In this episode, your hosts take you once more to the delightful (or not) realm of political deaths. Some of them just stop being alive, some are murdered, some experience chop chop, but all men must die -kings, princes who are also kings, men who used to be kings, people who got rid of kings, people who didn't want to get rid of kings, people who are not monarchs too. Also, Virginie needs to come clean: she said "kings" were banned from the streets of Paris but she meant "pigs" 😅 (also, as her voice testifies, she was sick and deserves a break. Same for that time she forgets a key word in a sentence but it still makes sense) Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode in real life and on social media, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon! Virginie reads LOTR for the first time and is currently finding Jesus, you do not* want to miss it! (*or maybe you do) (up to you!) You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!   Content, sources and ressources: Lo talks about the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, the murder of Anna Lindh and the successful conspiracy against Gustav III https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/gustav-iii-skandaler-sexstrul-och-statskupper  https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/en-konspiration-tar-form-mordet-pa-gustav-iii-del-1  https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/attentatet-mordet-pa-gustav-iii-del-2  https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/dod-och-vedergallning-mordet-pa-gustav-iii-del-3  https://www.daghammarskjold.se/dag-hammarskjold/dag-hammarskjold/  https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/dag-hammarskjold-med-varlden-pa-sina-axlar  https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/nya-uppgifter-legoknekt-ska-ha-erkant-att-han-dodade-dag-hammarskjold  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lindh  https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/mijailovic-talar-ut-det-ar-dags-att-sanningen-kommer-fram/  Virginie talks about the death of Philippe de France and the French Revolution. She hated the exercise of concision about a whole goddam war fought inside and outside the country so resorted to videos for high school students and the like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzaKONz9RZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0InXmR8U0Ic

We discuss one of our absolute favourite characters: Wyman Manderly.

In this episode, your hosts and guest Ray, discuss what happens when different cultures meet, in ASOIAF and irl. We discuss migration, culture clashes, prejudice, racism, colonialism, and more! Along the way we conclude that both Viserys Targaryen and Jorah Mormont are the worst (albeit in different ways), and that the Free Folk makes a good parallel to climate refugees.  We also chat with our guest about his journey through both the ASOIAF fandom and life in general!  Tell your friends and fandom acquintances about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a bunch of stars and write a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon where we publish exclusive bonus episodes for our beloved patrons: Virginie reads LOTR for the first time, and we just finished "The Fellowship of the Ring"!   You can contact Ray at: @untitledray (on Instagram) @untitledray.bsky.social (on Bluesky   You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Instagram   Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!   Content, sources and ressources that are not our own experiences: Lo ”The Free Folk and Colonialism” (essay by Lo) ”Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige” / ”The Rocks Will Echo our Sorrow: The forced displacement of the Northern Sámi” - Elin Anna Labba Map of Meänmaa ”Meänkieli – Grammatik, lärobok, historik, texter” - Bengt Pohjanen "Tornedalingar i Sverige" - Forum för levande historia ”Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset.” The song ”Donkey Kong” by Hooja.   Virginie "The Great Replacement Theory Explained" - National Immigration Forum "Forced migration or displacement" - Migration Data Portal "Migration and human mobility - key figures" - Migration Data Portal "Key migration terms" - IOM "Climate change and displacement" - UNHCR "Climate change and human mobility" - IOM Climate change (search on IOM's website)

In this third episode of our series looking at the books, actually, we look at a neat trick GRRM uses for subtle storytelling: the blasons/sigils of the main Houses of the North, through the prism of semiotics -and specifically, the tools developed by the researcher, Greimas. You don't know what semiotics are? Fair enough! Let us explain that it's the study of signs and symbols, and how they are used to create meaning, tell stories, communicate ideas. And that GRRM provides the keen-eyed reader with a prime example of how to use images well <3 We hope you like this episode as much as we enjoyed nerding out and making it! Tell your friends and even your barista about it, and if you like what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon where you can become a member and get cool rewards such as our bonus episodes at the Boots level and up! Virginie reads LOTR for the first time ever, and has a lot of correct opinions (or so she has been told). You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources and further reading: http://www.signosemio.com/greimas/canonical-narrative-schema.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actantial_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotic_square

