This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 1 of Season 5, The Wars to Come. They discuss Doctor Who Spoilers, spooky eye rocks, that harpies are dope, dragons being symbolic of control, Lancell having “CW face”, gingerbread, dude butts, and problematic blonde women. Additionally, Emily starts a new segment for this season, Kate questions the sustainability of leaving gold masks at murders, and they both realize the statue in Meereen is a harpy. The Spoiler-free map mentioned...
Sep 13, 2022•2 hr 17 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 10 of Season 4, The Children. They discuss shaky camera angles, Mulan the animated movie, Davos’ resting face, Hodor the sleeper agent, Jaime Lannister hotness, DeviantArt, everything Bran has lost, the Macarena and Emily’s one correct prediction from the previous episode. Additionally, Emily feels a connection with Cersei, Kate finally gets a recap before the episode and Emily commits to some Season 5 death predictions. New episode...
Aug 09, 2022•2 hr 14 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 9 of Season 4, The Watchers on the Wall. They discuss Air Bud, Jon doing nothing, OSHA violations, Sam's character development, Die Hard, Jon's father figure body count, Chekov's bow, spoilers for Midsommar, Styr's really weird walk, and rock climbing. Additionally, Emily wants to know if Winter has come, Kate admits she should remember what has happened in the show since she has seen it, and they both felt bad for Jon in this episo...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 34 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 8 of Season 4, The Mountain and the Viper. They discuss Emily's Matron of Honor speech, Missandei's emotions, college dorm posters, the Murder Gate, chaotic camerawork, Theon's script, Fleetwood Mac, too many armies and a nostalgia for flaying. Additionally, Emily reminisces about season 1 Theon and Kate really hates the name Orson. New episodes every month, the next episode is coming July 12th. Music is by Simon Daum. Emily's Insta...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 40 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers podcast to talk about Episode 7 of Season 4, Mockingbird. They discuss unnaturally large Ghost, nobody wanting to be Jon Snow's dad, The Emperor's New Groove, a very crunchy map, Brienne being a good boss, House of Cards, symbolism and a very interesting wine decanter. Additionally, Emily explains she doesn't like when characters return because then they might die, Kate keeps noticing...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 46 min
There will be a delay in May's episode, but will return later this month and pick back up with our monthly episodes. New episodes every second Tuesday of the month. Music is by Simon Daum. Emily's Instagram - @koballabateman Kate’s Instagram - @ophelia5wims Website - www.gameofgroanspod.com Email - gameofgroanspod@gmail.com Instagram - @gameofgroanspod Facebook - facebook.com/gameofgroanspod Twitter - @gameofgroanspod Want to reach out? Send us a text! Support the show...
May 10, 2022•1 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by returning guest Nav from A Song of Ice and Fire Symposium to talk about Episode 6 of Season 4, The Laws of Gods and Men. They discuss murder holes, adultery being a punchline, Oregon Trail, double grandfathers, JUSTICE, angsty bad boy dragons, Cersei's hair and The Princess Diaries. Additionally, Emily struggles with the word of burial, Nav sets Emily and Kate straight on the Targaeryns and Kate is convinced to read the books. New episod...
Apr 12, 2022•2 hr 16 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 5 of Season 4, First of His Name. They discuss Sansa's cloak hood, Daenerys indoors, Arya's list, Jojen-vision, Wordle, immature children, Cersei acting normal, and Kate's wedding registry. Additionally, Emily is mad Little Finger is so smooth, Kate expresses hope that they actually burned a house down, and they both dislike how Bran treats Hodor. New episodes every month, the next episode is coming April 12th. Music is by Simon Dau...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 38 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 4 of Season 4, Oathkeeper. They discuss Google Docs vs. Microsoft Office, girl boss vibes, good scene transitions, dragon jewelry from the 90s, Agatha Christie novels, Kit Harrington's height, justice and sad babies. Additionally, Emily is still convinced Daenerys is bad, Kate talks about her Jaime/Brienne ship and they both agree that Ser Pounce is adorable. New episodes every month, the next episode is coming March 8th. Music is b...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 27 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 3 of Season 4, Breaker of Chains. They discuss Sansa's cloak, how Ser Dontos found the boat in the fog, The Lion King, majoring in poisons, Braavos, Tyrion as a detective, blood magic vs. paying people, how hard it is to boil potatoes and Mulan. Additionally, Emily goes on a small Harry Potter tangent, Kate wonders how the people of Meereen can hear Dany, and neither one of them remembers Karl. New episodes every month, the next epi...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Just when you thought we couldn’t be more ambitious, the podcast Holiday crossover has gotten larger and merrier! Welcome Bindle-Man: No Way Home for the Holiday Crossover Special ! This teamup of epic proportions is from your favorite podcasts and podcasters. This year we have Super Bracket Bros, GeeK KetchUP, Game of Groans, Level Playing Field, Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers and Ultimate Sports Mashup all coming together to bring holiday cheer! In this episode, our podcasting gang plays so...
