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Exploring Tolkien — 176 episodes · page 1 of 2
170. Tolkien’s Only Courtroom Drama : Children of Húrin #7
169. Túrin’s Fatal Arrogance : Children of Húrin #6
168. Orcs Writing Poetry and Galadriel’s Love Triangle – The Rings of Power News
167. Pride Comes Before the Thrall : Children of Húrin #5
166. Is Evil Really in Control? : Children of Húrin #4
165. An Interview with Bernard Hill (Théoden)
164. A Glimmer of Hope Through the Eyes of Death : Children of Húrin #3
163. The Most Tragic Middle-earth Childhood : Children of Húrin #2
162. Morgoth’s Curse and the Pride of Men : The Children of Húrin #1
161. Tolkien’s First Tragic Tale : The Story of Kullervo
160. Did Peter Jackson make Saruman too Powerful? : Film Changes #49 and #50
159. Boromir’s Slippery Slope : Film Change #48 (and Stephen Colbert’s Lord of the Rings movie!?)
159. One DOES Simply Walk Into Mordor : Film Changes #46 and #47
158. An Interview with Sean Astin (Sam Gamgee)
157. Is this the BEST Change in The Lord of the Rings Films? : Film Changes #44 and #45
156. The Cringiest Line in Lord of the Rings : Film Changes #42 and #43
155. The Infamous Messenger Moth : Film Changes #39, #40, and #41
154. Tolkien Wrote the Ultimate Retcon – The Hobbit #38
153. The Christmas Eucatastrophe (and is The Lord of the Rings a Christmas movie?)
152. Tolkien Ties up EVERY Loose End (we’re done!) – The Hobbit #37
151. Eagles Didn’t Win the Battle – The Hobbit #36
150. Tolkien’s Battle Tactics – The Hobbit #35
149. Bilbo’s Honest Betrayal – The Hobbit #34
148. Bilbo Doubles Down on Burglary – The Hobbit #33
147. Is Thorin Gold-Sick or Just Sick of the Elves – The Hobbit #32
146. Smaug’s Hydrophobia – The Hobbit #31
145. Is the Arkenstone a Silmaril? – The Hobbit #30
144. Never Laugh at Live Dragons – The Hobbit #29
143. Playing Tales of the Shire So You Don’t Have To
142. Size Matters to Every Dragon – The Hobbit #28
141. An Interview with Elijah Wood
140. Into the Mountain’s Throat – The Hobbit #27
139. The Problem with Thorin – The Hobbit #26
138. What Tolkien Really Thinks About Politicians – The Hobbit #25
137. Do the elves have ANYTHING valuable to trade? – The Hobbit #24
136. The Lowest IQ Elves of Middle-earth? – The Hobbit #23
135. The Greedy and Petty Elves of Mirkwood – The Hobbit #22
134. When Bilbo Became the Hero – The Hobbit #21
133. Ainulindalë – A Reading in JRR Tolkien’s Voice
132. Evil or Elves or Both… Terror in Mirkwood : The Hobbit #20
131. The Weirdest Chapter in Middle-earth (with dancing bears!?) : The Hobbit #19
130. Where did Beorn Originate (and what was Tolkien’s inspiration)? : The Hobbit #18
129. Tolkien Loved Eagles (too much?) : The Hobbit #17
A Song of Ice and Fire
128. A Courageous Hobbit and Disloyal Dwarves : The Hobbit #16
Revisiting Tolkien’s Lost ‘Noel’ Poem
127. Where War of the Rohirrim went Wrong – In Depth Review
126. Why Did Tolkien Change The Hobbit (and what did he change)? : The Hobbit #15
125. Bilbo Trembled and Found Pity : The Hobbit #14
124. Miserable Riddles in the Dark : The Hobbit #13
123. Nightmare in Moria : The Hobbit #12
122. The Real Misty Mountains : The Hobbit #11
121. Tolkien Gave Up on Fixing The Hobbit : The Hobbit #10
120. Where the Children’s Story Ends and the Epic Story Begins : The Hobbit #9
119. The Rings of Power Leaves us with Dwarf Politics and Randomly Shouting Elves
118. Yes. Elrond kissed Galadriel.
117. Clueless Elves, Big Beasts, and Bombadil Inverts Tolkien’s Words
116. Hollywood Doesn’t Understand the Númenoreans’ Faith
115. Tom Bombadil has Become Obi-Wan in The Rings of Power
114. Rings of Power Returns – Episode 1 Review
113. Looking at the War of the Rohirrim Trailer (and Rings of Power clips)
112. Are these Really the Same Elves from The Lord of the Rings? : The Hobbit #8
111. This is why Tolkien SHOULD have rewritten The Hobbit : The Hobbit #7
110. A Brave Burglar and Deficient Dwarves : The Hobbit #6
109. Gandalf Gets Pushy : The Hobbit #5
108. What Went Wrong with Tolkien’s 1960 Hobbit Rewrite : The Hobbit #4
107. How the Baggins Side of Bilbo Lost : The Hobbit #3
106. The Hobbit was NOT Originally in Middle-earth : The Hobbit #2
105. Tolkien Changed The Hobbit Twice : The Hobbit #1
104. The REAL War of the Rohirrim, According to Tolkien
103. Tom Bombadil, The Hunt for Gollum, and Viggo Mortensen are Back… and so is Dan!
102. An Interview with Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) – 2003 Roundtable Interviews
101. Bree’s Dark Turn
100. Should The Lord of the Rings Films have kept the Barrow-downs?
99. Tom Bombadil is NOT important? Tolkien said it!
98. Why Peter Jackson Cut the Old Forest and Old Man Willow
97. Peter Jackson CUT the Godfather of the Shire : Film Changes #30 and #31
96. The Wizard Duel and Orthanc in Real Time : Film Changes #29 and #30
95. An Interview with Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings Composer – 2003 Roundtable Interviews
94. The Rings of Power is PEAK TV – Top Scenes, Top Characters and Top Quotes
93. Sauron’s FIRST Defeat – Finishing Tolkien’s Unfinished Tale – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 8
92. NEW Tolkien Book with UNPUBLISHED Content Announced!
91. Finishing Tolkien’s Unfinished Tale – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 7
90. A Spiteful Marriage, a New Enemy, and a Watery End – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 6
89. The Sacrificial King and the Fallen Queen – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 5
88. Middle-earth’s Worst Dad – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 4
87. Mariner, King, or Husband? – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 3
86. Men are from Mars, Women Hate the Ocean – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 2
85. This Sea is NOT Always Right – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 1
84. Removing Radagast and Hobbit Thieves : Film Changes #27 and #28
83. Meeting Gandalf in Bree and a Glimpse of Gildor : Film Changes #25 and #26
82. Bilbo’s Party Changes and 17 Years Lost : Film Changes #23 and #24
81. Tolkien Created an Entire North Pole Mythology!
80. Gandalf’s a Headbanger and Frodo’s Unexpected Introduction
79. Tolkien’s Christmas poem was lost for 80 years!
78. Bilbo’s Prologue and The Rings of Power is NOT fixing The Lord of the Rings Films
77. Men Want Power, Isildur Didn’t Kill Sauron, and the Ring’s Mind – with The Tolkien Road!
76. Saruman the suck-up, Elrond hates Men, and Formless Sauron – with the Middle-earth Mixer!
75. Gimli’s Comic Relief, Boromir’s Wrong Hair, and Legolas’s Big Elf Boots
74. Aragorn’s Big Change and The Hobbit Youth Movement