Exploring Tolkien
Exploring Tolkien is a weekly show that dives deep into JRR Tolkien and all the ages of Middle-earth. Jonathan Watson and Michael Grumbine are your hosts as they read through Tolkien’s works, interview other Tolkien enthusiasts and authors, and criticall
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60. The Origins of Fantasy - A Soup with Distance and Time: On Fairy Stories, Part 2
Diving into what the origin of fairy stories is, we realize–once again–that Tolkien doesn’t give us an encyclopedic answer, but instead lays out...
59. Talking Tolkien with Renowned Artist Ted Nasmith
Ted Nasmith has been creating visions of Middle-earth since the early 1970s when he decided to send JRR Tolkien one of his early pieces–and the professor...
Is Star Wars a Fairy Story? – On Fairy Stories, Part 1
This week, Michael, Dan, and I discuss the first part of Tolkien’s seminal essay “On Fairy Stories”, where Tolkien defines what a fairy (aka fantasy)...
This is the (raw) Meat | The Silmarillion – A Final Look | #39
In our final episode discussing The Silmarillion, we each get our own “Big Thought” (sorry Dan!)… We look at how Tolkien created “high beauty”,...
Make Tolkien Great Again | Of the Rings of Power, Part 2 | #38
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