The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

BLAH 100 | A Rise of Mediocrity, with Sean T. Collins 02.02.2025 1:04:38 ↓

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

BLAH 099 | Elections of Ice and Fire, part 2, with Marcus A. Roberts 02.02.2025 48:59 ↓

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

BLAH 098 | Mercy I, TWOW, with Sean T. Collins 02.02.2025 50:13 ↓

We continue our TWOW sample chapter analysis.

BLAH 097 | The Laws of Ice and Fire part 1, with Clint Woods 02.02.2025 1:09:44 ↓

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

BLAH 096 | Theon I, TWOW, with Sean T. Collins 02.02.2025 55:58 ↓

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.

BLAH 095 | The Lord of the Rings, with Javi Marcos 02.02.2025 1:02:10 ↓

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

BLAH 094 | A Song of Ice, Fire and Water, with Sean T. Collins 02.02.2025 1:12:11 ↓

We're talking about the elements!

BLAH 093 | The Geography of Ice and Fire, with Jim McGeehin 02.02.2025 1:35:45 ↓

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!

BLAH 092 | The big themes and the big picture, with Bookshelfstud 02.02.2025 1:04:15 ↓

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

BLAH 091 | Squaring the circle - historical realism and fantasy literature, with Bret Deveraux 02.02.2025 1:56:29 ↓

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

BLAH 090 | Locations as storytelling devices, with TurtlePaced 02.02.2025 1:19:59 ↓

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

BLAH 089 | Game of Thrones Season 8 review, with Sean T. Collins 02.02.2025 1:31:34 ↓

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

BLAH 088 | A meta-discussion on Game of Thrones, with Gretchen Falker-Martin 02.02.2025 52:44 ↓

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

BLAH 087 | Elections of Ice and Fire, part 1, with Marcus A. Roberts 02.02.2025 1:05:51 ↓

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

BLAH 086 | Myth, symbolism and the apocalypse, with Lucifer means Lightbringer 02.02.2025 1:00:51 ↓

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

BLAH 085 | Nature or Nurture. Cersei character study, with Elio Garcia 02.02.2025 1:01:16 ↓

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

BLAH 084 | What feasts, and who are the crows, with Jim McGeehin 02.02.2025 1:21:08 ↓

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

BLAH 083 | Blood, Fire and Policy, with Steven Attewell 02.02.2025 38:24 ↓

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

BLAH 082 | Sean & Stefan on Fire & Blood, with Sean T. Collins 02.02.2025 1:33:22 ↓

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

BLAH 81 | A lot of games, and no bread, with Jim McGeehin 02.02.2025 1:30:04 ↓

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

BLAH 080 | Fire, Blood, Oily Stones and Narratives, with Aziz and Ashaia 01.02.2025 53:19 ↓

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

BLAH 79 | The Battles of Ice and Fire, with Jim McGeehin 01.02.2025 1:02:32 ↓

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

BLAH 078 | The best of the bunch, with Emmet Booth 01.02.2025 1:05:46 ↓

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.

BLAH 077 | Before the Game of Thrones 01.02.2025 45:04 ↓

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

BLAH 076 | Solo - A Star Wars podcast, with Sean T. Collins 01.02.2025 58:52 ↓

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