This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers the season finale of House of the Dragon’s first season titled “The Black Queen.” Rhaenys reaches Dragonstone and informs Rhaenyra of what’s happened with her father and the throne. Team Black springs into action… kind of. Allies are courted, plans are made, Ravens and riders are dis…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 9 of House of the Dragon titled “The Green Council.” It’s the aftermath of Viserys’ death and the Greens race each other to install Aegon as king, Rheanys interrupts the festivities before flying out of town, and we see the cost Alicent has been paying for Larys’ inf…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 8 of House of the Dragon titled “Lord of the Tides.” It’s now 6 years and 30 kids later. It’s an episode in which Viserys takes center stage with all events more or less revolving around him. He is the thread that has kept the greens and the blacks from war and, afte…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 7 of House of the Dragon titled “Driftmark.” We escape another large time jump for a week while all hell begins to break loose. Aemond takes Vhagar, Jacaerys takes Aemond’s eye, Alicent takes blood, Rhaenyra takes Daemon, Karl takes Laenor across the narrow sea, and …

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 6 of House of the Dragon titled “The Princess and the Queen.” It’s 10 years later and Ser Criston Cole is still mad salty, Alicent wants to out Rhaenyra’s marriage as a sham and her kids as bastards, Viserys is alive and looking like an old Riff Raff, and Daemon’s ma…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 5 of House of the Dragon titled “We Light the Way.” Alicent is signaling war, Daemon is cruisin for a bruisin, Viserys can’t get enough leeches, Rhaenyra shuts down Cole and marries Leanor, Cole goes berserk, and we see the deaths of two cool characters way too soon.…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 4 of House of the Dragon titled “King of the Narrow Sea.” We discuss Targaryens being Targaryens, the leadership of Viserys (or lack there of), the ambitions of Otto Hightower, and more. RATE AND REVIEW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE! Go to iTunes, subscribe, rate an…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 3 of House of the Dragon titled “Second of His Name.” We discuss the pros/cons of the big time jumps, how the major players in the war to come is taking shape, the conclusion(?) to the war in the Stepstones, and more. RATE AND REVIEW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE! G…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers Season 1 Episode 2 of House of the Dragon titled “The Rogue Prince.” This episode is a lot of table setting and resetting. We turn full tilt into Game of Thrones nostalgia, Viserys is being pushed to marry, Ser Strong actually gets a scene, Daemon steals a dragon egg and takes up res…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers the premiere episode of House of the Dragon! What is dead may never die – SRM returns! Just as was the case with the original series, what we lack in-world knowledge we make up for in the fun we have along the way. The general consensus is we are cautiously optimistic. For this premi…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones Podcast is our long put off SRMies. This is our annual-ish awards for Game of Thrones where we look back on the season and hand out a lot of fake honors. Apparently we were so put off by how Season 8 played out it took us a full year to revisit the topic, but here we are. A calendar year and 6 week…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones Podcast is our second thoughts on Season 8 Episode 6 titled “The Iron Throne”. We look back on not just the season finale, but the last episode of Game of Thrones ever. It may be the end of the road for this incarnation of Game of Thrones, but Stark Raven Mad will live on. We have our SRMies episod…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers season eight episode 6 – the FINAL episode of Game of Thrones titled “The Iron Throne”. This is our first impressions podcast just minutes removed for the finale. We’ll be back on Wednesday recording again, so if you have thoughts email us at SRMPodcast@woodercooler.com or tweet @SRM…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones Podcast covers season 8 episode 5 of Game of Thrones titled “The Bells”. Kicking off this episode is Roger Ashton-Griffith’s who portrayed Lord Mace Tyrell throughout the series until his untimely death in the firey explosion of the Sept of Baelor. Speaking of firey explosions… The Last War has arr…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones Podcast is our second thoughts on Season 8 Episode 4 titled “The Last of the Starks”. We look back on the bridge between two battles, guess at what’s come come in episode 5, and spend too much time discussing a world in which the infamous coffee cup was not a mistake, but rather a possession of one…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast covers season eight episode four titled: “The Last of the Starks”. We set the table for the battle between of two queens and we spill some blood while we’re at it. This is our first impressions podcast. Stay tuned for our second thoughts podcast on Thursday. GoT questions or opinions? Email…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast is looking at The Long Night. We’re a couple days removed from the battle and Mike Marbach, David Donnella, and Katie Cwirko try to look at episode 3 with fresh eyes. We also talk about some articles written on the episode, discuss some mini locks (predictions), and shout out a lot of peopl…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Season 8 Episode 3 of Game of Thrones titled “The Long Night”. We talk the epic Battle of Winterfell and not much else. We will be recording again on Wednesday to go over second thoughts on the the battle and what it could mean for the final 3 episodes. Email your thoughts to SRMPodcast@woodercooler.com. Evesd…

