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The Tolkien Professor

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.

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Episode 123: Silmarillion Seminar 17: Quenta Chapter 16 Nov 10, 2011

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The seventeenth session of the Silmarillion Seminar, discussing Chapter 16 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Maeglin"

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Episode 122: Tolkien and Horror: A Halloween Special Nov 05, 2011

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Corey Olsen, Dave Kale, Laura Berkholtz, and George Naylor discuss themes of horror in Tolkien's writings.

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Episode 121: Silmarillion Seminar 16: Quenta Chapter 15 Nov 03, 2011

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The sixteenth session of the Silmarillion Seminar, discussing Chapter 15 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Noldor in Beleriand."

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Episode 120: The Tolkien Professor Visits Hollywood Oct 28, 2011

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Corey Olsen and Dave Kale, program director for Middle-earth Network Radio, discuss the making of the documentary for the video game "The Lord of the Rings: War in the North". The documentary is viewable in four parts at http://www.youtube.com/user/machinima

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Episode 119: Tolkien Chat 10: In the Bar at Mythcon 2011. Oct 25, 2011

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The tenth Tolkien Chat, recorded in the bar at the Albuquerque MCM Elegante during the annual Mythopoeic Society Conference

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Episode 118: WC Faerie Course, Session 21 Oct 18, 2011

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Lord Dunsany, The Book of Wonder, Part 1. Recorded 3/11/11.

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Episode 117: Silmarillion Seminar 15: Quenta Chapter 14 Oct 16, 2011

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The fifteenth session of the Silmarillion Seminar, discussing Chapter 14 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Beleriand and Its Realms."