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FAQ, Statistics, and Details
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What am I listening to?
A: Don’t panic. If you were looking for a panel of Literature professors, you’ve found the wrong podcast. Exit cautiously. But if you can handle some lowbrow humor and giggling, we hope that you stick with us and learn to love House Manwoody.
Q: How do I listen to the older episodes?
A: The RSS feed contains the most recent episodes. Older episodes may be downloaded from the download page. If you are trying to listen on your smartphone, it may be easier to download the older episodes on your computer and then transfer over to your phone.
Q: I’d like to join you for an episode or contact you. How can I become a guest host?
A: Please read the forum topic: guest hosting on the podcast. For email contact, email us at iceandfirepodcast@gmail.com
Q: How can I contribute to the podcast and tell you how wrong you were about something?
A: Post a comment on an episode! Join our forums or our discord channel (the latter is more active now) Fill out a podcast feedback survey. Don’t be afraid to give our Facebook and Twitter some love too. Or hate.
Q: I have listened to every episode and just can’t get enough of your podcast! Help me?
A: Check out our offshoot podcast, the Bastards of Kingsgrave! Also check out the listener run Vassals of Kingsgrave, with over 100 hosts spanning 6 continents!
Interview & Special Guest Episodes*
- Fantasy Flight Games: Episode 92 (AGOT 2nd edition board game), Episode 103 (Days of Ice and Fire), Episode 128 (AFFC & ADWD variants), Episode 134 (AGOT card game, Episode 190, Episode 236 (Mother of Dragons expansion for Board Game)
- Asmodee Games and Dire Wolf Digital: Episode 258 (A Game of Thrones: The Board Game – Digital Edition)
- Westeros.org (Elio & Linda): Episode 88, Episode 37, Episode 158 (World of Ice and Fire Interview)
- Winter is Coming/Watchers on the Wall (Phil, Susan, Marko, FaBio): Episode 97, Episode 43, Episode 40, Episode 32,
- Tower of the Hand (Alex): Episode 45
- Atlus – Game of Thrones RPG (Aram & Scott): Episode 70
- Inn at the Crossroads (Chelsea & Sariann): Episode 79, Episode 58
- Beyond the Wall (Alyssa Rosenberg, Brent Hartinger, Susan Vaught): Episode 83, Episode 84, Episode 86
- A Flight of Sorrows (Amin & Mimi): Episode 122, Episode 89
- Boiled Leather (Stefan Sasse & Sean T. Collins): Episode 98, Episode 185
- Sourcefed (Trisha Hershberger): Episode 139
- History of Westeros (Aziz and Ashaya): Episode 157, Episode 162
*Note that many guests have appeared in other episodes; these are for the most part the episodes with their first introduction and/or dedicated to their relevant website or topic.
Podcast Terminology
To suggest new terminology or see a larger list of terminology/theories, check out the forum post here or fanart here.
- Martin Genetics – The laws of genetics present in Martin’s world, derived by Amin and Mimi. Generally this term is used in reference to Baratheon black hair and ‘lusty’ gene, Stark, Tully, and Targaryen looks, as well as the Targaryen ‘two sides of the coin’ situation. It can also deal with the effects of incest in Martin’s world.
- Manwoody – House Manwoody is an old Dornish noble house in the series that has is mentioned, but currently irrelevant in the storyline. Upon discovering that such an awesomely named House exists, the podcast has proudly taken up its banners. Manwoody rules over Kingsgrave, a full sentence that portrays ‘badassery’ and hilarity at the same time. Note: the current heirs to the House are named Mors Manwoody and Dickon Manwoody.
- Blackwoody – House Blackwoody Blackwoody is the term coined by Ashley in reference to our podcast’s sometimes black sheep status in fandom.
- San/San – A popular terminology among ASOIAF shippers, and frequently referenced by Ashley 1, this refers to the idealized relationship pairing between Sansa Stark and Sandor Clegane.
- King Tommen – Our nickname for our former one-time host, Ben, who greatly resembled the child king of Westeros. And might have died when a tree fell on his house, partly fulfilling Maggy the Frog’s prophecy.
