By request, Paul talks about the Tolkien book that most people don't finish, which is funny because it's about 700 pages shorter than his best one.

Tolkein, J.R.R. The Silmarillion. Christopher Tolkien, ed. Houghton Mifflin: London, 1977. 

Paul discusses the 2022 film Prey, the umpteenth sequel to 1987's Predator, and the only one that's not bad, 

Trachtenburg, Dave. Prey. USA: 20th Century Studios, 2022. 

Paul discusses the life and times of that one and only Warrior Philosopher King Alexander the Great, and we consider how having a good edcation can propel you.

Savill, Agnes. Alexander the Great and His Times. London: Rockliffe, 1956. 

Hamlet is much bigger and better than it was supposed to be, so it's only natural that its existential death satire (if that's a genre) is too. Paul talks Tom Stoppard's brilliant 1966 play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Toronto: Thompson and Nelson, 2003.

Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. New York: Grove Press, 1967. 

Paul is joined by returning guests Fynn and Coen to discuss the Rings of Power TV series. 

McKay, Patrick and J. D. Payne. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. NZ and UK: Amazon Studios and New Line Cinema, 2022. 

You don't need to ever go to a movie theatre again. Paul's suggestion: don't!

Paul talks about speculative fiction, and how some of its best writers proved that their escapism is more real than many of the best writing reality. Apologies to Cormac McCarthy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy

Shippey, Tom. J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. London: HarperCollins, 2001.

Paul talks about what was once a very fine show: HBO's Westworld. 

Paul discusses the reinterest in Norse Faith around the world, and how--what a shock!--it has all the same issues as every other religion out there. 

McIntosh, Christopher. Beyond the North Wind. Newburyport: Weiser. 2019.

Sturlusson, Snorri. The Poetic Edda. 

Paul discusses the complex source of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power in anticipation of the forthcoming Amazon series.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (1977), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, Boston: Houghton Mifflin,