Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.
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Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.
It feels good to be bad! Mal and Jo share their top 10 villains of the century (so far) and round it out with some honorable mentions.
(0:00) Intro
(6:19) Rules
(24:31) Jo’s no. 10
(29:50) Mal’s no. 10
(37:56) Mal’s no. 9
(42:31) Jo's no. 8
(49:12) Mal’s no. 8
(54:21) Jo's no. 7
(1:04:15) Jo's no. 9 and Mal's no. 7
(1:08:28) Jo's no. 6
(1:16:39) Mal's no. 6
(1:22:14) Jo's no. 5
(1:28:30) Jo's no. 4
(1:34:55) Mal's no. 4
(1:40:22) Mal's no. 3
(1:47:29) Jo's no. 3 and Mal's no. 2
(1:57:31) Mal's no. 5 and Jo's no. 2
(2:07:27) Jo's no. 1
(2:14:53) Mal's no. 1
(2:22:52) Honorable Mentions
Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson
Producers: Mike Wargon, Kevin Lam, and John Richter
Social: Jomi Adeniran
Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell
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House of R
Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.
