Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings
Join The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen, on a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story, and explore Middle-earth through the magical game-world of Lord of the Rings Online.
Episodes
July 5, 2025 • 104 mins
They are coming! But who is coming, and how? And what can we learn from the actions of the company as Doom drives them into action?
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July 5, 2025 • 116 mins
Tonight we are catapulted back into action as the words of the long-studied Book of Mazarbul now spring to life and relevance for the Company.
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June 4, 2025 • 104 mins
It's time at last to turn from Tolkien's images of the Book of Mazarbul and remember where we are.
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June 4, 2025 • 95 mins
Join us as we watch Gandalf casually figure how to get out from the Chamber of Mazarbul.
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May 30, 2025 • 117 mins
Tonight we turn to the last page of Tolkien's illustration of the Book of Mazarbul, and Chad helps Corey interpret the final words of Balin's companions.
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May 30, 2025 • 122 mins
We return to the book and Ori's beautiful Tengwar, only to read the most grim passage that Gandalf skimmed over.
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May 14, 2025 • 129 mins
Corey returns, once more with the assistance and advice of the inimitable Chad Bornholdt, to the Book of Mazarbul. Tonight, we examine Ori's script!
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April 27, 2025 • 113 mins
Tonight we look at Tolkien's Book of Mazarbul illustrations, putting ourselves in Gandalf's shoes and puzzling out the text, with the help of special guest Chad Bornholdt!
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April 27, 2025 • 135 mins
Tonight, Corey continues to learn the Cirth with Chad Bornholdt's help, and we read more of what Gandalf did not.
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April 10, 2025 • 115 mins
Happy Gondorian New Year! In our second session on the Book of Mazarbul, we will get to the high water mark of Balin's expedition.
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April 10, 2025 • 115 mins
Tonight we discuss the end of the Book of Mazarbul, and Balin's end.
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April 10, 2025 • 123 mins
Tonight we begin our discussion of Gandalf's reading from the Book of Mazarbul!
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March 26, 2025 • 121 mins
Tonight we discuss (at least!) our first slide of the new chapter, examining the Chamber of Mazarbul.
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March 26, 2025 • 105 mins
It's time to start a new chapter, and one we've been excitedly waiting for: The Bridge of Khazad-dum. Let's start by learning about runes!
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February 25, 2025 • 115 mins
Corey returns just in time for the introduction of central character in the LOTR!
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February 25, 2025 • 99 mins
Tonight, let's check in with Boromir and see what his current assessment of Gandalf's leadership is.
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February 25, 2025 • 112 mins
Join Corey as he joins the Company is seeing what there is to be seen in the early light of the new day in Moria.
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February 25, 2025 • 98 mins
We discuss Gimli and Frodo's very different reactions to Gandalf's download of mithril lore.
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December 31, 2024 • 103 mins
Tonight Corey looks at what Gandalf emphasizes about Moria-silver.
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December 17, 2024 • 107 mins
The poetic experiment continues as we examine the last monochrome stanzas of Gimli's poem.
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