The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

BLAH 025 | Winds of War: The new "The Winds of Winter" sample chapter in the "A Dance with Dragons" paperback, with Sean T. Collins 31.01.2025 32:46 ↓

Rather unexpectedly, the new paperback edition of "A Dance with Dragons" contained a new Barristan sample chapter.

BLAH 24 | Royals: Discussing "The Princess and the Queen", or "The Blacks and the Greens", with Sean T. Collins and Steven Attewell 30.01.2025 1:07:32 ↓

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

BLAH 023 | The Boiled Leather Theory Hour: Celebrating the Nerdstream Era's ASOIAF Theory Feature, with Sean T. Collins and Jamin Avadi 30.01.2025 38:59 ↓

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!

BLAH 022 | Vendettas and Hypotheticals -The Consequences of Vengeance plus a few What-Ifs, with Sean T. Collins and Amin Javadi 30.01.2025 1:00:26 ↓

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

BLAH 021 | "Game" show: "Game of Thrones" season 3 reviewed, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:09:38 ↓

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

BLAH 020 | FeastDance - The combined reading order for "A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance with Dragons", with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 54:42 ↓

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

BLAH 019 | Women of Westeros, Part 4 - Melisandre, Margaery and Lysa, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 48:22 ↓

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

BLAH 018 | Women of Westeros, Part 3 - Catelyn and Danaerys, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:05:43 ↓

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.

BLAH 017 | She's like the wind: Analyzing the new sample chapter from "The Winds of Winter", with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:00:26 ↓

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

BLAH 016 | Book-Report - The Lands of Ice and Fire / A Flight of Sorrows, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:03:40 ↓

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.

BLAH 015 | Women of Westeros, Part 2: Brienne and Asha, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:04:01 ↓

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

BLAH 014 | Prophet Motive - The Geopolitical Impact of Prophecy, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 46:27 ↓

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

BLAH 013 | Women of Westeros, Part 1: Sansa and Cersei, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:06:17 ↓

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

BLAH 012 | Hopeless, Romantic: Romanticism and the weight of history, with Sean T. Collins, Elio M. Garcia and Linda Antonsson 30.01.2025 50:05 ↓

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.

BLAH 011 | Rape, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:03:38 ↓

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

BLAH 10 | Game theory: what season 2 got right and wrong, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:03:39 ↓

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

BLAH 009 | Violence against children, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 57:07 ↓

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

BLAH 008 | Prophecies, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:03:04 ↓

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

BLAH 007 | Games of Ice and Fire, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 54:24 ↓

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

BLAH 006 | Everyone knows it's windy: The Winds of Winter sample chapter, with Sean T. Collins and Amin Javadi 30.01.2025 53:45 ↓

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

BLAH 005 | Dirty South: Lady Dustin's "Southron Ambitions" Conspiracy Theory, with Sean T. Collins and Amin Javadi 30.01.2025 39:33 ↓

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

BLAH 004 | Religion in Westeros, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:06:02 ↓

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

BLAH 003 | Good rulers, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:04:37 ↓

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

BLAH 002 | Political reform in Westeros, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 1:05:42 ↓

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

BLAH 001 | Honor in Westeros, with Sean T. Collins 30.01.2025 38:48 ↓

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