I'm Yasis Alek and I'm the host of Band Splain, a show where we explain cult bands and iconic

artists by going deep into their histories and discographies.

We're back with a brand new season at our brand new home, The Ringer Podcast Network,

tackling a whole new batch of artists, from grunge gods to power pot pioneers to new metal

legends and many, many more.

Listen to new episodes every Thursday, only on Spotify.

Greetings and welcome into The Ringer Verse, here on The Ringer Podcast Network.

I'm Mallory Rubin and it is my absolute pleasure to invite you, not only to the green wedding,

or at least the welcome feast, but also to join us on The Ringer's Nexus Podcast feed

for all things fandom.

Joining me today, now that she's finished telling me she has deep knowledge of the ported

sun spear where she's seen ships of Esa setting sail with their holds full of aridges and

cinnamon and she's always wished to see where they went.

It's my house of our co-host Joanna Robinson.

I thought you already said agreed to marry me in an earlier episode when I proposed

with Legos, but if you need me to do it with fruit and spices as well, I will.

I love a snack.

A cinnamon drenched orange, yours for the dishes.

We're of course here today to dive deep into House of the Dragon.

Episode five, we light the way written by Charmaine de Grotte, directed yet again by Claire

Kielner.

But of course, before we dive in, before we set sail and take flight from Driftmark, some

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