Before the Sun
Jun 30, 202614mEp. 1S8
Join us in our new series documenting the first age of Middle-Earth. The creation of Arda, the discord of Morgoth and the awakening of the Elves!
Hosted by Alex Holmgren · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 131 episodes
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Taking a casual journey though the works of Tolkien; going through the books as if it were an audio play, talking about upcoming Lord of the Rings news, and discussing thoughts and questions as we read through these stories.
Alex Holmgren hosts A Leisurely Stroll Through Middle-Earth, a arts show with 131 episodes published.
Join us in our new series documenting the first age of Middle-Earth. The creation of Arda, the discord of Morgoth and the awakening of the Elves!
Now for an obscure epilogue; Bilbo's Last Song that he presumably wrote once the ship set sail from the Grey Havens.
Here at last, on the shores of the sea....thank you all for joining me on this journey.
Now that Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin have returned home the real work must be finished! Just because they have been long away did not mean that all was untouched- now it has been brought home, literally. Will they be ab
Alas, we now find out that even the blessed Shire has not been wholly untouched during the War of the Ring....
Now we resume with our brave hobbits as they begin the long march back to home and lands they know....or thought they knew...
And thus it was a Fourth Age of Middle Earth began. And the Fellowship of the Ring, though eternally bound by friendship and love was ended.
Now at long last we see Aragorn come into his own...AND more besides!
Potential Spoilers: This is clarifying the news we received about the new Lord of the Rings project that they will be working on after The Hunt for Gollum and what is truth and what is eggs in moonshine.
In the meantime, those remaining at Minas Tirith have no idea what is happening! All is in great doubt for them- time to see what befalls Eowyn and Faramir.
Now we get to were the stories are at last reunited- see how the actions of Frodo and Sam...AND even Gollum have turned the tide for all the Free Peoples of Middle Earth.
Sammath Naur: the very place where Sauron created the Ring....now Frodo and Sam come to the End of All Things....
As we continue in chapter 2 The Land of Shadow, Frodo and Sam are continuing their dangerous trek across Mordor. Danger is around every corner and very little to no resources like food or water- see how they make it acro
Join me as I talk with Stephen Gallagher- composer of War of the Rohirrim- as we talk middle-earth and music! Disclaimer: we are both on mobiles so sound could be varying
Now that Frodo and Sam have fled Cirith Ungol, they must now go down into the Land of Shadow....the Land of Mordor...where the shadows lie.
Mae Govannen, my brave friends! As we jump into this episode, starting season 7 of our show, just know there may be some elements that may be disturbing to younger listeners; listener discretion is advised. We now go bac
Sauron has taken the bait- but will our heroes survive the bite?
We come to it at last... King Aragorn Elessar and his token force of seven thousand go to assail the forces of Sauron- thereby giving Frodo a chance to complete his great task...BUT will they learn disturbing news upon t
Now the Captains of the West must decide what comes next- will they continue to hold out for a siege or will they push what momentum they have? OR will they go for a different plan?
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