All men - and people in general - must die, but what happens afterwards? In this episode we discuss understandings of death, burial rituals, and the afterlife in ASOIAF and real life! Join us to learn about how the pop culture understanding of "Viking funerals" is somewhat inaccurate, but also how funeral processions for kings and nobles in ASOIAF are far less extra than they were in real-life France.    Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon where we publish exclusive bonus episodes for our beloved patrons: Virginie reads LOTR for the first time! You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Instagram Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!   Content, sources and ressources: Lo: Norse funeral (Wikipedia) Kult och ritualer (Historiska museet) Levande och döda (Historiska museet) Hästen i den fornnordiska tron (SO-rummet) Fornnordisk tro och asatro (SO-rummet) Valhalla & Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology (Jessica Suess) “The Queerly Departed: Narratives of Veneration in the Burials of Late Iron Age Scandinavia” (Lee Colwill, in “Trans and Genderqueer Subjects of Medieval Hagiography” eds. Alicia Spencer-Hall & Blake Gutt)   Virginie: Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge (C. Gauvard, A. de Libera, M. Zink) Passionnément Moyen Âge -plaidoyer pour le petit peuple (Claude Gauvard) Jean-Claude Schmitt in La Mort et ses au-delà, sous la direction de Maurice Godelier Les Funérailles royales de Henri IV (1610) (Gillet)  Conclave : comment se déroule l’élection d’un Pape ? Tongan funerals (Wikipedia)  

In this second episode of our series looking at the books, in an extremely shocking twist of event (not), we are analysing Brienne! We're talking gender, the patriarchy, transphobia, toxic gender norms, heresy and Podrick Payne, Hyle Hunt and Jaime Lannister get a mention. So do Cercei and Catelyn, for different reasons. We hope you like this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Tell your friends and even your barista about it, and if you like what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon where you can become a member and get cool rewards such as our bonus episodes at the Boots level and up! Virginie reads LOTR for the first time ever, and everything is WWI (except when it's Star Wars) (something like that) You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources/further reading: -”A Brief Trans History” by Lohttps://lothelynx.wordpress.com/2021/11/24/a-brief-trans-history/ -“Were there Transgender People in the Middle Ages?” - M.W Bychowski-“Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography” - Alicia Spencer-Hall & Blake Gutt-“Transgender Warriors” - Leslie Feinberg-“My words to Victor Frankenstein above the village of Chamounix: Performing transgender rage” - Susan Stryker-“Bodies that Matter. On the Discursive Limits of “Sex” - Judith Butler -“Them Goon Rules: Fugitive Essays on Radical Black Feminism.” - Marquis Bey  -”Kollektivtrafikens könstyranni” - Signe Bremer Gagnesjö (in ”(O)tryggt?: Makt, plats och motstånd”, edited by Malin Rönnblom, Ida Linander, and Linda Sandberg)

Your hosts and guest Abi ( @szegfu.bsky.social ) take you on a trip around the world and across time to learn more about George's favourite topic, probably: food! We discuss having to adapt to a new food culture in real life, like Catelyn and Tyrion as well as Areo Hotah and Ser Arys do in the books, what people eat in the North(s), what spices were found in medieval European kitchens, how to preserve food when you don't have a fridge or an ice cell (or even if you have one), how to recreate Joffrey's wedding feast but make it actually extravagant and how amazing it is to learn Hungarian with curses. Tell your friends and your favourite chef about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us an oodle of stars and sing an ode about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon where we publish exclusive bonus episodes for our beloved patrons: Virginie reads LOTR for the first time, you do not* want to miss it! (*or maybe you do) (up to you!). She has thoughts on foods there, too. You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Instagram Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Content, sources and ressources that are not our own experiences: Lo: -  https://www.samer.se/mat   Virginie - Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge, C. Gauvard, A. de Libera, M. Zink - Les Plaisir au Moyen Âge, Jean Verdon    

