Exploring Tolkien

Exploring Tolkien is a weekly show that dives deep into JRR Tolkien and all the ages of Middle-earth. Jonathan Watson and Michael Grumbine are your hosts as they read through Tolkien’s works, interview other Tolkien enthusiasts and authors, and criticall

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80. Gandalf's a Headbanger and Frodo's Unexpected Introduction

Posted December 11, 202300:25:37

We’re going over 2 more changes to The Fellowship of the Ring this week!

The theatrical edition of The Fellowship of the Ring...

79. Tolkien's Christmas poem was lost for 80 years!

Posted December 4, 2023

In 1936, Tolkien wrote a poem published in an obscure school magazine–and it was only found again 10 years ago! Michael and Jonathan look at how the...

78. Bilbo's Prologue and The Rings of Power is NOT fixing The Lord of the Rings Films

Posted November 28, 202300:36:38

Michael and Jonathan found out someone’s been copying our look at the changes PJ made to the books–and then applying that to The Rings of Power?!...

77. Men Want Power, Isildur Didn't Kill Sauron, and the Ring's Mind - with The Tolkien Road!

Posted November 20, 202301:17:27

This week we’re looking at the prologue of Fellowship of the Ring with John Carswell from the...

76. Saruman the suck-up, Elrond hates Men, and Formless Sauron - with the Middle-earth Mixer!

Posted November 13, 202301:00:37

The Middle-earth Mixer joins us this week to look at why Peter Jackson made some pretty...