Like a toddler at the dinner table, we've saved the most unpleasant bit for last. Listen in as Sara, James, and Alan return to finish their report cards for Amazon: will the show get passing marks? With discussion of the visuals, music, and acting behind us, tonight's conversation turns to the writing. The sea may always be right, but if the sea could write, ... Show More
Nov 2024
035 – Magical Woo Woo Sounds
Join Alan, James, and Sara as they ponder Pelargir, ruminate about Rhûn, admire Adar, and linger on Lindon in the second half of our post-season review of Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! We talk through the remaining storylines in the s ... Show More
2h 14m
Oct 2024
034 – Most Valuable Dwarf Award
The envelope, please... Join Alan, Sara, and James as they talk about costumes, casting, and Khazad-dûm (it’s alliteration, folks) in what is only the first half of our post-season review of Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! We give well- ... Show More
1h 53m
Oct 2024
033 – Schrödinger's Podcast
Join Alan, James, and Sara as they avoid spoilers in this episode blurb, discuss the revelation of the Stranger's name, weep over a powerful father-son moment, and agree that the show has gotten better - all in their discussion of the Season 2 finale of Amazon Prime Video's The L ... Show More
2h 49m
May 2020
165 - Just a Little Bit of Peril
The Fellowship are led through Lothlórien blindfolded, and yes, Legolas is still complaining. Deprived of his sight, Frodo’s heightened senses take in the sounds, the smells, and the feel of the world around him; and we bask in the beauty of Tolkien’s prose all the way to Cerin A ... Show More
1h 43m
May 2019
269: Game of Thrones 8x05
<p>Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Our mailbag is as heavy as our hearts as the show may have finally broken us. Before we go away inside, let's have one more ragefest against the showrunners as we lament what might have been. Game of Thrones. A Song of Ice and Fire. Game o ... Show More
2h 6m
Dec 2022
273 – Questions After Nightfall 21
Join Alan and Don, as we send Don back (for now, at any rate) to TikTok, where they apparently need their Obscure Lord of the Rings Facts Guy. But before Luke leaves Vader in charge, it’s time to welcome some of our listeners to join us in the common-room for our latest Q&A episo ... Show More
1h 23m
Jul 2022
433: ACoK Tyrion XII (repost)
<p>Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. While revenge is a dish best served cold, Cersei serves her threats with a side of greens. We realize that Jaime is the Michael Bluth of Westeros, and that if you want to find your inner Tywin, you can't go halfway. Also, was GRRM missing ... Show More
58m 59s