The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling the Worlds of Narnia, Middle-earth and Others

By Daniel Payne & Phil WhisenhuntReligion & Spirituality Christianity Arts Books

The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling the Worlds of Narnia, Middle-earth and Others episodes

January 07 The Escape - The Hobbit, Ch. 9
The dwarves escape from the elven kingdom.

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49 min
December 24, 2025 The Forest - The Hobbit, Ch. 8
Thorin, Bilbo, and the dwarves lose their way in the magical forest of Mirkwood.

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46 min
December 10, 2025 The Bear - The Hobbit, Ch. 7
Gandalf introduces the company to an unlikely ally.

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1 hr 2 min
November 30, 2025 CS Lewis Reading Day 2025
Phil and Daniel celebrate this year's CS Lewis Reading Day.

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29 min
November 26, 2025 The Wolves - The Hobbit, Ch. 6
Wolves attack the Company on the other side of the Misty Mountains.

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58 min
November 12, 2025 The Riddles - The Hobbit, Ch. 5
Deep inside the Misty Mountains, Bilbo plays a game of riddles with a strange creature.

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1 hr 14 min
October 29, 2025 The Goblins - The Hobbit, Ch. 4
The dwarves make a startling discovery inside a cave in the Misty Mountains.

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1 hr 12 min
October 15, 2025 The Reprieve - The Hobbit, Ch. 3
The Company finds an uneasy rest amongst the elves of Rivendell.

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Tolkien's illustration of Rivendell

Lauterbrunnen Valley

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1 hr
October 01, 2025 The Trolls - The Hobbit, Ch. 2
Just as the adventure is beginning, the dwarves and Bilbo are captured by trolls.

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1 hr 11 min
September 17, 2025The Party - The Hobbit, Ch. 1
A company of dwarves arrive on the doorstep of an unsuspecting hobbit.

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Exploring JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, by Corey Olson

The History of the Hobbit, by John Rateliff

The Annotated Hobbit, by Douglas A. Anderson

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1 hr 16 min

About The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling the Worlds of Narnia, Middle-earth and Others

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The Lamp-post Listener is a podcast where two friends travel further up and further into classic works of children's literature - from the woods of CS Lewis's Narnia to the mountains of JRR Tolkien's…