The Tolkien Road

Concerning “The Taming of Sméagol”, from rocky ravines to Gollum’s guarantees... On the road again... - 1:00 Frodo's Regrets - 8:00 An All-Too-Familiar Voice - 20:00 Rope! - 29:30 Capturing Gollum - 37:00 Trusting Gollum? - 46:30 Haiku & Correspondence - 57:30 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Become a supporter of this...

Well, we're back! It's the long-awaited 100th episode, wherein we discuss where we've been, where we're going, and why we started this thing in the first place. For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com, TrueMyths.org, Facebook.com/TolkienRoad, or follow us on Twitter: @TolkienRoad. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-t...

Concerning Christianity’s influence on and illumination of The Lord of the Rings...   For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com, TrueMyths.org, Facebook.com/TolkienRoad, or follow us on Twitter: @TolkienRoad. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support .

Concerning Unfinished Tales' "The Palantíri", from visions in the distance to the vanquishing of Denethor... Announcements, Correspondence, etc - 1:00 The Locations of the Stones - 17:30 The Lore of the Stones - 30:00 The History of the Stones - 43:30 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Concerning “The Palantír", from the ways of Wizards to the strides of Shadowfax... Announcements & Correspondence - 1:00 Setting out from Isengard - 15:00 Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards - 23:00 Pippin and the Palantír - 28:00 Consequences/The Nazgûl - 39:00 Riding Elf-fashion - 48:30 Concerning the Palantíri - 54:00 What is the Nazgûl? - 1:11:00 Haiku Time - 1:17:00 For more on this episo...

Concerning “The Voice of Saruman”, from Saruman’s semantics to Treebeard's trust... Announcements & Correspondence - 1:00 Confronting Saruman - 21:00 Théoden’s Response - 42:00 Gandalf vs. Saruman - 48:00 Conversation with Treebeard - 1:13:00 Haiku Time - 1:18:00 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Become a supporter of t...

Concerning “Flotsam and Jetsam", from longbottom leaf to enraged Ents... Announcements & Correspondence - 1:00 Longbottom Leaf - 13:00 Ents & Huorns - 26:00 The Order of Battle - 36:00 The Baptism of Isengard - 50:00 Wormtongue - 58:00 The Mystery of the Pipeweed - 1:01:00 Haiku Time - 1:03:00 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com or Facebook.com/Tolki...

Concerning "The Road to Isengard", from mournful mists to happy hobbits... Announcements & Correspondence - 1:00 On the Road Again - 20:00 At the Isen Fords - 32:30 The Mist? Meanwhile… - 42:00 The Region of Isengard - 45:30 The Tower of Orthanc - 59:00 The Ring of Isengard - 1:05:30 Merry & Pippin - 1:09:30 Haiku Time! - 1:17:30 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit...

Concerning “The Road to Isengard”, from wondrous woods to glittering caves... Announcements/Correspondence/etc - 1:00 Aftermath/The Mystery of the Trees - 21:00 To Isengard! - 28:00 Burying the Dead/The Dunlanders’ Fate - 32:30 The strange woods - 39:00 Gimli waxes poetic about the beautiful caves - 46:00 The legendary Ents - 1:02:30 Haiku time - 1:17:30 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Ro...

Concerning "Helm's Deep", from darkening hopes to a new day's dawning... Announcements/Correspondence/Etc - 1:00 Dimming Hopes/Gimli's Joy in Battle - 25:00 "That old hatred Saruman has inflamed." - 32:00 The Deeping Wall is Taken - 40:00 Aragorn's Warning - 43:00 Theoden's Ride/The Land Has Changed - 47:30 Haiku Time - 57:15 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit Tolk...

Concerning "Helm's Deep", from a heaviness upon the land to heavy blows in Helm's Deep... Announcements, Correspondence, etc. - 1:00 A heaviness upon the land... - 20:00 "All Isengard must be emptied..." - 29:00 Helm’s Deep - A description - 37:00 Race to Helm’s Deep! - 47:00 The battle begins! - 55:00 Haiku Time - 59:20 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRo...

Concerning "The King of the Golden Hall", from the strange paths of hope to the happy warriors of Rohan... Announcements, Correspondence, etc. - 3:30 Théoden’s Hope - 16:00 Gríma’s last slither - 38:00 Saruman’s treachery - 55:00 The Fate of Eorl’s House - 1:02:00 Ready to Ride! - 1:07:00 Haiku Time - 1:13:30 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com. Beco...

Concerning "The King of the Golden Hall", from distant views of Edoras to Théoden's throneroom... Announcements, Correspondence, etc. - 1:00 A distant view of Edoras - 26:00 "Where now the horse and the rider?" - 31:30 Unfriendly greetings - 39:00 Háma the Doorwarden - 43:30 Théoden & Wormtongue - 55:30 Gandalf the Great - 1:03:00 Éowyn in brief - 1:10:00 "Dark have been my dreams of late..." - 1:...

