Shire Reckoning

To Hope's End


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This week, we discuss estel, hope. Why is it so important to our sense of Tolkien's Legendarium? How it is lost, or turned to despair? How do we continue to fight in the face of adversity?

Thanks to Elizabeth and Nathan for the questions!

Show Notes

  • Anthem (Leonard Cohen)
  • The Hobbit (1967 BBC Radio)
  • Flanders and Swann
  • The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle
  • Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor
  • Jennifer Hale
  • A world for children: J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: or There and Back Again (C.S. Lewis)
  • Who Is Tom Bombadil?
  • The Muster At Marquette
  • “Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow.” Sam’s Grief For Frodo in Shelob’s Lair

Shire Reckoning is a Next Word production. For bonus episodes and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/NextWord.

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Music by Corvus from Pixabay.  

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