The Boiled Leather Audio Hour

I won’t tell you whose teachers we’re talking about this episode, but at one point it’s a valuable comparison to ask ourselves what Obama could have learned from Avon and Stringer Bell. We’re also learning as we go and arrive at conclusions that genuinely surprised us and that were wholly unscripted. And if that’s not enough, we find ourselves at wit’s end in assessing Stannis’ teaching qualities and look for the fandom for support. Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Sean on Twitter.

We’re continuing our series, talking today about societal changes in Weimar. It’s a period caught between inertia and progress, pulled in different directions and inadequately equipped to sustain the strain. Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Jim’s blog Jim on Twitter.

In this installment of our ongoing series on the Weimar Republic, Jim and I tackle the stabilization period between 1924 and 1928. We look at how a precarious balance establishes itself, why this balance comes to be and why it is so precarious. There are a lot of lessons to be learned if you’re willing. Naturally, most people aren’t. Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Jim’s blog Jim on Twitter.

Teachers! Who likes them? Oftentimes, the influence of our tutors is overlooked and underappreciated. Not on this podcast, though! We’re taking a look at the different teachers that Sansa and Arya have and that shape their characters and world views. They’re some surprising tidbits, and we find out that the TV show actually made more of some teachers than the books. Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Sean on Twitter.

We continue our journey through the history of Weimar Germany with a look at how democracies actually weather crises. In this case, the triple crisis of 1923 provides the blueprint. Why did the Republic survive this onslaught, when it would fold under similar pressure later? This is also when Hitler makes his first appearance, and we get a remarkable misjudgment by the New York Times. Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Jim’s blog Jim on Twitter.

In the final episode in our series on the sample chapters, Sean and I tackle the much-hyped “The Forsaken”, Aeron Greyjoy’s first chapter of “The Winds of Winter”. No worries, we’ll do it in one podcast.  As a side-note, I’ve yet refrained from listening in on the NotACast’s mammoth five-part-series on the topic as not to influence my own analysis and to keep it original.   Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Sean on Twitter.

I’m taken to school! To law school. Clint and Merry from the Learned Hands podcast join me to talk about the Sworn Sword. Why are we discussing the middle novella of the Hedge Knight trilogy? Reasons. Listen to the podcast and be blown away by the analysis we bring to the topic. Or take issue with it. Up to you, really.  Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Learned Hands podcast Clint Woods on Twitter Merry on Twitter

We continue the talk about the Weimar Republic with the feverish combination of inflation fuelled economic growth, coups, counter-coups, the Versailles treaty and a lot of constitutional analysis! Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Jim’s blog Jim on Twitter.

It’s time to watch a Coen Brothers movie. Strap in, imagine George Clooney in viking armor, and let’s delve into TWOW, Victarion I. , Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Sean on Twitter.

In a dazzling new series, Jim McGeehin (of Wars of Ice and Fire fame) and I tackle the history of the Weimar Republic. In this issue, we talk about the end of World War I and the revolution that ensued, the Versailles treaty and the escalating violence within Germany as well as trying to assess the chances of democracy.  Download the episode! Our Patreon page at patreon.com/boiledleatheraudiohour. Torrent Our iTunes page. Previous episodes. Podcast RSS feed. Stefan’s blog. Jim’s blog Jim on Twitter.