Tea with Tolkien

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Join us as we chat about the works and faith of J.R.R. Tolkien, and strive to carry a little piece of Middle-Earth into our own daily lives.

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February 08, 2023 The Fall of Númenor: Introduction to The Fall of Númenor & The Second Age
Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. This book was released last November, so just a few months ago at the time of recording, and our community voted and chose to read this for our first book club of 2023. If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. For the sake of our book club, I’ve broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we’ll be covering the first ‘section’: from “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age”. I’ll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club’s discussion for those who may have missed our live chat. This week we are covering Part One: Introduction: “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age” Resources: The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96 The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8 Nerd of the Rings for Lore Videos (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdoftheRings Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop/silmarillion-readers-guide https://mythgard.org/academy/book-of-lost-tales-part-1/ https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Athrabeth_Finrod_ah_Andreth https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Host_of_the_Valar https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Notion_Club_Papers https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/Letter131 https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Gleam-T-M-Doran-ebook/dp/B004UC7K4S
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February 01, 2022 The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book VI
Book Six of The Lord of the Rings begins with Sam’s desperate search to
rescue Frodo from the Orc tower. As he begins to lose all hope, he realizes
Frodo is being kept in a secret tower above and quickly climbs up to find
him. Reunited, Sam returns the Ring to Frodo and they flee towards Mount
Doom.
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January 01, 2022 The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book V
Book IV of The Lord of the Rings follows Frodo and Sam as they slowly
journey towards the Land of Mordor. After leaving the Fellowship behind,
they become lost as they wander through the wilderness. Gollum has been
pursuing them at length, and finally comes to them as they wander. Rather
than hiding or attacking, they take him in as their guide. Gollum guides
them eagerly through the Dead Marshes and to the Black Gate, however they
soon realize they will need to enter Mordor through a different path.
Gollum tells them of a different, secret path which will lead them through
a tunnel…
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December 14, 2021 Book Clubs, Online Community, & Free Resources: What you can expect from Tea with Tolkien in 2022
Mentioned in this Episode:
Tea with Tolkien Book Club
Tolkien Reading Day
Christ and Tolkien Conference
Silmarillion Reader’s Guide
LOTRonPrime Update Page
Hobbit Party Page
Free Resource Library
Tea with Tolkien Patreon
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December 01, 2021 The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book IV
Book IV of The Lord of the Rings follows Frodo and Sam as they slowly
journey towards the Land of Mordor. After leaving the Fellowship behind,
they become lost as they wander through the wilderness. Gollum has been
pursuing them at length, and finally comes to them as they wander. Rather
than hiding or attacking, they take him in as their guide. Gollum guides
them eagerly through the Dead Marshes and to the Black Gate, however they
soon realize they will need to enter Mordor through a different path.
Gollum tells them of a different, secret path which will lead them through
a tunnel…
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November 01, 2021 The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book III
Book Three of The Lord of the Rings brings about many changes for the
members of the now-broken Fellowship. A lot of this book feels like
atonement for past mistakes -- for Boromir, he has paid with his life; for
Aragorn, he seems desperate to discern the correct path forward; for
Theoden, he has finally been freed from Grima’s influence; for Saruman, the
Ents have brought about his well-deserved destruction. And Gandalf has
returned against all hope!
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October 01, 2021 The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book II
: In this book, we see the formation and departure of the Fellowship of the
Ring. Finally, the quest has fully begun. While Frodo is willing to take
the burden of the Ring onto himself, he acknowledges that he doesn’t even
know where to begin in terms of getting it to Mordor. And Elrond
understands that he cannot go alone. However, he doesn’t send him forth
with a host of great warriors -- rather he sends him in a small group meant
to represent all the peoples of Middle-Earth, a group formed largely around
friendship! So we see the theme of Fellowship carrying through into Book
II. The life-saving, life-giving virtue of friendship…
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September 01, 2021 The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book I
You're listening to Tea with Tolkien, a Podcast for the Hobbit at Heart.
Join us as we chat about the works and faith of J.R.R. Tolkien, and strive to carry a little piece of Middle-Earth into our own daily lives.
This is the first in a seven-part book club series on The Lord of the Rings. These episodes will be released on the first of each month from now through March to accompany our Book Club as we’re reading The Lord of the Rings! If you’d like to join our book club, you can visit www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club.
This episode is a quick summary of The Lord of the Rings Book I, meant to spark a conversation about the book in our Discord server!
Join us anytime throughout the month on our text channel, or on the voice channel on:
September 11 1-2PM EST
September 25 1-2PM EST
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May 24, 2021 Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age (Silmarillion Study, Part 20)
For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm20
My full chapter notes can be read here:
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May 18, 2021 Akallabêth pt. 2 (Silmarillion Study, Part 19)
For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm19
My full chapter notes can be read here: Guide to The Silmarillion: Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor
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FAQs about Tea with Tolkien:

How many episodes does Tea with Tolkien have?

The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.