Lands of Leviathan Podcast

Lands of Leviathan Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 28 - Trump's Iron Throne vs Kim Jong Un's Ice Dragon
January 22, 2018

In this episode, we discuss the relationship between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un with reference to season 7 of Game of Thrones. In addition to comparing some states to the houses of Westeros, we discuss what it means to acquire weapons of mass destruc...

Episode 27: Socialism, Communism and the Needs of the Many
October 10, 2017

In this episode, Broc and Peter continue their discussion on political ideologies by discussing Communism and Socialism. We have a lively debate regarding what Marx would think about the current state of Marxism and have fun looking at Animal Farm and...

Episode 26 - The MAD Cold War of Ozymandias
April 17, 2017

In this very special episode, Broc and Peter are joined by their good friend Kyle Tee who mentored these two in how to argue. They discuss the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) through an Analysis of Ozymandias' plan in Watchmen. Enj...

Episode 25 - Why Inequality is Our Biggest Problem
March 04, 2017

In this long overdue episode Broc and Peter discuss one of the greatest challenges that the world faces today, global economic inequality! While the world is getting richer the wealth is spread out pretty poorly. We discuss this through Bioshock, Elysi...

Episode 24 - Applying Ideologies to Affected Areas
January 30, 2017

Happy New Years everyone. This episode was recorded before the end of 2016 but It is our first launch in 2017. In this episode, Broc and Peter discuss how the political ideologies of Conservatism and Liberalism are applied to a few issues in today...

Episode 23 - Conservative zombies vs Liberal vampires
December 18, 2016

In this Episode Broc and Peter discuss the basic assumptions and history of the two primary ideologies in the world today; conservatism and liberalism. There is a lively discussing of the how the good guys in Lord of the Rings are conservative and in t...

Episode 22 - Ideas behind Ideologies
December 01, 2016

In this episode, Broc and Peter discuss political ideologies as an idea and how the idea evolved. This is a bit of a winding episode where we try and determine what a political ideology is. This will serve as the first of our series on Ideologies and a...

Episode 21 - Trump: The Inevitable Demagogue?
November 16, 2016

In this special episode, Broc and Peter Discuss the recent crazy election of Donald Trump as President-Elect of the Unites States of America. We discuss how middle America has been ignored and how the left has shot themselves in the foot. Share and Sub...

Episode 20 - Is Captain America's Civil War Greedy or Grief-ridden?
October 14, 2016

In this episode, we discuss the latest Captain America film "Civil War" and how the term differs from conflict and revolution in political science. The Greed vs Grievance model is unpacked and applied to the film.

Episode 19 - Why We Need to Seperate the Church and the Seven Kingdoms
August 25, 2016

In this episode Broc and Peter discuss the separation of church and State through the lens of the Sixth Season of Game of Thrones. We thought that we would have much more conflict over this but we had quite a bit of agreement. Please like and subscribe...