin man, meeting our literary heroes, or life ruiners as the case may be, dressing up as obscure book characters and overzealous security guards. Mostly, we are generally ridiculous as we tend to be. And really, Cary Elwes, Rachel is still waiting for that water. Probably not too many spoilers unless you've never seen the Princes Bride, but you've been warned an...
Oct 15, 2014•52 min
Join us as we ugly-sob our way down memory lane. This week we take a look back at the very first penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, Baelor. Oh the horror! The sacrifice! The truly terrible wigs! Find out what our first nerd-rage moment was, how sick we are of that Damn Yellow Shirt (tm) and our own reactions to the beheading heard around the world. You know the drill by now. Here there be spoilers. #PieCast: Episode 18: Baelor. Featuring Megan, Jenny, Lauren, and Katie. Running time, Approx...
Sep 27, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Have you ever wondered how incest could save the world? This week we discuss The Princess and the Queen and the Rogue Prince. Join us as we debate the intelligence of dragons and the moral character of Daemon Targaryen, the whereabouts of Dark Sister, how Tyrion will become Hiccup and train a dragon and Daemon’s Point Break moment. Eat some roast dragon pie in memory of the hundreds of small folk that died in each paragraph in these stories. As always, here there be spoilers. You’ve been warned....
Sep 15, 2014•51 min
Solve for Pie! Join us as we discuss the finer points of solving the most important algebra problem in Westeros as we delve into the myriad of theories about Jon Snow's parentage from the correct to the ridiculous as well as some other algebra problems involving some T's and C's and J's. Basically, everyone is a secret Targaryen (maybe even us) and none of it matters because it will all end horribly when the snows fall a hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north […] and t...
Aug 27, 2014•53 min
Is Hellatus getting you down? Join us and our extra special guest all the way from watchersonthewall.com , Sue the Fury! We talk about the brand spanking new site, the filming news we're really excited about, and our expectations for Game of Thrones Season Five. As usual, ladies and gents, here there be spoilers. If you're playing the drinking game at home (which should absolutely exist, and we'll take suggestions for,) knock back a shot whenever Jenny's audio cuts out and/or Katie forgets the n...
Aug 19, 2014•1 hr 12 min
What if Westeros was a happy place where nothing bad ever happened or what if it still all ended horribly? Join us as we journey into an alternate Westeros to play the Dating Game with Rhaegar, defend Ned's honor, discuss Jon's ice cell side chats with a Zombie Ned and debate whether or not a dragon counts as a birth certificate. Sit back and enjoy a slice of theoretical pie and ask "what if" with us. As always there will be spoilers and in this case, for things that will never happen. Still, yo...
Aug 01, 2014•1 hr 17 min
Is love the death of duty or is it a strength? Doesn’t matter, either way it’ll end horribly. Join us as we discuss romance in Westeros from the castle tower to the cottage and everything in between including the elite virgins’ club, swimmer’s bodies, and the extreme makeover of Jon Snow. And like our favorite Night’s Watchmen, we know nothing as displayed in this podcast. Also, we heard you liked ships! So sit back, pour a glass of Dornish Swill, and enjoy some pie for two. As always, there wil...
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 5 min
Who says awards season is over? Sit back, relax and settle in, because it’s time for the first annual FireandLunch Wyman Awards! We’re discussing our favorite moments, characters and performances from Season 4 of Game of Thrones, when we’re not licking our wounds from the great Skype Conflict of 2014. Start your post-season right with a heaping slice of piecast! As always, here be spoilers. Consider yourself warned. #Piecast: The Wyman Awards. Featuring Katie, Rachel, Lauren, Jenny, Megan and Je...
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 10 min
I hope you saved room for dessert. The latest PieCast is double stuffed! Join us as we discuss the Stannis inquisition, how to name your dragons, the best fight scene ever, and lament the lack of a certain stone heart. Also…skeletons, fireballs and smoothies oh my! As always, here there be spoilers. You’ve been warned. #PieCast: Episode 10: The Children. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Katie, Megan and Jess. Running time, an impressive 84 minutes. Hope you’re ready for that sugar coma! Click he...
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 25 min
Come join your Brothers in Black for a heaping helping of this week’s piecast!!! We discuss the Continuing Adventures of Pedro Pascal, the wisdom of imbibing large drinks with small plates of food, and oh yes, the indomitable men of the Night’s Watch. (Including and especially everyone’s favorite northern Bastard! No, sit down Ramsay.) As always, beware for here be spoilers. Also, dragons. But mostly spoilers. #Piecast; Episode 10: The Watchers on the Wall. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Katie...
