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Exploring Tolkien — 176 episodes · page 2 of 2
73. How Peter Jackson Changed the Wizard, the Pranksters, and Frodo’s Best Bud
72. Adapting Lord of the Rings, Cutting up the Story, and Dropping the Poetry
71. An Interview with Lord of the Rings Screenwriter Philippa Boyens
70. An Interview with Viggo Mortensen
69. Music is Escape : An Interview with Jeff Johnson – Musician, Composer, Producer
68. An Interview with Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom
67. An Interview with Ian McKellen : He Read Tolkien EVERY NIGHT Before Filming
66. Happily Ever After isn’t Enough – On Fairy Stories, Part 6
65. Escape Isn’t Possible with “Modern” Storytelling – On Fairy Stories, Part 5
64. Movies are NOT Sub-Creation – On Fairy Stories, Part 4
63. Kids Ruin Everything – On Fairy Stories, Part 3
62. Tolkien Still Matters : with Nick Groom, author of Tolkien in the 21st Century
61. An Interview with Peter Jackson : It’s for the fans!
60. The Origins of Fantasy – A Soup with Distance and Time: On Fairy Stories, Part 2
59. Talking Tolkien with Renowned Artist Ted Nasmith
58. Is Star Wars a Fairy Story? – On Fairy Stories, Part 1
57. This is the (raw) Meat – The Silmarillion – A Final Look – The Silmarillion – 37
56. Make Tolkien Great Again – Of the Rings of Power, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 36
55. The Chuck E. Cheese of Middle-earth – Of the Rings of Power, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 35
54. Gollum’s Apology, Why We Love Tolkien, and the Nerdiest Thing We’ve Ever Done
53. The Path to Gollum’s Redemption | Tolkien Discusses What May Have Happened
52. Fellowship Fridays Live | NEW Lord of the Rings MMO, Galadriel’s BIG Life Changes, Gollum Game | #3
51. Liars and Junkies of the 2nd Age – Akallabêth, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 34
50. Rings of Power Got it ALL WRONG – Akallabêth, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 33
49. Elven genetics! Race-baiting! Half-elf lies! | Of the Voyage of Eärendil – The Silmarillion – 32
48. Fellowship Fridays Live | NEW Lord of the Rings Movies, Rings of Power DIED, Gollum Game| #1
47. The Sea is Always Right! – Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin – The Silmarillion – 31
46. What’s Good in the Rings of Power?! – with The Middle-earth Mixer
45. Real Middle-earth Bling – Of The Ruin of Doriath – The Silmarillion – 30
44. Captain Foolhardy! – Of Túrin Turambar, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 29
43. The Worst Hero – Of Túrin Turumbar, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 28
42. Sub-creation is Art, Not Power – with Austin Freeman, author of Tolkien Dogmatics
41. Why Tolkien is Great – with John Carswell from The Tolkien Road
40. They Don’t Understand Tolkien – with John Trent from Bounding into Comics
39. Middle-earth’s Rambo – Of the Fifth Battle – The Silmarillion – 27
38. Morgoth’s Kaiju-Wolf – Of Beren and Luthien Part 3 – The Silmarillion – 26
37. 10 Ways The Lord of the Rings has aged POORLY?!
36. Middle-earth’s Real Power Couple – Of Beren and Luthien Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 25
35. Tolkien’s Real Alpha Male -Of Beren and Luthien Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 24
34. Tolkien’s Greatest Joy – Of Beren and Luthien Intro – The Silmarillion – 23
33. Sauron’s Great Entrance – The Ruin of Beleriand – The Silmarillion – 22
32. There is a Tempest in Him – The Fall of Fingolfin – The Silmarillion – 21
31. Middle-earth’s Actual Strong Woman – Of the Coming of Men, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 20
30. Noel, a Christmas Poem, by J.R.R. Tolkien
29. When Elves met Men – Of the Coming of Men, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 19
28. Tolkien’s Disney Princess!? – Of Maeglin – The Silmarillion – 18
27. He’s an Angry Elf | Of the Noldor – The Silmarillion – 17
26. This Map is HELL – Of Beleriand – The Silmarillion – 16
25. Doomsday and Dragons – Return of the Noldor, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 15
24. Middle-earth’s Game of Thrones – Return of the Noldor – The Silmarillion – 14
23. Toxic Masculinity or Inscrutable Men – Of Men – The Silmarillion – 13
22. Inspired by Tolkien | The Rings of Power, Glass Hammer, and Music in Middle-earth
21. The First Sunrise – Of the Sun and Moon – The Silmarillion – 12
20. The Rings of Power IN-DEPTH Review : Episode 8 : Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
19. The Rings of Power IN-DEPTH Review : Episode 7 : Shadow and Flame. And a Leaf.
18. The Rings of Power IN-DEPTH Review : Episode 6 : Insta-Mordor!
17. The Wisest Elves – Of the Sindar – The Silmarillion – 11
16. The Rings of Power : Episode 2 : In-Depth Discussion (where no detail matters)
15. The Rings of Power : Episode 1 : In-Depth Discussion (and a Michael Scott moment)
14. Tolkien is Worth Defending : Why The Rings of Power MUST be excellent!
13. Burn the Ships – Of the Flight of the Noldor – The Silmarillion – 10
12. Morgoth’s Arachnophobia – Of the Darkening of Valinor – The Silmarillion – 9
11. The Road to Hell – Of the Silmarils – The Silmarillion – 8
10. Fire and Greed – Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor – The Silmarillion – 7
9. Love Makes You do Stupid Things – Of Thingol & Melian / Of Eldamar – The Silmarillion – 6
8. An Analysis of The Rings of Power Trailer
7. Of the Coming of the Elves – The Silmarillion – 5
Independence Day Break
6. Of Aulë and Yavanna – The Silmarillion – 4
5. Of the Beginning of Days – The Silmarillion – 3
4. Valaquenta – The Silmarillion – 2
3. Ainulindalë – The Silmarillion – 1
2. Thoughts on Amazon’s Rings of Power
1. An Introduction to Window on the West