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Episode 58: Struck a Silmaril

Posted by on May 22, 2019 in Drunk Tolkien, Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

This week we combined our movie discussion with out drunk episode. So, it’s a drunk movie discussion!

We discuss our favourite scenes and lines and performances and adaptations.

But, more importantly, we discuss the following completely unrelated pop-culture mediums:

  • X-Men
  • John Wick
  • Detective Pikachu
  • Veggie Tales
  • Spy Kids

 

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Episode 56: Splish Splash

Posted by on May 6, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two Chapter Nine: The Great River

Characters

  • The Fellowship – if you haven’t gotten it yet…there is no hope
  • Gollum! – the Pit Pat Creature
  • Mysterious Enemy on a winged creature – Frodo may know more.

Locations

The Fellowship travels down the Anduin this chapter, from Lothlorien towards the Falls of Rauros. You can see a large overview of the journey here, and you can see a close of of the lake and area around the Falls here.

Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 55: Blame Celeborn!

Posted by on Apr 24, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Fellowship of the Ring Book 2 Chapter 8, Farewell to Lorien.

Characters

  • The Fellowship – Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli
  • Galadriel – the Lady of Lothlorian
  • Celeborn – the Lord of Lothlorian
  • Celebrian and Arwen – Galadriel and Celeborn’s daughter and granddaughter, just mentioned.
  • Haldir – a Galadhrim elf
  • Rando elves of the Galadhrim

The Company depart Lothlorien on the Anduin. The same map as last week shows how all the rivers come together.

Stay tuned after we say goodbye for some random Game of Thrones talk as we recorded this the day after season eight premiered and had a difficult time talking about anything else.

Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 54: Dominating Hobbit

Posted by on Apr 17, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy read Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 7, the Mirror of Galadriel.

Characters

  • The Fellowship – Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli
  • Haldir – an elf of the Galadhrim
  • Galadriel – the Lady of Lothlorian
  • Celeborn – the Lord of Lothlorian
  • Rando elves of the Galadhrim

 

The group reach the elvish city of Caras Galadhon and stay there for some time. Here’s a map of Lothlorian and the surrounding areas.

Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 53: Pull an Elf

Posted by on Apr 10, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy, discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 7, Lothlorian

Characters

  • The fellowship – Minus One Wizard
  • Haldir – an elf of Lothlorien
  • Haldir’s brothers –  Rúmil and Orophin
  • The Creature of the PitPats – ????
  • Nimrodel and Amroth – Elves who lived in Lothlórien many years ago. We hear a song about them.

The Journey

The Fellowship make it to from Drimrill Dale to the woods of Lothlorian in this chapter. In the same map as last week, you can see the woods of Lothlorian and where Cerith Amroth (the old centre) is in comparison with Caras Galadhon, the new centre of the city.

Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 52: Stab a Hobbit

Posted by on Mar 26, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

This week we are discussing Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter Five, The Bridge of Kazad-Dûm

Characters:

  • The Fellowship!
    • Frodo
    • Sam
    • Merry
    • Pippin
    • Gandalf
    • Gimli
    • Legolas
    • Boromir
    • Aragorn
  • Durin’s Bane
  • Balin, Oin, Ori

The Journey

The Fellowship make it to the far side of Moria and the Misty Mountains, and exit out into the Dimrill Dale. You can get a good look of the area here

Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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