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Welcome back to Game of Thrones 2 Electric Boop, Caloo. I know it's Anthony. This week, we look at

Sansa's first chapter in a clash of kings, and my guest is Professor Jan Dulittle Wilson.

Also, if you've been watching Andor, or if you're planning on watching Andor, I will be joining

the lore hounds for their season wrap of that show, to do search for lore hounds if you're

interested in that. But today's order of business is Sansa, and specifically our first

look at Joffrey's notion of kingship. Cameos in this chapter include The Hound, And Tyrion,

and we get our first introduction to Dontos. And then I include a bit of my conversation

with historian, Professor Ian McKinnis. If you're interested in looking at a window into

the Medieval worlds, have a look at his book, Scotland's Second War of Independence. Ian

and I talk a little bit about House of the Dragon and Historical Parallels.

All right, without further ado, here is Professor Jan Dulittle Wilson.

Jan Dulittle Wilson. Try that again. Jan Dulittle Wilson, welcome back to Electric Boocaloo.

I hear that you have a new publication in the world, and I wanted to ask you about that.

I do. And hi, Anthony. Thank you again for inviting me back. I do. This is a collection of

critical essays that are focused on the HBO series, The Game of Thrones, although there are many

references to the books as well. It's from McFarland Press, and it's titled Power and Subversion

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