By Mythgard Institute
Join The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen, on a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story, and explore Middle-earth through the magical game-world of Lord of the Rings Online.
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2024-11-18 Session 318: Finding the Third Dimension: the Middle Stanzas
2024-11-18 Session 317: The End of Gimli's Song
2024-11-18 Session 316: The Second Half of the Song
2024-10-31 Session 315: The Dwarves' World
2024-10-15 Session 314: The Dwarf Perspective At Last
2024-08-27 Session 313: Uptown Moria
2024-08-21 Session 312: The Second March
2024-08-17 Session 311: A Humanizing Interlude
2024-08-02 Session 309: Pippin Drops a Stone
2024-08-02 Session 310: The Fallout from the Stone
2024-07-22 Session 308: The Guardroom
2024-07-02 Session 307: A Point of Decision
2024-06-16 Session 306: Sounds in the Darkness
2024-06-16 Session 305: Gandalf's Guidance
2024-06-03 Session 304: The Journey Continues
2024-06-03 Session 303: Through the Deadly Dark
2024-06-03 Session 302: Gandalf Takes the Lead
2024-06-03 Session 301: The Beginning of the Long Dark
2024-05-14 Session 300: Crossing the Threshold
2024-05-14 Session 299: The Choice of Master Samwise
2024-04-12 Session 295: Quick to Anger
2024-04-12 Session 298: Passing the Mellon Test
2024-04-12 Session 297: The Ripples and the Answer Draw Near
2024-04-12 Session 296: Gandalf Takes the Wrong Approach
2024-03-12 Session 292: Moria Security Protocols
2024-03-12 Session 293: Memories of Lost Lore
2024-03-12 Session 294: Quick to Anger
2024-02-20 Session 290: Runes And Letters And Cunning Handwriting
2024-02-20 Session 291: The Subcommittee Comes Through!
2024-02-12 Session 289: The Doors Are Shut
2024-02-12 Session 288: Sam Speaks Out
2024-01-04 Session 287: Concerning Elves and Dwarves
2024-01-04 Session 285: The Doom of Bill
2024-01-04 Session 286: Tentacular Forebodings
2023-12-09 Session 284: Before The Walls
2023-12-09 Session 283: The End Of The Road
2023-11-25 Session 282: Ominous Emptiness
2023-11-11 Session 280: Where Wolves?
2023-11-11 Session 281: The Race Against the Shadow
2023-11-08 Session 279: And the Fire Came
2023-11-08 Session 278: GANDALF IS HERE
2023-11-08 Session 276: A Fair Warning
2023-11-08 Session 277: Alliterating Under Pressure
2023-10-09 Session 275: The Children of the Night
2023-09-28 Session 274: Remembering Their Family History
2023-09-02 Session 273: Fell Voices on the Air
2023-08-25 Session 272: Aragorn's Foretelling
2023-08-25 Session 271: Finding the Right Question
2023-07-29 Session 270: Mixed Reviews
2023-07-29 Session 269: Gandalf’s Response
2023-07-28 Session 268: Boromir Arguments
2023-07-28 Session 267: A Counter-Suggestion
2023-06-13 Session 266: A Vague Fear
2023-06-06 Session 265: The Bad Option
2023-06-06 Session 264: Resuming Deliberations
2023-05-24 Session 263: The Rout
2023-05-10 Session 262: Caradhras Abides
2023-04-28 Session 261: A Parting Gift from Caradhras
2023-04-23 Session 260: Great Men Need No Spades
2023-04-23 Session 259: Legolas Deploys His Sass
2023-04-12 Session 258: Of Elves and Otters
2023-03-30 Session 257: Winter Banter
2023-03-30 Session 256: Trapped
2023-02-27 Session 254: Gandalf Is Here
2023-02-27 Session 255: Hopeful Signs
2023-02-27 Session 253: Fire And Death
2023-01-29 Session 251: We Cannot Get Out
2023-01-29 Session 252: Increasing Desperation
2023-01-06 Session 250: The Enemy's Attack
2023-01-06 Session 249: Stone in the Mountains
2023-01-06 Session 248: Concerning the Arm of Sauron
2023-01-06 Session 247: Caradhras Strikes
2022-12-06 Session 246: Interrupting Warrior!
