The Boiled Leather Audio Hour
An in-depth thematic discussion of George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, the basis for HBO's Game of Thrones, featuring Sean T. Collins and Stefan Sasse. Warning: Westerosi wonkery ahead.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 231
- Years Active
- 2025
BLAH 136 | Forget the numbers, with Marcus A. Roberts and Frank Spring
I'm bringing back the two political experts to talk about how campaigns go.
BLAH 135 | US presidents, part 3, with Jim McGeehin
We continue our series.
BLAH 134 | Battlefields of bits and bytes - the history of the RTS genre, with Bret Deveraux
With Bret Deveraux, I'm talking about RTS and their stories. Come back to the Tiberium Wars with us!
BLAH 133 | Telepathy, portals, necromancy and other magic, with Sean T. Collins
After we explored the role that magical creatures play in ASOIAF in episode 131, it’s time to look at other fantastical elements. From magical portals to telepathy, from blood sacrifice to Assha…
BLAH 132 | US presidents, part 2, with Jim McGeehin
We continue our series on the American presidents.
BLAH 131 | Grumkins, Snarks and other monsters, with Sean T. Collins
Do Snarks and Grumpkins exist? Do Squishers? If they did, what would it mean? And what have the Brothers Grimm to do with it? Are direwolves monsters or animals? What's the deal with the Others? A…
BLAH 130 | The Westeros Cinematic Universe, with Sean T. Collins
It has been a wild week. After all that casting news of “House of the Dragon”, the new bid-budget HBO show on the Dance of the Dragons, we not only got news about a Broadway theatrical play about…
BLAH 129 | US Presidents 1, with Jim McGeehin
After German history, Jim and I look at American presidents.
BLAH 128 | A neophyte's guide to Twin Peaks, with Sean T. Collins
I watched Twin Peaks for the first time, and boy was it weird. I'm talking to strangeness expert Sean about it.
BLAH 127 | Tell your story, politics edition, with Marcus A. Roberts and Frank Spring
We're taking a little holiday from Westeros and talk about how stories are told in political campaigns. I have two campaign experts with me for this.
BLAH 126 | The Weimar Republic: Lessons, with Jim McGeehin
What lessons can we draw from the fall of the Weimar Republic?
BLAH 125 | The Golden Age of Television: Sean T. Collins with Gretchen Falkner
I'm away for the month, so Sean steps in.
BLAH 124 | The Weimar Republic: Collapse, with Jim McGeehin
The shock of the Depression might have shaken the republic, but it's brought down by forces from within.
BLAH 123 | Teachers of Ice and Fire III, with Sean T. Collins
We continue our series about the teachers of Ice and Fire.
BLAH 122 | The Weimar Republic: Depression, with Jim McGeehin
In 1929, the Great Depression started, and boy, did it depress the Weimar Republic.
BLAH 121 | Teachers of Ice and Fire II - Ice and Fire, with Sean T. Collins
We continue our series on the teachers of Ice and Fire.
BLAH 120 | The Weimar Republic: Society, with Jim McGeehin
We look at the societal structure of the Weimar Republic, which is essentially torn between past and future. You know, like every society ever.
BLAH 119 | The Weimar Republic: Stabilization, with Jim McGeehin
After the crisis of 1923, the Weimar Republic entered a phase of stabilization.
BLAH 118 | Teachers of Ice and Fire I - The Stark Sisters, with Sean T. Collins
Characters get taught a lot by mentors. We start a new series on all of the teachers of Ice and Fire.
BLAH 117 | The Weimar Republic: Crisis, with Jim McGeehin
The year 1923 was the make-or-break year of Weimar. Surprisingly, the republic was kept.