Who wants to play? Swedish games the Ironborn would not shy from or French games Tyrion approves? Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon where we publish exclusive bonus episodes for our beloved patrons: Virginie reads LOTR for the first time, you do not* want to miss it! (*or maybe you do) (up to you!) You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!   Content, sources and ressources: Lo: - "Kropp, Känslor och Relationer - Om sexualitet, samtycke och rättigheter för förskola  och grundskolans tidigare år" - Johanna Ivarsson, Loui Larsson, Sofie Olovsson, RM Ratesregn & Karin Salmson - "Så utvecklas barn av att leka" -Jenny Magnusson Österberg - "Längdåkningens historia i Sverige" - Jonas Cederquist - "Pepparkakskull" Virginie for images of better quality than my own: - Charlemagne chess game that was made in 11th C southern Italy, sculpted in ivory - https://gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/fr/html/lelephant-de-charlemagne?mode=desktop For words: - Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge, C. Gauvard, A. de Libera, M. Zink - Les Plaisir au Moyen Âge, Jean Verdon - Pieces of Power: Medieval Chess and the Male Homosocial Desire, Jenny Adams, University of North Texas - Mark Anthony Hall (2013) Magia Gry: Sztuka rywalizacji (The Magic ofthe Game: The Art of the Contest)Échecs et Trictrac: Fabrication et u des jeux de tables au Moyen Âge. Catalogue de l'exposition présentée du 23 juin au 18 novembre 2012 au Musée du château de MayenneArt du jeu, jeu dans l'art de Babylone à l'occident médiéval. Catalogue de l'exposition présentée du 28 novembre 2012 au 4 mars 2013 au Musée de Cluny — Musée national du Moyen Âge, ParisKõrts keskaegses linnas: Näituse ‘Poriveski Kõrts’. Kataloog/Inn in a Medieval Town, Catalogue of the Exhibition ‘Poriveski Kõrts’ 13 May to 11 November 2011Religions in Play: Games, Rituals and Virtual Worlds, European Journal of Archaeology, 16:3, 574-580, DOI: 10.1179/146195713X13721616775755 https://doi.org/10.1179/146195713X13721616775755    

We debute a new episode series, all about, who could have predicted: ASOIAF. Like, actually, the books/ shows and not historical parallels. In this first instalment, we talk about Tormund and tell George we love him. I mean, both of them.

Real life fascists in the Nordics and in France and their terrible obsession for medievalist recycling of the Vikings and the Crusades, with some parallels in ASOIAF

In this episode, your hosts take you on a trip all the way to the Early Middle Ages and back, to discuss queens of France and Sweden -a couple each, no one is jealous! And also Cercei, a lot. Somehow. And ask the real question: is Catelyn the most medieval character of ASOIAF? Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. Also, check out our Patreon where our first actual bonus episode drops in a couple of days! Virginie reads the first chapters of LOTR for the first time, you do not* want to miss it! (*or maybe you do) (up to you!) You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!   Content, sources and ressources: Lo tells us about Margareta Eriksdotter aka Margareta Leijonhufvud: https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/Margaretadrottning https://popularhistoria.se/sveriges-historia/kungar-drottningar/margareta-leijonhufvud-vasadrottningen  and about someone never mentioned on this podcast ever yet (jokes), Kristina: “Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography” - Alicia Spencer-Hall & Blake  https://lothelynx.wordpress.com/2021/10/17/a-most-uncommon-woman-cersei-lannisters-gender-trouble/  “Fenixelden: Drottning Kristina som alkemist” - Susanna Åkerman https://livrustkammaren.se/press/pridevisningar-kung-kristina-en-queer-queen-i-bilder-av-kristina-under-prideveckan/  Virginie feels right at home, after a whole episode 14 without Middle Ages and talks about Queen (Sainte) Radegonde: https://books.openedition.org/septentrion/55169 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radegund and Jeanne de Bourgogne/ Joan the Lame: https://siefar.org/dictionnaire/fr/Jeanne_de_Bourgogne_(1295-1348) https://passionmedievistes.fr/super-joute-royale-9-rois-xiveme-siecle/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_the_Lame (and then she makes light of Macron killing democracy because Lo inspired her and it takes away some of the pain)  