- Creaking Door – A reference to Aeron Damphair Greyjoy’s childhood flashback of “the scream of a rusted iron hinge” tied into his fear and hatred for Euron Crow’s Eye. This crackpot theory has been distilled down to a general catch-all for describing creepy behavior. Another podcast reference to the creaking door was Aeron’s sneaking into Aegon’s room at night to threaten making him into his sister to marry.
- Booby-trapped saddle (or else booby-sapped traddle) – What happens when a new Game of Thrones viewer/non-reader gets confused by plot intricacy and obtains access to Twitter. The roughly paraphrased tweet: “Catelyn took Tyrion hostage because he gave her son a booby-trapped saddle!” The idea that Tyrion would commission a saddle that is rigged to eject Bran off his horse is both brilliant and seductive, and gained immediate appreciation in our podcast.
APOIAF Statistics (2012)
As curated by Bryden, noted Podcast Historian
Summary of APOIAF stats, as of the end of 2012:
- Number of released episodes: 96 (official number is 95 but episode 3 was released in 2 parts)
- Number of different people appearing on the show: 76
- Maximum number of hosts without call-ins: 9
- Maximum number of people in one show (with call-ins): 18 (Ep. 80) including 5 regular hosts and 13 call-ins (that is also the episode with the most call-ins)
- Minimum number of people in one show: 2 (Ep. 51)
- Official hosts with most appearances:
1) Amin – 78 / 81%
2) Mimi – 72 / 75%
3) Ashley – 60 / 62%
4) Kyle – 50 / 52% - Official host with least appearances: Ben with 3 appearances
- Guest host(s) with most appearances: Elio Garcia (8), Apocalypse Dan (6), Christina (6)
- The longest released episode was 03 hours 25 minutes (Ep. 80 – Blackwater), the shortest only 23 minutes (Ep. 11).
- On average, an episode is 01:34 min long.
- All episodes together would be at the moment (after 96 episodes) 8977 min or 6.23 days long.
- The longest hiatus was 266 days (between ep. 32/33) – the shortest zero days (between quite a few episodes), on average the podcast realeases a new episode every 18 days.
- Most episodes released on one day: 3 on 2012-12-20 (episodes 93, 94, 95)
APOIAF Listener Survey Statistics (2013)*
* – The individual feedback for each podcast host is not listed here, but was covered in Episode 140.
What year did you start listening to the podcast?
| 2008 | 8 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 23 | 9.1% |
| 2010 | 37 | 14.6% |
| 2011 | 89 | 35% |
| 2012 | 60 | 23.6% |
| 2013 | 37 | 14.6% |
What is your level of attachment to APOIAF?
| 1 | 62 | 24.4% |
| 2 | 90 | 35.4% |
| 3 | 75 | 29.5% |
| 4 | 20 | 7.9% |
| 5 | 7 | 2.8% |
Do you use the forums?
| Yes | 114 | 44.9% |
| No | 140 | 55.1% |
What is your primary method for listening to the podcast?
| Subscription through iTunes | 117 | 46.1% |
| Other RSS subscription | 29 | 11.4% |
| Streaming off the website (episode play button) | 51 | 20.1% |
| Manual download from the website | 57 | 22.4% |
Guys Night Out vs Girls Night Out
| Guys Night Outs | 198 | 80.2% |
| Girls Night Outs | 49 | 19.8% |
Which of our podcasts do you listen to?
