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Professor Michael Drout: The Tower and the Ruin
Nov 23, 2025
1h 13m 08s
Interview: Giuseppe Pezzini
May 31, 2025
43m 37s
The Silmarillion Sessions: Chapter 11 - Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
Jul 2, 2023
9m 05s
The Silmarillion Sessions: Chapter 10 - Of the Sindar
May 27, 2023
16m 44s
Silmarillion Sessions: Chapter 7, 8 & 9
Jan 29, 2023
1h 15m 33s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 11/23/25 | Professor Michael Drout: The Tower and the Ruin✨ | literary memoirTolkien analysis+3 | Professor Michael Drout | The Tower and the Ruin | — | TolkienThe Tower and the Ruin+3 | — | 1h 13m 08s | |
| 5/31/25 |  Interview: Giuseppe Pezzini✨ | Tolkienliterary creation+3 | Giuseppe Pezzini | Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation | — | TolkienGiuseppe Pezzini+5 | — | 43m 37s | |
| 7/2/23 | The Silmarillion Sessions: Chapter 11 - Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor✨ | The Silmarillionmyth of the Sun+3 | — | The SilmarillionChapter 11 - Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor | — | TolkienSilmarillion+4 | — | 9m 05s | |
| 5/27/23 |  The Silmarillion Sessions: Chapter 10 - Of the Sindar✨ | The SilmarillionSindar+3 | — | The SilmarillionThe Lord of the Rings | Sindar | TolkienSindar+3 | — | 16m 44s | |
| 1/29/23 | Silmarillion Sessions: Chapter 7, 8 & 9✨ | FëanorThe Silmarillion+3 | — | Reading TolkienThe Silmarillion | — | FëanorThe Silmarillion+5 | — | 1h 15m 33s | |
| 9/8/22 |  The Rings of Power discussion: Episodes 1 & 2✨ | The Rings of PowerAmazon series+3 | Sridhar | AmazonThe Rings of Power | — | The Rings of PowerAmazon+3 | — | 35m 39s | |
| 5/8/22 | JRR Tolkien, George RR Martin, and writing morally dubious characters✨ | morally dubious charactersTolkien vs Martin+4 | Sridhar | Rings of PowerHouse of the Dragon | — | TolkienMartin+6 | — | 2h 06m 41s | |
| 3/13/22 |  Silmarillion Sessions 2: Chapters 1-4✨ | ValarThe Silmarillion+3 | Sridhar | Quenta SilmarillionThe Silmarillion+1 | — | SilmarillionValar+5 | — | 1h 02m 38s | |
| 3/6/22 |  Interview: Brian Rosebury✨ | Tolkientragedy+3 | Brian Rosebury | Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon | — | Tolkientragedy+3 | — | 46m 41s | |
| 1/10/22 |  The Nature of Middle-earth with Daniel Stride✨ | TolkienMiddle-earth+3 | Daniel Stride | phuulishfellow.wordpress.comThe Nature of Middle-earth | — | TolkienMiddle-earth+3 | — | 1h 34m 12s | |
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| 12/13/21 |  Silmarillion Sessions 1 | Join us for the inaugural episode of the Silmarillion Sessions. We begin with the myth of Creation, the Ainulindalë. We touch on the importance of beauty and goodness, and ask whether these two concepts can be equated in the story, and we consider the role that Plato's ideas about the Forms might play in comprehending the nature of Tolkien's creation myth. We also discuss the Waldman letter. Please join us. The Silmarillion Sessions are suitable for veteran readers, or those who wish to get into The Silmarillion for the first time. We recommend that you read the chapter prior to listening to the episode, however! Find us at our Substack, and Twitter. Please leave a rating and a review, and let us know if you think that Beauty can be equated with The Good! | — | ||||||
| 9/5/21 |  Interview: Tom Emanuel | Here I discuss Tolkien with @RealTomEmanuel, a minister and Tolkien Scholar. We touch on recent trends in the reception of Tolkien, Tolkien studies, and beauty of The Lord of the Rings. Please join us for a great discussion! | — | ||||||
| 8/4/21 |  Of the Rings of Power | Listen in as Ben and Sridhar discuss the Rings of Power in Tolkien's world. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/21 |  Interview: Dawn M. Walls-Thumma | Today I present an interview with scholar and writer Dawn Walls-Thumma. We discuss Dawn's essay 'Attainable Vistas: Historical Bias in Tolkien's Legendarium as a Motive for Transformative Fanworks' published in Volume 3 of the Journal of Tolkien Research. We discuss a range of topics, including historical bias in The Silmarillion and what it means for readers of the book, the state of Tolkien scholarship, fandom, fanfiction, and other matters. Join us! Links: The Silmarillion Writer's Guild Fiction and Research of Dawn Walls-Thumma Dawn's tumblr page | — | ||||||
