The Entmoot Podcast

In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the Ainulindalë, the creation myth of Tolkien's universe.

Primary sources:

The Silmarillion | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Secondary sources:

Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the hard right's obsession with Tolkien, particularly through the figures of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and tech financier Peter Thiel.

Sources:

Hobbits and the Hard Right: How Fantasy Inspires Italy's New Leader -- Jason Horowitz, New York Times

Of Hobbits and Tigers: The Unlikely Heroes of Italy's Radical Right -- Tobias Hof, Fair Observer

How 'Hobbit Camps' Rebirthed Italian Fascism -- John Last, Atlas Obscura

In Italy's Deserted Democracy, Far-Right Giorgia Meloni Has Emerged Victorious -- David Broder, Jacobin

Why Silicon Valley is obsessed with 'The Lord of the Rings' -- Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC

Giorgia Meloni's Neo-Fascism -- Know Your Enemy podcast (bonus episode, to listen subscribe to their Patreon here)

Links to relevant news articles:

Bannon calls Trump supporters hobbits

Musk thinks the Rings of Power Amazon series is too woke

Bezos as a Tolkien nerd

A primer on Berlusconi's sex parties

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss The Hobbit Party by Jonathan Witt and Jay W. Richards, and slightly lose their minds in the process. Part 2 of 2.

Primary sources:

Witt/Richards - The Hobbit Party | The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion

Secondary sources:

Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good | Konczal - Freedom From The Market | Graeber - The Dawn of Everything (for discussion of state-created markets) | Belloc - The Servile State | more on Malthusianism | Jay's Twitter | Jonathan's Twitter

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss The Hobbit Party by Jonathan Witt and Jay W. Richards. Part 1 of 2.

Primary sources:

Witt/Richards - The Hobbit Party | The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion

Secondary sources:

Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good | Dreher - Crunchy Cons | Jay's Twitter | Jonathan's Twitter

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss sex and sexuality across Tolkien's legendarium, particularly in the story of Beren and Luthien. Please be advised that this episode contains non-graphic discussion of sexual assault.

Primary sources:

Beren and Luthien (contains all verse read on the show) | The Lays of Beleriand (contains the full text of The Lay of Leithian) | The Silmarillion | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Secondary sources:

Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the influence of The Lord of the Rings on the 1960s counterculture. Later, Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College, talks with Kenny about his own experience discovering The Lord of the Rings and what it meant to the subculture that he belonged to.

Maurice's latest book is The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors, out now in paperback from Mariner Books.

Also by Maurice Isserman:

Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering | The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington | America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s (w/ Michael Kazin) | Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes (w/ Stewart Weaver) | If I Had A Hammer: The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left (out of print)

Primary sources:

The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion

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Secondary sources:

Ciabattari - Hobbits and Hippies: Tolkien and the Counterculture | Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss formal democratic institutions (or lack thereof) across Tolkien's legendarium.

Primary sources:

The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien |

Secondary sources:

Nardi - Political Institutions in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth | Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good | Fonstad - The Atlas of Middle-Earth | Wills - Lincoln At Gettysburg

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the economic philosophy of distributism and how it influences Tolkien's depiction of life in The Shire.

Primary sources:

The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | Rerum Novarum | Quadragesimo Anno

Secondary sources:

Imbert - Tolkien's Shire | Nardi - Political Institutions in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth | Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Primary sources:

The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth | The Children of Hurin | Beren and Luthien | The Fall of Gondolin | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien |

Secondary sources:

Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography | Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good

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