Show overview
A Cast of Kings - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Podcast has been publishing since 2012, and across the 14 years since has built a catalogue of 151 episodes, alongside 14 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence, with the show now in its 8th season.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 55 min and 1h 30m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. Roughly 42% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language TV & Film show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 21 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 25 episodes published. Published by Decoding TV.
From the publisher
Decoding TV Presents A Cast of Kings: A quasi-weekly discussion of the plots, themes and highlights of the HBO series "House of the Dragon." Your hosts Dave Chen (The Filmcast and The Tobolowsky Files) and Kim Renfro (entertainment reporter at Insider, author of The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones) will dish up both praise and criticism and will try not to sound too pompous if the book was better. Questions, comments, oaths of fealty? Email [email protected]
Latest Episodes
View all 151 episodes'The Return of the King' Might Be Underrated (feat. Katelyn Burns)
The Two Towers Is a Flawed but Brilliant Middle Chapter (feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Why 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings' Still Feels Like Magic
Bonus Ep: House of the Dragon Season 3 Post-Mortem (feat. News/Your Questions)
'House of the Dragon' S3E08 - The Treasons at Tumbleton
'House of the Dragon' S3E07 - The Dragon in Winter
'House of the Dragon' S3E06 - Faceless Men
'House of the Dragon' S3E05 - Unbowed and Unbent
'House of the Dragon' S3E04 - Tumbleton
'House of the Dragon' S3E03 - Rhaenyra Triumphant
Bonus Ep: How "Queen’s Landing" Changed From the Books
'House of the Dragon' S3E02 - Queen’s Landing
'House of the Dragon' S3E01 - Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood
Bonus Ep: Reacting to the Final HOTD Trailer (Plus: A Change in Lineup for the Podcast)
Bonus Ep: Reacting to the 'House of the Dragon' Season 3 Teaser Trailer
'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' S1E06 - The Morrow
In this episode of A Cast of Kings, David Chen and Kim Renfro dive into the sixth episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.How did we feel about the way this season wrapped up? How was A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms inspired by Furious 7? And what were our thoughts on the new House of the Dragon teaser? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!Links: Email us at acastofkings(AT)gmail(DOT)com Subscribe to Decoding TV on YouTube Follow us on Tiktok Buy Kim Renfro’s book about Game of Thrones Follow this podcast on Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free newsletter, Decoding Everything
'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' S1E05 - In the Name of the Mother
In this episode of A Cast of Kings, David Chen and Kim Renfro dive into the fifth episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.This episode has a massive portion that’s not from the books. What did we make of how it tied into the themes of the season? Were we convinced that that was really young Dunk we were looking at? Is this one of the greatest Game of Thrones-related episodes ever? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!Links: Email us at acastofkings(AT)gmail(DOT)com Subscribe to Decoding TV on YouTube Follow us on Tiktok Buy Kim Renfro’s book about Game of Thrones Follow this podcast on Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free newsletter, Decoding Everything
'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' S1E04 - Seven
In this episode of A Cast of Kings, David Chen and Jessie Earl dive into the fourth episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Watch Jessie’s video essay about the show and subscribe to her YouTube channel. Why did this episode have one of our favorite endings ever? Does this episode answer the question of whether Dunk was really knighted? And how does this show compare with the other shows in the Game of Thrones universe. Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!Links: Email us at acastofkings(AT)gmail(DOT)com Subscribe to Decoding TV on YouTube Follow us on Tiktok Buy Kim Renfro’s book about Game of Thrones Follow this podcast on Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free newsletter, Decoding Everything
'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' S1E03 - The Squire
In this episode of A Cast of Kings, David Chen and Kim Renfro dive into the third episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.Why has sports betting infiltrated Westeros? What did we make of the big reveal at the end of the episode? And how was it different than what was in the books? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!Links: Email us at acastofkings(AT)gmail(DOT)com Subscribe to Decoding TV on YouTube Follow us on Tiktok Buy Kim Renfro’s book about Game of Thrones Follow this podcast on Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free newsletter, Decoding Everything
'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' S1E02 - Hard Salt Beef
In this episode of A Cast of Kings, David Chen and Kim Renfro dive into the second episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.How well did this episode capture the details of Westerosi tournaments? How do we feel about Dunk and Egg’s evolving relationship? And are these guys gonna be able to survive this thing? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!Links: Email us at acastofkings(AT)gmail(DOT)com Subscribe to Decoding TV on YouTube Follow us on Tiktok Buy Kim Renfro’s book about Game of Thrones Follow this podcast on Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free newsletter, Decoding Everything