The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

The shock of the Depression might have shaken the republic, but it's brought down by forces from within.

We continue our series about the teachers of Ice and Fire.

In 1929, the Great Depression started, and boy, did it depress the Weimar Republic.

We continue our series on the teachers of Ice and Fire.

We look at the societal structure of the Weimar Republic, which is essentially torn between past and future. You know, like every society ever.

After the crisis of 1923, the Weimar Republic entered a phase of stabilization.

Characters get taught a lot by mentors. We start a new series on all of the teachers of Ice and Fire.

The year 1923 was the make-or-break year of Weimar. Surprisingly, the republic was kept.

We continue our TWOW series.

With Clint and Merry, I talk about "The Sworn Sword", everyone's favorite Dunk&Egg novella.

The crisis years of Weimar from 1919 to 1923 had an almost feverish quality to them.

We continue our series on the TWOW chapters.

Jim McGeehin and I start a new series about German history. We start with the Weimar Republic, talking about its genesis in the revolution of 1918/19.

We continue our TWOW series.

We continue our TWOW series.

There are a lot of plagues and diseases, especially in Feastdance. I'm bringing in Steven to analyze them.

Did Tywin really only kill a dozen at dinner, or is he talking out of his ass?

We continue our TWOW series.

We continue our TWOW sample chapters series.

Capitalism and communism, who doesn't want to talk about it? Steven Attewell for sure does!

I bring Bret Deveraux back, and we talk about Battlestar Galactica!

We continue our TWOW series.

There were so many laws to talk about left that we return to it!

I did this already with bookshelfstud, but there's no reason not to repeat it with my esteemed colleague.

After "A Storm of Swords", a lot of mediocre people come into power. We talk about that.

With campaign expert Marcus A. Roberts, I take another look at the elections of Ice and Fire.

We continue our TWOW sample chapter analysis.

With expert lawyer Clint Woods, I'm talking about the legal situation in Westeros.

To celebrate Sean ending his hiatus, we're going through all TWOW chapters again, starting with Theon. It's been a few years, and it'll be interesting how our perspectives changed.

This is the first time we talk about "The Lord of the Rings", believe it or not.

We're talking about the elements!

You cannot only examine locations, but the very geography itself. Martin isn't exactly putting a huge emphasis on realism here, so let's discover inconsistencies!

WIth Bookshelfstud I talk about the big themes and what ASOIAF is really about, viewed over the whole series.

With prolific history blogger and fantasy nerd Bret Deveraux I talk about how to square the circle between realism and storytelling necessity.

Locations aren't just places and names on a map. They're storytelling devices.

The series finally concluded! I talk about it with Sean T. Collins, who comes out of hiatus again for it.

We're going deep into the meta-level with prolific critic Gretchen Felkner-Martin.

There are a lot of elections going on in ASOIAF. I'm talking to elections expert Marcus A. Roberts.

You will be surprised that I'm talking about myths and symbolism with their foremost expert.

With Elio, I'm talking about whether Cersei always was like this or if she became this way courtesy of Tywin.

The title of "A Feast for Crows" lends itself to much more interpretation than one could assume.

With Steven Attewell, I'm talking about policies of Westeros.

Since "Fire and Blood" came out, Sean came back from hiatus to talk about it!

With Jim, I'm talking about games. Since this isn't strictly an ASOIAF episode, it gets a special counting number.

With the team of History of Ice and Fire, I talk about all sorts of weird stuff from the fringes of the magical.

Who better to talk to about all battles of ASOIAF than Jim McGeehin?

Sean is on hiatus, so I invite a roster of guest stars. We start off with Emmet Booth to talk about why "A Dance with Dragons" is the best of the five first novels.

We talk about all POVs - before the story officially starts. What did Eddard do before he became Hand? And so on.

Yet another Star Wars movie came out. We talk about it and how clever it is of Disney to drown us in these.

We have famous TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz over for a talk!