Game of Thrones
This Week in Dystopia
English - April 17, 2019 09:30 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsGovernment Education Courses harvard harvard kennedy school politics government policy public policy dystopia democracy political ethics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Winter is here. Sunday, April 14th, 17.4 million viewers tuned in to watch the battle for the Iron Throne continue when the final season of Game of Thrones premiered. Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at George Mason University, joins host Chris Robichaud to talk about how the power struggle at the heart of this extremely popular show relates to governance.
🚨 This episode does NOT contain any season 8, episode 1 spoilers. However, we do briefly discuss some important scenes from earlier seasons.
Intro music credit: KSHMR & The Golden Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no2dG9OlXZo
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