Frey Pie! Frey Pie! There was a Frey Pie!!! Join FireandLunch for possibly their favorite finale episode ever! We're show-canon and nothing hurts! The entire lunch crew is here for this one as we discuss what made this episode a la mode! From the Tower of Joy, to the Sept of Baelor, to the Narrow Sea and the Library of Oldtown. Dig in m'lord, this one is extra fresh! Follow us on tumblr fireandlunch.tumblr.com and on twitter @fireandlunch Don't forget to check out our ASoIaF column over at Tor.c...
Jun 29, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Join the Jon Snow fangirl brigade as we discuss the penultimate episode of season 6 "Battle of the Bastards." We discuss the technical achievements of the episode, the relationship of Tyrion and Dany, sad Mel, the importance of zigzagging, and all the Ned-tastic moments from the episode. #Piecast Episode 56 - S6E9: Battle of the Bastards. Featuring Megan, Katie and Jess. Running time: One Hour Follow us on tumblr fireandlunch.tumblr.com and on twitter @fireandlunch Don't forget to check out our ...
Jun 22, 2016•1 hr
Join FireandLunch as we are mildly apathetic about Game of Thrones' eighth episode, "No One." Hear Katie, Jenny and Lauren as they ship Brienne/Jamie, bash fanaticism, and wonder when Tyrion is going to stop being that drunk peer-pressure kid from public service announcements. As always, here there be spoilers. #Piecast Episode 55 - S6E8: No One. Featuring Katie, Jenny and Lauren. Running time: 30 Minutes
Jun 17, 2016•30 min
Join FireandLunch as we share our thoughts on "The Broken Man" episode sans "The Broken Man" speech. Megan, Rachel, and Jess discuss sassy ten-year-olds, the meaning of Clegane-bowl, missing swimmer bods, Weasel Freys, hippie cults, and more!!!! #Piecast Episode 54: S6E7 The Broken Man. Featuring Megan, Rachel, and Jess. Running Time, 1 hour. Don't forget to check out our ASoIaF column over at Tor.com!!
Jun 09, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Rachel and Jenny team up to discuss "Blood of My Blood" as they cover everything from the fashion of the Reach to exactly how they think greyscale will make it to Westeros. Plus a little speculation on how long we can reasonably expect a zombie to stay pretty. Don't forget to check out our ASoIaF column this season on Tor.com! #PieCast: Episode 53: S6Ep6 Blood of My Blood. Featuring Rachel and Jenny. Running time 70 minutes.
Jun 01, 2016•1 hr 10 min
Where Brooklyn at !! Join Katie, Lauren, and Jess for this all Brookyncast episode of the piecast. Listen in as we discuss pledge week with House Greyjoy, fashion at the Wall, the merits of Tarthbane, and sadly say goodbye to two of the series most beloved characters. Be sure to check out Rachel’s blog post Time Travel in ASoIaF about the consequences of introducing time travel into the ASoIaF series. #PieCast: Episode 52: S6Ep5 The Door. Featuring Katie, Lauren and Jess. Running time, 53 minute...
May 26, 2016•54 min
Stark Reunion! Cue the FireandLunch tears! There are only two of us this week due to illness and busy lives, but Megan and Jenny hopefully have enough feelings for everyone. Join us as we discuss magical hair, where Jon got his Ned Stark costume, naked lady daggers and all of those sibling reunions. Spoiler watch: Still some in there, both book spoilers and set report spoilers #PieCast: Episode 51: S6Ep4 Book of the Stranger. Featuring Megan and Jenny Running time, 40 minutes....
May 17, 2016•40 min
Now it begins... Welcome to our 50th episode! Have an extra large slice of pie! Join us as we curse "Bloodraven" along with Bran for not letting us see the rest of that Tower of Joy scene, discuss the state of fashion in Westeros and cry over the possible death of Shaggydog. We hope the conspiracy theories are true. DISCLAIMER: We apologize if we repeat ourselves a bit in this episode from time to time. Being our 50th episode we of course had "a few" technical difficulties and had to rerecord so...
May 12, 2016•50 min
Praise R'hllor! Jon Snow has been returned to us! Join us as we squeal over seeing baby Starks for the first time, rate the quality of the Ned Stark cosplayers this season, try and decide the best method for Theon to make his way back to Iron Islands and of course rejoice in Jon Snow returning to the land of the living. Still spoilers....though I fear we are getting close to the time when that will not mean much. #PieCast: Episode 49: S6Ep2 Home. Featuring Jenny, Rachel and Jess. Running time, 5...
May 04, 2016•54 min
The Long Night has finally come to an end as Season 6 premiers! Grab some "untainted by adaptation" Frey Pie and... (Pie credit to Jonelle of Fat Pink Cast and shout out to Lauren for hosting our premier party) Join us as we lament the tragedy that was Dorne, discuss Arya's transition to becoming Daredevil, praise Davos on his superior negotiating skills and place our bets on what episode Jon Snow will finally come back to life! For a while longer, there will be spoilers. #PieCast: Episode 48: S...
