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0019 - The Silmarillion - Ch09 - Of the Flight of the Noldor - Pt 2
On this episode of Tolkien Road, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with the second part of Chapter 9, "O…
10 years, 10 months ago
0018 - The Silmarillion - Ch09 - Of the Flight of the Noldor - Pt 1
On this episode of Tolkien Road, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with the first part of Chapter 9, "Of…
10 years, 10 months ago
0017 - The Silmarillion - Ch08 - Of the Darkening of Valinor
Welcome to the 17th episode of The Tolkien Road podcast (formerly known as Talking Tolkien). On this episode, John & Greta continue their chapter-by…
10 years, 10 months ago
0016 - Talking Tolkien is now The Tolkien Road!
Talking Tolkien is now The Tolkien Road podcast. On this episode, Greta and I discuss the reasons behind the name change as well as what the future w…
10 years, 11 months ago
0015 - The Silmarillion - Ch07 - Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor
Only 15 episodes in, and we finally find out what a Silmaril is and where they came from! On this episode, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-cha…
10 years, 11 months ago
0014 - Mythopoeia - Tolkien's Poem for C.S. Lewis
Tolkien addresses his philosophy-poem "Mythopoeia" to C.S. Lewis, who said that myths were "lies breathed through silver." In this episode, we discu…
10 years, 11 months ago
0013 - The Silmarillion - Ch06 - Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
Who is Fëanor and why is he important? And who thought it was a good idea to let Melkor out of the dungeon?!?! C'MON MAN!!! Way. On this episode, Jo…
10 years, 11 months ago
0012 - The Silmarillion - Ch05 - Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
How did the Elves get to Aman? Whatever became of Thingol? Where does Galadriel come from? And why did we forget a critical Wayne's World reference i…
11 years ago
0011 - Leaf By Niggle - Pt 2 - The Story
Join us as we discuss "Leaf By Niggle", my favorite non-Middle-earth Tolkien story. "Leaf By Niggle" is a mythical story about creativity and love of…
11 years ago
0010 - Leaf By Niggle - Pt 1 - Introduction
"Leaf By Niggle" is one of Tolkien's lesser known works, but it yields a ton of insight into his own creative vision. In the first of a two-part seri…
11 years ago