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  • Embark upon a wondrous journey through the realms of Middle-earth and beyond with the Tolkien Road, a podcast dedicated to the enchanting tales and writings of JRR Tolkien. Come, join John, Greta, and our mighty Fellowship as we delve deep into the magic that lingers within the pages of these timeless legends.

    And always remember: DO NOT BE HASTY!!!

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.
    Copyright 2015-2024 True Myths Press
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Episodes
  • 0382 » Lord of the Rings Bk1.Ch02.Pt05 » The Shadow of the Past part 5 » The Powers of the Ring

    0382 » Lord of the Rings Bk1.Ch02.Pt05 » The Shadow of the Past part 5 » The Powers of the Ring
    Jul 15 2024
    Welcome to Episode 16 of DO NOT BE HASTY - I'm calling this one "The Powers of the Ring".
    In this episode of DO NOT BE HASTY, we continue through The Shadow of the Past, as Gandalf leads us on a deep dive into the history and lore of the Rings of Power!
    SECTION START: “Ah!” said Gandalf. “That is a very long story.”
    SECTION END:     “But at last I can carry on the story, I think.”
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
    - Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
    - John R
    - Melkor27
    - KG
    - SaberSystems
    - Jeremy D
    WATCH THE VIDEO » https://youtu.be/RBRVFIaVFXc
    WATCH AD-FREE » https://www.patreon.com/posts/afv-lord-of-bk1-107132872
    LISTEN AD-FREE » https://www.patreon.com/posts/107133467
    FOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:
    PATREON » SUPERFANS!
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    LINKS & MATHOMS:
    - take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)
    - listen to TOLKIEN'S WORKS for FREE » https://www.audibletrial.com/everon
    - buy Tolkien's Requiem » https://tolkiensrequiem.com/
    - buy Tolkien's Overture » https://tolkiensoverture.com/
    SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PATRONS:
    - John R
    - Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
    - Melkor27
    - KG
    - SaberSystems
    - Jeremy D
    - Emilio P
    - Jonathan D
    - Richard K
    - Paul D
    - Julia
    - Werty
    - Chris B
    - Tuor91
    - Carolyn S
    - Emiel K
    - Brian O (the 2nd)
    - Jonathan R
    - Matthew W
    - Daniel D
    - Harrison C
    - Seb M
    - Willbo Baggins
    - Ms. Anonymous
    - Andrew T
    - Redhawk
    - Shannon S
    - Brian O (the 1st)
    - Zeke F
    - James L
    - Chris L
    - Asya V
    - Ish of the Hammer
    - Teresa C
    - David of Pints with Jack
    - Eric B
    AS WELL AS THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR PATRON ANNIVERSARY IN JULY OF 2024
    - Chris L
    - David of Pints with Jack
    - Matthew W
    - Werty
    - Seb M
    - Spencer M
    - Carolyn S
    Thank you so much for sticking with us over the years!!! 🙌 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.
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    37 mins
  • 0381 » Lord of the Rings » Tolkien's Foreword(s) » What LOTR Is About, According To Tolkien

    0381 » Lord of the Rings » Tolkien's Foreword(s) » What LOTR Is About, According To Tolkien
    Jul 8 2024
    Hey there, fellow travelers!
    Welcome to The Tolkien Road, episode 381!
    In this bonus episode of DO NOT BE HASTY, we’ll be considering this highly important and controversial question: WHAT DID TOLKIEN SAY LORD OF THE RINGS WAS ABOUT?
    We’ll do so by exploring Tolkien’s Foreword to the Lord of the Rings.
    Or should I say…Fore-WORDS!
    Indeed, the first and second editions contain entirely different Forewords by Tolkien, and each has its own peculiarities that will be of interest to all of us Tolkien deep-divers!
    Join us!
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
    - Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
    - John R
    - Melkor27
    - KG
    - SaberSystems
    - Jeremy D
    LISTEN AD FREE » https://www.patreon.com/posts/107628671?pr=true
    WATCH ON YOUTUBE (WITH ADS) » https://youtu.be/0BznppCLI6M
    WATCH AD FREE » https://www.patreon.com/posts/afv-lord-of-s-107621647
    FOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:
    PATREON » SUPERFANS!
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    INSTAGRAM
    LINKS & MATHOMS:
    - take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)
    - listen to TOLKIEN'S WORKS for FREE » https://www.audibletrial.com/everon
    - buy Tolkien's Requiem » https://tolkiensrequiem.com/
    - buy Tolkien's Overture » https://tolkiensoverture.com/
    SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PATRONS:
    - John R
    - Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
    - Melkor27
    - KG
    - SaberSystems
    - Jeremy D
    - Emilio P
    - Jonathan D
    - Richard K
    - Paul D
    - Julia
    - Werty
    - Chris B
    - Tuor91
    - Carolyn S
    - Emiel K
    - Brian O (the 2nd)
    - Jonathan R
    - Matthew W
    - Daniel D
    - Harrison C
    - Seb M
    - Willbo Baggins
    - Ms. Anonymous
    - Andrew T
    - Redhawk
    - Shannon S
    - Brian O (the 1st)
    - Zeke F
    - James L
    - Chris L
    - Asya V
    - Ish of the Hammer
    - Teresa C
    - David of Pints with Jack
    - Eric B
    AS WELL AS THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR PATRON ANNIVERSARY IN JULY OF 2024
    - Chris L
    - David of Pints with Jack
    - Matthew W
    - Werty
    - Seb M
    - Spencer M
    - Carolyn S
    Thank you so much for sticking with us over the years!!! 🙌 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.
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    34 mins
  • 0380 » Lord of the Rings Bk1.Ch02.Pt04 » The Shadow of the Past part 4 » The Fiery Letters

