Welcome back listeners to Season 4 of The Westerosi Primer. This is a short and sweet introduction episode. Liz discusses the theme of this season: reaction to House of the Dragon Season 3. Coming soon is a Patreon! You aren't expected to sign up to the upcoming Patreon, but support is always appreciated! Also sign up to the newsletter to get the latest updates and other Ice and Fire content!
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00:01 --> 00:05 [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Westerosi Primer.
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00:14 --> 00:17 [SPEAKER_00]: Before I start playing the intro music, check out this friend of the show.
00:47 --> 00:50 [UNKNOWN]: Thank you very much.
01:00 --> 01:06 [SPEAKER_00]: Greetings fellow accolades, welcome to another episode of the Westerosi Primer, my name is Liz.
01:07 --> 01:09 [SPEAKER_00]: If you're new to this podcast, welcome.
01:10 --> 01:13 [SPEAKER_00]: I hope you enjoy this journey of all things Westeros.
01:13 --> 01:22 [SPEAKER_00]: And in this episode, I will be welcoming all of you listeners to a new season of this podcast.
01:23 --> 01:33 [SPEAKER_00]: I just cannot believe how time has already passed and now I am back to discuss season three of house of the dragon.
01:33 --> 01:42 [SPEAKER_00]: So coming very soon is the start of the new season and we have all been waiting for this for the past two years.
01:43 --> 01:47 [SPEAKER_00]: So hopefully the show will be worth the weight.
01:48 --> 01:58 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, Season 2 has had a share of controversies and debates online amongst viewers and longtime fans of this particular franchise.
01:58 --> 02:06 [SPEAKER_00]: I will say that if you were to go back and listen to my commentary on Season 2 of the TV show,
02:06 --> 02:23 [SPEAKER_00]: I was trying to be diplomatic, and while I did share some criticisms, I tried not to be too critical, mostly because there are a lot of factors into why they adapted the show the way they did.
02:24 --> 02:38 [SPEAKER_00]: I try to give Ryan Hondell and the writing team some benefit of the doubt even though it could be argued that maybe I was being a little too kind on him and his writing team but it is what it is.
02:38 --> 02:46 [SPEAKER_00]: They've already filmed season three and what we are going to see in the coming weeks is going to be what we are going to get.
02:47 --> 02:57 [SPEAKER_00]: So for the next eight weeks, I will be doing reactions and I will be doing commentary on the most recent episodes.
02:58 --> 03:03 [SPEAKER_00]: This season of the podcast will only be nine episodes long, including this episode that you are listening to.
03:04 --> 03:19 [SPEAKER_00]: If you are a long time listeners of this podcast, I want to thank you for continuing to listen to me, ramble for 30 plus minutes every single episode and just be a nerd.
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04:23 --> 04:31 [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, so hopefully this season will be worth it, given that we have waited for two years for this.
04:31 --> 04:39 [SPEAKER_00]: But I am also very eager for next year when eventually season two of and I have the seven kingdoms will be coming out.
04:39 --> 04:49 [SPEAKER_00]: If you are new to the podcast or you had avoided listening to my reaction to that show, that was what I did for season three of the podcast.
04:50 --> 04:52 [SPEAKER_00]: Feel free to check it out if you haven't already done so.
04:53 --> 04:56 [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, this is going to be a very short episode.
04:56 --> 05:00 [SPEAKER_00]: So before I close out,
05:00 --> 05:03 [SPEAKER_00]: I just want to share a very important update.
05:04 --> 05:12 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, this is something that I highly recommend that you sign up to the newsletter to get more details.
05:13 --> 05:19 [SPEAKER_00]: But I am planning to activate a Patreon for this podcast.
05:20 --> 05:23 [SPEAKER_00]: the exact date that I will have the Patreon activated.
05:23 --> 05:25 [SPEAKER_00]: I have yet to determine that.
05:26 --> 05:30 [SPEAKER_00]: So what will you get if you sign up to the Westerosi Primer Patreon?
05:30 --> 05:32 [SPEAKER_00]: You will get to primary benefits.
05:32 --> 05:39 [SPEAKER_00]: You will get access to episodes of this podcast without any add role inserts.
05:39 --> 05:51 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, I had added ad roles to the public feed version of this podcast just for an opportunity to earn a modest amount of money.
05:51 --> 06:00 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, if you would prefer to be able to listen to this podcast without any interruptions, then you are going to want to sign up to the Patreon to get that.
06:01 --> 06:08 [SPEAKER_00]: Also another benefit is that you will have access to a discord server that I have established for this podcast.
06:09 --> 06:15 [SPEAKER_00]: Now I'm sure you're wondering how much am I charging people for this Patreon tier.
06:15 --> 06:18 [SPEAKER_00]: The cost of the tier is $1.75 per month, USD.
06:18 --> 06:21 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's pretty inexpensive.
06:24 --> 06:31 [SPEAKER_00]: Also, I have activated the option to do an annual subscription instead of monthly.
06:31 --> 06:37 [SPEAKER_00]: If you select the per month option, you will be spending $21 over the course of a year.
06:37 --> 06:40 [SPEAKER_00]: The annual I will be charging $18 roughly.
06:42 --> 06:57 [SPEAKER_00]: which you are saving $3 if you go annual versus the monthly option, but I will leave it up to you guys to decide if you A, want to even get the Patreon to begin with and B, which payment period you would prefer.
06:58 --> 07:01 [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, so that is all I have to say for this episode.
07:02 --> 07:12 [SPEAKER_00]: In the next episode, I will be discussing my thoughts and reaction to the season opener of House of the Dragon.
07:12 --> 07:15 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for listening and tune into the next episode.
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