Due to changes in URLs the most current links to various Middle-earth Talk Radio episodes are being maintained at Xenite.Org’s Middle-earth Talk Radio category.
UPDATE: Confirmation of Legend of the Seeker‘s cancellation came out after this episode was recorded.
If you enjoy listening to Middle-earth Talk Radio then you’ll want to download Episode 23 of Middle-earth Talk Radio, which Hawke Robinson and I recorded a couple of weeks ago.
We recorded another episode last night. I’ll let you know when that comes online.
Here is a rundown of what we talked about in Episode 23:
Topics:
- Grovelling to Theonering.net
- Michael the “Uber Geek”
- Iron Man II
- Mother Confessor Day foreshadowing from “Legend of the Seeker”
- Burren in County Clare claimed as another inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s work
- Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien relevant to Ireland, Letters #165 and #211
- Flintshire grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien stars in film “Pimp”
- Hugo Weaving will be The Red Skull in upcoming Captain America film
- Tangent: Hugo Weaving’s accent as Agent Smith based on Wachowski Bros.
- Why there is no Jewish Narnia
- Development of role playing games for use as a therapeutic modality
- Israeli Defense Force frowns on Dungeons & Dragons participants (2005)
- Refuting the claim (through research) that role playing gaming causes “weak personalities” or “detachment from reality”
- The Middle-earth Weekend 2010 UK
- The Isle of Rum claims to have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s peaks of Mordor
- The Isle of Muck ties to Isle of Eigg which ties to Howlin House where J.R.R. Tolkien was reputed to have visited on holiday
- Will Harry Potter have the global longevity of The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings? Vote in the poll.
- Legend of the Seeker, Shakespeare, and J.R.R. Tolkien
- Twitter Take Over on Mother’s Day for Mother Confessor Day
- Save the Seeker Campaign
- How would you produce a TV series on Tolkien’s works?
- Circa Second Age 1000 to 1500 fertile time period
- The Middle-earth 3D Interactive mapping project: ME-DEM
- Merp.com launches version 7.0 of their website
- More rambling from Hawke – mining terminology for “muck”
With music by Rehtaeh
http://www.rehtaehmusic.com
You can find all the episodes by visiting Middle-earth Talk Radio.
