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Shire Reckoning is a twice-weekly podcast dedicated to the work of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. Join Alastair Stephens every Sunday for the latest from the Shire, and accompany our Fellowship every Tuesday evening as we study Tolkien's work in a welcoming, unhurried journey through the most influential fantasy stories of all time.
Next Word hosts Shire Reckoning, a arts show with 42 episodes published.
This week, we leave behind the hobbitry of the Third Age and consider one of the greatest of Tolkien's stories: Beren And Lúthien. How does this story help us understand all of the relationships in Tolkien's work, romant
This week, we leave behind the hobbitry of the Third Age and consider one of the greatest of Tolkien's stories: Beren And Lúthien. How does this story help us understand all of the relationships in Tolkien's work, romant
This week, we leave the Mountain and return to the Hill in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies . Is this film a good film? A good sequel ? Does Jackson deliver on the promised conflicts? Is there a worse sequence t
This week, we battle some audio goblins to consider the complicated structure and style of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . Is there an internal tension between the Fairy Tale and the Tolkien Lore? Can great perform
This week, we wake from our enchanted-stream slumber to catch up on the rumors of The Hunt For Gollum , craft a cozy meal or two in Tales From The Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game , and consider what makes Tolkien so diff
This week, we return from an unexpected hiatus to embark upon an unexpected journey -- specifically, Peter Jackson's 2012 movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ! What does the film get right? Does the production histo
This week, we return home to Bag End and consider the consequences of Bilbo's adventure in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit . Is the Shire different now? What are the signs that we're back in the normal world? What has tired
This week, the aftermath of the Battle of Five Armies in Chapter 18 of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit . Why don't we see Thorin's moment of redemption? Is his heroism enough to break the dragon-sickness for everyone else to
This week, the Battle of Five Armies in Chapters 15 and 16 of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Is gold peculiarly evil in Tolkien's world? Does Thoring really value the Arkenstone above all things? Where and when does eucata
This week, we return to the Lonely Mountain in Chapter 15 of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, "The Gathering Of The Clouds". Are two talking birds too many? How do we distinguish between Roäc, son of Carc, and the humble thr
This week, we switch our focus away from the Lonely Mountain to discover what happened to Smaug in Chapter 14 of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, "Fire And Water". Does Bard become more three-dimensional every time we see hi
This week, we consider the dragons of Middle-earth: Glaurung, Ancalagon, Smaug and (to a much lesser extent) Scatha. Why are dragons so significant to Professor Tolkien and to his Legendarium? Why are the four named drag
This week, Thorin and Company finally recover at least a small amount of their treasure in Chapter 13 of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, "Not At Home". What is the Arkenstone? For whom was Bilbo's mithril shirt made? Who is
This week, a Q&A special in which we consider the nature of good and evil in a world made by a benevolent God, the tragedy (or not) of Fëanor, and the Ring of the Witch-King of Angmar. Thanks to Steph, Fergus and Angela
This week, we reach the Lonely Mountain in Chapter Twelve of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, "Inside Information". Is Bilbo a leader now? How do we understand the symbolic and symbiotic connection between the dragon and the
This week, in an extra-length episode of Shire Reckoning, we dive into the riddle of Tom Bombadil. Who and what is Tom? How do we understand his unique qualities from the text? How does he fit with the cosmology that Tol
This week, we reach the Lonely Mountain in Chapter Eleven of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, "On The Doorstep". How do we understand the Desolation of Smaug? Does Tolkien resolve the conflict between free will and prophecy?
This week, we consider the textual history of Tolkien's Legendarium, from the stories told in the Cottage of Lost Play to the Red Book of Westmarch. How does Tolkien's framing of his work shift from myth to history? What
This week, we finally meet some Men in chapter ten of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, "A Warm Welcome". How does the book suggest the history of Esgaroth? How is the Master of Lake-town contrasted with Good Tolkienian Kings
This week, we break format a little bit to talk about the (actually pretty good) first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power . What struggles does the show face on a conceptual level? How do the various plo
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