Our hosts chat about the third and final stand-alone story from the first age (and one of the first Middle Earth stories Tolkien ever wrote): the Fall of Gondolin. Join them as they chat about the evolution of the story, the epic feel of its storytelling, and more. Which of the three First Age tales was your favorite?

Our hosts continue their journey through the three Great Tales from the First Age of Middle Earth. This week: Beren and Luthien, the story of an elf woman who falls in love with a mortal man. Join us as we talk about the story, how it mirrors parts of Tolkien's own love story, and what we think of Christopher's edited version.

Our Fellowship is reunited! And we begin our (brief...we hope) journey into three of the great tales of the first age. We start this week with the Children of Hurin, probably the most tragic story that Tolkien ever told. What do we like? What do we dislike? Will Turin ever think of someone other than himself? Listen in to find out!

Our fellowship is (temporarily) broken and Jon and Ron have travelled to San Antonio for the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Not to be discouraged by their diminished numbers, the pair get together and chat for a bit about how their Bible-Nerd-dom and their Tolkien-Nerd-dom intersect.

Tolkien had a deep love for languages and their history. In fact, his invented langauges were in many ways the impetus behind the creation of many of the cultures and stories of Middle Earth. Join our hosts as the scratch the surface on Tolkien and his langauges.

We just can't stop talking about LotR movies! Our hosts take one more spin around the "Remake" idea, thinking about characters or scenes that they'd like to see redone, and maybe a few that they hope don't get screwed up. What about you? Are there any characters or scenes that you would love to see in a remake?

Ring wraiths and spiders and...cats? Oh my! Our hosts get into the Holloween 'spirit' (see what I did there?) and talk about monsters in Middle Earth. What are some of the iconic Tolkien monsters and what makes them so scary?

It has been 20 years. Is it time for a new version of the Lord of the Rings to come to the screen? Listen in as our hosts discuss the pros and cons and what they would like to see in a remake. And give us your opinion! Is it time? What would you want a remake to look like? And who should each of our hosts be cast as?

This week, our hosts talk about a few others scenes and characters from the book they would have liked to see incorporated into PJ's films. What about you? Were there scenes in the book that you wish had made the cut for the movies?

We've finished our reviews of the films, but that doesn't mean we're done with them! This week our hosts tackle a major scene from Tolkien's work that didn't make it into PJ's movies: the Scouring of the Shire. Why did we miss it? Why was it left out? Was there any way to include it?