| APOIAF | 253 | 99.6% |
| Bastards of Kingsgrave | 93 | 36.6% |
| Vassals of Kingsgrave | 50 | 19.7% |
Mimi [Rank your favorite hosts]
| 1 | 99 | 39% |
| 2 | 56 | 22% |
| 3 | 41 | 16.1% |
| 4 | 58 | 22.8% |
Ashley [Rank your favorite hosts]
| 1 | 39 | 15.4% |
| 2 | 57 | 22.4% |
| 3 | 69 | 27.2% |
| 4 | 89 | 35% |
Amin [Rank your favorite hosts]
| 1 | 121 | 47.6% |
| 2 | 55 | 21.7% |
| 3 | 46 | 18.1% |
| 4 | 32 | 12.6% |
Kyle [Rank your favorite hosts]
| 1 | 71 | 28% |
| 2 | 82 | 32.3% |
| 3 | 59 | 23.2% |
| 4 | 42 | 16.5% |
Mimi [Snakes and Scorpions Game: Podcast Hosts]
| Marry | 56 | 27.1% |
| Salt wife/Salt husband | 92 | 44.4% |
| One Night | 47 | 22.7% |
| Snakes and Scorpions | 12 | 5.8% |
Ashley [Snakes and Scorpions Game: Podcast Hosts]
| Marry | 72 | 34.8% |
| Salt wife/Salt husband | 70 | 33.8% |
| One Night | 50 | 24.2% |
| Snakes and Scorpions | 15 | 7.2% |
Amin [Snakes and Scorpions Game: Podcast Hosts]
| Marry | 51 | 25.6% |
| Salt wife/Salt husband | 47 | 23.6% |
| One Night | 37 | 18.6% |
| Snakes and Scorpions | 64 | 32.2% |
Kyle [Snakes and Scorpions Game: Podcast Hosts]
| Marry | 43 | 21.7% |
| Salt wife/Salt husband | 53 | 26.8% |
| One Night | 49 | 24.7% |
| Snakes and Scorpions | 53 | 26.8% |
Blood Oranges Theory [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 60 | 23.6% |
| I don’t believe it | 67 | 26.4% |
| Crackpot Theory | 83 | 32.7% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 44 | 17.3% |
Pink Walder Theory [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 66 | 26% |
| I don’t believe it | 56 | 22% |
| Crackpot Theory | 85 | 33.5% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 47 | 18.5% |
Bloodraven 1001 Bedroom Eyes [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 97 | 38.2% |
| I don’t believe it | 45 | 17.7% |
| Crackpot Theory | 47 | 18.5% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 65 | 25.6% |
Crooked Wang Theory [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 53 | 20.9% |
| I don’t believe it | 52 | 20.5% |
| Crackpot Theory | 74 | 29.1% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 75 | 29.5% |
Feathered Hat Theory [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 85 | 33.5% |
| I don’t believe it | 49 | 19.3% |
| Crackpot Theory | 82 | 32.3% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 38 | 15% |
TV Tormund is related by blood to TV Ygritte [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 128 | 50.4% |
| I don’t believe it | 74 | 29.1% |
| Crackpot Theory | 38 | 15% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 14 | 5.5% |
Creaking Door [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 189 | 74.4% |
| I don’t believe it | 19 | 7.5% |
| Crackpot Theory | 23 | 9.1% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 23 | 9.1% |
Heir to the Iron Islands [How do you feel about the following podcast theories?]
| I believe it | 102 | 40.2% |
| I don’t believe it | 68 | 26.8% |
| Crackpot Theory | 39 | 15.4% |
| Never heard of it, please tell me more. | 45 | 17.7% |
Where do you live?
| North America | 164 | 64.6% |
| South America | 2 | 0.8% |
| Europe | 59 | 23.2% |
| Asia | 10 | 3.9% |
| Africa | 2 | 0.8% |
| Australia | 17 | 6.7% |
| Antartica | 0 | 0% |
What country do you live in?
Portugal
Philippines
Hong Kong
France
United states
The Netherlands
US
croatia
UK
U.S.A.
United Kingdom (England)
New York City
Czech Republic
U.S.
