A Drunk History Of Middle-earth

https://linktr.ee/lotradhome We discuss why elf divorce is a very important issue, then we discuss the elf you love to hate (Feanor) and what happens to the Noldor as a result of Morgoth's lies. We get deep and continue the history of the Noldor in our ongoing series. For the nerds: We discuss some views on the statute of Finwe and Miriel, the Oath of Feanor, the exile to Formenos and the Noldor's...

https://linktr.ee/lotradhome First episode in our series on the Noldor Elves. We take a look at their history and notable figures. My bias for Feanor really shows here.

https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Our last episode for spooky season! We discuss the citadel/fortress/hell on Arda that is Utumno and then Angband. Come get spooky before xmas.

Why didn't Ungoliant get the sexy Shelob treatment? It's so unfair. We get deep this week and discuss the eldritch history of Ungoliant, alternate versions of her that Tolkien first envisioned, and possible origins. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if e...

There's so little said about these, we resorted to Vampire pickup lines at the end. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person.

Few glasses of Whiskey, and a chat about Hobbits. Today we discuss Hobbit history, origins, their gift giving culture and of course the language that crops up around them. Turns out halfling was pretty offensive to them, which sucks. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R....

By far the hardest title I've had to come up with. This week we talk about the Scouring of the Shire, the role of Industry in Tolkien, as well as soldiers coming home from war after WW1 and the War of the Ring. Phew! Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if...

The Norse influence is deep in Tolkien's work. We all knew that. Let's have a look at where Dwarf names come from, as well as Gandalf's real world name origin. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insight,...

A Drunk Talk detour this week. We chat about Beorn and the Beornings. Their history, who they are and what happens to them during and after LOTR. We also talk about the surprising, but quite dark, origin of the word for bear in some languages and how it relates to our favourite skin-changer. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chr...

West Alqualonde, take me home, watery roads. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share their thoughts on this topic and offer a unique perspective on Tolkien's world. Along the w...

Sorry, but I'm never going to get over the irony of having to split a Teleri episode in 2 due to size. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share their thoughts on this topic and...

Snog, Marry, Avoid. Eff, Marry, Kill. FMK. The game is known by many names, and today we play it with the Legendarium. It's been a rough week. We needed to unwind. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insig...

What a rabbit hole of a topic this turned out to be. I have been subjected to dragon-spell and have no will to write this descri- Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share their...

Started my research thinking Vanyar elves were the geeks of Middle-earth. Turns out they were the most sensible and happiest of all. For shame. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecc...

Skip to 12:00 for the lore content. Becca and I had a long week and needed a good old husband and wife catch-up! Dark Elves, Umanyar, Avari, Nandor, Laiquendi, Silvan, Sindar (technically twilight elves I guess. Thanks Melian and Thingol), they're all discussed this week! Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a ma...

This week we read extracts from some of the weirder stories in the LOTR fandom. The prose is immaculate though. Can’t fault the horny people for that. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insight,...

In this episode, we discuss Gollum, the shittiest Hobbit that isn't called Ted Sandyman. Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share their thoughts on this topic and offer a unique...

Our links: ⁠https://linktr.ee/lotradhome⁠ Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. In this episode, we cover the Istari. There is a lot more etymology and language in here than I'd ever thought. As always, there's tons more than I could include in the episode. This...

Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. In this episode, we discuss the Great Eagles. The main inspiration for the dumbest question in LOTR. Becca is coming along really well in terms of being a lore nerd, and we tried somet...

Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. In this episode, we finish the trilogy, Chris gets weepy about many different things and we cover all 700 endings. Probably for the best. Chris' knowledge was starting to feel thin. Li...

Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. In this episode, we come towards the end of our watch of the movies, things are sad. By Eru, this movie is long though. Becca loved it. With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share...

Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. In this episode, they continue Becca's education with the original trilogy and finish off the Two Towers. With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share their thoughts on this topic a...

Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. In this episode, Rebecca is super disappointed to find out that Gandalf comes back. It's a re-edited and cleaned up version of an earlier episode where they had a chat about The Two To...

Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person. In this episode, it's the fascinating, but very sad story of the Ents and Entwives. Where they came from, how Tolkien conceived of them (suddenly) and their actions throughout history....

Our links: https://linktr.ee/lotradhome Welcome back to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca continue their discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien's works as if explaining it to a drunk person. This episode is a reupload of their (now removed) second podcast episode, now with actual editing and noise reduction. They continue with their journey of Fellowship, w...