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🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Chris Ryan, Mallory Rubin, and Joanna Robinson are back and ready to talk all things Westeros! They jump right into breaking down ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 1. They discuss the Battle of the Gullet, get into Alicent and Aemond’s heated talk, and end with what we all need: a little dragon math to know which dragons are with which people. (00:00) Intro(01:18) CR’s recap(06:09) Favorite moment of the episode(14:41) Pace of the show(18:49) The Battle of the Gullet(24:55) Rhaena and Sheepstealer(28:40) What were Jace’s motivations?(32:32) Corlys Velaryon and his family(36:47) Who won the Battle of the Gullet?(39:20) Alicent and Aemond’s relationship(44:33) Divisions inside Team Green and Team Black(47:28) Alys the witch(49:23) What is Daemon up to?(51:33) What is Criston Cole up to?(56:37) Episode 1: Dragon math Hosts: Chris Ryan, Mallory Rubin, and Joanna RobinsonProducers: Aleya Zenieris, Carlos Chiriboga, and Scott LeeSocial: Jomi AdeniranSet Production: Jonathan Ratliff and Gitu MehraAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Talk the Thrones.
0:07.4	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:08.8	I am joined as always by Joanna Robinson and a lady who has been swearing oceans are battlefields for years.
0:17.7	The bitch fist.
0:19.0	Incredible.
0:19.3	It's Valerie Rubin.
0:20.8	I hope that sticks.
0:21.9	Formerly requesting that that sticks.
0:23.6	Should that just be like your Chiron on here?
0:25.3	Yeah, great name for a ship, great new moniker.
0:27.3	Oh man.
0:27.9	We are back after two years.
0:30.9	Wild.
0:31.4	Waiting for House of the Dragon to return.
0:33.2	We're here to talk about all the hot D action in the first episode.
0:40.7	Everything that's fit to print on audio and video.
0:44.3	We are coming to you after the season three premiere.
0:48.3	Let's jump right in with the recap after this.
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