Mexico
Canada
Romania
algeria
Usa
United States
NZ
Lebanon
Ireland
England
usa
Switzerland
Dominion of Canada
beyond usAashai
USA (dual Canadian/US Citizen)
United States.
us
Austria
Hungary
USA
moved to australia from britain this year
Russia
Norway
Germany
The United States
New Zealand
South Korea
India/ U.S. What is a country really?
spain
The United States of America (Specifically the best part, California [Specifically the best part, Northern California])
India
Denmark
portugal
New Zealand (lived in Germany, Argentina and Scotland since I started listening to you guys)
Pakistan
Sweeden
united states
What is your sex?
| Male | 181 | 72.7% |
| Female | 60 | 24.1% |
| Intersex | 0 | 0% |
| Other | 8 | 3.2% |
What is your age?
| 1-10 | 0 | 0% |
| 11-15 | 0 | 0% |
| 16-20 | 28 | 11.1% |
| 21-25 | 65 | 25.7% |
| 26-30 | 68 | 26.9% |
| 31-35 | 56 | 22.1% |
| 36-40 | 21 | 8.3% |
| 41-50 | 11 | 4.3% |
| 51-60 | 4 | 1.6% |
| Over 60 | 0 | 0% |
Who is your favorite guest host?
Stephan
Ellio
The chicks from A Feast of Ice and Fire
Stefan, Linda, Elio
elio
Elio or Sean T Collins
Towerofthehand.com guy
Brent Hartinger
Christina
Elio, or is he just a guest? Apocalypse Dan if so.
GRRM
Elio
Steven Attewell
Elio and TOTH (Alex)
Ran, the king of the boards
Fabio
Apocalypse Dan
fabio
Elio/Jason Walden
Vaarsuvuis and Bina are tied
1 Sassy Linda, 1a Elio
Nihal
Christine
guys from Boiled Leather
Cosmia
The asian doctor guy who is a forum user. Or the guy from boiled leather.
alex
Sean (Boiled Leather)
apocalypse dan
I like everyone
Ellio
Sean T Collins – should be on more often – v.knowledgable and entertaining
chase
Sean T Collins is awesome
Elio & Linda
Elio – duh??
elio/linda
Elio & Linda, Sean Collins close 2nd
Alex from TOTH
FaBio, Lex, Elio & loads of others I can’t remember atm
Alex (Tower of the Hand)
Elio/Linda and the fellas from Boiled Leather
me
Alex from TotH
The Westeros and BLAH people.
boiled leather/neil patrick harris
Elio and Linda
Elio Garcia
Love Fabio, Ilio, Lynda, Sean Collins and Stefan.
Larry Williams
Alex
I don’t remember many of them specifically. Whatever.
Elio Ponytail
Sean from Boiled Leather
Stefan
pod cat
I can’t remember her name, she’s super awesome and in Greece!
Elio, he’s so dreamy
Any that is not that pretentious who sounds like he’s 12.
Stefan!
ellio
Westeros.org people
ftward
The doctor whose name started with an A
Elio I think is his name 🙂
Elio, Sean T. Collins
Stephanie
sean t.collins
Michal
Fabio (and all the others)
Larry Williams was memorable but not favorite
Elio
Larry! His vieuws (not having read the books) really add to the episode reviews.
Larry
Sean T Collins
Sean T Collins
Elio or anyone from Boiled Leather
I miss Chase.
larry williams
no idea
alex / elio
Elio (too obvious, I know..) and people from BoK
stefan sasse
Westeros People
Tower of the Hand Alex
Stefan Sasse
Tobias mcguffin
Elio or Linda
Elio(?)
elio and linda
the you tube guy
I don’t know his name but the guy from boiled leather I think? Mark?
Podcast Doctor
Fabio and Elio
Larry Williams
Boiled Leather Guys
Winter
Otaku Assemble
Chase
The Dude from Boiled Leather Audio Hour
Sean T. Collins
Amin
Alyssa Rosenberg
Either or both of the Boiled Leather hosts
steffan and sean. T. collins
Chase/Nancy? Are they guest hosts now?
hot-half-korean-christina
Elio / Sean T.
Alex from Tower of the Hand
Sean Collins
Sean
Apocolypse Dan
toth guys
Kyle
Larry, by a mile
Remember that guy named Augustus or something? He was funny and smart. Bring him back. (I also love Elio and Sean T Collins)
Elio, Alex, or Sean
Augustine
Sean
