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The Tolkien Professor podcast is a series of lectures, discussions, and seminars on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Corey Olsen, Assistant Professor of English at Washington College in Maryland. Find me on Facebook at “The Tolkien Professor,” on Twitter at @tolkienprof, or at my website at www.tolkienprofessor.com. I have also begun a grand new venture: the Mythgard Institute, offering courses on Tolkien studies for credit at the MA level, or just for fun! Join us at www.mythgard.org.

Latest Episodes:

475: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 9 May 22, 2022

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Today, Maggie and Corey are joined by Sergio and Cesar from the Tolkien Talk YouTube channel in Brazil!

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 10,
recorded on May 18, 2022

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Episode guest:
Sergio and Cesar from the Tolkien Talk YouTube channel in Brazil
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/TolkienTalk
Twitter https://twitter.com/TolkienTalkBR

Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday,
on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive...
and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu
For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/
You can watch or listen to the recordings here.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa...
https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...

Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule
More about the individual programs
Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/
Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/
The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.
https://mythgard.org/listen/
Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.

We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/
About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/
Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio...
SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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473: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 8 May 13, 2022

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Join Corey and Maggie as they discuss their whirlwind trip to London for Amazon Prime Video's Sneak Peek Rings of Power experience!

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 9,
recorded on May 10, 2022

What Corey and Maggie are talking about, you can find out some of the atmosphere of the event from the OneRing.net article by Justin Sewell here, https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022...
and from the Tolkien Guide's post here.
https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/...

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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472: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 7 Apr 23, 2022

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Today we are joined by the Voice of Geekdom, to talk about the idea of "canon".

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 8,
recorded on April 20, 2022

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Episode guest: Voice of Geekdom
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/VoiceofGeekdom
Twitter https://twitter.com/VoiceOfGeek

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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471: SilmFilm 6-09: Beren and Lúthien – Part 3 Apr 23, 2022

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Tonight: How many dogfights do we really want to do in one episode? And how do we depict the dynamics of Beren and Luthien's relationship at this stage?

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470: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 6 Apr 15, 2022

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Today we will think through the Elvish political situation in Eriador in the Second Age, considering the opportunities and challenges that the Rings of Power show faces.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 7,
recorded on April 13, 2022

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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468: SilmFilm 6-08: Beren and Lúthien – Part 2 Apr 15, 2022

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467: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 5 Apr 03, 2022

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Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 5,
recorded on March 30, 2022

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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466: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 4 Mar 26, 2022

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Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 4,
recorded on March 23, 2022

Today, Corey and Maggie are joined by our second special guest, not-so-clueless fangirl Helen from the Clueless Fangirl, and discuss Númenor in the #RingsOfPower adaptation.

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkein Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Episode guest:
Helen from The Clueless Fangirl
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvuc...
Twitter https://twitter.com/HelenaLahnstein

Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.
https://mythgard.org/listen/
The audio versions of this show will be added to the Tolkien Professor podcast.

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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465: SilmFilm 6-07: Beren and Lúthien – Part 1 Mar 21, 2022

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Tonight we start on the Beren and Luthien story, and we decide the order of the first part of the season.

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464: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 3 Mar 20, 2022

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Today we pause to take a real look at the Rings of Power trailer -- not to speculate about events or to worry about details, but to consider themes and the larger story.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 3,
recorded on March 16, 2022

Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkein Professor
https://signumuniversity.org/director...
Dr. Maggie Parke
https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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