Episodes

  • The Silmarillion 4: Arda Marred

    The Silmarillion 4: Arda Marred
    Feb 1 2025
    This week, we continue our unit on The Silmarillion and discuss the Days Before Days, time and space (and calendars and maps), and the paradox of free will.
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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Pop Quiz: The Valaquenta

    Pop Quiz: The Valaquenta
    Jan 26 2025
    In this special bonus episode, test your knowledge of the Valar and the Maiar, the relationships between them, and a few other things besides!
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    8 mins
  • The Silmarillion 3: Acquainted With Grief

    The Silmarillion 3: Acquainted With Grief
    Jan 24 2025
    This week, we continue our unit on The Silmarillion and discuss the Valaquenta, spheres of authority, intertexting already and The Diagram.
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • The Silmarillion 2: Void And Flame

    The Silmarillion 2: Void And Flame
    Jan 19 2025
    This week, we continue our unit on The Silmarillion and discuss the Ainulindalë, aesthetics and philosophy, the subcreative process and the Secret Origins of Melkor.
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • The Silmarillion 1: From The Shores Of Faery

    The Silmarillion 1: From The Shores Of Faery
    Jan 12 2025
    This week, we begin our unit on J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumous work of mythology and history, and discuss reading strategies, layers of narrative and the creative impulse.
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    55 mins
  • Prince Caspian 3: Making Good On Macbeth

    Prince Caspian 3: Making Good On Macbeth
    Jan 3 2025
    This week, we overcome treachery to win the war in chapters ten to fifteen of C.S. Lewis' Prince Caspian and discuss the Narnian timeline, fear as an alienating force, and the worst of Susan.
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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Prince Caspian 2: The Return of the King(s and Queens)

    Prince Caspian 2: The Return of the King(s and Queens)
    Dec 28 2024
    This week, we assemble our forces and call for help in chapters five to ten of C.S. Lewis' Prince Caspian and discuss the medieval perspective on past and future, the oracular power of centaurs, and the difference between beasts.
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • Prince Caspian 1: Do You Remember?

    Prince Caspian 1: Do You Remember?
    Dec 20 2024
    This week, we return to Narnia with the first five chapters of C.S. Lewis' Prince Caspian and discuss politics and persecution, fairytale and fantasy, and Edmund's 2024 slang.
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    1 hr and 37 mins