Welcome to the Watch the Thrones podcast, Grantland’s dedicated Game of Thrones podcast, obviously. This week, Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald talk to Grantland editor Mallory Rubin and Grantland writer Jason Concepcion about the upcoming season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfkBbG0Mj_A

Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss why they can’t wait for Season 5.

https://youtu.be/Lm8aUEwbbYg

Chris Ryan talks to Mallory Rubin about some of the new characters we’ll see this season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWRxtXOvFMU

Andy Greenwald and Jason Concepcion talk about the relationship between the TV series and the books.