J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit celebrates its 80th Anniversary.  For this episode, I am joined by my own company of 14 contributors from around the world to celebrate.  We discuss the author, the book and the various movies and how they have influenced us.

1. Joseph Sale https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13dark-issue-1-dead-voices-horror#/ http://themindflayer.com/

2. Jim, The Forgotten News Podcast http://podbay.fm/show/1260175711 https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast-1862495784012516/

3. Anthony Von Dessauer, The Curse of Silverlake Podcast http://silverlake.edgeoftheweb.net/ https://www.facebook.com/SilverlakeRPG/

4. Emily Prokop, The Story Behind Podcast http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/StoryBehindPod/

5. Gnome, Hexes and Bows Podcast https://hexesnbows.podbean.com/ https://hexesandbows.com/ https://www.facebook.com/hexesandbowsgaming/

6. Jeff, Everything is Awesome Podcast / Shattered Worlds RPG Podcast https://www.facebook.com/everythingisawesomepodcast/ http://awesomepod.squarespace.com/ http://shatteredworlds.libsyn.com/

7. Russ More, Dumbgeons and Dragons Podcast https://www.dumbdragons.com/ http://dumbgeonsanddragons.libsyn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/dumbdragonpodcast

8. Justin Zenger, Zeng This Podcast http://zengthis.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/zengthis/

9. Foxman, Boob Tube Buddies Podcast http://www.boobtubebuddies.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BoobTubeBuddies/

10. Christopher DeVoss, Host of Podcast 42/Over the Line https://www.facebook.com/groups/otlshow/ https://overthelineshow.wordpress.com/

11. Shelly, Stiffler Stitching https://www.etsy.com/shop/StifflerStitching

12. Alex, Zane and Sebastian, Second Take Podcast http://www.secondtakepodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/secondtake

13. Brett, Silver Screens and Politics Podcast http://tiltingwindmillstudios.com/silverscreensandpolitics/ https://www.facebook.com/silverscreensandpolitics/

14. Jim Ryan, Jim Yes that Jim / The CypherCast Podcast https://jimyesthatjim.com/ https://cyphercast.net/

"Ascending the Vale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Special thanks to Jonathan Young for allowing us to use the Misty Mountains cover.  You can find him at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CwS-dn44gQ

https://www.facebook.com/jonathanyoungmusic