Apr 26, 2016•36 min
It's one week until Season 6 starts and we wanted to get together to have one last discussion of news, trailers and events before the new season begins. Grab a fork and tuck in for another episode of the FireandLunch PieCast! Helpful links for this episode NEW! FireandLunch can be found at Tor.com for a weekly posts about Game of Thrones The Manimals ASOIAF Concept Album party and pre-show Trivia hosted by FireandLunch Game of Thrones S6 Trailer #2 #PieCast: Episode 47: Season 6 Is Coming. Featu...
Apr 16, 2016•45 min
M'athchomaroon! Join FireandLunch as they chat with David J. Peterson, author and conlanger for HBO's Game of Thrones, the CW's The 100, MTV's Shannara and NBC's Emerald City (among others) about NYCC, Game of Thrones, Fandom and David's latest book, The Art of Language Invention. This one is very special to us as we all admire David a great deal! He's fantastic. Me nem nesa. Did you see him on the Daily Show ? Athdavrazar! David J. Peterson's Web Thing Follow David J. Peterson on Twitter and Tu...
Mar 18, 2016•1 hr 24 min
Hope you like this mini Pie to hold you over until our next full episode! Join FireandLunch as they discuss the new Season 6 Teaser Trailer . They've got a lot of ideas including how Balon should have been worked into the trailer, what we should expect next from the print campaign and some discussion of the new production stills. This one is full of some good natured ribbing, we're pretty excited to head into the unknown! Grab a Fork! Possible Spoilers for a book that hasn't been published yet! ...
Feb 16, 2016•19 min
Welcome back to the PieCast! Our hiatus has finally come to an end and now that we have recovered from our slight Star Wars detour, we are back with new episodes as we approach season 6! First up, Megan, Jenny and special guest host, Sue, from Watchers on the Wall begin to cover season 6 of Game of Thrones from set reports to casting news to our own predictions and feelings about the season. Join us as we discuss our frustrations over misleading character names, our overwhelming feelings about t...
Jan 31, 2016•1 hr 14 min
Making good on their promise to deliver an all Robin Hobb-themed episode Jenny and Rachel invite fellow Robin Hobb fans, Hanna and Alyssa, to discuss the latest offering in the ongoing adventures of Fitz and the Fool - Fool's Quest as well as all things Realm of the Elderlings. Join us for a hilarious run through Buckkeep Town as we discuss why our regular A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones listeners will love the Realm of the Elderlings novels and why Robin Hobb is the master of exquisite...
Nov 30, 2015•1 hr 16 min
Hello and WELCOME to Episode 42 of the PieCast: The Ladies Invade New York Comic Con! Join us as we celebrate our fourth annual (and biggest ever) MootCon, break down our individual experiences of this year's NYCC, and wax poetic about the unbridled awesomeness that is David J. Peterson. Here's some links for extra relevancy and fandom goodness: The bestest fansite on the internet, including a link to one Game of Owns: watchersonthewall.com David Peterson's Web Thing, home of fabulousness and ki...
Oct 25, 2015•56 min
We're wrapping up the Summer and getting ready for Baking Weather! (AKA MootCon is coming !) But first we went to DragonCon 2015! This is Rachel's favorite Con and Jenny and Lauren's first time! Join us for discussion on our favorite cosplay at DragonCon and hear our reports on all the Game of Thrones related programming that Labor Day Weekend! #PieCast: Episode 41: DragonCon 2015 Recap. Featuring Jenny, Rachel and Lauren. Running Time 1 hour....
Sep 19, 2015•1 hr 1 min
We're back from our [cosplay crafting] hiatus to bring you our Second Annual Wyman Awards! Sit back, relax and enjoy the show as the ladies of FireandLunch present their favorite and least favorite moments from Season 5 of Game of Thrones. We cover our near universal love for a certain episode, everyone's favorite stalker, and of course our favorite topic, the always indubitable Jon Snow...even Rachel who has a shocking...almost podcast ending revelation...*gasp* We of course could not have done...
Aug 29, 2015•1 hr 25 min
Hello, and WELCOME to our first hiatus episode off of Season 5! Join Megan, Jenny and Katie for our discussion of Robert's Rebellion, coming to you from the distant past of last March. /Conflicted. Listen as we battle exploding microphones, discuss the COMPLETE WEIRDNESS of Rhaegar Targaryen, question the wisdom of the Crazy Road Trip of Lust (tm Rachel), and test the limits of our own sobriety. (Yes gentle listeners, this is our first ever Drunk!Cast.) Clocking in at approximately one hour and ...
Jun 26, 2015•1 hr 39 min
HE'S NOT DEAD!!! Join all six ladies of Fire and Lunch in our collective denial as we come to grips with the final scene of the Season Five finale. We also discuss our conflicted feelings about the rest of the episode and our hopes and fears for season six, which will probably include a Daario and Kevan Deathwatch segment. Sit back and enjoy some Pomegranate Pie in memory of the totally not dead Jon Snow. For maybe the last time, here there be book spoilers...sort of...but you are warned. #PieCa...
