Jared Pechaček, Oriana Scwindt, and Ned Raggett

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien

Arts EN ↓ 88 episodes

All things J.R.R. Tolkien: his work, his inspirations and impact, creative interpretations in other media, languages, lore, ripoffs, parodies, anything we think is interesting!

Author

Jared Pechaček, Oriana Scwindt, and Ned Raggett

Category

Arts

Podcast website

megaphonic.fm

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

38. The Rings of Power Broker. 02.05.2022

On evil in Tolkien.

37. They’re Just Some Solarized Dudes. 04.04.2022

Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings.

36. Divine Background Radiation. 01.03.2022

All about the Valar.

35. Do the Hobbits Have H.O.A.s? 07.02.2022

All about the Shire.

34. I Ain’t No Big City Philologist! 18.01.2022

Tolkien’s collection Tree and Leaf.

33. Perry and Mippin. 17.12.2021

Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring.

32. He's Being Ganged Up On By These Mean Little Jerks! 01.11.2021

All about Sam Gamgee.

31. There Was So Much Math! 04.10.2021

A new Tolkien book, The Nature of Middle-earth.

30. The Family That Fights Together Stays Alive Together. 07.09.2021

Tolkien's tale The Fall of Gondolin.

29. Always Around to Do the Bare Minimum. 30.07.2021

All about the eagles.

28. Is He Hot Or Is He Tall? 02.07.2021

Tolkien's posthumously published book The Children of Húrin.

27. The Brita of Middle-earth. 01.06.2021

All about Lothlórien.

26. The Work of Repair After the Storm. 04.05.2021

The Scouring of the Shire.

25. You Can Have Well-Written Music in a Kid’s Movie! 05.04.2021

The 1977 Rankin-Bass version of The Hobbit.

24. Radagast is Scrappy-Doo! 15.03.2021

All about The Istari (a.k.a. the Five Wizards, a.k.a. Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast, and those other two).

23. Hella Problematic in So Many Ways. 08.02.2021

All about orcs.

22. Not Just Because I Like Cooking and Eating! 12.01.2021

Tolkien's short story, Smith of Wootton Major.

21. The Princess Bride But with Santa. 05.12.2020

Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters.

20. She Does It All! 03.11.2020

All about Éowyn.

19. A More Robust Line of Succession. 12.10.2020

All about Boromir, Faramir, and Denethor.

18. Speak Softly and Be a Big Stick. 11.09.2020

All about ents.

17. A Bad Thing That Bad People Do. 10.08.2020

Tolkien and imperialism.

16. Turn Off the Dark Lord. 09.07.2020

The Lord of the Rings musical. (No, really.)

15. A Weird Faerie Sex Game. 12.06.2020

Tolkien’s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

14. But...Faramir! He’s such a good boy! 07.05.2020

Toklien adaptations.

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