The Tolkien Professor

The penultimate session of the Silmarillion Seminar is now available. Silmarillion Seminar 34, “Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers” (aka “The One in Which Lara Speaks”) covers Part 1 of The Rings of Power and the Third Age. Find it here or check out this and all the other Tolkien Professor podcasts on iTunes.

This session of the Silmarillion Seminar concludes the Allkalabeth. It’s called “The Castle of Arrrggghhhh”. You’ll have to listen to find out why! Get the download here or on The Tolkien Professor iTunes feed.

The decline and fall of Numenor as detailed in the Allkalabeth is discussed at length in Silmarillion Seminar 31:  ”Somewhere Beyond the Sea”. Listen here or on iTunes.

Who needs Atlantis when you can have Numenor? Episode 31 of the Silmarillion Seminar, titled “Frank from Numenor,” is now available here, and on iTunes.

Silmarillion Seminar 30 is posted! Find out what Mr. T and Voldemort have to do with the War of Wrath in this episode entitled “I Pity the Fool!” Find all the episodes of the Silmarillion Seminar here, or subscribe to the Tolkien Professor’s feed through iTunes.

Faerie and Fantasy 40, the final episode, is now posted! The entire Faerie and Fantasy class is now available for your listening pleasure. You can find it here or on iTunes. Happy Thanksgiving!

Hard on the heels of FF 37 comes episode 38! Prof. Olsen and class tackle chapters 17-23 of the Young Adult Fantasy “Sabriel” by Garth Nix. Listen to this episode (or the entire series) here or on iTunes.

The new episode of the Faerie and Fantasy course is out! This installment covers chapters 12-17 of Garth Nix’s YA fantasy novel, “Sabriel.” Listen here or on iTunes.

“When you Wish Upon a Star”, the twenty-ninth session of the Silmarillion Seminar is out! Be sure to catch Mike Therway’s brilliant “Style Time” moments, and the delightful introduction by Matt Shaw (aka Beren in Dixie) . Listen here or on iTunes.

In this latest installment of the Silmarillion Seminar, find out why “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree”. Episode 28 is now available here, or on iTunes.