Citations: The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/ Cast: Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpierson Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease, @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5 Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com Additional Music and so...
Oct 31, 2023•2 hr 31 min
Citations (episode notes) Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us! Jordan’s website: https://jordanrannells.com/ Kickstarter: An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of Eä Kickstarer link: http://kck.st/46khBIp Ends in the morning on Friday, October 13! Athrabeth listeners can use promo code LOTR25 to get 25% off the entire collection of A Long Expected Soundscape on Jordan’s webshop: https://jordanrannells.com/shop Join Jordan’s Discord: https://discord.gg/kWqw8SXtj Jordan’s Social Medi...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 63
Citations The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs (Accessed July 7, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin (Accessed July 30, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog) (Accessed July 30, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)” http...
Sep 06, 2023•52 min•Ep. 62
Citations The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs (Accessed July 7, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin (Accessed July 30, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog) (Accessed July 30, 2023) Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)” http...
Aug 02, 2023•47 min•Ep. 61
Citations The Tolkien Society- Summer Seminar, “Númenor, the Mighty and Frail”: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 60
Citations Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed May 20, 2023) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed May 20, 2023) Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed May 20, 2023) To...
Jun 07, 2023•55 min•Ep. 59
Clare Moore can be found on Twitter: @claremoore914 YouTube presentation: “Clare Moore - 'The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in Tolkien's Fantasy'” Originally presented at The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar, July 3, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYSj_Z5jy9w (Accessed Feb 24, 2023) A List of Clare’s publications on “Tolkienists.org” website: https://tolkienists.org/clare-moore/ (Accessed Feb 24, 2023) Sources mentioned this episode: Ria Cheyne: Disability, Literature, Gen...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 58
Citations Rateliff, J. D. (2007). The History of The Hobbit (Vols. 1-‐2). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Tolkien, J. (1937). The Hobbit. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Tolkien, J. (1986). The Shaping of Middle-‐Earth. (C. Tolkien, Ed.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth . HarperCollins, 2011.
Apr 05, 2023•51 min•Ep. 57
Tolkien Society, Oxonmoot 2023 registration: From their website: “Early Bird offer: enter the coupon code WIZARD2023 at the time of booking to receive £10 off your registration price. This coupon is valid until midnight on 28 February 2023 (UK time).” https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ Citations J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien, ...
Mar 01, 2023•54 min•Ep. 56
Tolkien Society, Oxonmoot 2023 registration: From their website: “Early Bird offer: enter the coupon code WIZARD2023 at the time of booking to receive £10 off your registration price. This coupon is valid until midnight on 28 February 2023 (UK time).” https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ Clark, David. Kin-slaying in the "Poetic Edda": The End of the World? Viking and Medieval Scandinavia Vol. 3 (2007), pp. 21-41 https://www.jstor.org/stable/45019134 (Accessed January 2, 2023) Tol...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 55
Citations Athraplay RPG actual-play podcast info and audition form: http://www.tinyurl.com/athraplay How to find Wizardwaykris- Website: https://elf-boi.com/ WizardWay Merch (Spring): https://wizardwaykris.creator-spring.com/ TikTok: @wizardwaykris You Tube: Wizard Way Kris https://www.youtube.com/c/wizardwaykris Twitter: @WizardWayKris Instagram: @wizardwaykris “You all are welcome here” merch: https://www.donmarshall72sstore.com/ Dawn Walls-Thumma’s website: http://dawnfelagund.com/...
Jan 04, 2023•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 54
Thanks to our guests, Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer and Dr. William M. Fliss, the co-curator’s of “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript” at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. Exhibition dates: August 19 – December 23, 2022 Exhibition website: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty-museum/tolkien.php Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer Assistant Professor, Modern Art, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Find Sarah on Twitter: @sarahcschaefer Website: https://www.sarahcschaef...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 53
Citations J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Race-Cultural-History-Fairies/dp/0230272843...
Nov 02, 2022•48 min•Ep. 52
Show Notes The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/ Cast Lore Master: James Pierson, @jpierson Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease, @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5 Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com Additional Music and sound ef...
Oct 31, 2022•2 hr 42 min
Jude and Stef athrachat about the last two episodes of Season 1 of Rings of Power, including Sexy Saurons, Sexy ProtoNazguls, and Sexy Dusty Elronds. And whether Eärien is gonna be evil.
Oct 20, 2022•39 min
Stef and Jude enthusiastically blow their proverbial stacks, not unlike a certain mountain, as they discuss the latest two episodes of Amazon's The Rings of Power episodes 5 and 6!
Oct 06, 2022•33 min
Citations Tolkien, J. R. R. The Treason of Isendgard. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth : Vol. 7. HarperCollins, London, 1989. Tolkien, J. R. R. The War of the Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth : Vol. 8. HarperCollins, London, 1990. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth : Vol. 09. HarperCollins, London, 1992. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History...
