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480: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 12 Jun 20, 2022

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Join Corey and Maggie as they share more details from their discussions with the Rings of Power showrunners and continue discussing Empire images.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 13,
recorded on June 15, 2022

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

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.
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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/
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479: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 11 Jun 15, 2022

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Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 12,
recorded on June 8, 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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478: SilmFilm 6-12: The Frame Story Jun 15, 2022

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Join us tonight for a discussion of the Frame story for Season 6! (Hint: Tinuviel! Tinuviel!)

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477: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 10 Jun 04, 2022

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Let's discuss the recent Wheel of Time adaptation! Corey really admires it and dares you to change his mind!

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476: SilmFilm 6-11: Beren and Lúthien – Finale May 31, 2022

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Tonight we finish the plot outline discussion for Season 6. Time to resolve the issues with the end of the season...

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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

Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

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474: SilmFilm 6-10: Beren and Lúthien – Part 4 May 22, 2022

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This evening we finish thinking through the arc of the Beren and Luthien story, focusing on the final sequence: To Mandos and Back Again.

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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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