Jun 19, 2015•1 hr 40 min
Welcome the PieCast! Join Jenny, Rachel and Katie as we discuss the penultimate, much-anticipated episode 9 of Game of Thrones Season 5, The Dance of Dragons. We begin, middle and end the episode with a tribute to and lament for poor little Shireen Baratheon. In between sobs, we discuss the endlessly boring storyline in Dorne, Arya's moves along the Braavosi chess board, and one of the best/worst escapes we've seen on TV this year. (For one. Sorry, entire court of Dany Targaryen. You should be f...
Jun 11, 2015•1 hr 20 min
Karsi, we hardly knew ye. Welcome to the all-Brigade episode of the PieCast! Join Jess, Megan and Katie (with Jenny assisting in spirit) as we discuss the frighteningly awesome episode that was Hardhome. Our thirst for Jon Snow is about as real as Cersei's in the Black Cells, AMIRITE? ;D ...Too soon? Okay. With ratings that swing as high as we've ever had them on the podcast, we talk about the value of Tyrion in the Meereen storyline, how shitty an ex Jorah is, the growth of the story's mytholog...
Jun 04, 2015•1 hr 34 min
Oh, Jorah. Worst. Present. EVER. Join the Brooklynites of FireandLunch as we discuss the life choices that led to "The Gift." We review Dany and Tyrion's meet cute, the soundness of Jon Snow's political choices, and the absolute thrill of Cersei's well-earned "oh shit" face. We may or may not rage at the Dorne and Winterfell storylines. (Who are we kidding, of course we do.) Spoilers galore, buyer beware, shhh just press play. #PieCast: Episode 35: S5E7 The Gift. Featuring Lauren, Katie and Jess...
May 26, 2015•1 hr 18 min
FireandLunch tackles the most divisive episode of Game of Thrones yet. We've assembled Three differing opinions (including the return of special guest, Elena from 'Team More Wine, Sir!) to unpack Tyrion's new career path, Cersei's dalliance with the law, the Sand Snake plots and, of course, the trouble with Sansa. We delve deep into latter book story lines so mind the Spoilers! Also CW for frank discussion of some truly unsettling topics. #PieCast: Episode 34: S5E6 Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. Fea...
May 20, 2015•1 hr 39 min
"There's far less pies than there are are Freys.""Fewer.""Huh?""Nothing." Thank you Stannis the grammar nazi! We will be sure to get that right next time. Join us this week as we discuss Kill The Boy [no actual boys were harmed in the making of this PieCast...only metaphorical ones]! We debate who is worse between Ramsay and Roose, the validity of lighting candles in broken towers to call for help, the nuances of Jon's word choices, and whether or not this whole story could end with a Stone Men ...
May 13, 2015•1 hr 15 min
The surprise character death that shook the fandom is front and center in the latest episode of the FireandLunch Piecast! We discuss Season 5 Episode 4: Sons of the Harpy. Stay tuned for the eulogy of the Boldest Knight that ever lived, the excitement of R+L=J, the terror of the Sparrow, more magic portals, predicted arrests, stolen masks and Westeros' Number One Dad! No worries, we also take time for pie! And remember to always respect the prophecy: Spoilers are Coming. #PieCast: Episode 32: S5...
May 07, 2015•1 hr 15 min
Travel through the magic portal and join us for another episode of the PieCast as we delve into Season 5, Episode 3: High Sparrow. This week we discuss Jon Snow's sexiest move yet, his love of gingers, the cosplay skills of Volantene Brothel workers, happy twitches, and how this is the season of the downfall. As always, the spoilers are as consistent as the stubbornness of the one true King of Westeros! #PieCast: Episode 31: S5Ep3 High Sparrow. Featuring Jess, Jenny and Megan. Running time, 1 ho...
Apr 30, 2015•1 hr 19 min
Pull up a box, grab some wine and join FireandLunch as we discuss Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 2, The House of Black and White! This week we discuss Smaug cameos, the badassery of Samwell Tarly, and Megan's multitudinous feels. We talk about what's cooking in the North and the South, rejoice at Dany's storyline finally picking up speed, and check in on one Arya Stark and the Sexiest Yoda You Have Ever Seen. As always, Here be Spoilers. Enter at your peril. #PieCast: Episode 30: S5Ep2 The Hou...
Apr 22, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to the first PieCast of Season 5! We finally made it. Sit back with your pie, a little late but still tasty, and enjoy. This week we discuss Rachel's love of poop holes, vomit and eunuchs, Lancel's lack of wig, KEVAN and his fate, Jon the Bastard being awesome, and also share our frustrations with Loras's storyline and Lannister flashbacks. We have a lot of feelings. Also, play along at home by counting the number of times Katie gets kicked out of the Brigade and also our Daredevil refer...
Apr 17, 2015•59 min
Season 5 of Game of Thrones is almost here! FireandLunch sits down to talk about some of the latest news, the fan opinions on HBO's current marketing team (CAMPFIRE FOREVER) as well as discussions about previews, theories and interviews! Predictions for S5 abound but remember - THIS IS A SPOILER PODCAST! Also mentioned in this episode: FireandLunch will be attending the Philly Ren Faire on May 16th! You too can attend a new Ren Fair in the Philly area and meet the Mountain himself, Hafthor Juliu...
Apr 05, 2015•55 min