    0380 » Lord of the Rings Bk1.Ch02.Pt04 » The Shadow of the Past part 4 » The Fiery Letters
    Jul 1 2024
    Welcome to Episode 15 of DO NOT BE HASTY - I'm calling this one "The Fiery Letters".
    'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely!'
    As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth.
    In this episode of DO NOT BE HASTY, we continue through The Shadow of the Past, as the true nature of Frodo’s Ring is definitively revealed by Gandalf!
    SECTION START: Frodo took it from his breeches pocket…
    SECTION END: “How, how on earth did it come to me?
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
    - Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
    - John R
    - Melkor27
    - KG
    - SaberSystems
    - Jeremy D
    WATCH THE VIDEO » https://youtu.be/RBRVFIaVFXc
    WATCH AD-FREE » https://www.patreon.com/posts/afv-lord-of-bk1-107132872
    LISTEN AD-FREE » https://www.patreon.com/posts/107133467
    FOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:
    PATREON » SUPERFANS!
    TWITTER
    FACEBOOK
    INSTAGRAM
    LINKS & MATHOMS:
    - take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)
    - listen to TOLKIEN'S WORKS for FREE » https://www.audibletrial.com/everon
    - buy Tolkien's Requiem » https://tolkiensrequiem.com/
    - buy Tolkien's Overture » https://tolkiensoverture.com/
    SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PATRONS:
    - John R
    - Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
    - Melkor27
    - KG
    - SaberSystems
    - Jeremy D
    - Emilio P
    - Jonathan D
    - Richard K
    - Paul D
    - Julia
    - Werty
    - Chris B
    - Tuor91
    - Carolyn S
    - Emiel K
    - Brian O (the 2nd)
    - Jonathan R
    - Matthew W
    - Daniel D
    - Harrison C
    - Seb M
    - Willbo Baggins
    - Ms. Anonymous
    - Andrew T
    - Redhawk
    - Shannon S
    - Brian O (the 1st)
    - Zeke F
    - James L
    - Chris L
    - Asya V
    - Ish of the Hammer
    - Teresa C
    - David of Pints with Jack
    - Eric B
    AS WELL AS THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR PATRON ANNIVERSARY IN JULY OF 2024
    - Chris L
    - David of Pints with Jack
    - Matthew W
    - Werty
    - Seb M
    - Spencer M
    - Carolyn S
    Thank you so much for sticking with us over the years!!! 🙌 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.
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    36 mins
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Featured Article: The Lord of the Rings—The Essential Guide to the Peoples, Places, and History of Tolkien's Middle-earth


Welcome to Middle-earth, the main continent of Arda and the setting for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and a host of other in-universe stories. Middle-earth is a fantastical realm rooted in detailed world-building and mythos that have since gone on to inspire many other fantasy works. Read on for everything you need to know.

Featured Article The Lord of the Rings The Essential Guide to the Peoples Places and History of Tolkien's Middle earth
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Longtime listener, finally able to leave a review

I've been a longtime listener, introduced first through Spotify. John and Greta do a great job bringing the works of Tolkien into podcast form and make a solid pair of presenters. When the show began, one of the hosts had written a book on Beren and Luthien; the other had almost no knowledge of Tolkien's works. As John and Greta journeyed through Tolkien's works, I (someone who's been reading Tolkien since I was 8) really appreciated the perspective Greta brought into the show. So many podcasts on Tolkien are just super fans; it was refreshing getting someone experiencing it all for the first time while being guided by someone of expert level. It would be foolish to think a podcast about Tolkien would not discuss religion at all, but I found this to always be more of a scholarly way of discussing it, and it's always been very level headed, anyone concerned about that should be at ease. It's been a wonderful 300 episodes and I'm thrilled to see what's to come. I'll end with a quote that I believe these two have followed pretty well. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." The road goes ever on indeed, and I'm glad to be on it.

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Calm down

Hi guys! I really enjoy your show. I’ve finally been able to follow along with the Silmarillion and looking to get back to those.

I’ve had a hard time with the shows geared around RoP. The amount of negativity towards timeline issues and basically everything else. There is a lot of good in the show too, so much that does stay true to Tolkien.

Literally the first thing I said when she mentioned Celeborn is “Oh good, John will be happy now” lol. But no, still complaining about them not having a daughter. There’s so many characters in this world and moving pieces, the storytellers do need to limit how many characters they add. I’m sure we will see him next season and she will get pregnant at the end of the show. It will be fine.

This is an awesome moment in time where we get to explore new places in Tolkiens world and this show has done an amazing job of that! Just enjoy it.

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must-have for all Tolkien geeks out there

excellent reviews and discussions on varied topics.
great for those without the time to read all you might want!

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