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Welcome back to Game of Thrones 2 Electric.

Booc-Galoo. This week we look at Tyrion's first POV chapter in a clash of kings with

me to discuss it. Is Padrik Macarion? Padrik is a mathematician at the University of

Libreak. And I discovered him because of a quantitative study he did on the relationships

and social networks and all of the characters in a song of ice and fire, which I found fascinating.

And then when I ended up talking with Padrik, I found that he's kind of also a super

fan of the books. So I was excited to bring him back on to discuss Tyrion. After that,

I include a short conversation with my friend Arthur Jompa about House of the Dragon.

If you're curious about what Steve and I are up to, we just did a film review of the

new Craig or Film Barbarian, which is that on HBO Max. If you like horror films, the

attempt a little bit of political commentary, this one I think does it better than most.

It's super scary, it's genuinely funny at times. So that's Barbarian. It's over on

our podcast Cocoon's of Horror. Alright, without further ado, here is my favorite Irish

mathematician, Padrik Macarion. So I'm just curious your history, Padrik with a clash

of kings. I read a clash of kings in probably 2010 or 2011. So I got into the song of ice

and fire when I started my PhD in 2010. And then I think I bought it before TV show came

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