All Episodes
Laugh Along - How to proselytize LoTR
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss effective strategies for sharing the good gospel of Tolkien
Read Along - The Silmarillion: Chapter 15 & 16
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss their favorite parts and takeaways from the Silmarillion, chapters 15 + 16.
Read Along - The Silmarillion: Chapter 13 & 14
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss their favorite parts and takeaways from the Silmarillion, chapters 13 + 14.
Deep Dive - LOTR New Zealand Stories
Stephanie regales us with details of New Zealand and a host of fun facts.
Read Along - The Silmarillion: Chapter 11 & 12
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss their favorite parts and takeaways from the Silmarillion, chapters 11 + 12.
Producer Special
In a valiant effort to keep our publishing streak, host Lydia takes desperate measures...forcing producer Tessa onto the air.
Laugh Along - So your SO loves LOTR...
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia talk about what to do when your significant other loves LOTR...and you don't.
Read Along - The Silmarillion: Chapter 9 & 10
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss their favorite parts and takeaways from the Silmarillion, chapters 9 + 10..
Deep Dive - Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss how Tolkien essentially created the Fantasy genre as we know it.
Laugh Along - Quotables
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss the quotes from Lord of the Rings that have crept into their vocabulary, and won't leave!
Read Along - The Silmarillion: Chapters 7 & 8
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss their favorite parts and takeaways from the Silmarillion, chapters 7 * 8.
Laugh Along - In The Modern Day
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss what our favorite Lord of the Rings Characters would be up to if they lived in the modern day.
Deep Dive - The Orcs
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia explore the history and lore of one of fantasy's most frequently used monsters, the orc.
Read Along - The Silmarillion: Chapters 5 & 6
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss their favorite parts and takeaways from the Silmarillion, chapters 5 & 6.
Laugh Along - Kiss Marry Kill
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia are faced with troubling choices: who from the wide world of Tolkien would you Kiss, Marry, or Kill?
Deep Dive - The Balrog
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia explore the history and lore of one of the most iconic monsters of all time, the balrog.
Read Along - The Silmarillion: Chapters 3 & 4
Hosts Stephanie and Lydia discuss their favorite parts and takeaways from the Silmarillion, chapters 3 & 4.