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By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien — 86 episodes
86. She Doesn’t Like His Vibe.
85. Straightwashed Gandalf.
84. I’m Not Going to Stop Editorializing!
83. It’s Important to Have Hobbies You Don’t Monetize.
82. Think of the Drunk Children!
81. Maybe They’re Too Peasant Or Whatever
80. What If This Housecat Was Actually Really Big?
79. Some People Flip Houses, They Flip Kingdoms.
78. How to Maximize Your Joint Slay.
77. A Mean Girl Nuclear Bomb.
76. It Seems Like It Sucks Up There.
75. Obsessive (Complimentary).
74. You’re Always Left On Read by Manwë!
73. Don’t Misgender the Eagle!
72. I’m Starting the Pink Umbrella Movement.
71. This Is Not a Political Podcast.
70. It Was Like a Looney Tunes Ham!
69. Trying to Hold On to Something.
68. Passive Reference.
67. It’s Kinda Like Ron Swanson Winning the Woman of the Year Award.
66. I Would Take Crappy Fluorescent Lighting.
65. This Weird Wet Man.
64. I’m Not Even in Japan, I’m in a Different Country Entirely!
63. Once Upon a Time There Was a Little Bunny.
62. Are We the Baddies?
61. What Is It with Straight Men and Red Hair?
60. Tolkien Dropping Bars.
59. I Physically Recoiled from the Book at That Point.
58. What an Absolute Nightmare This Man Would Have Been to Work With.
57. There’s No Rule That Says a Girl Can’t Kill the Witch-king!
56. The Long Defeat Is Maybe Going on a Little Too Long.
55. There Was a Lot to Remember Here and I Don’t Remember Most of It.
54. The Pleasures of the Robot Dancehall.
53. Working on the Group Art Project.
52. This Weird Paranoia Paradise Vibe.
51. Looking Kinda Gross.
50. LaCroix Wormtongue.
49. Some Kind of Horrible Subpar D&D Fop Who Just Shows Up.
48. It’s Important to Get Really into Jewelry.
47. He’s Just A Gross Little Guy!
46. Bad Performance Review as an Actual Plot Point.
45. This Film Is Choppy.
44. (Various Sighs and Groans.)
43. Little Broccoli Trees.
42. This Isn’t Freaking Redwall!
41. The Jock Who Joins the Glee Club.
40. Dude, Just Make a Language!
39. These Aren’t My Questions, I Translated Them.
38. The Rings of Power Broker.
37. They’re Just Some Solarized Dudes.
36. Divine Background Radiation.
35. Do the Hobbits Have H.O.A.s?
34. I Ain’t No Big City Philologist!
33. Perry and Mippin.
32. He's Being Ganged Up On By These Mean Little Jerks!
31. There Was So Much Math!
30. The Family That Fights Together Stays Alive Together.
29. Always Around to Do the Bare Minimum.
28. Is He Hot Or Is He Tall?
27. The Brita of Middle-earth.
26. The Work of Repair After the Storm.
25. You Can Have Well-Written Music in a Kid’s Movie!
24. Radagast is Scrappy-Doo!
23. Hella Problematic in So Many Ways.
22. Not Just Because I Like Cooking and Eating!
21. The Princess Bride But with Santa.
20. She Does It All!
19. A More Robust Line of Succession.
18. Speak Softly and Be a Big Stick.
17. A Bad Thing That Bad People Do.
16. Turn Off the Dark Lord.
15. A Weird Faerie Sex Game.
14. But...Faramir! He’s such a good boy!
13. That’s Why You Have Scrolls!
12. Things You Can Snag Your Mind On.
11. I Found that Personally Upsetting.
10. The Wheeler-Dealer Dragon!
9. This Flash, This Sublime Thing.
8. Who Let This Happen?
7. Crypto-magical in Their Own Way.
6. “Strider! What’s Up, Man?”
5. This Mysterious Færie Queen.
4. A Series of Small Wounds.
3. Manwë, You’re Not My Dad!
2. Tuor Is JUST a Guy!
1. It’s Finally Out in the World!