Here we are, at the grand finale of our Tolkien coverage! To honor the occasion, we've gone through all of our old notes and put together a fun little retrospective, covering: our best running theories and ideas from the past two years, a compilation of the things that most surprised us along the way, and our updated opinions on the Peter Jackson movies. We also crown an MVP for the series and choose one word to characterize each of Tolkien's four Middle-earth books.

This one was fun and emotional to record, and we can't wait to continue our deep dive into art, fantasy, and ideas next week. Our Witcher coverage will move to Fridays and Tuesdays will continue to be wild card episodes!

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