Podcast Episodes

006 - Tolkien Reading Day Special 2016

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Happy Tolkien Reading Day!  On March 25 every year - the date of the fall of Barad-dûr - Tolkien lovers worldwide celebrate by reading and promoting the Professor's life and work. For this special, A…

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Published on 9 years, 7 months ago

005 - The Music of the Ainur

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Reunited in the common-room and finally beginning their discussion of The Silmarillion, Alan and Shawn tackle nothing less than the creation of the universe, check out Ilúvatar’s playlist, observe a …

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Published on 9 years, 7 months ago

004 - The Great War

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This time, Alan flies solo over the battlefields of World War I and discusses both the explicit and the implied influences that the Great War had on Tolkien’s writings, while Shawn is safely away in …

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Published on 9 years, 8 months ago

003 - The Origins of Quenya and Sindarin

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Shawn takes a solo look at the real-world linguistic inspirations that shaped Tolkien's invented Elvish languages, Quenya and Sindarin, while Alan is away doing whatever a Man of the West does on his…

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Published on 9 years, 8 months ago

002 - The Myth-lover

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We continue our introduction to J. R. R. Tolkien's ideas on fantasy and myth with a look at his short poem dedicated to C. S. Lewis, "Mythopoeia" - a thematic companion piece to "On Fairy-Stories". A…

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Published on 9 years, 8 months ago

001 - In Defense of Fantasy

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In the first episode, get to know your hosts, Alan and Shawn, and learn about why we started The Prancing Pony Podcast.  We also discuss favorite moments from the life of J.R.R. Tolkien as told in Hu…

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Published on 9 years, 8 months ago