This week we discuss two topics that go hand-in-hand: Gollum and romance. Duh.

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C.S. Lewis, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", Chapters 1-6, Recorded 04/04/11.

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The twenty-second session of the Silmarillion Seminar, in which we spend an unprecedented third week on Chapter 19 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Luthien." And oaths.

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Only four months into the podcast, we finally get around to talking about The Hobbit's titular character, Bilbo Baggins...for two hours!

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J.R.R. Tolkien, Smith of Wootton Major, Pages 35-39 Recorded 04/01/11.

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We go back to the very beginning...of first Hobbit film, that is. How will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey open on-screen?

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J.R.R. Tolkien, Smith of Wootton Major, Pages 9-34 Recorded 3/30/11.

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George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, Chapters 21-32 Recorded 3/28/11.

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The hosts hop on the Cinemacon debate bandwagon and weigh in on the "Tomb of the Ringwraiths." How will Sauron's most terrible servants factor into the The Hobbit?

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The second in a two-part series on the most hotly debated Hobbit question: where will the two films be split? In this episode, we are joined by special guest Fr. Roderick Vonhogen of SQPN to talk about The White Council.

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