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 12 min
It’s the ‘sickening crunch’ heard round the world - the PieCast for The Mountain and the Viper is here!!! We discuss beetles, krakens, betrayal, the mockingjay and come up with the best allegorical tale starring GRRM and D&D you’ve ever heard. Your head cannot contain us! As always - We’ve got all the spoilers. Root and Stem. # Piecast ; Episode 8: The Mountain and the Viper. Featuring Katie, Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Megan and Jess. Running time 56 minutes. (Can we interest you in some spicy D...
Jul 28, 2014•56 min
Need a late-night snack? Have some PIE! Join us as we ramble on about Season Four of Game of Thrones so far, plus the honing of our survivalist skills and theme-tandem baking. Runtime is a WHOPPING 1 hour 15 minutes. Enjoy! # Piecast ; Bonus Episode: Season Four So Far. Featuring Katie, Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Megan and Jess. Running time ~1 hour 15 minutes. (Settle in for a sugar coma.)
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 16 min
SWEET! Here’s the latest slice of the Piecast! Tuck in for some Mockingbird discussion! We cover meeting Pedro Pascal, the case of the missing Mance, more road trips, Queens with Guts and the WULL! Remember! The Piecast is NOT a spoiler free podcast! From Thrones to Dance and beyond! # Piecast ; Episode 7: Mockingbird. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Katie and Jess. Running time ~1 hour. (You look a bit peckish, dear!)...
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 7 min
Would you like pies with that? For half a groat more we can upgrade that to a PieCast! In Ep 6 FireandLunch discusses GoT S4E06: The Laws of Gods and Men. We discuss pirate heists, how Asha would not run away from dogs, Peter Dinklage’s Emmy Reel, how Tywin might just be the Harpy and more! Also…Lancel. Reminder: the Piecast is NOT a spoiler free podcast! Dirty, sullied ears only! # Piecast ; Episode 6: The Laws of Gods and Men. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Megan, Katie and Jess. Running tim...
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 2 min
Do You Like Pie? How about a little PieCast? In Ep 5 FireandLunch discusses GoT S4E05: First of His Name. We cover Cersei vs Margaery, The significance of Eunuch Victories, how high is the Vale? Trees on Fire and more! Reminder: the Piecast is NOT a spoiler free podcast! Dirty, sullied ears only! # Piecast ; Episode 5: First of His Name. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Megan, Katie and Jess. Running time ~57 min. (what like you’re popular and need to go somewhere?)...
Jul 28, 2014•57 min
The PieCast is here! Fresh from the oven! In Episode 4: Oathkeeper the full crew is back to talk about WTF is going on (we have no idea), the shenanigans North of the Wall, the political situation in Mereen and Ser Pounce! As always - remember the Piecast is NOT a spoiler-free podcast! # Piecast ; Episode 4: Oathkeeper. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Megan, Katie and Jess. Running time ~53 min.
Jul 28, 2014•54 min
In this week’s Piecast we run a tad long because FireandLunch needed a bit of a therapy session. We’ll call it “rage cast”. We talk what we’re reading, Queen Shireen, the tragedy of Strong Belwas and Cannibal Thenns. And yes, we also talk about “That Scene”. Remember the Piecast is a NOT a spoiler free podcast. Enjoy! # Piecast; Episode 3: Breaker of Chains. Featuring Rachel, Jenny, Lauren, Katie and Jess. (Megan is away.) Running time ~ 1 hour....
Jul 28, 2014•1 hr 2 min
IT’S THE PURPLE WEDDING EPISODE! Join Fire and Lunch for a rousing conversation about The Lion and the Rose! Remember! This is a spoiler podcast! (# Piecast , Ep 2: The Lion and the Rose featuring Rachel, Megan, Lauren, Katie, and Jess (special message from Jenny). Running TIme: 40 min and change.)
Jul 28, 2014•45 min
Instead of doing a written review about each episode in Season 4, FireandLunch has decided it’s much easier to talk into some microphones! So here, for your listening pleasure, is Episode 1 of the FireandLunch Piecast! We hope you like it. ps - Ep 1 is a little rough in the audio dept. We had to go to backup recordings. But we promise this is not the norm! pps - Here are the full lyrics for The Pies of the Crossing, our Rains of Castamere parody song that is played at the beginning and end of th...
Jul 28, 2014•57 min