Dec 24, 2021•2 hr 10 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 2 of Season 4, The Lion and the Rose. They discuss weird camera work, Animorphs, the basement at Winterfell, scary ass trees with faces, the Five Kings, Joffrey's relationship with women and Cersei's perceptiveness. Additionally, Emily is very stressed about the implications of Joffrey's murder, Kate admits to not watching the Avatar series, and they both agree that they want Sansa and Tyrion to work out. New episodes every month, t...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 1 of Season 4, Two Swords. They discuss recaps that are helpful, Jaime's haircut, dumbass Joffrey, The Mandalorian, Jon Snow's new attitude, that Sansa would make a good queen, and the Hound: Local Celebrity. Additionally, Emily does a horrible Jorah impression, Kate has questions about the Book of Brothers, and Emily gets mad at all the new places and people. New episodes every month, the next episode is coming December 14th. Music...
Nov 09, 2021•56 min
This month on Game of Groans you get two podcasts for the price of one! Emily and Kate decided to do a Season 3 Review as well as go through some additional Game of Thrones information Emily remembered through pop culture and just existing during the show's running. They discuss Emily's Season 3 death prediction failures and her new ones for Season 4. New episodes every month, the next episode is coming December 14th. Music is by Simon Daum. Emily's Instagram - @koballabateman Kate’s Instagram -...
Nov 09, 2021•18 min
This week on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Kate Koballa to talk about Episode 10 of Season 3, Mhysa. They discuss Uncle-Dads, "The North Remembers", Podrick thriving, Arya's tiny rage, white saviors, Cersei's seashell, a dick in a box, and relationship advice from Tywin Lannister. Additionally, Emily thinks Daenerys is the bad guy, Kate mentions being a film major and they both forget Gendry's name. New episodes every month, the next episode is coming November 9th. Music is by Simon Daum. E...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 22 min
This week on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by her husband Chase Bateman to talk about Episode 9 of Season 3, The Rains of Castamere. They discuss the origin of the Red Wedding name, NADDPOD, how Cat sucks in the show, lazy writing, Jon Snow's plan all along, band-ssassins, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, that Jorah is a fuckboi, fish have teeth and that happy people are doomed. Additionally, Emily is sad Osha left, Chase forgets the word squire and they both make way too many pop culture references. New e...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This week on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Andrew Kimball from Level Playing Field to talk about Episode 8 of Season 3, Second Sons. They discuss that Sansa got the best Lannister, Davos is a great actor, Joffrey being petty, what size leeches are, bad dads, unnecessary nudity, whiskey dick, and scary ass face trees. Additionally, Emily is changing her mind about the Hound again and they are both confused about curses. New episodes every second Tuesday of the month, the next episode is comi...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 14 min
A quick update on the status of the podcast and Emily's plan to return after her "maternity leave." New episodes every second Tuesday of the month, the next episode is coming August 10th. Music is by Simon Daum. Emily's Instagram - @koballabateman Website - www.gameofgroanspod.com Email - gameofgroanspod@gmail.com Instagram - @gameofgroanspod Facebook - facebook.com/gameofgroanspod Twitter - @gameofgroanspod Want to reach out? Send us a text! Support the show...