| 6/2/21 |  On Ross Douthat, Amazon and Adaptation | Join Benjamin and Shridhar for the 13th episode of the podcast. They discuss Ross Douthat's recent Substack article on the upcoming amazon show, where he muses about the fate of the story and the likelihood of success. A number of (potentially) controversial hot takes ensue in the discussion! Your hosts also touch on the nature of Tolkien's storytelling, The Children of Hurin, and issues of adaptation more generally. Join them! | — | ||||||
| 5/1/21 |  Interview: Dr Holly Ordway | In this episode, I interview the great Tolkien scholar Holly Ordway, who has recently published the book Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages, published by Word on Fire. We range over topics pertinent to Ordway's book, but also touch on the status of Tolkien studies, the reliability of the Carpenter biography, and the Romans in Tolkien's fiction. Please join us! Holly can be found at http://www.hollyordway.com/ | — | ||||||
| 4/20/21 |  Interview: Dr Vladimir Brljak | In this episode, I interview literary scholar Vladimir Brljak, who published an article in 2010 entitled The Book of Lost Tales: Tolkien as Metafictionist. The article argues that Tolkien's metafiction (the Red Book, etc) is central to understanding the effect his work has on readers. We also touch on Milton, the Amazon show, and other topics. Join us! | — | ||||||
| 4/17/21 |  Aldarion and Erendis: Part Deux | In this episode, Ben and Sridhar return to 'Aldarion and Erendis' from Unfinished Tales. They discuss the characters and themes, with a particular focus on the slowly growing imperial ambitious of Aldarion and the quietly stoic, if bitter, character of Erendis. LOTRonPrime news and other matters are also broached. Join Ben and Sridhar for another informative episode. | — | ||||||
| 4/3/21 |  On The Hobbit | Ben and Sridhar discuss Tolkien's first classic, The Hobbit. They look at Bilbo's journey, the place of moral theory in Tolkien's work, the differences between modern and ancient worldviews, and the place of The Hobbit in Tolkien's wider legendarium. Join them for this in depth and (by the end) raucous podcast. | — | ||||||
| 3/22/21 |  Talking about Tolkien's darkest tale | In this episode, Sridhar and Benjamin discuss Tolkien's darkest work, The Children of Húrin. Join us as we delve into issues of fate, free-will, and theodicy. | — | ||||||
| 3/22/21 |  Interview: Tolkien scholar Gergely Nagy | In this episode, I interview Hungarian Tolkienist Gergely Nagy, who has written a plethora of (admittedly heavy!) papers on Tolkien and theory, Tolkien and metafiction, and other topics. Join us as we delve into Tolkien's theory of fiction, the strategies he used to make his texts feel 'historical', and a range of other fascinating topics! | — | ||||||
| 2/16/21 |  On The Lord of the Rings in the 21st Century | In this, the inaugural episode with my brilliant new cohost Sridhar Bhagavathula, we discuss the place of The Lord of the Rings in the 21st century over a glass of wine (well, one of us, at any rate). Topics range from the reception of the Jackson films, adaptation, to Tolkien's Catholicism, a queer readings of Tolkien. Join us as we begin a new epic phase of the podcast! | — | ||||||
| 1/18/21 |  Thoughts of Amazon synopsis | In this episode, I offer brief thoughts with regard to the recently released synopsis for the Lord of the Rings on Prime show. I also update listeners on a few matters. During my remarks, I refer and quote from Daniel Stride's blog on the Amazon show, available here. | — | ||||||
| 12/20/20 |  Interview: Dr Dennis Wise | In this fascinating discussion, Dr Dennis Wise (University of Arizona) and I talk about a range of topics related to Tolkien studies, including the state of the academic field, the place of Critical Theory in the reception of Tolkien, theories about metafiction in Tolkien's fiction, the 'ontological' status of Tolkien's creation myth, and how we can approach Tolkien through the theories of Leo Strauss. Dr Wise is a lecturer in the Writing Program at UofA, and he has published extensively on Tolkien and other SF/F topics in a range of journals. His website is https://english.arizona.edu/people/dennis-wise | — | ||||||
| 12/6/20 |  Episode 3 - Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife | In this, our third episode at Reading Tolkien, we explore Tolkien's little known but fascinating and often moving unfinished novel, 'Aldarion and Erendis'. Join us as we discuss Tolkien's writing process, the effect that this story has (retrospectively) on the moral character of The Lord of the Rings, and other topics. | — | ||||||
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