In this episode of Stark Raven Mad we take a second look at Game of Thrones season 8 episode 2 “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”, discuss who could live / die in episode 3’s Battle of Winterfell, and check in on our Stone Cold Locks of 2019. Mike Marbach and David Donnella are joined for the first time by Philly performer Marcely Jean-Pierre. Email …

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Season 8 Episode 2 of Game of Thrones titled “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”. We focus on the everyone hunkered down at Winterfell catching up, singing songs, making amends, spilling secrets, and oh yeah, preparing for the the biggest battle in thousands of years which, if they lose, will mean the end of mank…

In this special mid-week episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones podcast Mike and David discuss second thoughts on “Winterfell” and talk through some listener predictions. Email us your thoughts on this season and we’ll talk about them. We don’t get much email and we’ve got nothing else to do! SRMPodcast@woodercooler.com. Also rate & review u…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers the season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones titled “Winter Is Here” … we think. We’re finally back with a new episode to talk about. We got a lot of reunions and hinting (or in some cases outright saying) at what’s to come. We’ll be back with another episode in a couple days. Email your thoughts on the premiere t…

It’s been a good while since we did a one on one chat with someone about Game of Thrones. Previous episodes had Scott Adsit (30 Rock) and The Mountain himself Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson given guest right. Today I’m joined by YouTuber, Host, and all around tech, gaming, and lifestyle face Trisha Hershberger! No bread and salt, but all the rights noneth…

In this episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones Podcast we discuss some listener stone cold locks and throw out some hypotheticals in the form of “Do You Think ____” questions to each other. We also welcome, for the first time live via satellite, David Donnella. If all goes well David will be joining us each week thanks to technology. We have…

Yes, we’re back. This is the first in our Pre-Game of Thrones series. This is bascially a check-in where we remind each other that we exist. We discuss and break down the Game of Thrones season 8 trailer. We also wonder how the hell someone named “Harry Strickland” lives in the Game of Thrones world. We will be recording our annual Iron Bank of Bra…

We return with Part 2 of the 2017 SRMies! The Stark Raven Mad awards for Game of Thrones Season 7. Who will take home the gold in categories such as “Rookie of the Year”, “Fredo Corleone I’m Smaht And I Want Respect”, “Best Fight”, “You Did What Exactly?” and many more. This episode is broken up into two parts, so be sure you go back and listen to …

We are back for the first time since that epic Season 7 finale and dressed to the nines for a very special night. That’s right it’s the 2017 SRMies! The Stark Raven Mad awards for Game of Thrones Season 7. Who will take home the gold in categories such as “Rookie of the Year”, “Fredo Corleone I’m Smaht And I Want Respect”, “Best Fight”, “You Did Wh…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Season 7 episode 7 of Game of Thrones titled “The Dragon and the Wolf”. The longest episode of the show yet delivered a lot of great moments in an overall good season finale. If they stick to their plan we are only looking at 6 episodes left to tell this story. Based on the way things moved this season, that s…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers season seven episode six of Game of Thrones titled “Death is the Enemy”. Another epic episode in a season of epic-ness. After years of waiting for it we finally see dragons and white walkers battle a bit. We took some losses in the process and though some damage was done, maybe a loss overall, but it was great…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 5 titled “Eastwatch”. Another big episode with people zipping across Westeros via warp tunnels. Lots of reunions this episode. Big team ups. Impossible missions. Though there was lots going on “Eastwatch” was still a lot of setup for what’s to come in the final TWO episodes. Th…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Season 7 Episode 4 titled “The Spoils of War”. In what was the best episode of Season 7 and arguably one of the best of the series, Dany followed the late Olenna Tyrell’s advice and stopped listening to clever men and embraced the dragon. Arya returned home and gave us one of the better examples yet of how ski…

In this episode of Stark Raven Mad we cover Season 7 Episode 3 of Game of Thrones titled ‘The Queen’s Justice”. An all around great episode with the very long awaited meeting of Dany and Jon, reunion of Sansa and Bran in Winterfell, the curing of Jorah’s greyscale, Cersei’s revenge on House Martell, the battles of Casterly Rock and Highgarden, oh a…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers season 7 episode 2 of Game of Thrones titled “Stormborn”. Another relatively calm episode overall with a lot of pieces still being put into place. The storytelling has definitely picked up, but this episode was a bit short on action. The end made up for that a bit, though it was a bit too Pirates of the Carrib…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad is part of the 2017 Philadelphia Podcast Festival and was recorded live in front of real humans at the Philly Improv Theater. We give some second thoughts on “Dragonstone”, work through some internet reactions, and do a “live reading” of one of the proposed Game of Thrones spin-off shows. Thanks to David Donnella, Ro…

Game of Thrones is finally back after more than a year’s off season! The episode, though a dent premiere, got some split reactions from the panel. Ranged from amazing to “dragYAWNstone”. Clearly a lot of huge things are being set up and the show is likely to be bing bang boom from here on out. Don’t forget we are LIVE Tuesday, 7/18 @ 10pm at PHIT. …

