Speculative Tolkienism

By Lee Scrivner and Kevin Brewer

The guys chime in about Tolkien.

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The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.

Speculative Tolkienism episodes:

May 05, 2024 Why Didn't Gollum Attack in the Dead Marshes? (Speculative Tolkienism 63)
We plumb the depths of the Dead Marshes and ask what if Gollum had tried to take the ring from him there instead of in Shelob's lair.

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18min
May 05, 2024 Tolkien's Triumvirate - Gollum/Frodo/Sam (Speculative Tolkienism 62)
We finally interact with Gollum and discuss the tripartite relationship betwixt him and his two fellow hobbit ring-bearers.

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23min
April 13, 2024 Did Galadriel's Rope Fail? I'm a Frayed Knot. (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 61)
Today, like Frodo and Sam, we spend waaay too much time on the Emyn Muil.

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27min
April 13, 2024 The Gollum Apocalypse (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 60)
Today, March 25th, is the 6000th anniversary of Gollum's "fall," the defeat of Sauron, and the end of the 3rd age.

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17min
April 13, 2024 The Palantir Conspiracy (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 59)
Here at the midway point in Lord of the Rings, we find a portal, as it were, connecting everything.

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24min
April 13, 2024 Panic in Orthanc! (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 58)
We decode Saruman's voice and rhetoric and reveal that he is actually just Tim the Enchanter.

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31min
April 13, 2024 Smoking Jetsam With Angry Ents (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 57)
We discuss Flotsam, Jetsam, Herons, Huorns, and other linguistic eccentricities found in Ch 9.

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18min
April 13, 2024 Gimli Tries to Describe Caves (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 56)
We discuss Gimli's longwindedness about those dang caves. Gandalf's tight-lippedness about Isengard. And how those zany hobbits make a perilous world tolerable.

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21min
April 13, 2024 Tolkien-Inspired Bands -- Do They Live Up To Their Billing? (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 55)
A bit of a side-quest today as we discuss the wide proliferation of Tolkien-themed band names.

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22min
April 13, 2024 Aragorn's Secret Love? (Speculative Tolkienism Ep 54)
Today we look at Helm's Deep, especially the Jackson version, and Aragorn's central role therein.

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25min

FAQs about Speculative Tolkienism:

How many episodes does Speculative Tolkienism have?

The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.