Pipe weed, food, friends, and the spoils of war are on full display as friends catch up and give us the rundown on Isengard.

Three landscapes, three dramatically different stories and outcomes. Join us as we explore friendship and anti-creation.

Join us as we discuss wizardry, chivalry, friendship, and heroism on full display in the first great battle of the series.

Decrepit counselors, dotard kings, tyrannical laws, and a keen rush of air combine in this chapter to bring a people from despair to militant hope. Join us as we dive deep into the people of Rohan!

Death to life, wandering to focus, darkness to light, stuffiness to brisk air....join us as we examine the glorious return of a beloved character!

What are we to make of the oldest creature to walk under the sun in Middle Earth (besides Tom Bombadil of course)? Join us as we bask in this amazing chapter about wisdom, wrath, and symbolism. We will even allow you to be hasty in clicking play this time so as to not grow tree-ish.

Everyone knows orcs are evil, but what is Tolkien attempting to say about the world through the formidable fighting Uruk-Hai?

The great hunt is on, and we are here to examine the meaning of heavenly bodies, kingly men, and dwarven insults.

As we begin to look at The Two Towers, forgiveness and repentance are in view. Join us as we look at the fall of a great man and the end of the Fellowship forever.

Listener questions, literary analysis, and even some politics in this relaxing look back at what Tolkien was up to in Book Two.