House of the Dragon S2 E4-E5: The Red Dragon, the Gold, and the Regent ft. Frank Bumb

A HotD Doubleheader! Special guest Frank Bumb joins to explore how war and trauma are parts of a single whole.  We process how the hand of human artistry reveals itself in real and fake history! Merry mourns Rhaenys through poetry and Frank disses Criston in the language of film.

Audio production, editing, and mixing/mastering by LittleWolfBird. Intro/outro were created by LWB with stock media provided by FxProSound/Pond5.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:03:10 Rapid Fire Questions
0:18:36 Details that Give Us Feels
0:33:12 War is Hell (and so is Family?)
1:00:55 Rhaenys - Sage Voice of Wisdom?
1:31:59 "Regent" Wrap Up
1:58:44 High Valyrian Interlude
2:15:18 Adaptational Choices & High Fantasy
2:25:14 Conclusion