Jun 22, 2021•2 min
This week on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by her sister Kate Koballa to talk about Episode 7 of Season 3, The Bear and the Maiden Fair. They discuss Jon Snow smiling, sex advice, Tyrion being a people pleaser, Daenerys's makeover, Shakespeare comedies, Arya being a goth tween, fast travel, the return of the Hound, Anchorman and Jaime's hand stump. Additionally, Emily doubles down on her prediction of a tragic demise for Robb and Talisa, Kate gets to talk about her favorite shipped characters,...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 39 min
This week on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Wally Hipolito from Off the Stoop to talk about Episode 6 of Season 3, The Climb. They discuss why everyone wants Harrenhal, what counts as treason, Miley Cyrus, Loras’s acting skills, Sansa’s innocence, chaos being a ladder, The Dark Knight Rises, and Shae being prone to jealousy. Additionally, Emily admits she isn’t sure whose wedding will be the Red Wedding, Wally admits his favorite character, and they both feel sorry for Sansa. New episodes ev...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This week on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Sarah Sheppard from Musical Theater Deathmatch and Ruin My Life to talk about Episode 5 of Season 3, Kissed By Fire. They discuss that this show is a high budget soap opera, the Lord of Light is the only religion with physical evidence, Tormund looks like a European Santa, Westeros Kama Sutra, Arya/Gendry vibes, the Hound's moral code, the pronunciation of Karstarks, magic with consequences, and how cute Shireen teaching Davos to read is. Additiona...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 36 min
This week on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Lis from My Precious Podcast to talk about Episode 4 of Season 3, And Now His Watch Is Ended. They discuss the problematic grammar of the title, Sam wanting to define his relationship, Littlefinger's accent, a therapist in Westeros would be rich, magic as a vague concept, required cremation, Harry Potter, the Hound's horrible teeth and the Lord of Light is a cult. Additionally, Emily is confused by a dream scene and they both try to figure out Cras...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 44 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Jay Davis from Super Bracket Bros and Ultimate Sports Mashup to talk about Episode 3 of Season 3, Walk of Punishment. They discuss the first comedic opening of GOT, if anyone is winning the war, Tyrion's big dick energy, Arya's list, a guy from Pirates of the Caribbean, abstinence as a sacrifice, wolf shaped bread, a paranoid Stannis, that this show hates horses, and a bank in Westeros?? Additionally, Emily is pleasantly surprised that Hot Pie doe...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 32 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Shannon Earley from Nesting with the Earley Birds to talk about Episode 2 of Season 3, Dark Wings, Dark Words. They discuss the actor who plays Bran looking older, the kid from Finding Neverland, black magic, men with wheelbarrows are jolly, Jon's new coat, the dope garden in King's Landing, the Great Gatsby, and that Riverrun is a tongue twister. Additionally, Emily doesn't trust the Tyrells, Shannon declares she is the Lord Commander of her hous...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 27 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Nav from A Song of Ice and Fire Symposium to talk about Episode 1 of Season 3, Valar Dohaeris. They discuss George R.R. Martin's will, Maester Luwin's sleeves, the first show cold opening, giants, aggressively eating a chicken, that Ghost is a good boy, satisfying letter sealing, cynical fairy tales, dragons fishing, Tyrion just wanting to be loved, Cersei's dress armor and Sir Friend Zone. Additionally, Emily wonders why everyone knows who Jon Sn...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 39 min
Not since The Avengers took the big screen by storm in 2012 has there been a crossover event so ambitious as this special holiday episode! Okay, well maybe that’s a slight exaggeration… Welcome to the Christmas On Infinite Podcasts Holiday Special ! This epic team-up includes some of your favorite podcasts (if not, they should be!). We have, Super Bracket Bros , GeeK KetchUP , Game of Groans , and Level Playing Field uniting together to bring you some holiday cheer! On this episode the gang play...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 21 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by her sister Kate Koballa to recap and review all of Season 2 of Game of Thrones in a special bonus episode. They discuss how Robb has been a shit head this season, thinly veiled metaphors, the level of British that makes you sound evil, Oscar Isaac aka Poe Dameron, naming your child Atticus, fast travel, Homeward Bound, Gwendolyn Christie, the zombie horse and Tiger King. It also becomes apparent that Kate and Emily tend to ramble without notes or ...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 1 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Dylan Wren from Level Playing Field to talk about Episode 10 of Season 2, Valar Morghulis. They discuss name dropping, how Tywin got a horse in the throne room, Joffrey's moral compass, broken oaths, if GOT were a romcom, a Lord of Light hair salon, Brienne and Jaime's improv, Osha and the Boys, dragon magic, Jon Snow's intelligence and a bunch of white walkers. Additionally, Emily has conflicting feelings about Varys, Dylan asks Emily for predict...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 29 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Antoinette Perez from Oh This World to talk about Episode 9 of Season 2, Blackwater. They discuss favorite characters so far, Shae taking unnecessary risks, Romeo and Juliet, how real magic is in this world, a smug Stannis, lame sword names, bird imagery and melodrama being a Lannister trait. Additionally, Emily notices Sansa changed her hairstyle, Antoinette explains the purpose of a scene, and Emily thinks that Daenerys was going to show up to t...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 4 min
This month on Game of Groans, Emily is joined by Lili Gordon from The Lilipod to talk about Episode 8 of Season 2, The Prince of Winterfell. They discuss difficult to understand accents, that the Lord of Bones looks dumb, what would have happened if Ned didn't die, overarching season themes, a battle is approaching, Peter Dinklage is a great actor, Robb is no better than his mother, Davos would make a good Hand and that Theon is a liar. Additionally, Emily completely misses the point of a scene,...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 14 min
