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A Drunk History of Middle-earth Podcast
Registrace 22. 05. 2023
Welcome to "A Drunk History of Middle-earth," the podcast where Chris and Rebecca, a married couple, discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as if explaining it to a drunk person.
With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share their thoughts on this topic and offer a unique perspective on Tolkien's world. Along the way, they share a fun fact about language that will leave you amazed and give you something to impress your friends with.
Chris and Rebecca's engaging and accessible approach will help you understand the complex world of Middle-earth like never before.
Whether you're a die-hard Tolkien fan or new to the series, "A Drunk History of Middle-earth" is the perfect choice for a fun and informative podcast. Tune in now to join Chris and Rebecca on this epic journey through Middle-earth!
With humor and insight, Chris and Rebecca share their thoughts on this topic and offer a unique perspective on Tolkien's world. Along the way, they share a fun fact about language that will leave you amazed and give you something to impress your friends with.
Chris and Rebecca's engaging and accessible approach will help you understand the complex world of Middle-earth like never before.
Whether you're a die-hard Tolkien fan or new to the series, "A Drunk History of Middle-earth" is the perfect choice for a fun and informative podcast. Tune in now to join Chris and Rebecca on this epic journey through Middle-earth!
46 - Rohan Part 4 - The End of the Line
Today Chris is solo and finishes the series on Rohan.
Please be aware domestic abuse/Domestic Violence is discussed. Please see the following link to International Domestic Violence Resources and signpost to resources for your country: safeandtogetherinstitute.com/international-domestic-violence-resources/
Link for my charity fundraising half marathon: linktr.ee/lotradhome
Please be aware domestic abuse/Domestic Violence is discussed. Please see the following link to International Domestic Violence Resources and signpost to resources for your country: safeandtogetherinstitute.com/international-domestic-violence-resources/
Link for my charity fundraising half marathon: linktr.ee/lotradhome
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Evil Swords and Evil Elves #tolkien #middleearth
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Evil Swords and Evil Elves #tolkien #middleearth
45 - Rohan Part 3 - 2nd Line of Kings
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Link for my charity fundraising half marathon: linktr.ee/lotradhome Chris is solo and covers the kings up to Theoden today.
44 - Rohan Part 2 - Eorl to Helm
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Link for my charity fundraising half marathon: linktr.ee/lotradhome In part 2 of our series on Rohan, we discuss the first line of kings.
43 - Rohan Part 1 - Back when it was the Calenardhon
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Link for my charity fundraising half marathon: linktr.ee/lotradhome The history of the Horse Lords this week! First in the series. We get realll deep.
42 - Balrogs - Lads with Fiery Tempers
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Link for my charity fundraising half marathon: linktr.ee/lotradhome This week we look at Balrogs, their history throughout 3 ages of Middle-earth, their creation, their power and the versions Tolkien drafted before settling on the big lads now.
41 - Relaxed Talk - Listener Questions and Smut
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Link to Charity Fundraiser linktr.ee/lotradhome We take it easy this week. Becca and have have the craic. Chat a bit about Elf sexuality, who the mysterious travellers are in the Prancing Pony, and a charming little story about Rosie Cotton paying Sam and Frodo a visit the night before the leave Bag-End.
40 - Human Origins and The First Fall of Man - Not a good time.
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Charity Fundraiser link: I'm running a half-marathon for charity. linktr.ee/lotradhome This week we take a look at the origins of Humans in Tolkien's world. We also take a deep dive into a quite unknown work called the tale of Adanel, which is a myth about how Humans were first corrupted away from Eru and towards Morgoth. Strap in cos it's gonna get sad.
39 - Witch-King of Angmar - Spooky Scary Skeletons
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Link to charity fundraiser and socials: linktr.ee/lotradhome This week we take a look at the Lord of the Nazgûl and his very long history. This guy is like 4000 years old, and we only see him for a short time in Lord of the Rings. Criminal. Let's look at why he was the chief of Sauron's servants.
