Welcome to Episode Five in our Tolkien's Greatest Characters Series. Today's conversation is a wide-ranging one, featuring the hobbit prince, Pippin. 

Today's guest is Bradley J. Birzer. Brad is the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and Professor of History, Hillsdale College. He loves his family, his college, western civilization, American history, the American west, biography, photography, and progressive rock music. 

In addition to Pippin, Bradley and I discuss American history, western civilization, heroic deeds, and the marvel of Tolkien's universe. 

Brad publishes at Substack: https://substack.com/@bradleyjbirzer

He is the author of two Tolkien-related books: 

J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle Earth

https://tinyurl.com/4wu6crmy

Tolkien and the Inklings: Men of the West

https://tinyurl.com/dsatzyy4

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