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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

We would still very much like to hear YOUR Gollum impressions!

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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

Please send us your Gollum impressions! We don’t want to be alone in how bad we are! Or take this as a (very, very easy) challenge to show us up!

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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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Episode 68: Enter Through the Door, Exit Through the Roof

by Caitlin | Aug 21, 2019 | Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, Tolkien

This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Book Three, Chapter Ten of the Two Towers, The Voice of Saruman

Characters

Gandalf – OUR Wizard
Saruman – That OTHER Wizard. Has a seductive voice.
Merry/Pippin – The best gate keepers there ever were.
Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli – the hunters, just being there, representing the three races of Middle Earth (even though there are more)
Treebeard – In charge of Isengard
Théoden – King of Rohan
Éomer – Théoden’s nephew and heir.
Grima Wormtongue – a man with terrible aim

No maps this week as all the action takes place within Isengard. Once again. Two chapters in a row with no walking. Weird.

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