This is but a taste of what is to come on our Patreon! In this bonus episode, one of your hosts discovers the prologue of the Fellowship of the Ring as she ventures into reading the Lord of the Rings for the first time. Sometimes, your other host represses a remark so there is suspense: what went wrong? Please don't spoil her: Your newbie host is curious and thrilled! She looks not only at the meta analysis and the story told, but also at the anthropological and linguistic elements provided in the prologue, and questions whether Tolkien was messing with both anthropologists and historical linguists. She thinks yes. It's fun! The Orcs of Winterfell get mentioned, as well as Terry Pratchett's Discworld series and a Disney Documentary on dwarves. French medievalist Vincent Ferré, whose incredible work can be found here is saluted (and Virginie looks forward to finally be able to read his most famous works when she's completed her read-through) As always, feel free to write to us on Bluesky, Instagram or send us an email: it's @ RagmansPod everywhere. You can also leave us Millions of stars and comments on your podcast app of choice and of course join us on Patreon!  

In this episode, your hosts tell you stories you best not try at home: political assassinations, successful and failed, in Sweden and France. From the Middle Ages to the 2OthC, discover stories bigger than fiction which sadly don't include dragons :(( Also, we have a Very Exciting Announcement: we're starting a Patreon! Find out more at the end of the episode and directly at the mouth of the river of time: Ragman's Patreon Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources and ressources: Lo Nyköpings gästabud Historielingo - Avsnitt 63: Håtunaleken Historielingo - Avsnitt 64: Nyköpings gästabud Killing of Erik XIV P3 Historia: Erik XIV - Intriger, brodermord och skandalös kärlek P3 Historia: Johan III - Krig, intriger och en mördad bror Assassination of Olof Palme https://www.so-rummet.se/kategorier/olof-palme  https://www.so-rummet.se/kategorier/palmemordet  https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordet_p%C3%A5_Olof_Palme  Olof Palme - Hanoi Speech 1972 (eng) Virginie Henri IV https://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/pages_histoire/40095   Jean Jaurès  https://dissidences.hypotheses.org/5716 https://www.histoire-en-citations.fr/citations/portrait-de-jean-jaures-en-citations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lm27IxQS8c  Louis-Philippe https://criminocorpus.hypotheses.org/143879 De Gaulle https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/afe85009640/l-attentat-du-petit-clamart https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/gendinfo/histoire/adjudant-francis-marroux-le-destin-d-un-gendarme-de-la-resistance-a-l-elysee    

In this episode, your hosts take you on a journey to medieval and not so medieval Europe to explore the rich world of heraldry to compare it to its Westeros counterpart: sigils.  Who gets to have a coat of arms? How to pick your doodle? What are the rules? Are imaginary coat of arms a new thing? We discovered so much we didn't know about, it was an actual delight to learn so much -and hopefully you enjoy learning with us. It's not just pretty images, but it is *also* pretty images. And identity.  Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice. You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Sources:  Virginie: - Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge : "héraldique", article par Michel Pastoureau -         http://chroniques.bnf.fr/archives/sept2002/numero_courant/manifestations/pastoureau_inter.htm - Blasonner en latin (xiie-xvie siècle) - Michel Pastoureau https://books.openedition.org/psorbonne/21154?lang=fr https://journals.openedition.org/extremeorient/110 https://books.openedition.org/pufr/16462?lang=fr Les Armoiries de Paris - Marc DECLERCK Le Blason des Temps Nouveau - Catalogue de l’exposition Armorial de la ville de Paris https://essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/image/ba845ff7-2c3b-4a38-b1dd-02cfefe6a771-armorial-la-table-ronde-1 http://quetedugraal.over-blog.com/blasons-des-chevaliers-de-la-table-ronde/ https://herald-dick-magazine.blogspot.com/2015/09/la-quete-du-graal-dans-les-manuscrits.html?m=1   Lo:  https://varumarkesmanual.uppsala.se/tillampningar/uppsalas-stadsvapen/ https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholms_stadsvapen  “Heraldiken i Sverige” - Magnus Bäckmark & Jesper Wasling  

