The Tolkien Professor

By The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)Education Arts Books Fiction

The Tolkien Professor episodes

January 31 643: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 122
Corey and Maggie are joined by special guest Una McCormack for a discussion on film-to-book adaptation!
Maggie and Corey are joined by author Una McCormack who has written numerous novels in the worlds of Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Firefly. She's a respected voice in the world of creative writing, science fiction, authorship and fan fiction and her work can be found at: https://unamccormack.co.uk/
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 122,
recorded on January 19, 2026.
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author Una McCormack
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1 hr 17 min
January 19 642: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 121
Maggie and Corey return to Pride and Prejudice to start the filming of Episode 1 of the series.
Corey and Maggie review last weeks' filming and do their first recording for Pride & Prejudice.
Check out Maggie's upcoming SPACE class in March, Susan Cooper: King of Shadows. https://tinyurl.com/class-with-maggie
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 121, recorded on January 12, 2026.
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1 hr 20 min
January 07 641: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 120
Corey and Maggie are back for the New Year, and invite you to join them in a production meeting about several Signum Studios projects!
Maggie and Corey discuss the weeks' filming at StudioLab and organise ideas and details for the projects in this production meeting.
Check out Maggie's upcoming SPACE class in March, Susan Cooper: King of Shadows.
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Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 120,
recorded on January 5, 2026.Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAv
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1 hr 4 min
December 16, 2025 640: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 119
Join Maggie and Corey for some exciting discussion of adaptation theory today, building on recent discussions.Corey and Maggie explore the terms and ideas of adaption and discuss plotting adaptations on axes. Data!
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 119,
recorded on December 15, 2025.
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1 hr 19 min
December 07, 2025 639: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 118
Corey and Maggie return to pre-production on their Pride and Prejudice case study.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 118,
recorded on December 1, 2025.Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAv
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Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
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Dr. Maggie Parke
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For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit
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1 hr 31 min
November 27, 2025 638: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 117
Maggie and Corey return with a brief look at another Rings of Power teaser and then more work on the opening episode of the Pride and Prejudice series.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 117,
recorded on November 24, 2025.
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1 hr 23 min
November 17, 2025 637: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 116
Maggie and Corey return to the production meeting to flesh out some detailed notes for P&P Episode 0.
Corey and Maggie finalise their plan for ep 1 of the Pride and Prejudice Deep Dive episodes.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 116,
recorded on November 10, 2025.https://signumuniversity.org/news/annual-fundraising-campaign-2025/
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1 hr 30 min
November 05, 2025 636: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 115
Maggie and Corey return to Pride and Prejudice! It's time to regroup and work towards script notes for our first episode.Corey and Maggie continue planning for their deep dive into the adaptations of Pride and Prejudice.
Other Minds and Hands:
An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 115,
recorded on November 3, 2025.Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvJoin us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET,
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1 hr 27 min
October 28, 2025 635: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 114
Maggie and Corey and back, and today we are looking at the brilliant adaptation work of Miriam Ellis in her paintings.Corey and Maggie review a video from artist Miriam Ellis ( https://www.miriamellis.com/ ) where she introduces two of her Tolkien paintings, 'filling in the gaps' moments from The Lord of the Rings. They then dive into the paintings, discussing them as adaptations, and scratching the surface of further investigation!Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 114,
recorded on October 27, 2025.Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvJoin us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET,
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Miriam Ellis
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1 hr 30 min
October 14, 2025 634: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 113
Corey and Maggie look forward towards Rings of Power Season 3, with a discussion of their Sneak Peak videos.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 113,
recorded on September 29, 2025.Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvJoin us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET,
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1 hr 19 min

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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…