240 Episodes

  1. 234: Hobbit Turned Burglar | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Chapter 9

    Published: 10/2/2025

  2. Exploring "Flies and Spiders" | Tolkien's The Hobbit | 233

    Published: 9/25/2025

  3. A Hobbit Meets a Bear | Tolkien's The Hobbit | Chapter 7 | 232

    Published: 9/18/2025

  4. Not a Hobbit’s Story | Tolkien's The Hobbit Vs Peter Jackson | 231

    Published: 9/11/2025

  5. "Out of the Frying-Pan" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | 230

    Published: 9/4/2025

  6. "Riddles in the Dark" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Archives 229

    Published: 8/28/2025

  7. When Bilbo Met Gollum | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Archives 228

    Published: 8/21/2025

  8. "Over Hill and Under Hill" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Archives 227

    Published: 8/14/2025

  9. "A Short Rest" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit chapter 3 | Archives 226

    Published: 8/7/2025

  10. "Roast Mutton" | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit | Chapter 2 | Archives | 225

    Published: 7/31/2025

  11. How The Hobbit Movie Got It Wrong | Tolkien's The Hobbit | Book vs Movie chap 1 | 224

    Published: 7/23/2025

  12. An Unexpected Party | JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit Chapter 1 | 223 | Archives

    Published: 7/19/2025

  13. The Origins of The Hobbit | JRR Tolkien | Archives | 222

    Published: 7/17/2025

  14. Small, Strange Chances: The Quest for Erebor | JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings | 221

    Published: 7/10/2025

  15. Lore Origins of "This Wandering Day" from Rings of Power | Archives | 220

    Published: 7/3/2025

  16. (Archives) What Makes A Good Story | Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" | 219

    Published: 6/26/2025

  17. “For Home a Song / That Echoes On”: Exploring the Lyrical Songs from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Archives | 218

    Published: 6/19/2025

  18. The Power of the Rings of Power | Tolkien's Waldman Letter Part 4 | Archives | 217

    Published: 6/12/2025

  19. How to Change the World | JRR Tolkien's letter to Waldman Part 3 | Archives | 216

    Published: 6/5/2025

  20. The Hobbit, Allegory, and Magic: Discoveries from JRR Tolkien's Letter to Milton Waldman | Part 2 | 215

    Published: 5/29/2025

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