All Episodes

Glittering Caves: The Final Episode

Book 6 Chapter 9: The Grey Havens

Book 6 Chapter 8: The Scouring of the Shire

Book 6 Chapter 6-7: Many Partings/Homeward Bound

Book 6 Chapter 5: The Steward and the King

Book 6 Chapter 4: The Field of Cormallen

Book 6 Chapter 3: Mount Doom

Book 6 Chapter 2: The Land of Shadow

Book 6 Chapter 1: The Tower of Cirith Ungol

Book 5 Chapter 10: The Black Gate Opens

Book 5 Chapter 9: The Last Debate

Book 5 Chapter 8: The Houses of Healing

Book 5 Chapter 7: The Pyre of Denethor

Book 5 Chapter 5-6: The Ride of the Rohirrim/The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

Book 5 Chapter 4: The Siege of Gondor

Book 5 Chapter 3: The Muster of Rohan

Book 5 Chapter 2: The Passing of the Grey Company

Book 5 Chapter 1: Minas Tirith

Book 4 Chapter 10: The Choices of Master Samwise

Book 4 Chapter 9: Shelob's Lair

Book 4 Chapter 8: The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

Book 4 Chapters 6-7: The Forbidden Pool/Journey to the Cross-roads

Book 4 Chapter 5: The Window on the West

Book 4 Chapter 4: Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit

Book 4 Chapter 3: The Black Gate is Closed

Book 4 Chapter 2: The Passage of the Marshes

Book 4 Chapter 1: The Taming of Sméagol

Excursus: The Backstory

Book 3 Chapter 11: The Palantir

Book 3 Chapter 10: The Voice of Saruman

Book 3 Chapter 9: Flotsam and Jetsam

Book 3 Chapter 8: The Road to Isengard

Book 3 Chapter 7: Helm's Deep

Book 3 Chapter 6: The King of the Golden Hall

Book 3 Chapter 5: The White Rider

Book 3 Chapter 4: Treebeard

Book 3 Chapter 3: The Uruk-Hai

Book 3 Chapter 2: The Riders of Rohan

Book 3 Chapter 1: The Departure of Boromir

Book 2 Chapter 10: The Breaking of the Fellowship

Book 2 Chapter 9: The Great River

Book 2 Chapter 8: Farewell to Lórien

Book 2 Chapter 7: The Mirror of Galadriel

Interlude: July 2025

Book 2 Chapter 6: Lothlórien

Book 2 Chapter 5: The Bridge of Khazad-dûm

Book 2 Chapter 4: A Journey in the Dark

Book 2 Chapter 3: The Ring Goes South

Book 2 Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond (part 2 of 2)

Book 2 Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond (part 1 of 2)

Book 2 Chapter 1: Many Meetings

Book 1 Chapter 12: Flight to the Ford

Book 1 Chapter 11: A Knife in the Dark

Book 1 Chapter 10: Strider

Book 1 Chapter 9: At the Sign of the Prancing Pony

Book 1 Chapter 8: Fog on the Barrow-downs

Book 1 Chapter 7: In the House of Tom Bombadil

Book 1 Chapters 5-6: A Conspiracy Unmasked/The Old Forest

Book 1 Chapter 4: A Short Cut to Mushrooms

Book 1 Chapter 3: Three is Company

Book 1 Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past

Book 1 Chapter 1: A Long-Expected Party

The Fellowship of the Ring: Prologue and Foreword

Introduction: about the Glittering Caves podcast