Ep.2: Queen’s Landing (with Bethany Antonia and Abubakar Salim, Co-Head Writer/Executive Producer Sara Hess and Director/Executive Producer Clare Kilner)

The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon

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🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jason Concepcion and Greta Johnsen break down Season 3, Episode 2 with Co-Head Writer/Executive Producer Sara Hess and Director/Executive Producer Clare Kilner. They unpack Rhaenyra’s grief and how they created those climactic scenes in the Throne Room. Then, Jason and Greta sit down with Bethany Antonia (Lady Baela Targaryen) and Abubakar Salim (Alyn of Hull) to talk about the cost of war and the joy of finding rare moments of hope in Westeros. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What have you done?
0:07.0	Jace.
0:08.0	Jace. Chase? What have you done? Done. Welcome back to the official Game of Thrones podcast House of the Dragon. I'm Greta Johnson.
0:50.4	And I'm Jason Concepcion. Today, dragons are knocking on Kings Landing's door.
0:55.0	It is all happening, Jason.
0:57.0	I can't believe it.
0:58.0	We're going to get into it.
0:59.0	We are discussing episode two of season three, which was written by Sarah Hess and directed
1:06.0	by Claire Kilner.
1:07.0	And today we'll be joined by both Sarah and Claire to discuss this episode. Sarah Hess is House of the Dragons co-head writer and executive producer, and Claire Kilner
1:15.6	is the director of this episode and also an executive producer.
1:18.6	We're going to talk to them about those climactic 20 minutes and this major turning point
1:23.6	in the war for the Iron Throne.
1:25.6	And after that, we are also going to talk about the aftermath of War in the Gullet
1:31.2	with Bethany Antonia, who plays Bela Targaryen, and Abu Bakar Salam, who plays Alan of Hall.
1:37.6	And if you missed it, last week, we had a special bonus episode of the podcast.
1:42.8	It was sponsored by Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business, and it featured director
1:48.1	Lonnie Peristier and a panel discussion with the show's cast and crew that was at ATX TV
1:55.2	Festival in Austin.
1:56.8	All right.
1:57.5	Time to get into it.
1:58.4	Let's go take Kings Landing.
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