Concerning Fatherhood in Middle-earth W/ Dr. Damion: Pt.2

About this episode

The episode discusses fatherhood in Middle-earth with insights from Tolkien's life and characters.

Seth and Sam are joined by orthopedic surgeon and well read Tolkien fan, Dr. Damion Harris to talk fatherhood in middle earth. Part one of the podcast discusses Tolkien himself as a father as well as the lessons learned from the examples of Finwe and Feanor as fathers. We are now on YouTube! Make sure to check out our special video content. Send us your thoughts! Wecpodcast@gmail.com or on social media: Twitter :@SethMoldenhauer, @Samwisetheswol Instagram: @sethm93, @_Sambeau_17

People in this episode

Hosts: Seth Moldenhauer, Samuel Moldenhauer

Guest: Dr. Damion Harris

Topics covered

• fatherhood
• Tolkien
• Middle-earth
• parenting
• literary analysis

Keywords

• fatherhood
• Tolkien
• Middle-earth
• Finwe
• Feanor
• parenting
• literary analysis

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