• Harrington
    Aug 14 2024

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam take a break from actually discussing Tolkien and instead do a deep investigation into the life and times of a certain Tolkien fan.


    Harrington - Brief reflections on the politics of Dune


    The legendary Wikipedia article


    Carolyn Gallaher -- After The Peace


    The Third Way (the "wills and bequests" page is here)

    Solidarity Union

    Great UK Products You Can Buy


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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • The Hillbilly Hobbit
    Jul 23 2024

    In this EMERGENCY EPISODE, co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance's love of Tolkien. When the Entmoot Podcast wished for a Tolkien fan in the White House, the monkey's paw curled. This episode is a sequel to our 2022 episode Hard Right Hobbits, which you can find here.


    Sources:

    Adam Wren (Politico) - How Lord of the Rings Shaped JD Vance's Politics

    Simon van Zuylen-Wood (Washington Post) - The Radicalization of JD Vance

    Salvador Rodriguez (CNBC) - Why Silicon Valley is obsessed with 'The Lord of the Rings'

    Jack Butler (National Review) - Does The Left Really Want To Argue That Enjoying Lord of the Rings is Far-Right?

    I won't include a link to Vance's book, but if you want to read it for some reason make sure to buy used.


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    31 mins
  • Starbrow
    Jul 14 2024

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's 1967 novella Smith of Wootton Major.


    Primary sources:

    Smith of Wootton Major (PDF) | Tales From The Perilous Realm (includes SoWM as well as all of Tolkien's other "minor works") | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | On Fairy Stories (PDF)


    Secondary sources:

    Kocher - Master of Middle-earth (out of print)

    Webb - The Lives of the Saints (contains KT's favorite version of the Voyage of St Brendan)

    Calvino - Invisible Cities


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    55 mins
  • The Hero of the Countryside
    Jun 24 2024

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's 1949 comic short story Farmer Giles of Ham.


    Primary sources:

    Farmer Giles of Ham (PDF) | Tales From The Perilous Realm (includes FGoH as well as all of Tolkien's other "minor works") | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien


    Secondary sources:

    Kocher - Master of Middle-earth (out of print)


    Link to the Alan Lee illustration of Farmer Giles and his blunderbuss


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    57 mins
  • Of Faerie and Fairies (Part 2)
    Mar 1 2024

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's 1939 essay "On Fairy Stories." Part 2 of 2.


    Primary sources:

    On Fairy Stories (PDF) | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien


    Secondary sources:

    Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

    Le Guin - The Dispossessed

    For discussion of "Man and the Machine" in Tolkien's work: Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good


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    48 mins
  • Of Faerie and Fairies (Part 1)
    Feb 16 2024

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's 1939 essay "On Fairy Stories." Part 1 of 2.


    Primary sources:

    On Fairy Stories (PDF) | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien


    Secondary sources:

    Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

    For discussion of Tolkien and race/culture: Mills - The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto

    For discussion of Tolkien's arguments with Christopher Wiseman: Garth - Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth

    For discussion of "Man and the Machine" in Tolkien's work: Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • A Mere Individual
    Nov 15 2023

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's experience fighting in World War I and the ways it informed his worldview.


    Primary sources:

    The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | The Fall of Gondolin


    Secondary sources:

    Garth - Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth

    Garth - The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth

    Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

    Loconte (for NYTimes) - How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front

    Collins (for The Collector) - Lewis, Hemingway, & Tolkien: Three Authors of the Great War



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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • And Melkor Was Afraid
    Oct 12 2023

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss chapters seven and eight of the Quenta Silmarillion, including Feanor's creation of the Silmarils, Melkor's first plot to steal the Silmarils, Feanor's exile from Valmar, and Melkor's destruction of the Trees.


    Primary sources:

    The Silmarillion | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien


    Secondary sources:

    Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography


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    56 mins