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The Tolkien Professor episodes
- Episode 178: WC Faerie Course, Session 35
Garth Nix, "Sabriel", Prologue - Chapter 5, Recorded 04/22/11.
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47 min - Episode 177: WC Faerie Course, Session 34
Peter S. Beagle, "The Last Unicorn", Chapters 12-14, Recorded 04/20/11.
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50 min - Episode 176: Riddles in the Dark 17: Radagast the Brown and the Movie App
Tolkien Professor Corey Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert consider Radagast the Brown as he appears in The Hobbit and other Tolkien works, and as he might appear in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. They then turn the conversation to the new Apple movie app (with its edited movie scroll).
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2 hr 7 min - Episode 175: Riddles in the Dark Digest 8: Escape and Talking? Animals
Dave Kale and Trish Lambert review Riddles in the Dark episodes 14 and 15, covering Bilbo's escape from the Misty Mountains and the idea of talking animals in Peter Jackson's first Hobbit film. Plus they check out the new movie app and talk about whether the abbreviated scene scroll means anything serious.
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1 hr 21 min - Episode 174: Riddles in the Dark 16: Orcs and Goblins (and Zomborcs!)
Tolkien Professor Corey Olsen and Dave Kale talk about goblins and orcs as they appear in Tolkien's book and then consider the role these groups will play in Peter Jackson's films. Plus there are bonuses included!
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1 hr 58 min - Episode 173: Riddles in the Dark Digest 7: Controversy!
Welcome to The Riddles in the Dark Digest Controversy episode! Dave and Trish relook at RITD Episode 13 (about Comic-Con), respond to critical commenters, and finally get around to considering the Nazgul, adding in a bonus at the end of the digest...Dave's Nazgul conversation with Fr. Roderick from the Secrets of The Hobbit podcast.
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2 hr 23 min - Episode 172: Riddles in the Dark Digest 6: All Gollum All the Time
Dave Kale and Trish Lambert talk Gollum, first talking about the now-answered-by-Andy-Serkis riddle presented in Riddles in the Dark episode 11, then sharing analyst, listener, and their own opinions about the actual riddle game discussed in Riddles in the Dark episode 12.
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1 hr 15 min - Episode 171: Riddles in the Dark Digest 5: Beginning and Bilbo
In the fifth episode of Riddles in the Dark Digest, co-hosts Dave Kale and Trish Lambert share analyst and listener comments about Riddles in the Dark episodes 9 & 10. True to RITD tradition, our verbose co-hosts wander among other topics as well, including the possibility of Bilbo hallucinating during the Unexpected Party.
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1 hr 35 min - Episode 170: WC Faerie Course, Session 33
Peter S. Beagle, "The Last Unicorn", Chapters 9-11, Recorded 04/18/11.
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42 min - Episode 169: Riddles in the Dark 15: Wargs and Eagles and Bears, Oh My!
Prof. Olsen and Dave discuss talking animals. After all, that's what the Hobbit is all about, right? The films will probably be rife with them! They also speculate about how much screen time the eagles will receive.
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The Tolkien Professor podcast is a series of lectures, discussions, and seminars on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Corey Olsen, President of Signum University. All are welcome to enter – even those…
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