2022-12-04 Session 245: Decisive Leadership
2022-11-22 Session 244: The Basis of Choice
2022-11-17 Session 243: Approaching the Decision
2022-11-17 Session 242: Probably a Wisp of Cloud
2022-11-02 Session 241: Strider's Leadership
2022-10-22 Session 240: Towards the Pass
2022-10-20 Session 239: Avian Analysis
2022-10-01 Session 238: Spying Out the Land
2022-09-16 Session 236: Ominous Mysteries
2022-09-16 Session 237: Pack(s) of Crows
2022-08-24 Session 235: Strider Apart
2022-08-06 Session 234: Looking Ahead Part 2
2022-08-06 Session 233: Looking Ahead
2022-07-13 Session 232: Return to Moria
2022-07-06 Session 231: Approaching Legends
2022-06-15 Session 229: The Third Road Trip
2022-06-15 Session 230: A Wilderness Frontier
2022-06-01 Session 228: On The Road Again
2022-05-23 Session 227: Departing Rivendell
2022-05-23 Session 226: Free or Bound?
2022-04-23 Session 225: The Counsel of the Wisest of Loremasters
2022-04-15 Session 224: Preparing for the Road Ahead
2022-04-03 Session 222: Waiting on the Doorstep
2022-04-03 Session 223: Sam's Outlook
2022-03-20 Session 221: The Tenth Walker
2022-03-14 Session 220: Preparations for the Journey
2022-03-10 Session 219: The Description of the Company (Already in Progress)
2022-02-27 Session 218: The Horn Incident
2022-02-27 Session 217: The Quest Begins
2022-02-27 Session 216: Bilbo's Song In Context
2022-01-31 Session 215: Meanwhile, What is Bilbo Up To?
2022-01-31 Session 214: Bilbo Shifts Focus
2022-01-16 Session 213: Spring Comes After All
2022-01-09 Session 212: When Winter Comes, the Winter Wild...
2021-12-13 Session 211: Second Verse. Same as the First?
2021-12-04 Session 210: A Song! A Song!
2021-11-28 Session 209: A Touching Moment
2021-11-21 Session 208: Circulating Mathoms
2021-11-17 Session 207: The Continuity of Stories
2021-11-11 Session 206: Reforging the Past, Anticipating the Future
2021-11-07 Session 205: The Last Two Empty Slots
2021-10-27 Session 204: Going My Way
2021-10-20 Session 203: The Fellowship near the Ring
2021-10-11 Session 202: The Encroaching Shadow
2021-10-01 Session 201: The Time For Action
2021-09-25 Session 200: What The Scouts Learned
2021-09-20 Session 199: Scouting The Lands
2021-09-08 Session 198: Counting Days in Rivendell
2021-09-03 Session 197: Bilbo's Literary Theories
2021-08-15 Session 195: Looking Ahead
2021-08-15 Session 196: There And Possibly Back Again
2021-08-05 Session 194: A Middling-Long Rest
2021-07-10 Session 193: The Council Of Elrond (Expurgated Version)
2021-07-03 Session 192: The Council About The Council
2021-07-01 Session 191: The Real Hero Stands Forth
2021-06-18 Session 190: Frodo Joins The Hall Of Fame
2021-06-11 Session 189: Frodo's Choice
2021-06-04 Session 188: What This Council Business Was All About Really
2021-05-28 Session 187: Bilbo Finally Raises the Sensitive Issue
2021-05-22 Session 185: Operation: Fool's Hope
2021-05-22 Session 186: Bilbo's Gambit
2021-05-08 Session 184: Concerning the Elven Rings
2021-04-25 Session 183: Speaking of Using Rings Against Sauron
2021-04-16 Session 181: How to Oppose Sauron
2021-04-16 Session 182: Opposing Sauron Plan B
2021-04-03 Session 178: Reasoned Deliberations
2021-04-03 Session 179: The Climax of the Council
2021-04-03 Session 180: A Modest Proposal
2021-03-14 Session 177: Risks and Options
2021-03-07 Session 176: Weighing the Options
2021-02-27 Session 175: Of Squirrels and Tom Bombadil
2021-02-21 Session 174: The Beginning of the End of the Council
2021-02-11 Session 173: Gandalf's Story Comes to an End
2021-02-03 Session 172: The Further Difficulties of the Witchking
2021-01-23 Session 171: Gandalf Contributes to the Witchking's Troubles
2021-01-16 Session 170: Retracing Frodo's Steps, Quickly
2021-01-08 Session 169: Rohan Rumblings
2020-12-22 Session 168: Introduction to the Horse Lords
2020-12-15 Session 167: Radagast - Moth
2020-12-04 Session 165: Gandalf's Predicament
2020-12-04 Session 166: A Dream Rescue
2020-11-21 Session 164: Means, Ends, And Isengard
2020-11-21 Session 162: Saruman's Performance Act II
2020-11-21 Session 163: The Confrontation Comes to a Crisis
2020-11-21 Session 161: Recruiting Gandalf
2020-11-08 Session 159: The Wizardly Confrontation Begins
2020-11-08 Session 157: The Order Of Wizards
2020-11-08 Session 158: Gandalf's Big Decision
2020-11-08 Session 160: Saruman the Un White, Uncloaked!
