All Episodes
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Episode 11: The A-Neigh-zing Horses of Middle Earth part 2
From the noble Mearas of the Rohirrim to the dark mounts of the Black Riders, we close out our Horsey series with some of the most notable steeds of Middle-earth
Episode 10: The A-Neigh-zing Horses of Middle Earth part 1
What started as a joke about ranking of all the horses of Middle-earth as a palate cleanser for Stef after so many episodes about souls and eschatology, has turned int...
Episode 9: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth part 2: grief and partings
In the conclusion of first episodes on the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth, we cover the second half of the conversation, discuss the Tale of Adanel, and give our final th...
Episode 8: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth part 1: death, faith and hope
Part 1 of our first foray into the work that gave our podcast its name, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth! We meet the our interlocutors and dive into this fascinating explo...
Episode 7: Thought Transmission and Elven Resurrection
Part 2 of our discussion of souls, eschatology, and the elven afterlife examines the properties inherent to fëa, including thought transmission, and then we discuss el...
Episode 6: Hröa and Fëa
Part 1 of what is currently planned to be a 3 part discussion of souls, eschatology, and the elven afterlife, culminating in a discussion of our podcast's namesake ess...
Episode 5: The Fallibility of Makers
The craftsmen, blacksmiths, and even celestial makers of Tolkien's middle-Earth frequently find themselves straying from the straight and narrow path laid out for them...
Episode 4: Halloween Special: Vampires, Werewolves and Wraiths OH MY
Happy Halloween from middle-Earth! In this episode we're exploring some of the season's traditional tropes as they appear in Tolkien's stories.
Episode 3: LotR Appendix A part 2: The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
We conclude our discussion of Appendix A of the Lord of the Rings with the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen. We talk about what Aragorn is up to in the 30 years preceding the...
Episode 2: LotR Appendix A part 1: The Numenorean Kings
In this, the first of two episodes about Appendix A of the Lord of the Rings, we discuss the first section "The Numenorean Kings", and how the appendix opens up the Lo...
Episode 1: On Fairy Stories
In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolk...
