Davos' Fingers - A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

In this episode of Davos Fingers covering NINE chapters, Denna gets over her high while Kvothe confronts the rampaging Draccus and offers it some Sympathy before making his way home to the University.  He has many apologies to give and amends to make there, but one consistent thorn in Kvothe’s side learns that sticks and stones may be bad, but Names actually can hurt something fierce.  He also goes up on the horns, again, and is se...

Matt and Scad celebrate their 150th episode with a doozy of a selection of chapters from The Name of the Wind.  Kvothe hears that the Chandrian have appeared only one day prior and a mere afternoon’s ride away.  He drops everything, procures a loan for a horse and sets off to see evidence of this childhood faerie tale turned real life trauma.  When he arrives, Denna just happens to be the only survivor from the slaughter, and the t...

In this episode, Matt and Scad enjoy a delicate dance and strawberry wine with Denna, escape a raging inferno with a friend, lose track of Denna once more, get a new cloak and shoes, and get nearly killed by hired assassins…all through Kvothe's eyes.  Plus more sympathy talk, more speculation about Kvothe's enemies, and more admiration for all the ladies in Kvothe's life at the University.  All this inside, so join us!

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In Episode 148, Matt and Scad go walking and talking with Kvothe and Denna as the pair connect for hours after Kvothe skips out on work. It's also a bit of a catchup episode. Kvothe has all sorts of opportunity in front of him now that he has obtained his talent pipes and completed his training in the artificery, but what will he prioritize, and can he focus on getting a little bit ahead in life, or will he get distracted by the th...

Episode 147:  Caught By A Smile

The boys from Davos’ Fingers get a nice easy break this episode to sit back and listen to a master at work.  This series of chapters is contained almost entirely within the happening music spot, The Eolian, where Kvothe attempts to “earn his pipes”.  A small trinket fashioned to look like silver pipes, they will earn him money and clout if he is successful.  But it is no easy task, as it takes a fl...

The Fingers find Kvothe at the end of his first term considerably richer than he was when he first arrived, with a true enemy in Ambrose, and a wild reputation that is MOSTLY true spreading like wildfire through the University. But as he approaches his second term and finds himself short of tuition money with no easy way to get more, he turns to scary options in order to stay a student, and even scarier options to bring music back ...

The Fingers have had enough of Tarbean, and so has Kvothe.  His mind reawakend by a story heard in a bar, Kvothe finds the motivation he needs to scrape some money together, clean himself up and find his way out of Tarbean.  And he does it with his normal flair and creativity while encountering his share of heroes and villains along the way.  This episode covers chapters 26-32.

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The Fingers travel with Kvothe to Tarbean to get some new lute strings, and you faithful listeners are coming with us.  Kvothe's mind is a terrifying place these days, and he is coping via copious lute playing, becoming a master that can compose new works and play through broken strings.  But when his third string breaks he finds himself on the move to a place where he can get replacements, for the idea of existing with lute playin...

Kvothe has the Fingers’ stomachs in knots as he relays the story of his departure from his troupe, and he has our minds racing as we learn more and more about the history of this world and one of its major antagonists:  The Chandrian.  So join us for Episode 141, as we wade through this heavy set of chapters, while keeping the mood light with many sojourns into personal stories and side conversations.

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In our first episode covering The Kingkiller Chronicle, Davos’ Fingers is introduced to the mostly mild-mannered and seemingly regular Kote.  Then, of course, he becomes totally IRREGULAR and starts talking about demons and trying to hide his obviously prolific history from people.  Oh, yeah, then he befriends a stranger on the road…a Chronicler...before executing a bunch of spider monsters…so enjoy!.  

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Here it is!  After a rousing episode with Matt, we have followed up with the Scadisode.  So buckle in as Matt interviews Scad about his fandom positions and faves in a meet the Khalasar episode that reveals some of Scad's personal favorites and opinions in: Tyrion III of A Storm of Swords!  In this episode, Tywin gets a grip on the small council and guides it masterfully while Tyrion, Cersei and the reader are left to gape in wonde...

House of the Dragon season one has come to an end and so does our coverage of it in episode 136: The Black Queen.  Rhaenys has delivered the message of Viserys' passing to Dragonstone, and team Rhaenyra has to contend with a baby on the way, a usurped throne, a questionable roster of allies, and their own very conflicted emotions about an impending war and the loss of loved ones. Stretched thin, they use all the resources at their ...

In episode 135 of the Davos' Fingers podcast, we unwrap the gift that is episode 9 of House of the Dragon: the Green Council.  Viserys has passed and Alicent and the rest of the small council move swiftly to install Prince Aegon as the new King.  What to do with Rhaenyra and Daemon is the only thing they can’t agree on, so the Greens bicker and argue without a King yet in place to make the final decision.  Aegon’s coronation is a l...

In episode 134, the Fingers of Davos sneak into a family occasion at the Red Keep as Vaemond Valaryon has forced the question of Velaryon succession on the Throne, counting on a favorable decision from Alicent and Otto to rule in his favor. But Rhaenayra and Daemon have convinced Viserys to rule in their favor, and Viserys makes it a point to show up for his daughter. Viserys has plans of his own, though, too.  A plan to unite his ...