The Silmarillion

On the first episode of the Talking Tolkien podcast, co-hosts John & Greta Carswell provide an introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion and introduce some of the

On the second episode of the Talking Tolkien podcast, co-hosts John & Greta Carswell examine Ainulindalë, the first section in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. Come

On the third episode of the Talking Tolkien podcast, co-hosts John & Greta Carswell examine Valaquenta, the second section in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. Come get lost

On the 4th episode of the Talking Tolkien podcast, co-hosts John & Greta Carswell examine the 1st chapter of The Silmarillion proper, Of the Beginning of

Where did Dwarves, Ents, and Eagles come from? We explore these questions and more in our discussion of the 2nd chapter of The Silmarillion proper, Of Aulë and Yavanna. Come

We sit down with illustrator Evan Palmer of EvanPalmerComics.com to discuss his graphic interpretation of Ainulindalë. It’s an illuminating interview for a fascinating work! You

Where did the Elves come from and what is their doom? What should the Valar do about Melkor? We explore these questions and more in our

Tolkien’s first story of inter-species love concerns Thingol and Melian. Find out why the shortest chapter in The Silmarillion is one of the most important in

How did the Elves get to Aman? Whatever became of Thingol? Where does Galadriel come from? And why did we forget a critical Wayne’s World

Who is Fëanor and why is he important? And who thought it was a good idea to let Melkor out of the dungeon?!?! C’MON MAN!!!

Only 15 episodes in, and we finally find out what a Silmaril is and where they came from! On this episode, John & Greta continue

Welcome to the 17th episode of The Tolkien Road podcast (formerly known as Talking Tolkien). On this episode, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough

On this episode of Tolkien Road, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with the first part of Chapter 9, “Of the

On this episode of Tolkien Road, John & Greta continue their chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion with the second part of Chapter 9, “Of the Flight of the

Concerning “Of the Sindar”, Chapter 10 of The Silmarillion, wherein we find out what’s been happening back in Beleriand… Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to

We’re back! We apologize for our absence; it’s time to move on down the road… On this episode of The Tolkien Road, we continue our discussion

Concerning “Of Men”, Chapter 12 of The Silmarillion… On this episode, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with Chapter 12, “Of Men”. In this

Concerning “Of the Return of the Noldor,” Chapter 13 of The Silmarillion… On this episode, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with Chapter 13.

Concerning “Of Beleriand and Its Realms,” Chapter 14 of The Silmarillion… On this episode, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with Chapter 14, “Of

Concerning “Of the Noldor in Beleriand”, Chapter 15 of The Silmarillion… Hey there fellow travelers! On this episode, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion

Concerning “Of Maeglin”, Chapter 16 of The Silmarillion… Hey there fellow travelers! On this episode, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with Chapter 16,

Concerning “Of the Coming of Men Into the West”, Chapter 17 of The Silmarillion… Hey there fellow travelers! On this episode, we continue our discussion

Concerning “Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin”, Chapter 18 of The Silmarillion… Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road,

Concerning “Of Beren and Lúthien”, Chapter 19 of The Silmarillion… Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works

Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works and philosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien. This week, we continue our

Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works and philosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien. On this episode, we discuss

Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works and philosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien. On this episode, we begin

Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works and philosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien. On this episode, we continue

Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works and philosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien.  On this episode, we continue

Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works and philosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien.  On this episode, we continue

Hey there fellow travelers! Welcome to The Tolkien Road, a long walk through the works and philosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien. On this episode, we discuss the

On this episode, having completed The Silmarillion with 29 episodes, we round it off to 30 by taking a victory lap, wherein we discuss our

Concerning “Akallabêth”, the chronicle of Númenór… On this episode, we begin our look at “Akallabêth”, or “The Downfallen”, the story of Númenór’s rise and fall

Continuing with “Akallabêth”, the chronicle of Númenór’s downfall… Topics include: Note from a Listener: more March 25th connections (2:30) Sauron’s Assault Upon Nimloth the Fair (10:00)

Concerning “Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, from the found of Lindon to the Last Alliance of Men and Elves… Correspondence, etc

Concerning “Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age”, from Isildur’s Downfall to the triumph of the Little People… notes from listeners & news

One Episode to Rule Them All!!! Having completed a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of The Silmarillion (which spans over 30 hours of content), we decided to do