The Entmoot Podcast

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the Ainulindalë, the creation myth of Tolkien's universe. Primary sources: The Silmarillion | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Secondary sources: Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography Leave us a review! Send us an email at entmootpod@gmail.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the hard right's obsession with Tolkien, particularly through the figures of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and tech financier Peter Thiel. Sources: Hobbits and the Hard Right: How Fantasy Inspires Italy's New Leader -- Jason Horowitz, New York Times Of Hobbits and Tigers: The Unlikely Heroes of Italy's Radical Right -- Tobias Hof, Fair Observer How '...

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss The Hobbit Party by Jonathan Witt and Jay W. Richards, and slightly lose their minds in the process. Part 2 of 2. Primary sources: Witt/Richards - The Hobbit Party | The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion Secondary sources: Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good | Konczal - Freedom From...

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss The Hobbit Party by Jonathan Witt and Jay W. Richards. Part 1 of 2. Primary sources: Witt/Richards - The Hobbit Party | The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion Secondary sources: Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good | Dreher - Crunchy Cons | Jay's Twitter | Jonathan's Twitter Leave us a...

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss sex and sexuality across Tolkien's legendarium, particularly in the story of Beren and Luthien. Please be advised that this episode contains non-graphic discussion of sexual assault. Primary sources: Beren and Luthien (contains all verse read on the show) | The Lays of Beleriand (contains the full text of The Lay of Leithian) | The Silmarillion | The Lord of...

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the influence of The Lord of the Rings on the 1960s counterculture. Later, Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College, talks with Kenny about his own experience discovering The Lord of the Rings and what it meant to the subculture that he belonged to. Maurice's latest book is The Winter Army: The World Wa...

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss formal democratic institutions (or lack thereof) across Tolkien's legendarium. Primary sources: The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | Secondary sources: Nardi - Political Institutions in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth | Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hr...

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the economic philosophy of distributism and how it influences Tolkien's depiction of life in The Shire. Primary sources: The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | Rerum Novarum | Quadragesimo Anno Secondary sources: Imbert - Tolkien's Shire | Nardi - Political Institutions in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth | Carpe...

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Primary sources: The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth | The Children of Hurin | Beren and Luthien | The Fall of Gondolin | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | Secondary sources: Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the C...