As one of the "podcast fanatics" out there, I feel like there should be a thread centered around why APOIAF is the bomb.

I mean, I'm not even one of those guys that have 1,000 over posts (FTWard, brynden, Poe etc so I know I'm totally not the only obsessed one here. I listen to the podcast almost every day and mention it to my friends constantly. If they would only read the books, then they'd surely join House Manwoody! Anyways, I thought we can put out here in point form or in any many words you like why you <3 House Manwoody.

1. The special ranks here in the forums, non-listeners would totally blank out on terms like "mongoballer". I loooove it. Custom ranks are cool as well. The most memorable might be "littlefingerlick.gif" which is hilarious and disturbing at the same time, much like the user's sig...
2. The dedication of all the hosts: Ashley's ability to wake up and podcast or podcast while smashed should be studied... extensively. Mimi's sharing of everything on the podcast - I'm waiting for the day when some listener recognizes her and goes up to her to say, "Hey you still do those RACY drawings? I'll pay for 'em." Amin's machine-like ability to keep things running and discussions on topic, his clear head. Kyle's general likeability and bizarre infatuation with Jessica Rabbit and his obsession with Beric Dondarrion.
3. The guest hosts. C'mon. Apocalypse Dan. Christina... Stefan Sasse and Sean T. Collins.
4. Mimi thinks JennRose's drawing of Sandor looking at Sansa's ass should be engraved on Ashley's tombstone (should be Episode 55, Candy and Rainbows)
5. TY-RONE
6. Amin's rage over iTunes's many tragic and debilitating flaws
7. The constant Pokemon references, building to the ultimate climax = Larry doing the pokerap.

Let's hit 100!

8) Ashley's ability to nitpick the show to pieces but still remain resolute it to seeing to the end table flips et al

9) shocking lack of knowledge and yet "The Podcast of Ice and Fire"

10) an atmosphere of unbelievable tolerance to any and all opinions about the show, the books, the THEORIES!!!

There's my contribution who's next?

11) Guys and Girls Night Out

12) Mimi speaking Mongolian, Amin denying that he is a vampyre, Ashley raging about bowing and her ability to talk while asleep, Kyle voice-acting various roles

13) The openess that in fact EVERYBODY can be on the show - and giving the guest so much room that the discussion are always good

14) Filling the gap in the fandom of providing a spoiler-filled discussion on the books.

15) Amin's board game knowledge and the episodes with FFG
16) The crazy crazy theories (feathered hat! and the bloody ship!) that are surprisingly plausible
17) The community it provides

18) Chapter Reads

19) The shadow wine

20) The large amount of dick jokes and extremely thinly vailed sexual innuendo (a skill we value very highly here in the UK)
21) Kyle's greeting duty on the introduction thread
22) Dickon Manwoody's down in Houston comic book off shoot

23) The Paint Project!! Getting some steam, two thirds of the way through ASOS, published on Deviant Art, and purchasable on Blurb via print on ebook! It's come such a long way!
24) The Lemoncakes/Bowl of Brown voting options when discussing the show
25) The off shoots Bastards of Kingsgrave and Vassals of Kingsgrave
26) AFTERSHOWS!!!!

27) House Blackwoody

28) House Sandwoody!

29) Chris insisting that Vin Diesel would make a great Loras
30) Nips McGee
31) Ashley's epic amount of wigs
32) The always appropriate and righteous usage of Kyle's falsetto
33) Ashley's accent when she read for Spotted Sylva in Episode 100: Queenmaker

34) Tyrion the Catcher
35) The Damphair's traumatic childhood makes me laugh now
36) The inability for Roy Dotrice to sound like anything but a pirate or leprechaun to me now

37) "Watch out for gay stuff and Bloodraven stuff."
38) The intro music.
39)I'd rather teach you how to fiddle. . . FIDDLE WITH HIS DICK!

40) Creaking doors
41) Feathered Hats
42) Shadow Condoms
43) The utterly charming way in which the hosts honor the fans and don't take themselves too seriously.

44) guest hosts from the fandom and the forums
45) random call ins to surprised contacts of yours on Skype.

forgot to comment on this... thanks dude! that was so much fun to make.

Woah we're already halfway through the forties!!! Doing awesome, you guys!

46) "I realise at this moment, we're discussing a senior citizen's virginity, you guys!" on Barristan, unclear which episode although it may just be #3, Tyrion the Catcher
47) Mimi jokes that she wants to name her children Jaime and Cersei
48) Chase's Hound voice

49) The sound of Chase shaving

50) Kyle's preference for uneducated girls.

51) Mimi's voice, particularly when she says y'alll
52) Irritated Canadians
53) Chuckling every time I see a blood orange

54) Mimi's swearing.
55) Amin's chuckle.
56) Ashley falling asleep.
57) Kyle's chirping birds! And general good cheer

58) The hilarious catch-phrases: shocking lack of knowledge/base language/Booby Trapped Saddle/creaking doors regardless of origin (podcast critics, confused GoT fans)

59) The circle of spite.

60) Groan worthy ship theories

61) Ashley's unwavering defense of The Hound
62) Middlefinger
63) Discussion of "Lena Headey face" and "Natalie Dormer face"
64) Poe Fight!

65) The many uses of Amin's one headband
66) APOIAF has been growing strong since at least 2008!
67) That time Kyle did the chapter summary as a dramatic reading: he read the prologue of ACoK as Maester Cressen and said oh my hips! 6000 times.

68) They won an award! (viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2347 - I can say that because they in fact already won one sub-category)

69. Heheheheehe.
70. Amin's title being hand of the Queen.
71. The Christmas filks episode.
72. Kyle's fancy chapter intros.
73. Mimi's equation of her father to Tywin Lannister.
74. Acting out portions of the books. (Please make this part of every chapter re-read.)

75) Mimi's official title as bestowed upon her by GRRM himself: Queen of Podcasters, Hot Enough To Melt The Wall
76) "Reading is like flossing. Everyone knows they should do it but they don't and they hate it when you do cuz it reminds them." ~ Mimi. Heavily paraphrased, from Girls Night Out V3.

77) The reason why Vin Diesel would be an AWESOME Renly (by Chris)
78) That even the poke-rap is not to nerdy for you.

79) The back history and old hosts everyone knows at least something about.
80) The fact that it's become a legit force in the fandom/internet at large!