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Slack.com slash DHQ. Previously on Electric Bucaloo, what if I served you sardines and dark

beer for breakfast? I wonder if Tyrion's done some kind of crazy reading of a mad

maester that has some kind of aphrodisiac. Like, you know, this is a Westeros Viagra.

This is Game of Thrones 2 Electric Bucaloo. Happy to announce that we will move to a season

2 for Game of Thrones 2 Electric Bucaloo. And that will probably start in a few weeks.

Can't say exactly when. The pod today you're listening to is a reflection on the first

nine chapters plus some listener feedback with Steve and I. So today we won't be covering

a particular chapter. This is an opportunity for you if you haven't been reading along

to grab that book and read the first nine that won't take long. And then when we get

back together in a few weeks, you'll be all cut up.

I guess this week is Gregory Webster. Gregory is a professor of psychology and he has

particular interest in human aggression and human sexuality. So yeah, that's Sex and

Violence folks, which makes him uniquely qualified to talk about a Game of Thrones. He's

taught classes on Game of Thrones and he's actually incorporated Game of Thrones a little

bit into his own research. And he talks about that toward the end of our interview. I

love this interview. I couldn't wait to put this out without further ado. Here is Dr.

Gregory Webster. Greg, what makes you interested in Game of Thrones?

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