The Podcast of Power

Every gift comes with strings, and Annatar keeps pulling. Mike White and Chris Stachiw recap “Halls of Stone,” as Durin III brings sunlight back to Khazad-dûm and starts treating his new ring like a license to dig deeper. Disa hears trouble beneath the mountain, while Durin IV takes his concerns to Celebrimbor — who gets another master class in misplaced blame from his supposedly divine collaborator. In Númenor, Pharazôn’s crackdown on the Faithful turns a memorial service into a deadly confrontation, with Kemen proving that being the king’s son hardly makes him princely. The rings promise salvation, but the bill is already coming due.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

The road to Eregion gets stranger, and so does everyone on it. Mike White and Chris Stachiw recap "Eldest," as Elrond and Galadriel detour around a lightning-shattered bridge and straight into a nest of Barrow-wights on their way to warn Gil-galad. In Rhûn, the Stranger meets the enigmatic Tom Bombadil while Nori and Poppy stumble on a hidden community of Stoors — distant kin to the Harfoots, still chasing the legend of the Sûzat. Back on the road, Arondir finally puts together what Estrid's been hiding, and the two of them talk their way out of a vengeful pair of Ents holding Isildur and the Wild Men hostage. But the episode's gut-punch comes at the end: Galadriel hands Elrond her ring, Nenya, and stays behind to buy him time, only to fall into Adar's hands herself.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

A Great Eagle, a hidden palantír, and a secret brand no one's supposed to see — Mike White and Chris Stachiw break down "The Eagle and the Sceptre," the episode that starts stacking Middle-earth's dominoes. Isildur, presumed dead, turns up alive and falls in with the mysterious Estrid, who's hiding an Adar's brand of her own; the Wild Men who attack them force an unlikely alliance with a grieving Arondir. In Númenor, Eärien's reveal that Míriel has been using an Elvish seeing-stone ignites a succession crisis just as a Great Eagle descends on her coronation — a sign Lord Belzagar is quick to claim for Pharazôn instead. Meanwhile in Eregion, Annatar and Celebrimbor come calling on the Dwarves for mithril, and Durin III's answer sets his kingdom on a darker path.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

The cracks Sauron has been counting on start to show. Mike White and Chris Stachiw dig into "Where the Stars are Strange," as the eruption of Mount Doom splits Khazad-dûm's foundations and pits King Durin III against his own son over how, or whether, to save it. Galadriel's vision of Celebrimbor's death sends her racing for Eregion with Elrond reluctantly at her side, while in Rhûn, the Stranger's first real taste of power ends in disaster, scattering Nori and Poppy into a desert storm. And at Eregion's gates, Halbrand finally sheds his old name, presenting himself to Celebrimbor as Annatar, the "Lord of Gifts" — the offer that will doom a city. The Podcast of Power tracks the exact moment Sauron stops hiding and starts building.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

Three Rings have been forged, Sauron has been unmasked, and Middle-earth is already rewriting the story it thinks it knows. Mike White and Chris Stachiw return to The Rings of Power with “Elven Kings Under the Sky,” the Season Two premiere, tracing Sauron’s grotesque rebirth, his uneasy bargain with Adar, Elrond’s refusal to trust the Three, and the choice that puts Galadriel back in their orbit.

Then Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary joins the show to discuss building the series’ musical language: giving characters and kingdoms distinct identities, carrying themes across a world burdened by musical history, and hiding relationships inside the score—including the octave leap connecting Galadriel, Númenor, and Eregion. The Podcast of Power is back, and the music already knows where the darkness is heading.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

The Lord of the Rings is back in a big way with Amazon Studio's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Set almost 5000 years before the events of the original films, the show follows the exploits of various inhabitants of Middle-Earth as they attempt to uncover the origins of the darkness spreading over the land. While it features a handful of characters from the original films, the show follows all new characters in a familiar yet fresh world.

