Ragman’s Harbour Podcast

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A podcast exploring the real-life historical and cultural parallels to A Song of Ice and Fire, from a non-Anglo perspective. Hosted by @virginie.bsky.social and @lothelynx.bsky.social. 📧 ragmanspod@gmail.com

Screenshot reading: ”A Pre-Show Game of Thrones: The Mad Long Creative Team Talk is available for this performance. Not already booked? BOOK HERE.”
A sign in a botanical garden reading: ”Tolkien’s pine: This sapling is the descendant of the famous black pine that grew in the Botanical Garden for around 200 years. Local legend has it that the pine inspired the tree people in Tolkien’s Thw Lord of the Eingd.”
Too-ticki, a black and white cat, is sitting on a bed next to a person’s leg. In front of tbe person, a laptop is open to an audio editing program.
Black and white digital artwork of a tween wearing partied clothes sitting on steps outside a building with a huge bicolour door. She’s got a Bob haircut, white eyes and is holding a stick. She’s petting a white cat, there’s another one with stripes by the door and a black one in front of the viewer
Photo of a young woman, dressed as Joan of Arc, riding a horse down a modern city street. She’s flanked by several more people on horse.
Photo of a procession where a statue of the Virgin Mary is carried through a town.
A black and white cat is sitting on a coffee table. In front of her in the photo is a laptop with a sound editing software open.
Ser Criston Cole looking clean and talking to someone who must be standing in front of him, on his side.
A poster in an old fashion style of drawing, looking like it’s from the beginning of the 20th century. A man in a suit is sitting eating dinner and putting up his hand to refuse a glass of alcohol. Text next to him reads ”Nej! Valborg är ett borgerligt påhitt. Kom inte bakfull till första maj.”
Photograph of a large bonfire next to a lake. A lot of people are watching the bonfire. In the background the sun has almost set and it’s mostly dark. Against the slightly lit up sky you can see Stockholm City Hall. This photo is by Stina Bengtsson.
Small black and white cat curled up in a grey armchair. She’s yawning and seems to be spitting in anger, but it’s really just a yawn
Too-ticki, a black and white cat, is sitting in a windowsill. She’s looking at the person taking the photo. That person is also holding a book that’s a bit out of focus, but you can sort of make out that it’s opened to a chapter with the title ”The Taming of Sméagol”.
A shot from episode 6 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Dunk is standing next to a tree and holding his broken shield.
In the foreground, the right right of a laptop, showing editing in progress with three tracks. The computer is resting on a duvet on what must be thighs. On the flat of the bed, there is a black and white cat sleeping on a green blanket
Egg looks up and opens wide his mouth There is a speech bubble that says the Ragman’s Harbour coverage of season 1 is going public
A knight in armour, wearing a lot of yellow on his armour as well as on his surcoat fashionably draped around his right side. His gorget is inlaid with three yellow beehives. He doesn’t wear a helmet so you see his glorious honey gold moustache.
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Two men hug. There are more people in the background. One of these men is a lot taller than the other -they’re Dunk and Raymun Fossoway
Poster showing Rhaenyra crowned and armoured, possibly sitting on the iron throne. A sentence crosses it that reads From fire comes darkness. At the bottom, it says June and HBO max
a knight in armour ahorse. his hair is brown and cut above the ear, he is white, looks to be mid-twenties. His moustache is bushy and dyed a vivid yellow. He is wearing a plated armour of dark metal, with three yellow beehives on his gorget and yellow streaks on his plastron. There is a close caption that reads What of the Kingsguard?
Black screen, there is nothing to see
A pink heart with the word Bimbo in white Barbie font. The B has been covered by a purple handwritten H
A himbo in meadows, reclined against a stone. The sun shines on his body and face
A wrist with a black ribbon that reads a knight of the seven kingdoms | HBO Max
A tall young man holds a bold boy up in his arm. They look medieval and there are many people behind them. They both raise a fist and look really happy. In cheesy text bubbles the man says “weekly bonus episodes to cover the show on Patreon” and the boy says “yay!!!!!” At the bottom of the image, there is the text “join us at the Ragman’s Harbour @RagmansPod”
A pink heart with the word Bimbo is white Barbie font, but the B has been replaced by a finger traced H in purple
An old public fountain/well where people can fetch water. It’s grey with a golden crown on top.
