The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

George R. R. Martin published a new novella, taking us into the Dance of the Dragons. We take history expert Steven Attewell to task.

With Jamin, I host the Supreme Court of Westeros on the Nerdstream Era. Today, we take the format live and invite Sean to help out!

Vendettas are a real issue in ASOIAF, and they are bad for everyone involved.

Season 3 concluded. Time to dust off our criticism skills.

Sean wrote a combined reading order for AFFC and ADWD. We talk about it here.

And even more women of Westeros! We lump Melisandre, Margaery and Lysa Arryn together.

Even more women of Westeros! This time, it's Catelyn and Dany, which seem to have nothing in common, but they don't know us.

A new sample chapter dropped! This time, we meet up with Arianne.

Not one, but two books came out, and we talk about them! The Lands of Ice and Fire is, of course, more a map collection than book, but "A Flight of Sorrows" is an essay collection that yours truly also contributed to.

After Sansa and Cersei, we pair Brienne and Asha in this episode. You will find out why.

In our second episode about prophecies, we look specifically into their geopolitical impact.

In this episode, we tackle one of the most interesting female relationships in the series.

Elio and Linda wrote a great essay about Romanticism in ASOIAF for the "Beyond the Wall" essay series. We're here to talk to them about it.

After we tackled violence against children, we approach another heavy topic: the role of rape in the story.

After the end of season 2, Sean and I try our hands at a bit of TV criticism.

Why is it always the innocent who suffer most? We try to answer Varys' question.

Prophecies obviously play a huge part in ASOIAF. This is the first time we talk about them on this show.

Sean and I talk about the various ASOIAF computer games of 2012.

George R. R. Martin released a sample chapter for "The Winds of Winter", Theon I! Together with Amin, we talk about it.

We discuss my theory of Southron Ambitions, now that it's fresh out.

In the last episode of this miniseries, we take a look at religion in Westeros.

What makes a good ruler? Are there even good rulers in this story?

In this episode we tackle the possibilities and necessities of political reform in Westeros.

In our very first episode, we tackle the question of what honor is exactly in Westeros.