Author: Dick Ebert

Hi guys! Love the podcast. I”ve shared it with tons of friends. Y”all crack me up and I’m definitely going to be listening to the 80s and 90s podcast. Just wondering if you will be doing a podcast on the HBO special about the making of Game of Thrones after...

Hey Guys, Love the show guys, especially because you allow me to savor each episode long after the show has aired. Game of Thrones isn’t a one-night affair anymore – you have made it a weeklong event! I’ve been tempted to write so many times but, meh, it’s fun just...

Hey Guys, I agree that there are some fascinating parallels between the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Dani’s use of a dragon to reduce Kings Landing to rubble. However, I think any anal analysis of these parallels is somewhat thin unless you delve into the contemporary...

Hey Guys, Dany has admitted mistakes before. What if she admits she had a bad day and has learned executions, in general, are the problem. The very first episode begins with Ned Stark executing a man that may not really be guilty. (Later he is even told that the executed...

Hey guys, The idea that the Night King”s reign ended too abruptly, to me, has people overly disappointed and unfairly critical. I think having his demise be at the most epic battle in television history was a good enough send-off for him. I understand viewers thinking the Night King is...

Hello guys, a listener from across the pond here. I started listening to “on the throne” with the first episode of S7 and got hooked in a jiffy. When S8 got closer, I was really looking forward to hearing from you again. Now, after watching Episode 3 I felt like...

Hey Guys, Everyone says that the scene with Arya and the Hound, where she”s marching to kill Cersei and he grabs her arm and says “Look at me! LOOK AT ME!” and essentially saves her, is a callback to when he told Sansa to look at him (during the battle...