When Bilbo Met Gollum | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Archives 228
The dangers of adventure, an encounter with goblins, and the power of Gandalf. We continue our exploration of JRR Tolkien’s the Hobbit, by wandering through chapter 4: Over Hill and Under Hill. Share...
21 Aug 202512min
"Over Hill and Under Hill" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Archives 227
The dangers of adventure, an encounter with goblins, and the power of Gandalf. We continue our exploration of JRR Tolkien’s the Hobbit, by wandering through chapter 4: Over Hill and Under Hill. Share...
14 Aug 202513min
"A Short Rest" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit chapter 3 | Archives 226
The nature of evil, the nature of elves, and a brief encounter with Elrond (curiously, not called Half-elven). We follow Bilbo and the dwarves on their adventure to the Lonely Mountain in chapter 3 of...
7 Aug 202514min
"Roast Mutton" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Chapter 2 | Archives | 225
Food, fire, and foreshadowing: we wander the second chapter of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and explore how this simple chapter is a major clue to the rest of Bilbo’s adventure. Share this episode using...
31 Jul 202514min
How The Hobbit Movie Got It Wrong | Tolkien's The Hobbit | Book vs Movie chap 1 | 224
How Peter Jackson's Hobbit films made one subtle change that had profound implications. We explore the opening of the movie The Hobbit, an Unexpected Journey, and compare it to the chapter in JRR Tolk...
23 Jul 202513min
An Unexpected Party | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit Chapter 1 | 223 | Archives
How an unsuspecting, comfortable hobbit became the host of a party of dwarves and a burglar of a dragon: Today we explore chapter 1 of JRR Tolkien’s classic story: The Hobbit or There and Back Again. ...
19 Jul 202512min
The Origins of The Hobbit | JRR Tolkien | Archives | 222
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." Tolkien’s simple opening line to his book The Hobbit wasn’t merely the first sentence to a children’s story of adventure, bravery, and dragons: this se...
17 Jul 20259min
Small, Strange Chances: The Quest for Erebor | JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings | 221
If you’ve seen or read Tolkien’s The Hobbit, then you know that Gandalf convinced Thorin and the dwarves to take Bilbo Baggins, a simple hobbit from the Shire. But you may not know why Gandalf chose B...
10 Jul 202516min
