110. A Brave Burglar and Deficient Dwarves : The Hobbit #6
Join our Free Discord Channel! It’s not that the trolls aren’t scary… or are they? Did Tolkien mean for them to be frightening? In this episode we get into how the trolls find a balance, of sorts, bet...
5 Aug 202448min
109. Gandalf Gets Pushy : The Hobbit #5
Join our Free Discord Channel! We make our way through the first 1/2 of Chapter 2, Roast Mutton… First, though, we reveal a Hobbit fact that makes one big connection between The Hobbit and The Silmari...
30 Jul 202430min
108. What Went Wrong with Tolkien’s 1960 Hobbit Rewrite : The Hobbit #4
Join our Free Discord Channel! When Tolkien set out to rewrite The Hobbit in 1960, much was lost, but much was gained… Do the gains outweigh the losses? We review his rewritten 1st chapter of The Hobb...
23 Jul 20241h 1min
107. How the Baggins Side of Bilbo Lost : The Hobbit #3
Join our Free Discord Channel! Bilbo loses the comfort of his home and finds that the Tookish side of his mind is starting to overcome the Baggins side We discuss: * The three things that pushed Bilbo...
16 Jul 202453min
106. The Hobbit was NOT Originally in Middle-earth : The Hobbit #2
Join our Free Discord Channel! As we get into the first chapter of The Hobbit, we discuss how coming at The Hobbit from a how does this fit into the Middle-earth cosmology perspective is probably not ...
9 Jul 202455min
105. Tolkien Changed The Hobbit Twice : The Hobbit #1
Join our Free Discord Channel! This week we begin our read through of The Hobbit–but we’re focusing first on how Tolkien actually evolved the Hobbit from his first edition in 1937 to a revised edition...
25 Jun 202449min
104. The REAL War of the Rohirrim, According to Tolkien
Join our Free Discord Channel! You know that the film The War of the Rohirrim will be released later this year, right? Well, here is Tolkien’s story of Helm Hammerhand, as HE told it. Michael and Jo...
18 Jun 202450min
103. Tom Bombadil, The Hunt for Gollum, and Viggo Mortensen are Back… and so is Dan!
Join our Discord Channel! Join our Discord Community (for free)! 👉 https://discord.gg/fRATdAqEFr On what I just realized was our 2 year anniversary, we brought our original amigo, Dan Coats, back to ...
4 Jun 20240s
