Ninnyhammers! Noodles! In this episode, join Meg and Julia as they cover Chapter 1 in Book 4 of the Two Towers by JRR Tolkien. They also talk about gingerbread battle scenes, driving in snow, calling Tolkien's ghost, VHS tapes, Meg's magnetic computer, the softness of dairy, the love of Sam's rope, similarities between LoTR and HP, they go over listener answers to last episode's question, and so much more.

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hello friends! Join us in this episode to hear us talk about the last chapter in Book 3! We also talk about floods, Cascadia, Quebec, Hawthorn trees, slumber parties, character deaths, being hobbits, curly hair, haggis, sleeping with eyes open, Gandalf the Silver Fox, band names, the great "HE", a white tree with seven stars, walkie talkies, sleeping on a horse, and so much more!

Email us or DM us to answer this episode's question: do you think you'd genuinely go on this adventure if you were in Merry and Pippin's situation, based on your personality? 

 If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hello there! Join Meg and Julia as they discuss so many things other than The Two Towers Chapter 10, including Christmas, Meg's Coffee Shop, cats and trees, croutons, Percy Jackson, wizard colours, predictions for the future, the "two towers", a Longbottom update, LoTR cross stitching, and the actual chapter itself!

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Happy Hallows Eve! Do hobbits even have this holiday? In today's episode, Meg and Julia cover Ch 9 of The Two Towers. They also talk about their weird dreams, a little catch-up on their lives, haunted corn mazes, Inktober, Walk To Mordor, Ent Juice, the personal growth of Merry and Pippin, Neville Longbottom, fruit fly kill count: 6, the correct pronunciation of Saruman, Canadian Thanksgiving, *Julia meant to say 5th of March, not 5th of  November, in the episode*, our least favourite months, Hobbit Holidays, "Pinch-Punch-First-Of-The-Month", what Ents look like, wizardry "falling-off", the truth of Flotsam and Jetsam, speculating the future quests, Orc history, your kind messages, and more.

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hello there! Join Meg and Julia as they make their way through The Two Towers, today being on Chapter 8. On top of LoTR they cover topics such as fruit flies, Over The Garden Wall, Iowa, old man Gandalf, the Lorax, old white guys (and scary beards), walking trees, a new brand logo for Saruman, Sorcerer Mickey, how wizards are like cats, Flotsam and Jetsam (and cargo??), Gandalf the White Wine, we go over your answers to last episode's question, and so much more!

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hello dear friends! Join Meg and Julia as they try to understand this confusing chapter of LoTR. Our muddled topics include: mr. Helm himself, Julia's most hated word: fireplace, the ultimate breakdown of the army, Gandalf and Saruman twinning, the LoTR road trip, TWO epic Meghan monologues, the biome of middle earth (and APES?!), chess vs checkers, The Queens Gambit, walking trees, what Sauron looks like, why Gandalf is so mysterious (we mention Harry Potter, of course), knitting Orcs, we follow up on the worms of fiction, and so much more!

Do you like Gandalf the Grey or Gandalf the White better? We'd love to hear from you.

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hello there! Join Meg and Julia as they discuss reading Chapter 6 of The Two Towers. Other topics include Julia's mural and Meghan on caffeine, Elijah Wood being 40, coffee in Middle Earth, Bill vs Shadowfax, so much blonde flowing hair, Meg's fear of worms and our traumatic stories, "cantankerous", how math is to blame and our AP English experience, Dutch birthday traditions, Aragorn's illegal crush, the Worms of Fantasy, Helm the Worm, and so much more.  

...do you have a favourite fictional worm? childhood worm traumas? We'd love to hear from you.

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hello friends! Today you catch us discussing Chapter 5 in The Two Towers: The White Rider. Instead of simply sticking to the chapter, we also talk about autumn, sweater collecting, our need for naps, bushy eyebrows, ears growing forever* (and Julia's tiny ears), is Gandalf caucasian?, Yoda and Shakespeare, Tom Bombadil and dancing naked, LOTR without the Eagle, blood suns, asthma, how fit the company is, who the main character is, and much more!

*since recording, we have learned that ears do not grow forever, the cartilage just stretches out and creates drooping ears. The More You Know.

Let us know when you started listening to our podcast! We'd love to hear from you.

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hoo Hum... Hey there! Join Meg and Julia as they cover this in-tree-guing chapter in The Two Towers. You seriously wood-n't be-leaf how much we loved it. We also branch out to other topics: pb&j quesadillas, and meghan's lack of knowledge of burritos, Red Robin, Cinderella III, that kid from Deadpool 2, poetic death, podcast bingo, baby Entwash, hot Ent ladies, our hate for social media, the Fairy Creek Blockade, theories on the White Rider, wild and unpredictable kids, meghan's actual favourite chapter, and much more! 

We went over many listener responses to last episode's question, thank you to all who responded! 

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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Hello there!! Join Meg and Julia as they are thrilled to be back with the best boys: Merry and Pippin. They also talk about a plethora of orc voices, Meg's geometric LOTR books, Six of Crows, cats who love chlorine and other stories, lakes vs oceans, "more bed than you can stomach", the besties Sauron and Saruman, too much flowing hair, predictions going forward, and much more!

Listeners, we'd love to know: do you like Merry or Pippin better from the books? Let us know by emailing or messaging us on Instagram!

If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts and questions!

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