The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)

The Tolkien Professor

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The Tolkien Professor podcast is a series of lectures, discussions, and seminars on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Corey Olsen, President of Signum University. All are welcome to enter – even those without any party business!

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The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)

Episodes

Episode 238: A Bit of Wookie: Riddles in the Dark Year 2 in Review 12.12.2013 3:01:43

As The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug is unveiled around the world, Tolkien Professor Corey Olsen, Laura Berkholtz, and Trish Lambert review all the riddles and conundra posed in the second year of the Riddles in the Dark game

Episode 237: Riddles in the Dark: Hail Fellow and Fewmets! 24.11.2013 2:48:08

Warming up by looking at some more materail from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, our Riddles in the Dark co-hosts move on to talk about the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Episode 236: Riddles in the Dark 2.16: You Be Dragon? 17.11.2013 3:13:33

Checking out a flood of material released by Peter Jackson for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, with a little dissension amongst our Riddles in the Dark co-hosts to spice things up. Note: This was a highly visual episode, as Corey et al. tracked back and forth through the videos being considered. If you prefer to watch the episode rather than just listen to the audio, go to http://www.mythgard.org...

Episode 235: Riddles in the Dark 2.15: Fringe Festival 2 17.11.2013 1:42:48

Considering the fringe characters in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug by way of Lego set interpretation. There is a visual companion PDF for this episode available at http://www.tolkienprofessor.com/documents/ritd2.15VisualCompanion.pdf

Episode 234: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.11: Blame it on the Arkenstone 13.11.2013 25:26

Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz take on the weighty theme of bromance in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 233: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.10: Ring? What Ring? 24.10.2013 36:59

Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz discuss listener opinions on when Bilbo will reveal the presence of the Ring.

Episode 232: Call-In Office Hours 5 16.10.2013 1:53:25

The fifth Tolkien Professor open Skype Session, recorded on October 7, 2013. Topics discussed include invisible Ringwraiths, getting a PhD in Tolkien Studies, and more.

Episode 231: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.09: Barrels on the Brain 16.10.2013 28:01

Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz discuss opinions on the relationship between the elves of Mirkwood and the men of Laketown in The Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 230: Riddles in the Dark NOT 2.15: Trailer 2 Mega-Episode 15.10.2013 3:19:45

A 3.33-hour discussion of the 2.5-minute second trailer for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

Episode 229: Tolkien Chat 15: Ethan Gilsdorf and Noble Smith 08.10.2013 1:34:17

Professor Olsen chats with authors Ethan Gilsdorf and Noble Smith

Episode 228: Riddles in the Dark 2.14: Fringe Festival 1 02.10.2013 2:11:34

Kamikaze Thrush, Bald Raven, Radish Hat, Galion the Butler, and That Girl Elf

Episode 227: Riddles in the Dark 2.13: The End of All Things (In the Second Movie) 01.10.2013 1:38:08

From what cliff will we be left hanging at the end of The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug?

Episode 226: Tolkien Chat 14: Bernd Greisinger 01.10.2013 29:27

Professor Olsen talks with Bernd Greisinger of the Greisinger Museum, home of the largest collection of Tolkien artifacts in the world

Episode 225: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.08: Smog and Thrane 09.09.2013 49:36

Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review listener comments and opinions on the start of The Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 224: Riddles in the Dark 2.12: Smaug Smack Talk 09.09.2013 2:10:11

Considering the big flying lizard in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 223: Riddles in the Dark 2.11: We'll Always Have the Carrock 26.08.2013 2:06:06

Bromancing the (Arken)Stone in the Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 222: Riddles in the Dark 2.10: Is This a Ring I See Before Me? 26.08.2013 1:57:49

The most prominent inanimate character in the Third Age of Middle-earth is discussed in the context of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 221: Tolkien Chat 13: Mythgard Takes Mythcon 22.07.2013 28:23

Mythgard Students presented a variety of papers at this year's Mythcon in Lansing, MI

Episode 220: Riddles in the Dark Midyear Review 13.07.2013 1:50:37

Corey Olsen, Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review all the riddles and conundra posed so far for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 219: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.07: Revenge of the Zomborcs 28.06.2013 43:33

Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review reader's comments and analyst opinions on Bolg's role in The Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 218: Riddles in the Dark 2.09: In Case of Emergency, Call the Elven King 19.06.2013 1:55:14

Laketown and its socio-political-economic position in the region are examined.

Episode 217: Special Trailer Episode: Did You Remember to Pack the Trebuchet? 16.06.2013 2:48:31

All four Riddles in the Dark cohoses review the first trailer for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

Episode 216: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.06: No Holds Bard? 13.06.2013 34:56

Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review reader's comments and analyst opinions on Riddle 2.06 on Bard's support (or lack thereof) for the Dwarves' mission to defeat Smaug.

Episode 215: Riddles in the Dark Digest: The Bonus Episode 10.06.2013 1:56:29

Trish Lambert and Breana Melvin talk through a video that Breana compiled of all of Peter Jackson's public videos (prior to release of the first movie trailer) about The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Breana cut and spliced to put everything into as close as chronological as she could, and she and Trish consider the meaning of it all.

Episode 214: Riddles in the Dark 2.08: The Beginning of Desolation 07.06.2013 1:29:21

Prof Corey Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert talk about how Peter Jackson will begin The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug