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 115 | Swords sworn and forsaken, with Clint Woods and Merry
With Clint and Merry, I talk about "The Sworn Sword", everyone's favorite Dunk&Egg novella.
BLAH 114 | The Weimar Republic: Fever, with Jim McGeehin
The crisis years of Weimar from 1919 to 1923 had an almost feverish quality to them.
BLAH 113 | Victarion I, with Sean T. Collins
We continue our series on the TWOW chapters.
BLAH 112 | The Weimar Republic: Revolution, with Jim McGeehin
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.
BLAH 110 | Barristan 1 and 2, with Sean T. Collins
We continue our TWOW series.
BLAH 109 | Plagues and diseases, with Steven Attewell
There are a lot of plagues and diseases, especially in Feastdance. I'm bringing in Steven to analyze them.
BLAH 108 | A dozen at dinner, with Jim McGeehin
Did Tywin really only kill a dozen at dinner, or is he talking out of his ass?
BLAH 106 | Arianne I, with Sean T. Collins
We continue our TWOW sample chapters series.
BLAH 105 | The Iron Bank and Communism in Westeros, with Steven Attewell
Capitalism and communism, who doesn't want to talk about it? Steven Attewell for sure does!
BLAH 104 | So say we all, with Bret Deveraux
I bring Bret Deveraux back, and we talk about Battlestar Galactica!
BLAH 102 | The Laws of Ice and Fire part 2, with Clint Woods
There were so many laws to talk about left that we return to it!
BLAH 101 | The big themes and the big picture, with Sean T. Collins
I did this already with bookshelfstud, but there's no reason not to repeat it with my esteemed colleague.
BLAH 100 | A Rise of Mediocrity, with Sean T. Collins
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
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
We continue our TWOW sample chapter analysis.
BLAH 097 | The Laws of Ice and Fire part 1, with Clint Woods
With expert lawyer Clint Woods, I'm talking about the legal situation in Westeros.