Beregond and the Importance of Minor Characters | Tolkien Reading Day 2026
I’m back for Tolkien Reading Day, this time talking about Beregond and why this seemingly unimportant character is actually critical to his small part of the story and how he ties into one of the main...
25 Mar 20min
Tolkien on Masculinity: How to Be a Good Man in Middle-Earth
Tolkien gives us several pointers on how to be a good man with his characters in Lord of the Rings, and also some pointers on how NOT to be a good man. Other Links: Playeur (formerly Utreon): https://...
23 Nov 202522min
Fall, Mortality, and Machine in Tolkien, Part 3: Machines and Magic and the Human Condition
Tolkien’s attitude toward mechanization sometimes leads people to think of him as a Luddite, but that’s not really accurate. Nevertheless, he did have some negative opinions about “the Machine,” which...
1 Sep 202526min
Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 5: All Good Memes Must Come to an End
Thiswill be the final installment (at least for now) of my series onrating memes. And it’s a bit of a strange grab bag to be sure….Priorvideos in the series:Part1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2S...
25 Aug 202536min
Fall, Mortality, and Machine in Tolkien, Part 2: Lessons on Dying Well in Middle-Earth
Inthis second part of my series examining these three themes thatTolkien said were what his work was about, I examine mortality as aresult of the fall, and the various reactions to it, setting up thef...
18 Aug 202521min
Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 4: Have I Gone Too Far??
Can you handle Jeff Goldblum as Legolas? How about Saruman? Get ready for some of the most...interesting memes I’ve covered so far.Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2Sm0eraS8 Part 2: https://w...
11 Aug 202535min
Fall, Mortality, and Machine in Tolkien, Part 1: From the Fall of Melkor to the Fall of Frodo
Tolkien once said that his stories contained the themes of Fall, Mortality, and Machine, and in this video I begin by exploring the first of these, with the other two to follow in subsequent videos.Fo...
4 Aug 202527min
Tolkien Geek Rates Tolkien Related Memes, Part 3: Third Time Is the Silmaril?
We’ve had some funny memes up to this point, but nothing quite a 10/10. Will we get there this time?Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2Sm0eraS8Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVrk2hWMi...
28 Jul 202532min
