46. What’s Good in the Rings of Power?! – with The Middle-earth Mixer
Podcaster, Tweeter, and Tolkien fan, we chat with The Middle-earth Mixer about Tolkien, The Rings of Power, and where these upcoming new films from Warner Bros might be going: • How the movies were hi...
18 Apr 20230s
45. Real Middle-earth Bling – Of The Ruin of Doriath – The Silmarillion – 30
Morgoth’s curse over Hurin and the Curse of Mandos over the Noldor come join forces and end up destroying the the oldest elven kingdom from the inside out. When the Nauglamir and the Silmaril meet, a...
11 Apr 20230s
44. Captain Foolhardy! – Of Túrin Turambar, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 29
In this episode, we find the footsteps of doom overtaking Túrin–despite naming himself “Turambar” (Master of Doom). We take a little extra time to discuss who is more responsible for the doom that lea...
4 Apr 20230s
43. The Worst Hero – Of Túrin Turumbar, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 28
The tale of Túrin Turambar is one of the great stories of Middle-earth — Tolkien even mentions it in 1951 as a possible publication after finishing Lord of the Rings. But it’s COMPLETELY different… Tú...
28 Mar 20230s
42. Sub-creation is Art, Not Power – with Austin Freeman, author of Tolkien Dogmatics
Dan, Michael, and I had a thorough, deep, and fun conversation with Austin Freeman, author of “Tolkien Dogmatics”. In our free podcast, we discuss: How Tolkien’s theology is shown in his works (and h...
21 Mar 20230s
41. Why Tolkien is Great – with John Carswell from The Tolkien Road
John Carswell has been producing The Tolkien Road podcast for almost 8 years– and he’s written two books! Jonathan and Michael dive into what John finds so compelling with Tolkien, his own road to fin...
14 Mar 20230s
40. They Don’t Understand Tolkien – with John Trent from Bounding into Comics
Bounding into Comics isn’t the usual starry-eyed, Hollywood-glorifying, news magazine–the site reports on culture and geek news, but doesn’t ever hesitate to call out the hypocrisy, double-standards, ...
8 Mar 20230s
39. Middle-earth’s Rambo – Of the Fifth Battle – The Silmarillion – 27
Tolkien holds nothing back when the races of Middle-earth decide to take on Morgoth. There’s treachery, gore, rage, victory, defeat–pretty much what Game of Thrones tried to be. Join Jonathan and Mich...
28 Feb 20230s
