The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast
Got questions about The Lord the Rings, Middle-Earth, and Tolkien? At The Lord of the Rings AMA podcast, Tolkien fan (not expert) Matthias Austin will do his best to answer your questions as in-depth as possible while not getting too bogged down in pesky things like formality and academic sourcing. Episodes released weekly (he hopes)!
Episodes
Any time someone wants to walk from one Elven city to another in Middle Earth, they have to embark on a trek covering hundreds of miles and vanquishing some combination of Orcs, Balrogs, and Dragons. Why do these Elves live so far away from one another? Find out in this week's episode of The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast! (Psst...you may want to go listen to episode 6 first)
Six episodes in and we're changing temporarily changing the format from an AMA to a LMTYASYNTKFNWE (let me tell you abut stuff you need to know for next week's episode)! On this week's episode you'll learn all about the different kinds of Elves of Middle Earth so future episodes will hopefully be less confusing!
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Many people got into The Lord of the Rings thanks to the Peter Jackson films of the early 2000's, but not everyone moved from watching the movies to reading the books. So what exactly are the main differences between the two? Find out on this week's episode of The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast!
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Frodo made it all the way to Mount Doom and couldn't even throw the Ring in. Why couldn't he have been like Bilbo and voluntarily gotten rid of the thing? Is he just a weakling compared to the mighty hero of the Hobbit? And what's the deal with the One Ring anyway? Find out on this week's episode of The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast!
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In the Beginning...what happened? What's the creation story of Middle Earth, and with Elves, Humans, and Dwarves each having their own culture, does everyone agree how it started and where they all came from? Find out on this week's episode of The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast!
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In Return of the King, there are two things we know for sure about Denethor: He eats tomatoes in the most upsetting way possible and he HATES his son Faramir. But why exactly does he hate Faramir so much? Find out on this week's episode of The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast!
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Cover Art by Lauren Ciatti
Why didn't Gandalf and the Fellowship just run? Did Gandalf the Grey know he would become Gandalf the White? We'll answer these questions and more on this week's episode of The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast!
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Cover Art by Lauren Ciatti
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