About Learned Hands: The Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association
Welcome to Learned Hands! In this podcast, Maester Merry & Clint, two real world attorneys explore the legal and ethical dilemmas posed by the fictional world of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.
Hands on the Expanse: Persepolis Rising Part II, feat. Adriana Lady Counselor of the Summer Isles
In this very special Hands on Episode, Merry, Clint, and Adriana Lady Counselor of the Summer Isles, Archmaester of Pedantic Sophistry, and Founding Member of the Governor Santiago Singh Appreciation Society cover the second act of the seventh book of the BEST SCI FI SERIES EVER, Persepolis Rising from the Expanse.
This episode includes:
Adriana tells us why Governor Singh is her favorite character, even if he is a villain who is addicted to making bad decisions.
A deep dive into how this book explores the theme of sacrifice, the political, and the personal, and the both.
Theorizing about whether or not Singh was set up to fail (SPOILER: yes).
Drummer and Avasarala talk about what it means to die for something or die for nothing. It's incredible.
Holden absolutely rinses Singh on political philosophy and the importance of choice.
Merry highlights the book's focus on how ideology is malleable.
Clint gives the appreciation for Saba, Our Revolutionary King.
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22 Mar 2024
Hands on HotD: Season 2 Black & Green Trailers 🚨Emergency Reaction Pod 🚨
In this very first edition of the second season of Hands on HotD, Merry and Clint cover the two competing Green and Black Trailers released today for HBO's niche arthouse property HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - Season 2
In this episode:
We break down the Black Trailer and the Green Trailer in a fun and excessively detailed but non-spoilery way!
Merry hits the important themes of both trailers, how they both deal with patriarchy, choice, and a lack of agency.
Clint tries very very hard to make several Blood and Cheese puns.
Everyone has BIG FEELS about the parallels between Alicent and Rhaenyra, our two main characters.
Jace is on the Wall with CREGAN THEE STALLION which means we are finally getting some Starks, baby!
We go in depth rapid fire on the cornucopia of imagery we get from the trailers: Harrenhal, Brackens and Blackwoods, the Golden Tooth, the Conqueror's Crown, Rook's Rest, Moondancer, Seasmoke, Meleys, Sunfyre, Syrax, Vhagar, Caraxes and MFing THE ISLE OF FACES.
The spoilery section gets hella, hella spoilery and we speculate on what HotD S2 will bring in depth.
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14 Mar 2024
Hands on The Expanse: Persepolis Rising Pt. I
In this very special Hands on Episode, Merry and Clint cover the first act of the seventh book of the BEST SCI FI SERIES EVER, Persepolis Rising from the Expanse.
This episode includes:
Merry and Clint get legitimately choked up talking about the themes of family, mercy, humanity, and beauty.
Everyone loves to hate (and love) that big idiot Santiago Singh.
Clint gets to talk about Thomas Hobbes and the Leviathan, which is both waking and falling in the narrative.
Merry goes long on whether punishment ships are a good idea or a bad idea (spoiler: BAD)
We pour one out for Camina Drummer and her husband Saba, just the best fucking people.
AVASARALA IS IN THIS PART.
We give big middle fingers to Laconia, "benevolent dictatorship", and the concept of a non-human collective.
Bobbie Draper. That's it. Bobbie Draper.
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