Author: Gene Lyons

Why Leave Dragonstone Empty?

Hey guys, Big fan of all of your podcasts. As an avid Thrones/ASOIAF fan I was thrilled to hear you guys would be taking on the show. Anyways, I agreed with a lot of what you said about the premiere (Euron was great, the cameo was not, etc.) but there...

Season 2 Vision Foretells Daenerys’ Death

Loooove your Westworld podcast, I’m glad you guys are doing Game of Thrones, although I’m a little concerned Gene is going to rip Ed Sheehan and the lazy dialogue writing to shreds in this first episode. I had a couple observations I wanted to share- First off, the giant in...

Ed Sheeran’s New Song in Westeros

I’m writing this email so I don’t rage quit the Shat podcasts. I generally like the podcasts but you guys made such a huge analytical error that I had to say something. The Lannister soldiers / Ed “Sheheen”. That whole scene was about demonstrating Arya’s character. As soon as she...

‘Arya Meets Ed Sheeran’ Was Not Pointless

Hey guys- Just listened to your instant cast and, though I’m not wild about the Sheeran cameo, it was not a pointless scene just to have him sing a song as you seemed to think upon first view. The scene gave very critical information about Arya as a character in...

American Gods Source Material

Fellas, Gotta call a time out for a sec. The way you guys nitpicked this episode had me somewhat confused and (based on my “know the source material” bias) a little angry. First If you don’t know the source material, at least know the source. I had never read any...

‘Git Gone’ Humanizes Laura Moon

I just wanted to write in to say that I enjoyed this episode. It wasn’t perfect and I agree with some of the complaints that were mentioned in the Deep Dive episode, but it worked for me because it accomplished two of the main things that I had hoped would...

Bored Until Shadow Showed Up

I just discovered your podcast while I was searching for opinions on the American Gods show. A small back history; I have read the book (many times) and listened to the full cast audio book. I really love this story and most of Neil Gaiman’s work. I was very excited...