{"podcast":{"title":"House of R","slug":"house-of-r-6578339","podcast_index_feed_id":6578339,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/house-of-r","website_url":"https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/house-of-r","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b46abe3a-3216-11ee-b5d4-fb82a7641e18/image/2e60c4bc96e356d8b5c27d99b55490a3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Ringer","episode_count":407,"summary":"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, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T10:19:58.883349+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339"},"episode":{"title":"‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 4 Reactions | Talk the Thrones","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-4-reactions-talk-the-thrones","published_at":"2026-07-13T02:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-4-reactions-talk-the-thrones","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8315159332.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8315159332.mp3","summary":"Joanna Robinson, Mallory Rubin, and special guest Van Lathan are excited to give you all of their thoughts on the newest episode of ‘House of the Dragon’! They start off with Joanna’s Chris Ryan impression, get into the universal love for Daeron Targaryen, and wrap up with Team Black’s interesting choice of small council.(00:00) Intro(02:51) CR’s recap(05:48) Favorite moment of the episode(12:43) 'GoT' communion ritual(14:14) Ormund and Daeron’s relationship(15:55) Cult of Hightower(17:30) Daeron Hightower vs. Daeron Targaryen(22:06) Ormund and the Faith(26:42) Villains in the 'Thrones' universe(30:56) Ormund Hightower vs. Tywin Lannister(35:53) Alys, the witch and queen of Harrenhal?(40:23) Criston Cole’s self-reflection(47:24) Big reveal: Helaena is pregnant(52:57) Undercover boss: Aegon and Larys at Rook’s Rest(54:55) Relationship between riders and dragons in this episode(59:38) Team Black’s small council(01:02:46) Orwyle’s character progressionHosts: Joanna Robinson, Mallory Rubin, and Van LathanProducers: Aleya Zenieris, Carlos Chiriboga, and Scott LeeSocial: Jomi AdeniranSet Production: Jonathan Ratliff and Gitu MehraAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Joanna Robinson, Mallory Rubin, and special guest Van Lathan are excited to give you all of their thoughts on the newest episode of ‘House of the Dragon’!…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4293,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/house-of-r-6578339/episodes/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-4-reactions-talk-the-thrones/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-4-reactions-talk-the-thrones.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}