Episodes

  • What Went Wrong with Tolkien’s 1960 Hobbit Rewrite : The Hobbit #4

    What Went Wrong with Tolkien’s 1960 Hobbit Rewrite : The Hobbit #4
    Jul 23 2024
    When Tolkien set out to rewrite The Hobbit in 1960, much was lost, but much was gained. In the end, do the gains outweigh the losses?
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • How the Baggins Side of Bilbo Lost : The Hobbit #3

    How the Baggins Side of Bilbo Lost : The Hobbit #3
    Jul 16 2024
    Bilbo loses the comfort of his home and finds that the Tookish side of his mind is starting to overcome the Baggins side
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    54 mins
  • The Hobbit was NOT Originally in Middle-earth : The Hobbit #2

    The Hobbit was NOT Originally in Middle-earth : The Hobbit #2
    Jul 9 2024
    We examine if The Hobbit was originally set in Middle-earth, and how Bilbo's Tookishness is starting to take over.
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    55 mins
  • Tolkien Changed The Hobbit Twice : The Hobbit #1

    Tolkien Changed The Hobbit Twice : The Hobbit #1
    Jun 25 2024
    Did you know Tolkien revised the Hobbit from his first edition in 1937 to a updaed edition that's more in line with The Lord of the Rings in 1951 to an abandoned rewrite in 1960.
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    50 mins
  • The REAL War of the Rohirrim, According to Tolkien

    The REAL War of the Rohirrim, According to Tolkien
    Jun 18 2024
    You know that the film The War of the Rohirrim will be released later this year, right? Well, here is Tolkien's story of Helm Hammerhand, as HE told it
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    51 mins
  • Tom Bombadil, The Hunt for Gollum, and Viggo Mortensen are Back… and so is Dan!

    Tom Bombadil, The Hunt for Gollum, and Viggo Mortensen are Back… and so is Dan!
    Jun 4 2024
    We brought our original amigo, Dan Coats, back to talk about Tom Bombadil, The Rings of Power, The Hunt for Gollum, and more!
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    Less than 1 minute
  • An Interview with Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) – 2003 Roundtable Interviews

    An Interview with Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) – 2003 Roundtable Interviews
    May 29 2024
    Listen as Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan discuss their relationship with Peter Jackson, what it took to get through years of filming, and how working on Lord of the Rings changed them!
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Bree’s Dark Turn

    Bree’s Dark Turn
    May 21 2024
    The films brought us a dark and evil Bree -- but Tolkien calls it "friendly" and "familiar"!
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    46 mins