In this episode we discuss season 2 of House of the Dragon with a special guest, Bidonica! Together we talk about art in ASOIAF/HotD compared to the history of art in our world, (trans)gender politics in HotD and our world, language and power, class politics, and more!  And also why Italian fan artists draw Sansa with dark hair...    You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com Twitter/X BlueSky   Where to find Bidonica: https://x.com/bidonica1 https://bidonicart.tumblr.com/ https://bidonica.tumblr.com/   Art in HotD tag: https://bidonica.tumblr.com/tagged/art%20in%20hotd Art in Westeros: https://bidonica.tumblr.com/tagged/art%20in%20westeros    Bidonica's references: Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa, Bompiani 1980  Pentiment (videogame)  Proserpine (artwork by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Ellen Terry as Lady MacBeth (artwork by John Singer Sargent) Dance (artwork by Henri Matisse) Erotic revelry - Athenian Red Figure column krater   Lo's references: “Missbrukad kvinnokraft” - Ellen Key “Fenixelden: Drottning Kristina som alkemist” by Susanna Åkerman ”A brief trans history” - Lo “Writing migration through the body” by Emma Bond “The Queerly Departed: Narratives of Veneration in the Burials of Late Iron Age Scandinavia” by Lee Colwil  “Magic, Genderfluidity, and queer Vikings ca. 750-1050” by Jacob Bell “Fa'afafine, fakaleitī, fakafifine — understanding the Pacific's alternative gender expressions” by Alan Weedon “What does “Two-Spirit” Mean?” - by Geo Neptune   Virginie's references: Leitis in Waiting (documentary) Kumo Hina (documentary). And a shorter clip from the documentary, explaining what māhū is. Ragman's Harbour episode 2 "Of Scandals and bastards" (references for all discussions about bastards can be found there!)   Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!

Are you feeling bereft after season 2 of HotD? Not sure what to do with your free time? We are here for you! In this mini-episode, we provide tv show recommendations to fill the void that HotD might have left in your life.   Lo's recommendations: SKAM Young Royals Ragnarok    Virginie's recommendations:  Polar Park Icon of French Cinema Peepoodo and the Super Fuck Friends   Unplanned bonus chat about: Jordskott Maria Wern Nói albinói (Icelandic movie)   You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com Twitter/X BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!  

During this HotD season, we thought both our dear listeners and ourselves could use a break from just talking about the dragon show. So here is the second of three mini-episode where we recommend stuff to you all! In this episode we talk books!   Lo’s books & authors: Stöld (Stolen) - Ann-Helén Laestadius (Sápmi/Sweden) Kallocain - Karin Boye (Sweden) Muminböckerna (The Moomin Books) - Tove Jansson (Finland) Virginie’s books & authors: La Jument Verte (the Green Mare) by Marcel Aymé (France) Métaphysique des Tubes (the character of rain) by Amélie Nothomb (Belgium) Daniel Pennac’s “Malaussène Saga” (<- unofficial name): The Scapegoat, The Fairy Gunmother, Write to Kill, Monsieur Malaussène, Passion Fruit (France) Svend Åge Madsen’s At Fortælle Menneskene (Narrating the People) and Tugt og Utugt i Mellemtiden (Virtue and Vice in the Middle Time) (Denmark, in Danish)   Unplanned bonus chat about: Lo: Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) by Astrid Lindgren (Sweden).  Ronja Rövardotter (Ronia, the Robber’s daughter) by Astrid Lindgren (Sweden). And other assorted books by Astrid Lindgren.    Virginie: Astérix by Goscinny & Uderzo (France). Tintin by Hergé (Belgium). Ps: the “twelve things to do of Astérix” is actually called “the Twelve Tasks of Astérix” and the task where they have to get a permit (A38) is called "The Place that sends you mad"   You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com Twitter/X BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!  

