Introduction - Who am I and what is this show about?
This was the premiere episode! Learn more about me and the show!
So this post is about the very first episode I released! You can listen to it on your favorite podcast listening platform. Or you can also check it on my website:
https://thewesterosiprimer.com/episode/introduction
One advantage is that you can get the show notes and the full transcript.
How it began
The short story is that I’ve been a fan of the series since 2013. Season 3 was about to air on HBO (now Max). My family and I are too cheap to add another channel to the cable since streaming for HBO didn’t exist yet. In fact Game of Thrones is basically the reason why streaming even happened. I started to read the novels because I was curious what the big fuss was about. Also because I wasn’t sure if I’d like the series, I opted to borrow the books from the library.
I was shocked to discover how long the waiting list for the ebooks were! It was so long, you can’t renew the books. If you don’t finish in your allotment borrowing period, you basically just got back on the line and waited your turn again. I guess it’s fair when you have over 100 people waiting.
Eventually I made my way through the five novels, and I was eager to watch the TV show. I won’t get into my rants. That will be for a different post. I enjoyed the TV series and got to participate in group discussions at work and online. I even wrote a bit on Tumblr. I might repost content from my old Tumblr on here and the podcast, but we’ll see about that.
Why do this podcast?
I had previous co-hosted another podcast with a couple women who I befriended on Tumblr. Three Fates Decide was a fun podcast we did for about 2 years. It was a lot of fun sharing our interest of fandoms, entertainment, and pop culture. Naturally ASOIAF was a topic on a few episodes. We actually got decent numbers on those episodes.
That’s what really inspired me to give this podcast a try. So here’s hoping that I’ll make this a successful show worth listening to!
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