The Evan Brand Show

This special episode looks not at a region but the Great River Anduin  that flows from the far north, all the way to the sea. It's the great  vein of the West of Middle-earth and something we'll be seeing a lot of  with the coming Rohan expansion.

Gil-galad was an elven king; of him the harpers sadly sing.

Short and sweet, this episode takes a quick look at the farm of  Bamfurlong and its master, Farmer Maggot. What is his connexion to Tom  Bombadil, and why is Frodo so very afraid of him? Have a listen and find  out.

Down, down we go!

Enedwaith is a big, unruly zone, so I had to call in the big, unruly  podcasting guns. Syp joins me as we explore and discuss the many, many  different areas of the 'middle waste', from its brief history as a  forestry center all the way to its involvement with the Dunlendings and  Saruman. It's a wild, wild wilderness and one that we think you will  enjoy.

There's queer folk in Buckland, or so the saying goes.

We are getting closer and closer to Rohan! So with this 14th episode, I  have a look at the new(ish) Great River region, specifically the  Cuthstan a great statue erected to remind us of the friendship between  Gondor and Rohan

Far over...

I'm flying solo again in Episode 13, up and away to the Misty Mountains  cold! Join me in a brief look at what makes those Mountains one of the  great crossroads of Middle-earth.

Happy Tolkien Reading Day! 

"When  four hobbits and a ranger find their way over the Last Bridge and into  the Trollshaws they come upon a strange but familiar sight: three stone  trolls." Though these three louts are the icons of the Trollshaws, there  is a lot more to it than just Bert, Tom, and William. Merric of A  Casual Stroll to Mordor joins me as we sift through the autumn leaves  and ford-water to find out more of this zone.