0022 - On Fairy-Stories - Tolkien's Literary Manifesto
On this episode of The Tolkien Road, we examine and discuss Tolkien’s influential essay On Fairy-Stories. While both Greta and I are hungry to start our read-through of The Lord of the Rings, I felt i...
5 Juni 20151h 18min
0021 - The Lord of the Rings - Prologue (Concerning Hobbits)
On this episode of Tolkien Road, we continue with The Lord of the Rings by discussing the Prologue, the section that begins with "Concerning Hobbits." We cover the origin and nature of hobbits, pipewe...
29 Maj 20151h 10min
0020 - The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien's Foreword
On this episode of Tolkien Road, we turn to The Lord of the Rings and begin our journey through the Third Age of Middle-earth with Tolkien's foreword to the Second Edition. This is an important sectio...
22 Maj 20151h 1min
0019 - The Silmarillion - Ch09 - Of the Flight of the Noldor - Pt 2
On this episode of Tolkien Road, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with the second part of Chapter 9, "Of the Flight of the Noldor", wherein Fëanor leads t...
15 Maj 20151h
0018 - The Silmarillion - Ch09 - Of the Flight of the Noldor - Pt 1
On this episode of Tolkien Road, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with the first part of Chapter 9, "Of the Flight of the Noldor", wherein the Valar must ...
8 Maj 20151h 2min
0017 - The Silmarillion - Ch08 - Of the Darkening of Valinor
Welcome to the 17th episode of The Tolkien Road podcast (formerly known as Talking Tolkien). On this episode, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with Chapt...
1 Maj 20151h 5min
0015 - The Silmarillion - Ch07 - Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor
Only 15 episodes in, and we finally find out what a Silmaril is and where they came from! On this episode, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with Chapter 7...
17 Apr 20151h 7min
0014 - Mythopoeia - Tolkien's Poem for C.S. Lewis
Tolkien addresses his philosophy-poem "Mythopoeia" to C.S. Lewis, who said that myths were "lies breathed through silver." In this episode, we discuss the meaning of "Mythopoeia" and how it serves as...
11 Apr 20151h 40min
