Episode 175: Riddles in the Dark Digest 8: Escape and Talking? Animals
Dave Kale and Trish Lambert review Riddles in the Dark episodes 14 and 15, covering Bilbo's escape from the Misty Mountains and the idea of talking animals in Peter Jackson's first Hobbit film. Plus t...
12 Sep 20121h 20min
Episode 174: Riddles in the Dark 16: Orcs and Goblins (and Zomborcs!)
Tolkien Professor Corey Olsen and Dave Kale talk about goblins and orcs as they appear in Tolkien's book and then consider the role these groups will play in Peter Jackson's films. Plus there are bonu...
31 Aug 20121h 57min
Episode 173: Riddles in the Dark Digest 7: Controversy!
Welcome to The Riddles in the Dark Digest Controversy episode! Dave and Trish relook at RITD Episode 13 (about Comic-Con), respond to critical commenters, and finally get around to considering the Naz...
29 Aug 20122h 22min
Episode 172: Riddles in the Dark Digest 6: All Gollum All the Time
Dave Kale and Trish Lambert talk Gollum, first talking about the now-answered-by-Andy-Serkis riddle presented in Riddles in the Dark episode 11, then sharing analyst, listener, and their own opinions ...
23 Aug 20121h 14min
Episode 171: Riddles in the Dark Digest 5: Beginning and Bilbo
In the fifth episode of Riddles in the Dark Digest, co-hosts Dave Kale and Trish Lambert share analyst and listener comments about Riddles in the Dark episodes 9 & 10. True to RITD tradition, our verb...
22 Aug 20121h 34min
Episode 170: WC Faerie Course, Session 33
Peter S. Beagle, "The Last Unicorn", Chapters 9-11, Recorded 04/18/11.
22 Aug 201241min
Episode 169: Riddles in the Dark 15: Wargs and Eagles and Bears, Oh My!
Prof. Olsen and Dave discuss talking animals. After all, that's what the Hobbit is all about, right? The films will probably be rife with them! They also speculate about how much screen time the eagle...
21 Aug 20121h 35min
Episode 168: Silmarillion Seminar 25: Quenta Chapter 21
The twenty-fifth session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering the second part of Chapter 21 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Turin Turambar"
21 Aug 20121h 49min
