Amanda Marcotte

Amanda Marcotte is a politics and culture writer for Salon and, critically, a massive geek for Game of Thrones. For two years, she and her partner Marc Faletti hosted a video series at Slate, titled House Slate, that dove deep into the mythology of Westeros for watchers of the HBO series. She’s read all of A Song of Ice and Fire at least twice over, all the Dunk and Egg books, and A World of Ice and Fire and truly believes a dragon is no one’s slave.

Ashaya

Ashaya is co-host and producer for History of Westeros, a podcast dedicated to the histories and mysteries of A Song of Ice and Fire & HBO’s Game of Thrones. She has an extensive knowledge of the ASOIAF art community and loves ASOIAF-themed games.

Aziz Al-Doory

Aziz has been a part of History of Westeros podcast since 2012. He has been obsessed with ASOIAF since ~2001 to the point that he can and will drop everything to chat about the smallest details. He considers the ASOIAF fandom to be family.

David Atkins

David Atkins is a political writer for a variety of publications, and a frequent contributor to the Song of Ice and Fire subreddit /r/asoiaf under the username ‘dorestes,’ He does local political activism, and his day job is running a research firm — when he isn’t peppering his political writing with Game of Thrones references or engaging in spirited debate over theories with fellow Ice and Fire junkies. His favorite Ice and Fire moment was reading the entirety of Storm of Swords aloud to his wife in the car driving to and back from Las Vegas.

Emmett Booth (PoorQuentyn)

Emmett Booth (aka PoorQuentyn) has been writing about ASOIAF and Game of Thrones since early 2015. His Tumblr is most well known for his essays on ADWD (specifically regarding Tyrion, Davos, and Quentyn) and his Eldritch Apocalypse theory, which grounds the end of the world in Euron Greyjoy’s invasion of Oldtown. He has appeared on fandom podcasts including Game of Owns and History of Westeros, and he has covered Game of Thrones for Deadspin.

Gabe Rosenberg

Gabe Rosenberg is a crisis and political communications strategist who took the black in 2006. You want him on that wall; you need him on that wall.

Lady Gywnhyfvar

Lady Gywnhyfvar is a co-host and writer for the Radio Westeros podcast. She began writing about George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire several years ago, first at the popular fan forum westeros.org and later on her own blog and as a host of Radio Westeros. Since founding Radio Westeros in 2014, Lady Gwyn has been a guest on numerous podcasts, blogs and panels, where she always welcomes the chance to bring a fresh point of view to analyzing Martin’s rich cast of characters. She lives in Massachusetts with her two children where she often repeats the Stark House words: “Winter is Coming”.

Michal Schick

Michal Schick had no idea that her life was about to change when she picked up A Game of Thrones in 2003, but hey, here we are! Now a senior staff writer at Hypable.com, Michal covers Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire, in addition to a myriad of other nerdy properties like Marvel and Star Wars. She frequently discusses George R.R. Martin’s work on the Vassals of Kingsgrave podcast, covers general geekery at Nice Jewish Fangirls, and can be found almost constantly on Twitter at @inkasrain.

yolkboy

After serving his time in the trenches of the westeros.org forums, yolkboy decided to form an ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ podcast with his friend Lady Gwyn. Now in its fourth year, Radio Westeros have covered many characters, themes and theories with their in depth analysis and look forward to a future entrenched in the fandom. Listen to Radio Westeros at radiowesteros.com.

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