The Tolkien Lore Podcast

By Joshua ScottArts

The Tolkien Lore Podcast episodes

October 09, 2023 Did Beren Get His Hand Back When He Was Reincarnated With Luthien?
Viewer
Gershom ben Avraham posed this question on social media, and while
there’s no direct answer to the question that I’m aware of, there
are certainly several suggestive pieces of evidence.

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20 min
October 02, 2023 A Tolkien Theory: Why Couldn’t Morgoth and Sauron Change Bodily Form?
A recent video by TheRedBook on Sauron’s death
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM5hrpjsoM8&pp=ygUbc2F1cm9uIGRlYXRoIG9mIGEgZGFyayBsb3Jk) reminded me of some pertinent passages in Tolkien’s writings that may help build a more solid theory for why Morgoth and Sauron, after a certain point in their trajectory toward evil, could no longer change their bodily forms, which is why Sauron in The Lord of the Rings had only nine fingers (as I discussed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1XfiLndomE&pp=ygUgd2h5IHNhdXJvbiBvbmx5IGhhZCBuaW5lIGZpbmdlcnM%3D)

The GirlNextGondor video on redemption I referred to is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5-Xc21Kvsc&pp=ygUZZ2lybG5leHRnb25kb3IgcmVkZW1wdGlvbg%3D%3D

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25 min
September 25, 2023 Why Was Finduilas So Important to Turin Avoiding His Doom?
In the tragic tale of Turin Turambar, Gwindor, with his dying breath, tells Turin that Finduilas stands between him and his doom and that he must save her. Tragically he never does, but I’ve always questioned Gwindor’s words. Until now.

Need more background on Turin’s story? Check out my Silmarillion Synopsis playlist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82go3_JE24g&list=PLgdY5RPp2o5NmAPZ7WkFdk4tdcV6aGAyN&pp=gAQBiAQB)
and the specific video on Turin Turambar
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UNPNxT9rlA&pp=ygUbc2lsbWFyaWxsaW9uIHN5bm9wc2lzIHR1cmlu)

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17 min
September 22, 2023 How Bilbo Knew About Gollum’s Grandmother
How would Bilbo, who knew nothing of Gollum’s personal history, know to refer to his grandmother of all people in relation to Gollum sucking
eggs? It was probably Gandalf!
Don’t forget to check all the other videos put out for Hobbit Day! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzxLO5Ihf4Fo2t5AjwbMXlI8S0ZkCH_iA&jct=BGiscSJHFxiH9Ex4fMTkCXuDR1nGww
For more on the Hobbit retcon, check out my video on the topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbXfJ72j4c&pp=ygUedG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIHRoZSBob2JiaXQgcmV0Y29u
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9 min
September 18, 2023 How Did William the Troll Come to Own a Talking Purse in The Hobbit?
In response to my request for video topics, viewer mariayonde suggested I might have been a bit hasty in concluding that William’s talking purse in The Hobbit was just a fanciful embellishment by Bilbo to
make his story more appealing to a younger audience. Instead, what
if the purse was a Dwarf-made magical purse that came to the trolls
the same way as the rest of their hoard, which contained famed swords
from Gondolin? Here are my thoughts on this theory.

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20 min
September 11, 2023 How Could Gandalf Have Survived Moria, and How Might That Have Changed the Lord of the Rings?
Before
entering Moria, Aragorn tells Gandalf to “beware,” and later
regrets that his premonition was accurate, which seems to suggest
that the outcome of Gandalf dying was inevitable. But was it? Might
Gandalf have survived Moria? How would that have altered the course
of the rest of the story?

For
my video on Gandalf’s plan to get into Mordor, click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HocWkoHDsk&pp=ygUxdG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIGhvdyBkaWQgZ2FuZGFsZiBwbGFuIHRvIGVudGVyIG1vcmRvcg%3D%3D

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29 min
September 04, 2023 A Tale of Amdir and Estel: Aragorn’s Journey from Boromir to Gandalf
I’ve
discussed the concepts of Amdir and Estel, the two kinds of hope in
Tolkien’s world, and how they play out differently for different
characters in The Lord of the Rings
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Kye-0DOac&pp=ygUYdG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIGFtZGlyIGVzdGVs),
but Aragorn is a great example of how a character can grow from one
to the other.

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38 min
August 28, 2023 Smith of Wootton Major: The Culmination and Summary of Tolkien’s Life and Career
Smith
of Wootton Major is one of the most fascinating stories Tolkien ever
wrote, which seems to have tremendous depth despite its brevity and
simplicity. On a recent reread I noticed that its autobiographical
elements were much more pronounced than I previously realized.

Prior
video on Smith of Wootton Major:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyzNBaaHZqY&pp=ygUjdG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIHNtaXRoIG9mIHdvb3R0b24gbWFqb3I%3D

On
Fairy Stories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMG5HhKK50&pp=ygUddG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIG9uIGZhaXJ5IHN0b3JpZXM%3D

On
Fairy Stories 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqYeBmw4ORY&pp=ygUddG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIG9uIGZhaXJ5IHN0b3JpZXM%3D

Telcontar
Theory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPVcdWYNaE&pp=ygUhdG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIGFyYWdvcm4ncyBkZXNjZW5kYW50

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32 min
August 21, 2023 Tal-Elmar: Yet Another Story Tolkien Never Finished
The
story of Tal-Elmar, reproduced in The Peoples of Middle-Earth by
Christopher Tolkien, promised a story of dreams, adventure, and
possibly some of the most explicit exploration of the ideas of
race/ethnicity in any of Tolkien’s works. Unfortunately, as with
so many of Tolkien’s barely-begun stories, we can only guess at
what might have been.

For
more on the Druedain, check here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-8iqpLCNZI&pp=ygUVdG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIGRydWVkYWlu

My
video on The Lost Road:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYQ2ft3r8iA&pp=ygURdG9sa2llbiBsb3N0IHJvYWQ%3D

My
video on The Notion Club Papers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esdaet7Ivq0&pp=ygUTdG9sa2llbiBub3Rpb24gY2x1Yg%3D%3D

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31 min
July 31, 2023 The Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Battle of Five Armies” Board Game
The Battle of Five Armies, made by the creators of The War of the Ring
(my review of which is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knXfPlC6-KA&pp=ygUud2FyIG9mIHRoZSByaW5nIGJvYXJkIGdhbWUgcmV2aWV3IHRvbGtpZW4gbG9yZQ%3D%3D), is a highly tactical war game similar to but also unlike its predecessor. How does it shape up?

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54 min