2020-10-07 Session 156: The Final Narrative
2020-09-26 Session 155: Solving the Crime - Gollum's Escape
2020-09-26 Session 154: Conspiracies Hinted At
2020-09-14 Session 153: Mostly About Gollum
2020-09-14 Session 152: The Turning Point
2020-09-14 Session 150: Gollum's Evidence
2020-09-14 Session 149: The Quest about the Ring
2020-09-14 Session 148: Isildur and the Ring
2020-06-29 Session 147: The Testimony of Isildur
2020-06-29 Session 146: Citation Needed
2020-06-13 Session 145: Archival Drama
2020-06-13 Session 144: Gandalf’s Knowledge
2020-06-13 Session 143: Gandalf Takes the Floor
2020-06-13 Session 142: Investigations
2020-05-09 Session 141: The Halflings Stand Forth
2020-05-09 Session 140: Transitioning to Explanations
2020-05-04 Session 139: Aragorn's Call
2020-05-04 Session 138: Bilbo Says the K Word
2020-04-14 Session 137: A Tale of Two Heirs
2020-04-14 Session 136: Boromir Doesn't Get It
2020-04-14 Session 135: Boromir's Eye Opener
2020-04-14 Session 134: An Eye Opener
2020-03-16 Session 133: The Prophecy of Gondor
2020-03-16 Session 132: Some Real News
2020-02-14 Session 131: Deviating from Elrond's Agenda
2020-02-14 Session 130: Gondor Past, Present, and Future
2020-02-14 Session 129: The Role of Gondor
2020-02-14 Session 128: The Paradox of Middle-earth History
2020-02-14 Session 127: Elrond Takes the Floor
2019-12-17 Session 126: Dwarf Diplomacy
2019-12-15 Session 125: The Great Council Convenes
2019-11-25 Session 124: Good Night, Stars
2019-11-25 Session 123: One More Song!
2019-10-23 Session 121: The History of the Eärendil Poem
2019-10-15 Session 120: The Eärendil Poem, still further continued
2019-10-08 Session 119: The Eärendil Poem, further continued
2019-10-01 Session 118: The Eärendil Poem, continued
2019-09-24 Session 117: Bilbo’s Greatest Poem Begins
2019-09-17 Session 116: Not a Thing to Miss
2019-09-10 Session 115: Fellowship
2019-09-03 Session 114: A Tense Moment
2019-08-27 Session 113: The Further Adventures of Bilbo
2019-08-20 Session 112: Bilbo!
2019-07-31 Session 111: A Longing Fulfilled
2019-07-23 Session 110: The Unwritten Sequel
2019-07-16 Session 109: The Short Guys at the High Table
2019-07-10 Session 108: A Late-Arriving Guest
2019-06-25 Session 107: Faces at the Feast
2019-06-18 Session 106: Insistent Merriment
2019-06-05 Session 105: Elves, Sir!
2019-05-29 Session 104: Reunions
2019-05-21 Session 103: Safe in Rivendell
2019-05-14 Session 102: The End of the Story
2019-05-07 Session 101: Gandalf's Judgement
2019-05-01 Session 100!!!: The Battle at Hand
2019-04-16 Session 99: The Other Side
2019-04-10 Session 98: Dx of F. Baggins
2019-04-02 Session 97: Mythic Lineage and Elf Magic
2019-03-26 Session 96: Aragorn to the Rescue
2019-03-19 Session 95: Go Not to the Wizard for Answers
2019-03-12 Session 94: More Questions Than Answers
2019-02-19 Session 93: The Final Confrontation
2019-02-05 Session 92: Looking Back from Across the Border
2019-01-29 Session 91: Approaching the Ford, Very Fast
2019-01-22 Session 90: Approaching the Ford
2019-01-16 Session 89: In the Hands of Glorfindel
2019-01-08 Session 88: Glorfindel Takes Charge
2018-12-18 Session 87: The Hero with the Terrible Agent
2018-12-11 Session 86: Braving the Road
2018-12-04 Session 85: The Root of the Boot
2018-11-27 Session 84: The Troll-song Singalong!
2018-11-13 Session 83: Obviously Trolls
2018-11-06 Session 82: Dreams and Determination
2018-10-30 Session 81: Rough Going
2018-10-24 Session 80: An Unexpectedly Quiet Journey
2018-10-16 Session 79: Moving Forward
2018-10-10 Session 78: So What Happens Next?
