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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30. Noel, a Christmas Poem, by J.R.R. Tolkien
This poem, titled “Noel”, was written by J.R.R. Tolkien before The Hobbit was published, and only just discovered in 2013 in a 1936 copy of The...
Unfriends, When Elves met Men | Of the Coming of Men, Part 1 | Episode 21
Do elves regard men as enemies? Foes? Invaders? How did the elves treat men the first time they met them? Join Jonathan, Michael, and Dan as they look...
Tolkien’s Disney Princess!? | Of Maeglin | Episode 20
Dan’s Big Thought is a little TOO controversial… a Disney princess!? And of course we meet the Dark Elf, Eöl — even though, as we find out, his...
He’s an Angry Elf | Of the Noldor | Episode 19
As Turgon builds the city of Gondolin in secret, the bitter seeds of distrust between the Noldor and the Sindar find fertile ground, for Melian warns...
This Map is HELL | Of Beleriand | Episode 18
Location and placement were incredibly important to Tolkien–so important that an entire chapter of The Silmarillion is dedicated to who...
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