Week 119 - Friendship Friday: I Need You Both

About this episode

The episode explores themes of friendship and grievance through the lens of Tolkien's work.

Two peoples, three Ages of grievance, and one wizard who refuses to give judgment. Join The Man of the West as we begin our look at An Unexpected Friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: The Man of the West

Topics covered

• friendship
• grievance
• Tolkien
• wizard
• analysis

Keywords

• Tolkien
• friendship
• grievance
• wizard
• An Unexpected Friendship

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: An Unexpected Friendship

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