Madness in Middle-Earth during The Third Age

In this one-off special Ryan takes us to Middle-Earth to learn the history of wizards and elves, and investigate the topic of madness! Discover the sad end of Sharkey, witness the grief of a widowed king, and dive deep into the disturbing mind of a peculiarly precious hobbit!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
02:02 Background to Middle-Earth
09:14 History of Middle-Earth
25:24 What is Madness?
34:56 Saruman
48:16 Denethor
55:50 Smeagol
01:07:24 Derzelation
01:08:56 Outro

Links:

• Help Guide - International guide to helping people with the information and insight they need to improve their mental health and make healthy changes (https://www.helpguide.org)
• Anthem to Gondor (https://youtu.be/uy3Ny5e7ac4)
• LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition - At the Green Dragon (https://youtu.be/JZUxc-Cb5LM)
• Happy Talk - Captain Sensible (https://youtu.be/PBiEm96_UiY)
• Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Music Publisher: EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Copyright Control (https://youtu.be/Xaoxjh2TZ4Q)

Thanks:

• Robert Kinzler for his insight, guidance and advice on Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/
• Brewdog ('Fellowship IPA' pale ale) - https://www.brewdog.com/

Contact:

• http://hhepodcast.com
• https://linktr.ee/hhepodcast