We are back with part 2 of our Iron Bank of Braavos presents the Stone Cold Locks of 2017. In part 1 we covered the panel members that were not present and in part 2 we cover Mike, Frank, and David. It’s a fast and furious round robin where predictions are revealed, cases are made, and points are awarded. Send your top 5 stone cold locks before Sea…

We are now inside of a week until Game of Thrones Season 7 premieres! Last week we put out our Season 6 refresher and this week we’re back with part 1 of The Iron “Brank” of Braavos Presents The Stark Raven Mad Stone Cold Locks of 2017. This is broken up into two parts. Part 1 covers some SRM panel members unavailable for the pod, and part 2 out on…

It’s been over a year since the Season 6 finale, so your memory of all things Game of Thrones is probably a little fuzzy. No worries, because SRM is here to walk you through all the characters and story lines so that you’re good and fresh heading into Season 7. There’s a bit of speculating sprinkled throughout, but be sure to join us for next week’…

And we’re back! Although maybe we shouldn’t be just yet. In this episode we talk about some Game of Thrones show and casting news and that big dumb block of ice. That’s pretty much it, but we somehow talk for nearly an hour and have fun doing it. We plug a the new WooderCooler podcast, “Should Have Gone Home” with Robyn Cartlidge and Sean Sullivan,…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad is part 2 of our annual Game of Thrones awards show. Traditional categories such as “Rookie of the Year”, “MVP” and “Best Fight” and not so traditional awards such as the “Bitch Ass Bitch” Award, the “You Did What Exactly?” and many more. Features Mike Marbach, David Donnella, Rob Alesiani, Hunter Steffes and a guest…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad is part 1 of our annual Game of Thrones awards show. Traditional categories such as “Rookie of the Year”, “MVP” and “Best Fight” and not so traditional awards such as the “Bitch Ass Bitch” Award, the “You Did What Exactly?” and many more. Features Mike Marbach, David Donnella, Rob Alesiani, Hunter Steffes and a guest…

In this episode of Stark Raven Mad we are LIVE at Tattooed Mom’s in Philadelphia as part of the 2016 Philly Podcast Festival! As if that wasn’t special enough, it’s a very different episode of SRM as we merge the podcast worlds of Stark Raven Mad and The Spincast with Rob & Jack to discuss Game of Thrones playlists. We’ll be back next with with ano…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad is Part 2 of our Game of Thrones Season 6 Wrap-up. We cover Winterfell/The Wall, Kings Landing, do a Stone Cold Lock check-in, pick our winners & losers for the season and crack wise along the way. We have lots of episodes planned, so please SUBSCRIBE to keep track of them. Up first is the Annual SRMies! Our Game of …

This episode of Stark Raven Mad looks back on Game of Thrones Season 6. The episode is broken up into two parts with the second part being released on Monday, July 18th. Part one covers Sam & Gilly, Arya, Jaime, Bran and a couple others. There’s also a few more tangents than we tend to have in our pods, but it’s the off season. I guess we gotta fil…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Season 6 Episode 10 of Game of Thrones titled “The Winds of Winter”. We have a full crew back from the four corners of the world to discuss the finale and we announce the winner of our latest contest. Game of Thrones may be gone for a few months (for a countdown click here), but SRM isn’t going anywhere. We ha…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers the season finale of Game of Thrones Season 6 titled “The Winds of Winter.” An amazing end to a fantastic season. A King in the North, a Queen in the South, A Queen in the Easter that is headed West… and we STILL have to contend with the White Walkers. Season 7 is going to be IN – SANE. Thanks to Kevin Pettit …

In this episode of Stark Raven Mad we take another look at Game of Thrones Season Six Episode 9 titled “Battle of the Bastards”. We try to answer the tough questions like “What is Little Finger’s end game?”, “Why wouldn’t Sansa tell Jon about Baelish?”, “Why wasn’t Wun Wun yielding a mighty oak tree or massive sword?” and much more. Joined by Mike …

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Season 6 Episode 9 of Game of Thrones titled “Battle of the Bastards”. A battle seasons long between one of the shows most reviled characters and one its characters that was dead just a few episodes ago. A payoff seasons long in the making. Oh, how sweet it is… for now. Thanks to David, Whitney, Frank and Kevi…

In this episode of Stark Raven Mad: A Game of Thrones Podcast we take another look at episode #8 in season 6, “No One”. We take another pass at each story line, but pay particular attention to the cryptic rumor/secret between Qyburn and Cersei and what tricks she might have up her sleeve as well as the coming Battle of the Bastards. We also discuss…

This episode of Stark Raven Mad covers Season 6 Episode 8 of Game of Thrones Titled “No One”. Some big moves, but still a lot of set-up for the final two episodes. This didn’t keep the episode from having great moments or tension throughout. The next two should be pretty epic even by Season 6 standards. Thanks to Whitney Harris, David Donnella, Cai…