2018-10-03 Session 77: Diagnosis and Treatment
2018-09-25 Session 76: The Morgul Blade
2018-09-18 Session 75: When Ringwraiths Attack
2018-09-12 Session 74: The Leaves of Many Years
2018-09-05 Session 73: Linden Leaves
2018-08-29 Session 72: What To Do When the Darkness Presses Round
2018-08-21 Session 71: The Ringwraiths Close In
2018-08-14 Session 70: On Weathertop
2018-07-31 Session 69: Signs and Visions
2018-07-24 Session 68: Of Prominent Hills and Broken Swords
2018-07-17 Session 67: Aragorn's Choice
2018-07-10 Session 66: Into the Lone Lands
2018-07-03 Session 65: Into Dark and Danger
2018-06-19 Session 64: A Stealthy Departure
2018-06-12 Session 63: A Grim Morn
2018-06-05 Session 62: Breaking and Entering
2018-05-29 Session 61: Strange things Are Afoot at the Prancing Pony
2018-05-22 Session 60: Danger Closes In
2018-05-08 Session 59: Aragorn Revealed
2018-05-01 Session 58: The Truth Will Out
2018-04-17 Session 57: Seeing the Big Picture
2018-04-10 Session 56: Gandalf's Bree-land Emergency Backup
2018-04-03 Session 55: The Intervention of Butterbur
2018-03-27 Session 54: Seeking for Hobbits from the Shire
2018-03-21 Session 53: A Tense Interview
2018-03-14 Session 52: Damage Control
2018-03-06 Session 51: Being Inconspicuous Very Badly
2018-02-20 Session 50: An Important New Acquaintance
2018-02-13 Session 49: Home-like Enough
2018-02-06 Session 48: Seeking Refuge
2018-01-30 Session 47: The Prancing Pony
2018-01-23 Session 46: Welcome to Bree
2018-01-16 Session 45: Crossing Borders
2018-01-02 Session 44: Recovery
2017-12-19 Session 43: Setting Things Right
2017-12-12 Session 42: Now At Last I've Caught You
2017-12-05 Session 41: Good and Bad Inspirations
2017-11-28 Session 40: More Hospitality
2017-11-21 Session 39: The Trap Closes
2017-11-07 Session 38: Trapped Again
2017-11-07 All About Exploring Lord of the Rings
2017-10-31 Session 37: A Path into Darkness
2017-10-24 Session 36: Departures
2017-10-17 Session 35: They Eye of Bombadil
2017-10-10 Session 34: Fear and Delight
2017-10-02 Session 33: Perilous Quest in a Rain Delay
2017-09-26 Session 32: Perchance to Dream
2017-09-19 Session 31: Let Us Sing Together
2017-09-12 Session 30: Who Are You?
2017-09-05 Session 29: Identity and Recognition
2017-08-30 Session 28: An Unexpected Welcome
2017-08-22 Session 27: A Mighty Singer
2017-08-15 Session 26: From Which All the Queerness Comes
2017-08-08 Session 25: Believing the Stories
2017-07-25 Session 24: Wonderers in the Shadowed Land
2017-07-18 Session 23: Entering the Wild
2017-07-11 Session 22: Frodo's First Dream
2017-06-27 Session 21: We Must Away
2017-06-20 Session 20: Trusty and Willing
2017-06-14 Session 19: Comprehension Levels
2017-05-23 Session 18: Home Away from Home
2017-05-16 Session 17: Resisting the Riders
2017-05-09 Session 16: Of Woodland Phantoms and Mushrooms
2017-04-18 Session 15: You Cannot Forever Fence It Out
2017-04-12 Session 14: Hobbits in the Wide World
2017-04-03 Session 13: Golden as a Summer Afternoon
2017-03-28 Session 12: Tales of That Sort
2017-03-21 Session 11: Mordor Comes to the Shire
2017-03-14 Session 10: Adventure Comes to the Shire
2017-03-07 Session 9: Plots and Plans
2017-02-21 Session 8: Frodo's Choice
2017-02-14 Session 7: Frodo's First Trial
2017-02-07 Session 6: The Story of the Ring
2017-01-31 Session 5: Gandalf's Knowledge
2017-01-24 Session 4: The Younger Generation of Hobbits
2017-01-17 Session 3: Bilbo's Claim to Fame
2017-01-10 Session 2: The Continuing Story of Bilbo Baggins
2017-01-03 Session 1: Exploring Lord of the Rings On Location
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