Exploring Tolkien
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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 critically examine how Tolkien’s world is being treated by mega-corporations like Amazon.com and Warner Bros.
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Should The Lord of the Rings Films have kept the Barrow-downs?
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May 14, 2024 |
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Tom Bombadil is NOT important? Tolkien said it!
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May 07, 2024 |
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Why Peter Jackson Cut the Old Forest and Old Man Willow
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Peter Jackson CUT the Godfather of the Shire : Film Changes #30 and #31
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Wizard Duel and Orthanc in Real Time : Film Changes #29 and #30
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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An Interview with Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings Composer – 2003 Roundtable Interviews
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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The Rings of Power is PEAK TV – Top Scenes, Top Characters and Top Quotes
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Sauron’s FIRST Defeat – Finishing Tolkien’s Unfinished Tale – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 8
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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NEW Tolkien Book with UNPUBLISHED Content Announced!
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Finishing Tolkien’s Unfinished Tale – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 7
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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A Spiteful Marriage, a New Enemy, and a Watery End – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 6
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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The Sacrificial King and the Fallen Queen – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 5
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Middle-earth’s Worst Dad – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 4
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Mariner, King, or Husband? – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 3
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Men are from Mars, Women Hate the Ocean – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 2
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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This Sea is NOT Always Right – Aldarion and Erendis – Part 1
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Removing Radagast and Hobbit Thieves : Film Changes #27 and #28
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Meeting Gandalf in Bree and a Glimpse of Gildor : Film Changes #25 and #26
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Bilbo’s Party Changes and 17 Years Lost : Film Changes #23 and #24
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Tolkien Created an Entire North Pole Mythology!
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Gandalf’s a Headbanger and Frodo’s Unexpected Introduction
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Tolkien’s Christmas poem was lost for 80 years!
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Bilbo’s Prologue and The Rings of Power is NOT fixing The Lord of the Rings Films
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Men Want Power, Isildur Didn’t Kill Sauron, and the Ring’s Mind – with The Tolkien Road!
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Saruman the suck-up, Elrond hates Men, and Formless Sauron – with the Middle-earth Mixer!
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Gimli’s Comic Relief, Boromir’s Wrong Hair, and Legolas’s Big Elf Boots
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Aragorn’s Big Change and The Hobbit Youth Movement
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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How Peter Jackson Changed the Wizard, the Pranksters, and Frodo’s Best Bud
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Adapting Lord of the Rings, Cutting up the Story, and Dropping the Poetry
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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An Interview with Lord of the Rings Screenwriter Philippa Boyens
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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An Interview with Viggo Mortensen
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Music is Escape : An Interview with Jeff Johnson – Musician, Composer, Producer
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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An Interview with Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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An Interview with Ian McKellen : He Read Tolkien EVERY NIGHT Before Filming
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Happily Ever After isn’t Enough – On Fairy Stories, Part 6
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Escape Isn’t Possible with “Modern” Storytelling – On Fairy Stories, Part 5
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Movies are NOT Sub-Creation – On Fairy Stories, Part 4
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Kids Ruin Everything – On Fairy Stories, Part 3
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Tolkien Still Matters : with Nick Groom, author of Tolkien in the 21st Century
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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An Interview with Peter Jackson : It’s for the fans!
