The Tolkien Lore Podcast

By Joshua ScottArts

The Tolkien Lore Podcast episodes

June 05, 2023 Why Did Morgoth Take Radically Different Approaches to Men and Elves?
In my recent video on the Tale of Adanel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOISb-59rw&pp=ygUTdGFsZSBvZiBhZGFuZWwgZmFsbA%3D%3D)
I discussed how Morgoth seems to have taken a very different approach to dealing with Men as compared with Elves, but why would his strategy change?
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21 min
June 01, 2023 Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: If Celeborn Is Such a Big Deal, Why Do We Know Nothing About Him?
Galadriel makes a big deal of Celeborn’s wisdom in The Lord of the Rings, but we actually get almost no examples of it and are left wondering what makes him so impressive. Could it be Galadriel’s real reason for thinking him wise is highly personal?
My video on Galadriel’s various backstories is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8c33_qTQ_E&t=25s&pp=ygUZY2hhcmFjdGVyIHN0dWR5IGdhbGFkcmllbA%3D%3D
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11 min
May 29, 2023 The Tolkien Geek Reviews The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Board Game
00:00 Intro
02:44 Game Overview
06:53 Mechanics and Gameplay
38:58 Likes and Dislikes
52:39 Theming and Lore

Apologies to my brother (check out his channel over at https://www.youtube.com/@strategywizard for board game reviews, unboxing, etc.) for taking so long to finally play this game that he got me [inaudible] ago, but now I’ve finally played it and I can give my breakdown of the mechanics, what I like and dislike about the game, and how well it captures the essence of Tolkien’s world.
For more info on the game:
Fantasy Flight’s page for the game is here: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/1/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth/
For a downloadable copy of the basic rules, go here: https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/74/c1/74c1ee20-a2d2-407f-93da-e6c2a4b25529/journeys_in_middle-earth_learn_to_play.pdf
For a downloadable copy of the Rules Reference, go here: https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/01/a0/01a0c9f7-4427-4113-9406-f53d6bde2ff5/journeys_in_middle-earth_rules_reference.pdf
So I was incorrect about Watch It Played but also not totally off. He didn’t do a video on the game on his channel (https://www.youtube.com/@WatchItPlayed), but he DID appear on BoardGameGeek.com’s channel for their “game night” series here: https://youtu.be/bBk_jSE4Bf8. The video is a full playthrough of the first adventure with explanations along the way so it gives a lot of the same information but obviously contains spoilers for the first adventure.
Similarly, the Dice Tower channel had a live play session here: https://www.youtube.com/live/JVh0M-fSWqo?feature=share. It doesn’t do as much detailed explanations of the rules and mechanics but it’s for the first adventure of an expansion campaign, so the spoilers won’t be as significant unless you know you’re going to get that expansion soon.
If you just want a brief run-down of how to play, I recommend this video: https://youtu.be/1VROBMSSBfc

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1 hr 13 min
May 25, 2023 Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: How Did the Minstrel of Gondor Know Frodo and Sam’s Story?
A subscriber recently shared a possible plot hole that someone else brought up: How could the minstrel who sings of Frodo of the Nine Fingers at the Field of Cormallen know Frodo and Sam’s story past when they left Faramir? I think there are three possible explanations.

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12 min
May 22, 2023 God’s Power Made Perfect in Weakness: Christian Humility in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
The Christian Scriptures of the New Testament have many passages dealing with the idea that God uses the weak and foolish to accomplish His ends and put to shame the strong and wise of the world. Tolkien uses this same theme pretty frequently in his own works, but why should weakness be a virtue? I think I can give an answer.
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29 min
May 19, 2023 A Long-Expected Soundscape: The Perfect Background for Reading Lord of the Rings
Jordan Rannells, editor of the Prancing Pony Podcast, has put together a soundscape for the Lord of the Rings, and it’s amazing!

Use discount code LORE25 for 25% off all three books, or LORE10 for 10% off one book at: https://jordanrannells.com/shop
Concept Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTxg2_xX9Mc
Release Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCc_pAyu6aA&t=
Book 1 Chapter 1 Complete Sample Chapter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mjxw_x6Th0

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7 min
May 15, 2023 The Tale of Adanel: Tolkien’s Legend of the Fall of Man in Middle-Earth
In connection with the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth (which I’ve discussed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwi7_nABWDI&t=2s&pp=ygUWdG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIGF0aHJhYmV0aA%3D%3D), Tolkien wrote a brief account of what Men in the days of the First
Age believed about their past and why they, unlike Elves, were mortal, and it bears some remarkable similarities to but also differences from another story you might be familiar with.

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30 min
May 11, 2023 Demon Possession in Middle-Earth? A Patron Video Request
Long-time patron PABrewNews had another request for a topic, this time along the lines of demon possession and how it might figure into Middle-earth given Tolkien’s Catholicism. In light of last week’s Thursday Thoughts video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynNQDDU2FH4&pp=ygUvdGh1cnNkYXkgdG9sa2llbiB0aG91Z2h0cyBkcnVlZGFpbiBjaXJpdGggdW5nb2w%3D), I might have a few things to say on the topic.

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15 min
May 08, 2023 The Judgments of Sam and Beregond: How Tolkien Uses Parallel to Tell Us About Aragorn
I recently noticed an interesting parallel between how Gandalf “punishes” Sam for eavesdropping and how Aragorn “punishes” Beregond for his deeds in defense of Faramir. But perhaps the most interesting thing about the parallel is that it answers a doubt Aragorn has about himself.

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24 min
May 04, 2023 Thursday Tolkien Thoughts: Druedain Statues, the Watchers of Cirith Ungol, and Morgoth’s Ring???
A chance (as they say in Middle-earth) series of events led me to speculate on the nature of the two watchers at the gate of the Tower of Cirith Ungol, which I had previously wondered about but never had a good theory for. Hat tips for inspiring this idea go to David Rowe (see his appearance on my channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOHLbX0u8EI&pp=ygUpdG9sa2llbiBsb3JlIGRhdmlkIHJvd2Ugd2lzZG9tIG9mIHRvbGtpZW4%3D), Emir Ali Demirel (Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmirAliDemirelh) and @GirlNextGondor (the specific video I referenced is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cky0M-Wm_j0&pp=ygUjZ2lybG5leHRnb25kb3IgZG93biB0aGUgaG9iYml0IGhvbGU%3D).

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8 min