Join the Projection Booth's Mike White and The Kulturecast's Chris Stachiw as they round out the show's first season with the eighth episode "Alloyed". We finally find out the identities of several yet-unnamed characters and the creation of some of the titular rings of power.

Check out The Projection Booth at www.projectionboothpodcast.com, The Kulturecast at kulturecast.com, and this show over podcastofpower.com.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

The Lord of the Rings is back in a big way with Amazon Studio's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Set almost 5000 years before the events of the original films, the show follows the exploits of various inhabitants of Middle-Earth as they attempt to uncover the origins of the darkness spreading over the land. While it features a handful of characters from the original films, the show follows all new characters in a familiar yet fresh world.

Join the Projection Booth's Mike White and The Kulturecast's Chris Stachiw as they take a weekly journey back into the world of Tolkien with a look at the show's seventh episode "The Eye". The show finally deals with the fallout of last week's big twist, sends the Stranger on his path of enlightenment, and shares another big reveal deep in the mines.

Check out The Projection Booth at www.projectionboothpodcast.com, The Kulturecast at kulturecast.com, and this show over podcastofpower.com.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-podcast-of-power--5652801/support.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

The Lord of the Rings is back in a big way with Amazon Studio's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Set almost 5000 years before the events of the original films, the show follows the exploits of various inhabitants of Middle-Earth as they attempt to uncover the origins of the darkness spreading over the land. While it features a handful of characters from the original films, the show follows all new characters in a familiar yet fresh world.

Join the Projection Booth's Mike White and The Kulturecast's Chris Stachiw as they take a weekly journey back into the world of Tolkien with a look at the show's sixth episode "Udûn". The show finally makes a big change, introduces some disparate groups to one another, and makes some Uruk sympathetic.

Check out The Projection Booth at www.projectionboothpodcast.com, The Kulturecast at kulturecast.com, and this show over podcastofpower.com.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-podcast-of-power--5652801/support.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

The Lord of the Rings is back in a big way with Amazon Studio's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Set almost 5000 years before the events of the original films, the show follows the exploits of various inhabitants of Middle-Earth as they attempt to uncover the origins of the darkness spreading over the land. While it features a handful of characters from the original films, the show follows all new characters in a familiar yet fresh world.

Join the Projection Booth's Mike White and The Kulturecast's Chris Stachiw as they take a weekly journey back into the world of Tolkien with a look at the show's fifth episode "Partings". The show begins to possibly show some cracks with the storytelling as it meanders around all the plot lines with very little to say on any.

Check out The Projection Booth at www.projectionboothpodcast.com, The Kulturecast at kulturecast.com, and this show over podcastofpower.com.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-podcast-of-power--5652801/support.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com

The Lord of the Rings is back in a big way with Amazon Studio's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Set almost 5000 years before the events of the original films, the show follows the exploits of various inhabitants of Middle-Earth as they attempt to uncover the origins of the darkness spreading over the land. While it features a handful of characters from the original films, the show follows all new characters in a familiar yet fresh world.

Join the Projection Booth's Mike White and The Kulturecast's Chris Stachiw as they take a weekly journey back into the world of Tolkien with a look at the show's fourth episode "The Great Wave". It continues to bore us with the world of Numenor, a return to the Dwarf city, and some hot elf on orc action.

Check out The Projection Booth at www.projectionboothpodcast.com, The Kulturecast at kulturecast.com, and this show over podcastofpower.com.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-podcast-of-power--5652801/support.

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The Podcast of Power is a weekly Rings of Power breakdown from Mike White and Chris Stachiw — one episode at a time, plus whatever Middle-earth tangents we can't help ourselves from taking.  

Mike is the host of The Projection Booth. Chris is the host of The Kulturecast.  

New episodes every week. Follow the show so you don't miss one: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-podcast-of-power  

Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify genuinely move the needle on who finds us — it takes a minute and it helps more than you'd think.  

The Podcast of Power is part of Weirding Way Media. https://weirdingwaymedia.com