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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The Origins of Fantasy – A Soup with Distance and Time: On Fairy Stories, Part 2
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Talking Tolkien with Renowned Artist Ted Nasmith
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Is Star Wars a Fairy Story? – On Fairy Stories, Part 1
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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This is the (raw) Meat – The Silmarillion – A Final Look – The Silmarillion – 37
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Make Tolkien Great Again – Of the Rings of Power, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 36
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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The Chuck E. Cheese of Middle-earth – Of the Rings of Power, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 35
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Gollum’s Apology, Why We Love Tolkien, and the Nerdiest Thing We’ve Ever Done
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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The Path to Gollum’s Redemption | Tolkien Discusses What May Have Happened
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May 30, 2023 |
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Fellowship Fridays Live | NEW Lord of the Rings MMO, Galadriel’s BIG Life Changes, Gollum Game | #3
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May 23, 2023 |
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Liars and Junkies of the 2nd Age – Akallabêth, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 34
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May 16, 2023 |
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Rings of Power Got it ALL WRONG – Akallabêth, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 33
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May 09, 2023 |
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Elven genetics! Race-baiting! Half-elf lies! | Of the Voyage of Eärendil – The Silmarillion – 32
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May 02, 2023 |
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Fellowship Fridays Live | NEW Lord of the Rings Movies, Rings of Power DIED, Gollum Game| #1
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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The Sea is Always Right! – Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin – The Silmarillion – 31
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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What’s Good in the Rings of Power?! – with The Middle-earth Mixer
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Real Middle-earth Bling – Of The Ruin of Doriath – The Silmarillion – 30
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Captain Foolhardy! – Of Túrin Turambar, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 29
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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The Worst Hero – Of Túrin Turumbar, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 28
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Sub-creation is Art, Not Power – with Austin Freeman, author of Tolkien Dogmatics
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Why Tolkien is Great – with John Carswell from The Tolkien Road
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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They Don’t Understand Tolkien – with John Trent from Bounding into Comics
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Middle-earth’s Rambo – Of the Fifth Battle – The Silmarillion – 27
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Morgoth’s Kaiju-Wolf – Of Beren and Luthien Part 3 – The Silmarillion – 26
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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10 Ways The Lord of the Rings has aged POORLY?!
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Middle-earth’s Real Power Couple – Of Beren and Luthien Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 25
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Tolkien’s Real Alpha Male -Of Beren and Luthien Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 24
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Tolkien’s Greatest Joy – Of Beren and Luthien Intro – The Silmarillion – 23
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Sauron’s Great Entrance – The Ruin of Beleriand – The Silmarillion – 22
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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There is a Tempest in Him – The Fall of Fingolfin – The Silmarillion – 21
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Middle-earth’s Actual Strong Woman – Of the Coming of Men, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 20
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Noel, a Christmas Poem, by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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When Elves met Men – Of the Coming of Men, Part 1 – The Silmarillion – 19
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Tolkien’s Disney Princess!? – Of Maeglin – The Silmarillion – 18
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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He’s an Angry Elf | Of the Noldor – The Silmarillion – 17
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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This Map is HELL – Of Beleriand – The Silmarillion – 16
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Doomsday and Dragons – Return of the Noldor, Part 2 – The Silmarillion – 15
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Middle-earth’s Game of Thrones – Return of the Noldor – The Silmarillion – 14
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Toxic Masculinity or Inscrutable Men – Of Men – The Silmarillion – 13
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Inspired by Tolkien | The Rings of Power, Glass Hammer, and Music in Middle-earth
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The First Sunrise – Of the Sun and Moon – The Silmarillion – 12
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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The Rings of Power IN-DEPTH Review : Episode 8 : Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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The Rings of Power IN-DEPTH Review : Episode 7 : Shadow and Flame. And a Leaf.
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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The Rings of Power IN-DEPTH Review : Episode 6 : Insta-Mordor!
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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The Wisest Elves – Of the Sindar – The Silmarillion – 11
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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The Rings of Power : Episode 2 : In-Depth Discussion (where no detail matters)
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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The Rings of Power : Episode 1 : In-Depth Discussion (and a Michael Scott moment)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Tolkien is Worth Defending : Why The Rings of Power MUST be excellent!
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Burn the Ships – Of the Flight of the Noldor – The Silmarillion – 10
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Morgoth’s Arachnophobia – Of the Darkening of Valinor – The Silmarillion – 9
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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The Road to Hell – Of the Silmarils – The Silmarillion – 8
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Fire and Greed – Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor – The Silmarillion – 7
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Love Makes You do Stupid Things – Of Thingol & Melian / Of Eldamar – The Silmarillion – 6
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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An Analysis of The Rings of Power Trailer
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Of the Coming of the Elves – The Silmarillion – 5
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Independence Day Break
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Of Aulë and Yavanna – The Silmarillion – 4
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Of the Beginning of Days – The Silmarillion – 3
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Valaquenta – The Silmarillion – 2
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Ainulindalë – The Silmarillion – 1
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Thoughts on Amazon’s Rings of Power | Episode 2
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May 31, 2022 |