Oct 05, 2022•49 min•Ep. 51
We're MAEGLIN a big deal out of some theories about the new elf in the newest episodes of Rings of Power. We also talk about singing dwarves and boring Númenor.
Sep 22, 2022•33 min
Just in time for Episode 3, Stef and Jude sat down to give you all their "hot" takes. Mostly it's a lot of Jude being thirsty about Finrod and speculating about The Stranger.
Sep 10, 2022•21 min
Citations Books: Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. (Accessed 8/21/2022) Tolkien, J. R. R. One Fairy Stories, from Tree and Leaf, including Mythopoeia , HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London. 1988. pp 3-81. Websites: Alex. Everything is Connected and Everything is Fanfiction: The Cauldron of Story Theory. The Aficionado website, February ...
Sep 07, 2022•58 min•Ep. 50
Citations Reis, Jacob Robert. Oath Formulas in the Poetic Edda. Master of Arts thesis for The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Germanic Studies. May 2017. URL: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/62667 (Accessed July 23, 2022) Spurr, John. A Profane History of Early Modern Oaths. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 11 (2001): 37–63. Published online by Cambridge University Press. URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080440101000032 (Accessed July 23, 2022) Tolkien, J. ...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 49
Episode artwork by Angie Yvarra. Find Angie at inherentvicesquad.com Archive of Our Own website: https://archiveofourown.org/ Citations Castell, Daphne. Realms of Tolkien. New Worlds Magazine, November 1966. Fantastic Metropolis website, https://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/tolkien (Accessed July 1, 2022) Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. ...
Jul 06, 2022•30 min•Ep. 48
Citations: Eye of Melian is: Robin La Joy: Lyrics Martijn Westerholt: Songwriter Mikko P. Mustonen: Orchestral arrangements Johanna Kurkela: Vocalist Their debut album, titled Legends of Light , drops on June 21, 2022. The Bell (Released Deb 8, 2021, https://youtu.be/4r01-o_5bH4 ) Vita Nova (Released January 20, 2022, https://youtu.be/D6hFHuGH3RE ) Doorway of Night (Released March 4, 2022, https://youtu.be/d7IMmAnnph0 ) Everstrong (Released April 13, 2022, https://youtu.be/hytTdwQZ3zg ) Website:...
Jun 01, 2022•57 min•Ep. 47
Citations Chisholm, Chad (2019) "Saruman as ‘Sophist’ or Sophist Foil? Tolkien’s Wizards and the Ethics of Persuasion," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 37 : No. 2 , Article 6. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol37/iss2/6 Ruud, Jay (2010) "The Voice of Saruman: Wizards and Rhetoric in The Two Towers," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 28 : No. 3 , Art...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 46
Citations J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company" J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens" J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring" J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Palantíri", Note 2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age" J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peop...
Apr 06, 2022•52 min•Ep. 45
Citations Tolkien Gateway entry for “Aman”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Aman, Accessed Feb 9, 2022 Tolkien Gateway entry for “Changing the World”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Changing_of_the_World, Accessed Feb 9, 2022 Tolkien Gateway entry for “Cuiviénen”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cuivi%C3%A9nen, Accessed Feb 9, 2022 Tolkien Gateway entry for “Straight Road”, https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Straight_Road, Accessed Feb 9, 2022 Tolkien Gateway entry for “War of Wrath”, https://tolk...
Mar 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 44
Stef and Jude sat down about 15 minutes after watching the new #RingsOfPower teaser to give their hot takes, including which character might be wearing a mankini and who has Fuck Elf hair.
Feb 14, 2022•23 min
Citations Amazon Studios website for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power with press kit “assets” https://press.amazonstudios.com/us/en/original-series/the-lord-of-the-rings-amazon-original-series/1 Sophia Nomvete Instagram where you can hear her singing occasionally: sophianomvete_official Fellowship of Fans leaks: Twitter: @FellowshipFans fellowshipoffans.com James Tauber of the Digital Tolkien Project Twitter: @DigitalTolkien and @jtauber With contributions from Elena D, Twitter: @Anorwy...
Feb 09, 2022•56 min
Thank you to Don Marshall for being on our show! Don Marshall can be found at the following: TikTok: DonMarshall72 Twitter: @DonMarshall72 Instagram: @DonMarshall72 You Tube: DonMarshall72 Twitch: DonMashall72 Mech store: www.donmarshall72merch.com Cameo: DonMarshall72 “Reading and Explaining The Silmarillion (Anchor FM Podcast)” Don’s fellow “TolkienTok” creators can be found on TikTok at: @wizardwaykris @knewbettadobetta @acecondor30 @tengwarteacher Dawn Walls-Thumma, who Jude mentioned during...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 43
Sources: Rateliff, John D., The History of the Hobbit . E-book ed., HarperCollinsPublishers. Apple Books. Swank, Kris, The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters , Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9. 2013 Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/9 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019) Tolkien, J. R. R., Letters from Father Christmas . edited by Baillie Tolkien. E-book ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple B...
Jan 05, 2022•28 min
