097: A Dwarves’ Story, Not a Hobbit’s: Comparing the Book vs Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 6
We finally reach the end of Peter Jackson’s first Hobbit Movie! We’ll compare chapter 6 from the book to its on screen adaptation, and explore how the story’s subtle shift in narrative focus resolves....
1 Apr 20237min
096: The Hobbit Chapter 6 | Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
Bilbo Baggins becomes bacon . . . or at least he fears that he has. Some new creatures want to eat him, another new creature seems to want to eat him; yet despite feeling like food, Bilbo is starting ...
30 Mar 202314min
095: What Makes A Good Story | Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories"
Happy Tolkien Reading Day! March 25 marks the day when the One Ring was destroyed and the Dark Lord Sauron was overthrown. Every March 25 for the last 20 years, the Tolkien Society commemorates Tolki...
23 Mar 202317min
094: JRR Tolkien and Robert Jordan | An Interview with a Wheel of Time Expert
What is JRR Tolkien's influence on other fantasy authors? Fantasy author and Wheel of Time expert Jason Denzel joins me to discuss how Tolkien influenced Robert Jordan, Amazon's adaptations of both Wh...
21 Mar 202338min
093: Book vs Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 5
Bilbo becomes separated from the dwarves, and strikes an odd deal with a slimy creature in order to get unlost, but also changes the fate of Middle-earth in the process. Come explore JRR Tolkien's Mi...
18 Mar 202311min
092: Dark Journeys: The Hobbit Chapter 5 Part 2
One of the most chilling elements of a fantasy story is the descent into darkness. Darkness is the realm of evil, where wicked power have a home-court advantage. But journeys into the dark have a way ...
16 Mar 202312min
091: The Hobbit Chapter 5 Part 1: Riddles in the Dark
Lost in the dark, and without hope, Bilbo makes an unlikely discovery that has enormous ramifications for the fate of Middle-earth, meets a slimy creature who may not be all that different from himsel...
14 Mar 202312min
090: Book vs Movie | The Hobbit Chapter 4
Today we compare JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit chapter 4 with Peter Jackson’s on-screen adaptation in the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Extended edition, of course. Come explore JRR Tolkien's Middle-eart...
9 Mar 202312min
