A Long Expected Podcast

Hello there! Let's get straight to the point: this is a long chapter. But Meg and Julia have some fun along the way! Topics include our heat wave, going to the movie theatres for the first time in over a year, pb&j quesadillas, our many kitchen disasters, Tolkien's sprinkling of ominous birds throughout the books, the "green smell", the OP trio, grazing elves, listening to the news of the earth, burning live trees, eating feet and horses, my conclusion on the series so far, and much more!

...tune in to the very end to hear Julia singing when their facetime had poor connection!

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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Who would have guessed it? Julia actually made it to The Two Towers! Join Julia and Meg as they navigate this odd start to Part 2, and cover other topics such as Sam memes, wrapping our hair around our heads, the upcoming LOTR Anime film, the Captain Hook of Middle Earth, getting Tolkien on the podcast, whether Boromir is actually sorry or not, Saruman's graphic designer, the pile of bodies at the end of the Rauros river, us rewriting this chapter, the absurd lack of Frodo, and so much more!

Here is the Samwise meme of being the farthest he's ever been from home.

Please message us your answer to this week's listener question: how do you feel about Boromir and what did you originally feel when he died?

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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We've done it: the LAST CHAPTER of The Fellowship Of The Ring... Join Meg and Julia as they dive right into Chapter 10 of Book 2, and also discuss Aragorn finally sleeping, glowing swords, our really bad math and our math-class-tears, more talking about HP (skip from 19:00-19:30 to avoid HP book 7 spoilers), the Bear-Man, predicting the Two Towers, what books we will read after LOTR (The Silmarillion??), Meg spoiling things for me, our complicated recording system, racism and stereotyped characters in the books, Tevildo the giant talking cat, our Canadian accents, a handful of listener questions, and much more!

Link to the mentioned Potterless episode on racism in the Fantasy genre.

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 Julia and Meghan as they read the second last chapter of The Fellowship Of The Ring. Topics include Dora The Explorer, Merry and Pippin's Podcast, the new LOTR Amazon TV Series, the grinch as a child and babies with teeth, a Radagast The Brown fanfiction, Julia giving up reading LOTR, a Frodo death count, how this journey is SUCH a waste of time, Julia's dislike of Boromir, Gassy Jack, Yosemite Sam, Aragorn the king who is returning (?), an unimportant waterfall, Julia finally finding a good Middle Earth map, dread for The Two Towers, and 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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Let's all drink from the Cup of Farewell! Join Meghan and Julia as they are nearing the end of The Fellowship Of The Ring, today in Chapter 8. On top of the usual LOTR, topics include the mysterious old man on Julia's property, Merry and Pippin's Podcast, Meg's omniscience, that Hobbits are cats, Frodo's lack of personality, Rachel Maksy, cat names (Betty White and Caesar Salad), Elanor the literal flower, ropes are important, Canada merch, cobra chickens/canadian geese, the Hogwarts equivalent of LOTR, our mass mispronunciations (why didn't you tell us!), our gardens, gift giving in Narnia, and much more!

Julia also went over an Instagram poll on getting to know you all. Follow us on there if you want to take part next time!

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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Do not touch the water! and join Meg and Julia as they cover chapter 7 of book 2 of The Fellowship of the Rings. Aside from the actual chapter, topics include the Amazon TV series on LOTR, tree houses and our childhood letdowns, Aragorn's mysterious age, the importance of a good sleep (and our tears when we don't have one), Gandalf's bushy eyebrows, Julia's "silvery elf lady" from episode 0, the mistrust of people who use third-person to refer to themselves, elves vs politicians, tons of theories, numerous tests, Gimli's secret wife, Tolkien's obsession with excess amounts of body hair, and much more!

Julia also predicted who four of the LOTR ladies that you sent in are, and she's probably very wrong! 

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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Daro! Join Meghan and Julia as they dive into the 6th chapter of Book 2. Can you believe there's only 4 more episodes until the end of the Fellowship? Today's topics include learning Elvish, Star Trek, The Soviet Union LOTR, the Eagle theory, Mirrormere the puddle, our unprofessional opinions on geography, carpet burns, mining sentient rocks, the Havens and Galdor, living in trees (our dream), Julia's book and movie memory loss, stairs and Julia's lack of, Elves being extra, stress over Aragorn and the Aragorn hype (he's a big deal), magical ladies, and much more. And we get into a listener question relating to the pronunciation of "LOTR"!

A task for you this week: let us know the name of a female LOTR character that Julia hasn't met yet, and next episode she'll predict who they'll be!

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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You *cannot* pass!! In this episode, Meg and Julia tackle this iconic passage of LOTR. Topics covered along the way: the LOTR TV show, true crime vs the supernatural, our dreams, dwarf remains, the science and logic behind a "toeless foot", breaking bones, Julia calling Frodo "Bilbo" by accident, a Quick Duck, Potterless and the word "grope", on being an Orc drummer, bitter Gandalf, the anticlimactic iconic scene, Gandalf's death?!?, Aragorn's building trauma, Fatty Bolger, and much more!

No question for you all this week! Feel free to email or DM us questions or comments if you have any.

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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Tom tap, tom tap... In this episode, Meg and Julia discuss Chapter 4 of Book 2 in The Fellowship Of The Ring. They also talk about angsty Boromir, Wargs (wolves but extra), grief at losing Bill, plot holes, dwarf home lives, Snow White and The Seven Dwarves, children's book illustrations, sassy Gandalf, "password", the cats of Middle Earth, our cats, hobbits travelling barefoot, hobbit walking-parties, lawn mowing and the old man on Julia's property, Gandalf "flying by the seat of his pants", and much more!

We also go over last week's listener question. Thank you to those that answered!

No question for you all this week! Feel free to email or DM us questions or comments if you have any.

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, Julia, and guest Liam Magnesium in this 13th episode of A Long Expected Podcast. We dive into Chapter 3 of Book 2, which is Julia's worst nightmare: a long traveling montage. In more interesting topics, we talk about the return of Pippin's sass, the bath song, the Eye of Sauron (apparently not important??), symbolism, "you shall not pass", Julia's wrong interpretation of the forming of The Company, Bilbo's dang book, michel delving, wild death predictions, The Company vs The Fellowship, vibes from rocks, carrying hobbits on your shoulders, and so much more.

We also go over last week's listener question. Thank you to those that answered!

We were joined by Liam Magnesium, who is a solo power metal artist and a multi-instrumentalist. Please check out his music here and his website here!

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!

The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "How do you pronounce LOTR?"

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