243 Episodes

  1. 102: The Hobbit: Chapter 9

    Published: 4/20/2023

  2. 101: Book vs Movie: The Hobbit chapter 8

    Published: 4/15/2023

  3. 100: The Hobbit Chapter 8: Flies and Spiders

    Published: 4/13/2023

  4. 099: Book vs. Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 7

    Published: 4/6/2023

  5. 098: The Hobbit: Queer Lodgings

    Published: 4/4/2023

  6. 097: A Dwarves’ Story, Not a Hobbit’s: Comparing the Book vs Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 6

    Published: 4/1/2023

  7. 096: The Hobbit Chapter 6 | Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire

    Published: 3/30/2023

  8. 095: What Makes A Good Story | Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories"

    Published: 3/23/2023

  9. 094: JRR Tolkien and Robert Jordan | An Interview with a Wheel of Time Expert

    Published: 3/21/2023

  10. 093: Book vs Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 5

    Published: 3/18/2023

  11. 092: Dark Journeys: The Hobbit Chapter 5 Part 2

    Published: 3/16/2023

  12. 091: The Hobbit Chapter 5 Part 1: Riddles in the Dark

    Published: 3/14/2023

  13. 090: Book vs Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 4

    Published: 3/9/2023

  14. 089: The Hobbit Chapter 4: Over Hill and Under Hill

    Published: 3/7/2023

  15. 088: Book vs Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 3

    Published: 3/2/2023

  16. 087: The Hobbit Chapter 3: A Short Rest

    Published: 2/28/2023

  17. 086: New LOTR Movies and Tolkien's Transcendence

    Published: 2/26/2023

  18. 085: The Hobbit Chapter 2: Book vs Movie

    Published: 2/23/2023

  19. 084: Interview with a Tolkien Journalist: Larry D Curtis

    Published: 2/16/2023

  20. 083: The Hobbit Chapter 2: Roast Mutton

    Published: 2/9/2023

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