The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

We continue our series on the American presidents.

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 the Tourney at  Harrenhal, but also about three (!) other shows being in development as  well as an animated (!) show, all set in Westeros.

Do  these shows excite us? Maybe? Do we have thoughts on them and the  decision making process or the artistic potential? Definitely!

After German history, Jim and I look at American presidents.

I watched Twin Peaks for the first time, and boy was it weird. I'm talking to strangeness expert Sean about it.

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.

What lessons can we draw from the fall of the Weimar Republic?

I'm away for the month, so Sean steps in.

The shock of the Depression might have shaken the republic, but it's brought down by forces from within.

We continue our series about the teachers of Ice and Fire.