Small Council Matters

The Great Game is on and these Queens are throwing down hard! Wendy and the Small Council discuss the long anticipated meeting of ‘Fire and Ice‘ in episode 7.03 The Queen’s Justice, Cersei’s revenge on the Sand Snakes, and Jaime’s victory inspired by prior defeat. But it’s the OG Queen of Thorns who drops the [...]

A Girl can be swayed by some buttery brown bread to change course and head home. On this week’s menu, Wendy and the Small Council take up episode 7.02 Stormborn discussing the various ports of call as our players start making their moves in the great game. Contact the Small Council – Leave a Speakpipe [...]

The dragons have landed! The North remembers and winter has come to Westeros at last. Wendy and the Small Council take up episode 7.01 Dragonstone and go all over the map discussing events that may become future legends of the long night. Contact the Small Council – Leave a Speakpipe audio message. Listen to the [...]

The white ravens have flown from the Citadel and Winter is here!  Wendy and the Small Council take up all the matters on the season 6 DVD Blu-ray features and their hopes for season 7. Contact the Small Council – Leave a Speakpipe audio message. Listen to the episode using the ‘Play’ button below. Follow [...]

Game of Thrones Season 7 is soon approaching, and with the drop of a full length trailer, Wendy and the Small Council convened a special session to discuss it. Contact the Small Council – Leave a Speakpipe audio message. Listen to the episode using the ‘Play’ button below. Follow the break for the detailed Show [...]

Game of Thrones Season 7 is still a few months away, so Wendy and the Small Council convened a Spring break catch up on what folks have been watching over the hiatus, thoughts on how we’ll rank the first 6 seasons and best episodes thus far. Contact the Small Council – Leave a Speakpipe audio message. [...]

The Game of Thrones post-season continues as Wendy and the Small Council dole out some awards and kudos to highlight the best of season 6. The Council also begins fielding listener questions and comments. Contact the Small Council – Leave us an audio message. Game of Thrones gets the most Emmy nominations this year Samuel [...]

In Part 2 Wendy and the Small Council review more of the matters of Westeros including the few low-lights of Game of Thrones of season 6. Contact the Small Council – Leave us an audio message. Game of Thrones Gets the Most Emmy Nominations Again Samuel L. Jackson Recaps Game of Thrones Game of Thrones [...]

With season 6, the HBO show has moved beyond the plots of the George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books published thus far. How did they do? Wendy and the Small Council gathered round the table to assess season 6 overall. Contact the Small Council – Leave us an audio message. The [...]

The Game of Thrones’ season 6 finale was supersized with explosive goodness. In part 2, the Small Council continues the discussion of all the highlights. Small Council Matters – Episode 6×10 Winds of Winter Part 1 Contact the Small Council – Leave us an audio message. Thank you for listening! Leave a SpeakPipe audio message. [...]

The maesters of the Citadel sent a white raven – winter is here! The Small Council takes up the matters of the Game of Thrones’ season 6 concludes with a blaze of wildfire and the promise of dragon fire yet to come to King’s Landing. Contact the Small Council – Leave us an audio message. [...]

Wendy and the Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon) offer their predictions for what will happen in this season’s finale. Thank you for listening! Leave a SpeakPipe audio message. Call us at 706-927-8478. Wendy @WendyHembrock Shannon @TNRLM Jesse @JesseJacksonDFW Hosted by Wendy Hembrock. Recorded on 6/24/2016. Edited by Brent Barrett.

Wendy and the Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon) consider the havoc in Game of Thrones episode 6.09 “Battle of the Bastards” unleashed by the dogs and dragons of war. Contact the Small Council – Leave us an audio message. Links: – HBO Inside episode 609 with Dan and Dave – HBO anatomy of the Battle [...]

In this session Wendy and the Small Council (Christine, Lou, Shannon) consider episode 6.08 “No One” and wonder if “Any One” was watching the story holes while editing this week. Contact the Small Council – Leave us an audio message. Links: Maisie Williams talks about the encounter with the Waif Female cast members give ideas [...]

The Small Council considers the matters of episode 6.07 “The Broken Man.” Can those broken by the War of the 5 Kings change and prevail in the wars to come? Make no mistake, the dead are coming. Links: HBO Inside The Broken Man with Dan and Dave Ian McShane talks about Brother Ray Writer Brian [...]

In this episode we discuss episode 6.06 “Blood of My Blood” and all its bloody drinks, bloody history, bloody theater and bloody family bonds. Thank you for listening! Contact the Small Council: Leave us a SpeakPipe audio message. Call us at 706-927-8478. Wendy @WendyHembrock Shannon @TNRLM Jesse @JesseJacksonDFW Links: HBO Inside Blood of My Blood [...]

In this episode we discuss Game of Thrones episode 6.05 “The Door” – especially the brave one who holds the door, and all that’s behind it. Thank you for listening! Contact the Small Council: Leave us a SpeakPipe audio message. Call us at 706-927-8478. Wendy @WendyHembrock Shannon @TNRLM Jesse @JesseJacksonDFW Links: HBO Inside episode 605 [...]

Game of Thrones sparks creativity in its fans. Haley Bowery and The Manimals crafted Seven – a concept album inspired by George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels and the HBO series. Wendy talked with Haley about the album and the characters that influenced the music. SEVEN by The Manimals Links: Seven [...]

Wendy and the Small Council (Shannon Clarke, Jesse Jackson, Christine Peruski) discuss all the reasons to be wary of the Strangers: they show up at your door and eat all your soup, demand you join forces for war, lock you in a cell for conversion, stab you in the neck, or burn your temple down [...]

Wendy and the Small Council (Shannon Clarke, Jesse Jackson, Christine Peruski) discuss the disobedient, disloyal, disillusioned and disturbed characters in Game of Thrones episode 6.03 “Oathbreakers.”   Links: Tolkien vs Martin Rap Battle SNL version of Jon Snow’s resurrection Interview with Owen Teale (Alliser Thorne) HBO Inside episode 6.03 Oathbreaker with Dan and Dave HBO [...]