The Tolkien Professor
The Tolkien Professor podcast is a series of lectures, discussions, and seminars on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Corey Olsen, President of Signum University. All are welcome to enter – even those without any party business!
Episodes
Join the SilmFilm team as we continue pre-production discussions, takling about Elves.
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Today, the SilmFilm team finally turns to the question that Tolkien himself never got around to answering fully: What was Galadriel up to in the last stages of the First Age?
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After touching on some news updates, Maggie and Corey continue with their Pride and Prejudice discussion, focusing on their analysis of Lydia's introduction.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 126,
recorded on March 31, 2026.
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Maggie and Corey are back and returning to Pride and Prejudice and Adaptation!
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 125,
recorded on March 23, 2026.
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Today the SilmFilm Team returns to pre-production discussions, considering the Doriath situation during the time of Turin.
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SilmFilm Season 8 Pre-production meetings continue in our writers' room for a discussion of Turin's outlaws.
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The SilmFilm team sits down to work through the big picture of the post-Nirnaeth Season 8.
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Join the team in the SilmFilm Writers' Room, as we continue planning Season 8, with a focus on Dor-Lomin and the Easterlings.
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It is time at last to begin the Eighth Season of the SilmFilm Project! Today, we look back at what we've discussed and prepare for where we are headed.
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Today the SilmFilm team is back to complete their discussion of the Journey Thus Far, our recap and discussion of the trajectory of the project to this point.
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Pre-production continues for Season 8, as the SilmFilm Team considers how to adapt Tuor's story and interweave it with Turin's story.
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It's time to continue working through the Season 8 storylines! Join the SilmFilm writing team as we work through the big plot and character questions for Season 8.
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Maggie and Corey return for another out-of-studio recording session for their Pride and Prejudice analysis.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 124,
recorded on March 2, 2026.
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Maggie and Corey return to Pride and Prejudice, continuing with the planning and recording of Episode 1 of the series.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 122,
recorded on February 2, 2026.
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Check out Maggie's upcoming SPACE class in March, Susan Cooper: King of Shadows.
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Corey and Maggie are joined by special guest Una McCormack for a discussion on film-to-book adaptation!
Maggie and Corey are joined by author Una McCormack who has written numerous novels in the worlds of Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Firefly. She's a respected voice in the world of creative writing, science fiction, authorship and fan fiction and her work can be found at: https://unamccormack.co.uk/
Other Minds and Han...
Maggie and Corey return to Pride and Prejudice to start the filming of Episode 1 of the series.
Corey and Maggie review last weeks' filming and do their first recording for Pride & Prejudice.
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Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 121, recorded ...
Corey and Maggie are back for the New Year, and invite you to join them in a production meeting about several Signum Studios projects!
Maggie and Corey discuss the weeks' filming at StudioLab and organise ideas and details for the projects in this production meeting.
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Other Minds and...
Join Maggie and Corey for some exciting discussion of adaptation theory today, building on recent discussions.Corey and Maggie explore the terms and ideas of adaption and discuss plotting adaptations on axes. Data!
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 119,
recorded on December 15, 2025.
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Joi...
Corey and Maggie return to pre-production on their Pride and Prejudice case study.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 118,
recorded on December 1, 2025.Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAv
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Maggie and Corey return with a brief look at another Rings of Power teaser and then more work on the opening episode of the Pride and Prejudice series.
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 117,
recorded on November 24, 2025.
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