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Episode 77: Tourist Observation Deck

by Caitlin | Nov 8, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Seven, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

Characters:

Frodo – Our hero
Sam – Our hero wouldn’t have got far without him

Smeagollum – the hero of his own story

The Witch-King of Angmar, the Lord of the Nazgul, the Black Captain – stabbed Frodo once

Mentions:

Galadriel – gave Frodo a very important gift
Faramir – gave Frodo a less important gift

Characters from legend:

Beren – Had a silmaril one time
Earendil – has the silmaril now…and is a star

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Episode 76: Make a U Turn, Precious

by Caitlin | Oct 27, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Six, Journey to the Crossroads

Characters:

Faramir – gone from our pages, but not from our hearts.
Frodo and Sam and Gollum – Our walking party.

Following the map of their journey, they walk down from Henneth Annun and end at was it labeled M10, the Crossroads.

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Episode 75: The Fish Tolkien Podcast

by Caitlin | Oct 9, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Five, The Window on the West.

Characters:

Frodo – a tricksy hobbit
Faramir – a tricksy human
Smeagollum – a tricksy guide
Sam – a hobbit who just wants to do a murder, but isn’t tricksy enough
Anborn – probably dies after this chapter

In the same map as the last couple weeks we are at Henneth Annûn, this week! (Yes, I just copy and pasted this from last week because the group hasn’t moved)

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Episode 74: Tolkien Gets to Flex

by Caitlin | Oct 2, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Five, The Window on the West.

Characters:

Frodo – a hobbit with a secret
Faramir – a man who wants to know the secret
Sam – just blurts out the secret
Mablung and Damrod – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are there

In the same map as the last couple weeks we are at Henneth Annûn, this week!

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Episode 73: Frodo’s Twilight Moment

by Caitlin | Sep 25, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Four, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit.

Characters:

Frodo- Nap-master
Sam – Chef
Smeagollum – Sous Chef
Faramir – Captain of Gondor
Mablung and Damrod – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

In the same map as the last two weeks you can see how the Frodo/Sam journey line goes off to the side of Mordor and enters an area with trees. That’s where we are in this chapter!

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The Frodo and Sam comic we discuss

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Episode 72: Lubricate the Ol’ Pipe

by Caitlin | Sep 18, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Three, The Black Gate is Closed.

Characters:

Frodo- Has to get into Mordor
Sam – Will follow Frodo anywhere
Smeagollum – super doesn’t want to go to Mordor

Here is a link to the same map as last week, continuing the trios journey across the Dead Marshes to the Black Gate

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Episode 71: Fish and Subjugation

by Caitlin | Sep 11, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter Two, The Passage of the Marshes.

Characters:

Frodo- The Master of Smeagol
Sam – The One Who Does not Trust Smeagol
Gollum/Smeagol – is Smeagol

Here is a link to the same map as last week, continuing the trios journey across the Dead Marshes to the Black Gate

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Episode 70: Gollum-Off Round One

by Caitlin | Sep 5, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss The Two Towers: Book Four, Chapter One, The Taming of Smeagol.

Characters:

Frodo- Yay! Back to our Ringbearer!
Sam – Yay! And his stalwart gardener!
Gollum/Smeagol – …he’s here too. Making more pit pats!
Maybe a black rider?

Here you can see a map of Frodo and Sam’s journey from the Breaking of the Fellowship to where they made their way through the Emyn Muil and met up with Gollum, moving toward the Dead Marshes and ultimately Mordor

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Episode 69: One Does Not Ride Shadowfax, He Rides You

by Caitlin | Aug 28, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Book Three, Chapter Eleven of the Two Towers, The Palantir

Characters

Pippin – a hobbit who makes a bad choice and it gives him exactly what he wanted
Merry – a hobbit who really, really just wants to sleep
Gandalf – Wizard with answers!
Aragorn – a man who has, maybe, just MAYBE, made a decision?
Théoden – King of Rohan

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