Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ring Your Podcast Network.

Season 8 of Game of Thrones begins this Sunday, which means

Binge Mode Game of Thrones makes its long-awaited return,

with your resident experts Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion guiding you through each episode.

And to get your fix every Sunday night, Chris Ryan joins Mallory and Jason on Talk the Thrones,

a Twitter after show recapping each episode throughout the season.

So make sure you check out the Binge Mode podcast on Apple or Spotify,

talk the Thrones on Twitter, and for even more Thrones coverage, you can head to the Ring Your Dotcom.

Hi, he's got Smoke, coming off his figure 10, Jesus hot as a blowtorch.

Yes, he checked. He knew that was coming.

Yes, he checked.

Welcome to a very special playoff edition of Heat Check on Your Host, John Gonzalez,

in Philadelphia, joined all the way across the country in Los Angeles by our esteemed producer, Isaac Lee.

Isaac, it's very late here in Philadelphia. What day is it there? Is it still Sunday there?

Because it's Monday morning here.

You are in the future. It is Sunday here. You are already in the world.

Yes, I've moved across the timelines and the days and the calendar.

Per usual, like we did for last year's Heat Check podcast because it's the playoffs and because there's a lot of action happening

and because we want to deliver all of that news to you. Sooner Heat Check listeners,

what we will be doing moving forward is recording Sunday nights and then that way you get a first thing

Monday morning. Everybody wins that way, except for my sleep.

My sleep is going to be a little bit more than I expected.

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