Concerning "The White Rider", from Gandalf's demonslaying to Galadriel's tidings... Announcements, Correspondence, etc. - 1:00 Concerning Boromir - 23:30 Saruman and the Ring - 27:30 Treebeard and the Ents - 35:00 War Is Upon Us - 46:30 Gandalf vs. the Balrog - 51:00 Galadriel's Tidings - 1:00:00 Shadowfax - 1:04:00 Haiku Time - 1:11:30 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please...

Concerning "The White Rider", from Merry and Pippin's fate to Gandalf's return... Announcements, correspondence, etc - 1:00 More on Ents - 8:30 Who was the old man? - 17:30 Trying to piece together Merry and Pippin’s fate - 24:45 Caught in the Net - 33:00 Gandalf the White - 40:00 Why Gandalf’s Death Isn’t Bad Storytelling - 50:15 Haiku Time - 59:00 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road po...

Concerning "Treebeard", from Entmoot to legendary Ent-march... Announcements, correspondence, etc - 1:00 An important matter - 10:30 Entmoot - 13:00 Merry and Pippin Discuss Isengard & the Ents - 21:00 Bregalad the Hasty - 24:45 The Ents on the March! - 31:00 Haiku - 42:45 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https...

Concerning "Treebeard", from strange beverages to legendary Entwives...   Announcements/Correspondence/Etc - 1:00 Wellinghall/Ent-Draught - 17:30 "Nobody is altogether on my side..." - 23:30 Saruman's Goals - 30:30 Ents and Entwives - 40:00 The Song of the Entwives - 53:30 Haiku Time - 1:00:00 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com. Become a supporter o...

Concerning "Treebeard", from an intro to Ents to Treebeard's song... Announcements & Correspondence - 1:00 What Fangorn Is Like - 23:00 Introducing Treebeard - 27:00 The Lore of Living Creatures - 32:00 Off to Treebeards' Home - 38:00 Appendix F: Concerning Ents - 41:00 The Story of the Ents - 44:00 Treebeard's Song - 52:30 Haiku Time - 59:00 For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast,...

Concerning "The Uruk-Hai", from Orcs up close and personal to relentless Rohirrim... Announcements, correspondence, etc - 1:00 Getting to know the orcs... - 20:00 The Halflings: Wanted Alive - 24:00 Orcs vs. Orcs - 29:30 The Orc-draught - 35:30 “Nazgûl, Nazgûl…" - 43:30 The Rohirrim attack - 46:15 Lembas vs. Orc-draught - 52:30 Into the forest... - 54:45 The assault of the Rohirrim - 57:15 Haiku T...

Concerning "The Riders of Rohan", from Éomer and the men of the Mark to the burnt bones of Orcs... Announcements, correspondence, etc (1:00) The Lay of the Land/Gondor Poem (7:50) In Pursuit of Orcs (13:15) Riders! (18:55) Éomer, the Rohirrim, and Strange Days (22:45) Aragorn Declares Himself (29:50) “How shall a man judge what to do in such times?" (38:30) Horseman, Horse-elf, Horse-dwarf? (41:00...

Concerning "The Departure of Boromir", from elegies for Boromir to Aragorn's decision... Announcements, correspondence, etc (2:00) The Death of Boromir (11:00) The White Hand (21:30) Elegies for Boromir (26:00) Aragorn’s Decision (33:30) Haiku Time (37:45) For more on this episode or The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit TolkienRoad.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.co...

One Episode to Rule Them All!!! Having completed a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion (which spans over 30 hours of content), we decided to do an episode where we cover the whole of The Silmarillion in less than an hour. With this one episode, you get the whole enchilada, from "Ainulindalë" to "Eärendil" to the end of the Third Age. If you've always wanted to read The Silmarillion...

Concerning "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age", from Isildur's Downfall to the triumph of the Little People... notes from listeners & news (4:30) The Beginning of the Third Age (14:30) The Fall of Isildur (17:00) The Decline of Arnor (24:00) The Return of the Ring-Wraiths & the Decline of Gondor (28:00) The Wizards (36:30) The Council of the Wise (40:00) The Triumph of the Little People (48:...

Concerning "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, from the found of Lindon to the Last Alliance of Men and Elves... Correspondence, etc (1:30) First Age and Akallabêth recap (12:30) Lindon, Gil-Galad, and Elrond (20:00) Sauron, Lord of the Gifts (22:30) The Forging of the Rings (25:30) Men = Easy to Ensnare (29:00) The Numenorean Kingdoms of Middle-earth (32:00) The Seven Stones & the White Tre...

Continuing with "Akallabêth", the chronicle of Númenór's downfall... Topics include: Note from a Listener: more March 25th connections (2:30) Sauron's Assault Upon Nimloth the Fair (10:00) The Worship of Melkor (13:00) Ar-Pharazôn's Unholy Crusade (29:30) Amandil Goes West/Elendil Goes East (33:00) Gathering Clouds (36:30) The Assault Upon Aman (39:00) The Great Chasm (41:00) Elendil's Escape & Sa...