The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

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.