The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

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

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.

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

We're talking about the elements!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.