The Ragman's Harbour visited The Silent Sisters to chat about House of the Dragon season 2 episode 3! We had so much to say that not everything could fit in the podcast episode, so here is an outtake just for our listeners. Join us as we discuss how the name Ulf comes from the Swedish/Norse world "ulv", meaning "wolf", the history of that word and other taboo words, and the history of languages in general. And of course, go listen to the whole episode with The Silent Sisters! You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com Twitter/X BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com (remixed for this episode by LittleWolfBird)!

During this HOT HotD season, we thought both our dear listeners and ourselves could use a break from just talking about the dragon show. So here is the first of three mini-episode where we recommend stuff to you all! In this episode we talk movies!   Lo talked about, in chronological order: The Millenium movies, especially Män som hatar kvinnor/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - by Niels Arden Oplev & Daniel Alfredson (the movie with a journalist and hacker trying to solve the 40 year old mystery of a missing girl, while also delving into social inequality in Sweden) Fucking Åmål/Show Me Love - by Lukas Moodysson (90s movie about two teenage girls falling in love in the small town Åmål)  Portrait de la jeune fille en feu/Portrait of a Lady on Fire- by Céline Sciamma (the sapphic love story between a painter and a lady of the gentry in 18th century France. Gay and sad.)    Virginie talked about, in chronological order: La vie est un long fleuve tranquille -by Etienne Chatilliez (the movie with switched babies that’s all about making fun of rich and catholic people because we think class humour is the best) Les Visiteurs -by Jean-Marie Poiré (the medievalist movie that’s absolutely not historically accurate but that we love to loathe -or just love- and makes fun of rich people because class humour is really our thing) La cité de la peur (le film des Nuls) by Alain Berberian (the movie that made me laugh when explaining its plot because the words “serial killer” are a joke in it but also, there’s a serial killer) Les trois frères -by Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan (the movie that’s about three brothers who didn’t know they’re brothers, who find out when their biological mother dies and leaves them a supposedly large heirloom. It of course makes fun of rich people but not only that! In a cult scene, you may discover we had the Wheel of Fortune in France. You may also discover how… dangerous it is to drive while high on ecstasy. And so much more) You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com Twitter/X BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!

In this episode we welcome our first guest, Obie, to discuss season 1 of House of the Dragon ahead of the season 2 premiere.  Together we recap season 1 and discuss how it works as an adaptation of Fire & Blood. We also discuss reproductive rights in Sweden, France, and Aruba, a queen who was a king, and the real life Aegon the Conqueror (but Frankish). Join us in the HotD hype!   You can contact us at: ragmanspod@gmail.com Twitter/X BlueSky Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!   Sources and resources: “Missbrukad kvinnokraft” - Ellen Key “Kvinnans villkorliga frigivning” - Eva Moberg “Elise "Ottar" Ottesen-Jensen”-RFSU Sveriges sexigaste 80-åring!- RFSU (excerpt of interview with Ottar) “Fenixelden: Drottning Kristina som alkemist.” - Susanna Åkerman “Kroppar sedda utifrån cripteori.” - Renita Sörensdotter (in the anthology “Kroppsfunktion. En antologi”, edited by Frida Sandström) Disability, gender, and sexuality in ASOIAF – Lo the Lynx “Hodor - a study of disability and sexuality” - Lo the Lynx