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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30. Noel, a Christmas Poem, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Posted December 26, 202200:04:45

This poem, titled “Noel”, was written by J.R.R. Tolkien before The Hobbit was published, and only just discovered in 2013 in a 1936 copy of The...

Unfriends, When Elves met Men | Of the Coming of Men, Part 1 | Episode 21

Posted December 20, 202200:47:17

Do elves regard men as enemies? Foes? Invaders? How did the elves treat men the first time they met them? Join Jonathan, Michael, and Dan as they look...

Tolkien’s Disney Princess!? | Of Maeglin | Episode 20

Posted December 13, 202201:01:12

Dan’s Big Thought is a little TOO controversial… a Disney princess!? And of course we meet the Dark Elf, Eöl — even though, as we find out, his...

He’s an Angry Elf | Of the Noldor | Episode 19

Posted December 6, 202200:48:31

As Turgon builds the city of Gondolin in secret, the bitter seeds of distrust between the Noldor and the Sindar find fertile ground, for Melian warns...

This Map is HELL | Of Beleriand | Episode 18

Posted November 29, 202200:38:25

Location and placement were incredibly important to Tolkien–so important that an entire chapter of The Silmarillion is dedicated to who...