Welcome, you're listening to Nerdette Recaps Game of Thrones with Peter Segel.

If you're joining us for the first time, here's a quick primer about what this show is.

Firstly, Nerdette is a podcast hosted by me, Greta Johnson.

And me, Trisha Bobita.

And as the second part of the title suggests, this is a show where we dissect and summarize and wax poetic about each episode of Game of Thrones.

And as the third part of the title suggests, when we do that, we are joined by the host of NPR's News Quiz.

Wait, wait, wait, don't tell me, Peter Sagle.

There is no need for me to say anything here.

Let's just assume it was clever.

Yes, indeed.

Oh, good. So today we are rehashing,

season seven, episode one of Game of Thrones. We're here, guys. We did it. We did it. We made it.

I even got here on time. You were early, so I was. I was quite impressed. And before we

dive into the first location, since HBO is clearly upping the production value this season,

we've heard that there are things like more stuntmen set on fire than any other time in history.

You were really excited about that.

Yeah, I think it's kind of awesome.

The most, and I also just, I really want to know what they dethroned.

Like, what was the show or movie that had previously said the most people on the fire?

I must know.

If the internet knows, please tell me.

But Tricia, you were saying we have upped our own production value as well, right?

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