Welcome to this bonus episode! As mentioned in the episode, life has conspired against us managing to find time to record, so in the meanwhile here is a shorter episode with just Lo. This is also a preview of sorts of the episode we have coming up, where we will discuss what holidays exist (and should exist) in ASOIAF.

In this episode Lo discusses Valborg/Walpurgis night, and end up discussing May 1st as well. And why Westeros should have a spring festival!

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Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!

If you want to see videos of the singing promised by Lo, check out these videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoLQ5JrfHk&list=RDcmoLQ5JrfHk&start_radio=1 (children's choir singing songs you often hear at Valborg)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTmYi8oMxjY&list=RDLTmYi8oMxjY&start_radio=1 (smaller choir singing at an actual Valborg celebration)

If you're curious about the rafting in Uppsala during Valborg, here are two videos about that:

https://youtu.be/sZ2YcMrPHq0?is=GItRbhvRKSF1kyy8 (rafting in Uppsala during Valborg)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXwLEeeo_6J/?igsh=aGtzcTg2Z2FyODFk

Other references and sources:

https://www.isof.se/utforska/kunskapsbanker/lar-dig-mer-om-arets-namn-och-handelser/handelser/valborgsmassoafton

https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/utforska/hogtider/valborgsmassoafton/

https://www.so-rummet.se/fakta-artiklar/historien-bakom-valborgsfirandet-och-forsta-maj#

https://www.etc.se/inrikes/aer-valborg-ett-borgerligt-paahitt

In this episode we wrap up our coverage of season one of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and discuss what we thought about the season as a whole. We're also joined by Lo's friend Vendela, who hasn't read the books, to get her perspective on the show! So if you've ever wondered what a show-only-fan might think of Dunk & Egg, tune in!

We also return to our himbo-ranking (by popular demand) and discuss important topics such as Maekar's orange cat energy and how thicc Raymun is.

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What used to be a bonus episode is now public -enjoy!

And now we say good bye to our boys for some time, as they go away on adventures we won't join in until season 2 :(

We liked this episode, although we of course have a couple complains but over all, that's really minor.

We got some feel good moments, some haha moments, some teary-eyed moments, some easter eggs, some social justice, some teenage girl thinks, some unabashed himboism, a happy horse, a mystery brain thing from Lo and I both, wow, and we even get to learn about sheep and funerals while alive.

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Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!