Here’s a bonus podcast this week — our inaugural Fellowship Fridays Live discussion! Listen in as Michael Grumbine (from Exploring Tolkien), John Trent from Bounding into Comics, John Carswell From The Tolkien Road podcast, The MIddle-earth Mixer, and Steve Babb from Glass Hammer talk Tolkien, movies, games, Steven Spielberg and more!

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John from @BoundingintoComics

The Middle-earth Mixer

John from @TolkienRoad

Steve from @ghprog

Michael from @TheOneRingCom

The last great stronghold of the elves falls to Morgoth, even though Ulmo has been right to warn them all along. This penultimate chapter of the Quenta Silmarillion sets the stage for the final battle against Morgoth and the remaking of the world!

Join Jonathan, Michael, and Dan as they discuss Ulmo’s influence, Turgon’s pride, Maeglin’s treachery, and the Tolkien’s rule on fighting Balrogs!

We also make a special announcement… Livestreams are coming on Friday, April 28th!

Join us in our extended episode where we discuss whether the Valar should care about the Noldor, if the Valar are absentee landlords, why there aren’t any good dragons, and why Turgon is so prideful. To get the extended episode, become a member at https://www.theonering.com/members ($4/mo and free for the 1st month)!

And for our members, make sure you join our Book Club where we’re be reading through Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead.

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Podcaster, Tweeter, and Tolkien fan, we chat with The Middle-earth Mixer about Tolkien, The Rings of Power, and where these upcoming new films from Warner Bros might be going:

• How the movies were his gateway drug into Tolkien

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• Where does the sould/voice/life of the Eagles come from — and what about the talking sword Anglachel?

The Middle-earth Mixer is a podcast and tweeting machine who (while having fun poking fun on Twitter) dives deep into Tolkien’s lore on his easy-to-consume podcasts!

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Morgoth’s curse over Hurin and the Curse of Mandos over the Noldor come join forces and end up destroying the the oldest elven kingdom from the inside out.  When the Nauglamir and the Silmaril meet, all hell breaks loose: the dwarves make a move, Beren makes his return, and Fēanor’s sons strike in the aftermath.

In this episode, Jonathan, Michael, and Dan discuss the power of curses (and why didn’t Morgoth just curse more people), how the Silmaril is actually kind of like the One Ring (and even negatively affects Beren and Luthien), and how–of Hurin’s entire family–Morwen was the only one not conquered.

We also make a special announcement… Livestreams are coming on Friday, April 28th!

Join us in our extended episode where we discuss whether Melian knew about the dwarves and should have warned Thingol, why aren’t the Dwarves burned by the Silmaril, and whether Melian could have (or should have) taken the Silmaril to Valinor. To get the extended episode, become a member at https://www.theonering.com/members ($4/mo and free for the 1st month)!

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In this episode, we find the footsteps of doom overtaking Túrin–despite naming himself “Turambar” (Master of Doom). We take a little extra time to discuss who is more responsible for the doom that leads to the death of so many–Túrin or Morgoth? Should we blame Túrin for any of it? Or should we blame Morgoth’s curse spoken of Húrin?

Join Jonathan, Michael, and Dan as they discuss the rest of the story of Túrin! And, yes, we do dive into the extremely unexpected issue around the talking sword…

Don’t forget to join us in our extended episode where we discuss Túrin’s suicide, and dive into more detail about his unwanted doom! To get the extended episode, become a member at https://www.theonering.com/members ($4/mo and free for the 1st month)!

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The tale of Túrin Turambar is one of the great stories of Middle-earth — Tolkien even mentions it in 1951 as a possible publication after finishing Lord of the Rings. But it’s COMPLETELY different… Túrin isn’t really a hero–he makes bad decisions and runs from them. He refuses forgiveness. He ignores wise advice.

Join Jonathan, Michael, and Dan as they discuss this tragic counterpoint to Beren and Luthién–a tale of woe, sorrow, grief, death, and not much of a happy ending.

Don’t forget to join us in our extended episode where we discuss why this is Jonathan’s favorite (non-LOTR) Tolkien story too! To get the extended episode, become a member at https://www.theonering.com/patron ($4/mo and free for the 1st month)!

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Dan, Michael, and I had a thorough, deep, and fun conversation with Austin Freeman, author of “Tolkien Dogmatics”. In our free podcast, we discuss:

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Austin Freeman has a PhD in systematic theology, is faculty at Houston Christian University, and the author of the book “Tolkien Dogmatics”. Austin’s book is a deep dive into Tolkien’s theology, how he expressed that through his stories, and the care he took in engaging his faith through his creativity.

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John Carswell has been producing The Tolkien Road podcast for almost 8 years– and he’s written two books! Jonathan and Michael dive into what John finds so compelling with Tolkien, his own road to finding more depth and meaning in Tolkien’s works, and what Warner Bros can do to make truly excellent films set in Middle-earth (hint: it has nothing to do with money or effects).

Become a patron to check out our extended podcast where we ply John for Confessions from the Comfy Chair!

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Bounding into Comics isn’t the usual starry-eyed, Hollywood-glorifying, news magazine–the site reports on culture and geek news, but doesn’t ever hesitate to call out the hypocrisy, double-standards, and cronyism seen in those coastal, gilded, navel-gazing circles.

Michael and Jonathan had the pleasure of talking with John Trent, founder and editor-in-chief of Bounding into Comics! We dive into Tolkien in the past, Tolkien in the present (Rings of Power :(), and Tolkien in the Future (the new Warner Bros films), while also examing faith, love, and why writers can’t write anymore.

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Tolkien holds nothing back when the races of Middle-earth decide to take on Morgoth. There’s treachery, gore, rage, victory, defeat–pretty much what Game of Thrones tried to be.

Join Jonathan and Michael as they discuss chapter 20 of The Silmarillion, “Of the Fith Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad”. This is probably one of the hardest chapters to figure out; it brings together many of the characters we’ve met, but in new circumstances and starts tying together storylines that will see a future payoff.

And test yourself if you can recognize the cameos in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films!

Join us in our extended episode by becoming a member (click that JOIN button next to the SUBSCRIBE button–or go to https://www.theonering.com/patron). We talk about Maedhros‘ motivations, James Cameron comparing himself to Tolkien, the 5 upcoming Middle-earth games, and more!  It’s about another 30 minutes of Tolkien talk and it’s free for the first month!

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