Saint Erik on the seal (and later coat of arms) of Stockholm, from 1376 until current times. The depictions vary slightly, but Saint Erik is continually depicted with longish hair and a crown.
Poster for a knight of the seven kingdoms. A tall man and a bald short boy look at each other. They’re standing on a hill, under a tree. There is a shield resting against the tree trunk, featuring a tree on a sunset field with a shooting star falling. In the background, there are many tents
Artwork by Morna White Mask. She’s wearing clothing that’s reminiscent by Inuit clothing, and a white wood mask.
Statues on a pillar, showing a monk opening their robe to show boobs.
Old drawing of Joan of Arc. It depicts her holding a spear and sword.
Brown skinned man, naked but for a blue thong adorned with a gold mustachio, with long blue hair, pointy blue beard and gold mustachio and earring. He smirks. On his back is tattooed in a red heart “my queen” followed by all of Daenerys’ titles
Medieval miniature of a man falling from his horse and breaking his neck as he and his followers come too close to a pig.
A display of a 18th century outfit (specifically what Gustav III wore when he was murdered). It includes a grey main outfit, a black cloak, a fancy black hat, and a large silvery badge on the chest of the west. The badge is the Order of the Seraphim and looks like a large star.
Medieval miniature of a man falling from his horse and breaking his neck as he and his followers come too close to a pig
Spring is coming written on two horses and a mule walking towards a hill in the light of golden hour
A weirdly twisted drawing of what was thought of as a medieval keep but ends up looking like a koala with its arms up in the air
A childish drawing of a white boat on the sea where red fish are swimming under a big bright smiling sun
A very messy phone drawing of an autumn tree on a black background. It has very discreet eyes and a mouth
A white line drawing of a human with curly hair and a t-shirt written “yay” looking happy on a black background
Too-ticki, a black and white cat, is sitting on her human’s knee. She looks slightly shy or concerned. Above her head, someone has edited in a speech bubble saying “Sorry”.
A cartoonish drawing of a jolly fat man dressed in red and green and fur holding a slice of meat pie up on a plate that he's carved out of one of the three pies in front of him on the table, with his bloody dagger. He looks very, very happy and is probably singing a cheerful song. Behind him on the stone wall, we see the blason of house Manderly, a merman on a field of see green.
Cartoon drawing of a slice of meat pie on a plate, held up on a bejewelled hand, with a detail of a fish (?) tail in the background, on a sea green background, on a stone wall
A grey cat with resting bitch face on the lap of a human, a computer open behind it, on the a search of ice and fire website
A grey cat lies on a desk, being pet by a hand, in front of a mic and a computer open on audacity and a video chat
Too-ticki, a black and white cat, is sitting on her human’s leg and rubbing her face against a book that her human is attempting to read. She might be trying to bite the book. On the top of the page of the book it says that the chapter is “The Departure of Boromir”.
The book “The Two Towers” by JRR Tolkien, placed on a blanket on a sofa.
grey direwolf leaping, on an ice-white field
Painting showing Valhalla. Odin is sitting on a throne. Various Vikings are sitting at tables enjoying food. A Valkyrie is walking along the benches. Painting by Emil Doepler.
Three large burial mounds with some smaller ones in the background. They’re around 10 meters tall and 70 meters in diameter.
The water burial of Hoster Tully, showing him on a boat in the river Trident. Art by Svetoslav Petrov.
The board game hnefatafl is placed on the floor. A leather board is rolled up and next to it are a bunch of game pieces (some white some black) are placed next to it. Next to it is a paper with instructions for how to play the game.
Screenshot of a video call. In a large square is Virginie, and she’s holding the book “The Fellowship of the Ring” to block her eyes. In a smaller square is Lo, with a mic in front of their face.
Painting of the Feast of Pheasants, showing some of the participants.
Cloudberries. They are small orange berries, similar in shape to blackberries. They’re growing on moss covered ground.
Photo of renskav, a stew with reindeer meat, mushrooms, and cream. Beside the pot of renskav is a bowl of potatoes. Some lingonberries are sprinkled atop the renskav.
Photograph of a table set with various Japanese food, spread out on several plates. There are for instance different vegetables, a bowl of rice, and a bowl of soup.