
Episode 202: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.01: Flogging a Dead Beorn
Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review reader's comments and analyst opinions on Riddle 2.01 dealing with Beorn's relationship to the goblins.
14 Mar 201340min

Episode 201: Riddles in the Dark 2.04: Attercop and Tomnoddy
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert tap into their spidey senses to consider Mirkwood's arachnids in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaugh.
9 Mar 20131h 57min

Episode 200: Riddles in the Dark 2.03: Into the Woods
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert stroke imaginary beards over how Mirkwood will be portrayed in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, and how the Elves will relate to the forest.
8 Feb 20132h 12min

Episode 199: Silmarillion Seminar 31: Akallabeth, Part 1
The thirty-first session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering the Allkalabeth, Part 1
5 Feb 20131h 57min

Episode 198: Silmarillion Seminar 30: Quenta Chapter 24
The thirtieth session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering Chapter 24 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath, Part 2"
1 Feb 20131h 56min

Episode 197: Riddles in the Dark 2.02: Where's Poppa?
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert wonder what happened to Thrain and what we will learn about him in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desoloation of Smaug.
30 Jan 20131h 52min

Episode 196: Riddles in the Dark 2.01: Ursa Major or Ursa Minor
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert consider Beorn, his place in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and his possilbe role in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desoloation of Smaug.
17 Jan 20131h 37min

Episode 195: Tolkien Chat 12: Adaptation and The Hobbit Movies
Prof Cory Olsen offers his thoughts on Peter Jackson's first Hobbit film and its adaptation from J.R.R. Tolkien's book. Major themes and minor questions are all considered, and offer the listener an o...
5 Jan 20132h 38min






