38 - Economies of Middle-earth - Swapsies
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We discuss the various economies of middle-earth this week. From Hobbits in the Shire, to the slaves of Mordor, and everyone in between!
37 - Drunk Talk - Fëanor on Trial ft. Aleks Pointyeared
zhlédnutí 14Před 28 dny
We're joined by Aleks Pointyeared from the Fellowship of the Readers book club. A tight-knit discord community currently reading The Fall of Númenor. Come join us! Links below. We put the elves' favourite badlad on trial for his actions. Becca is the judge, our guest is the defence and I am the outnumbered prosecution. We look at Fëanor's life and actions, as well as digging into some deep lore...
36 - Elvish Names/The Valarin Language - Cosmic Geekiness
zhlédnutí 12Před 28 dny
It's just Chris this week. He gets real nerdy with it, discussing how Elvish names work. He also covers what's known about the Valarin language.
35 - Drunk Talk - Festivals in Middle-earth
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Festive drinks and a look at celebrations throughout Middle-earth. Fanfic not included.
34 - Noldor Part 3 - The Road Goes Ever On
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We bring our Noldor series to a close as they get to Middle-earth. It's the end of the beginning. It gets a bit... heated. Massive thank you to Alex from The Silmarillion Soundtrack who let us use "The Oath of Feanor" track in this episode. What a work of art it is! You can find him: Instagram - @silmarillionsoundtrack Spotify - AlexSonicsMusic
33 - Noldor Part 2 - Divorce, Deception, Dissent
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33 - Noldor Part 2 - Divorce, Deception, Dissent
32 - Noldor Part 1 - Pride Comes Before a Fall
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32 - Noldor Part 1 - Pride Comes Before a Fall
31 - Utumno, Angband and Hell in Tolkien - Degenerate Angbangers Love This
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31 - Utumno, Angband and Hell in Tolkien - Degenerate Angbangers Love This
29 - Werewolves and Vampires - Let's get Goth
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29 - Werewolves and Vampires - Let's get Goth
28 - Hobbits and their History - You're such a 12-mile cousin
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28 - Hobbits and their History - You're such a 12-mile cousin
27 - Drunk Talk - Scouring of the Shire - Industry and WW1
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27 - Drunk Talk - Scouring of the Shire - Industry and WW1
26 - Drunk Talk - Norse Mythology, Dwarves and Gandalf
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26 - Drunk Talk - Norse Mythology, Dwarves and Gandalf
25 - Drunk Talk - Beorn and the Dark Origin of the Word Bear
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25 - Drunk Talk - Beorn and the Dark Origin of the Word Bear
23 - Teleri Part 1 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
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23 - Teleri Part 1 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
22 - Drunk Talk - FMK - Eff, Marry, Kill
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22 - Drunk Talk - FMK - Eff, Marry, Kill
21 - Dragons - Ancalagon likes a chippy tea
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21 - Dragons - Ancalagon likes a chippy tea
20 - Vanyar Elves - Goodest Goldenbois/gals
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20 - Vanyar Elves - Goodest Goldenbois/gals
18 - The weird side of the fandom - LOTR SMUT
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18 - The weird side of the fandom - LOTR SMUT
The common interpretation for anything outside of the free peoples seems to be that a maiar did it. Does that mean that the maiar are a wildly varied classification of spirits? Are there any other explanations? Are there perhaps things outside what is mentioned in the creation story, much like the biblical creation story
Randomly showed up in my feed. Liked and subscribed! Y'all are doing Illuvatar's work. My brother is blind and service dogs are incredible! Cheers to you from across the pond (New Mexico.)
We will tear you a new one if you let anymore Balrog jokes out. Or Fell Beasts jokes, either. Especially if they aren't actually Balrogs or Fell Beasts.
Tolkien uses one of his of his obscurest words about the Witch King. 'Dwimmerlaik!'
My roomate: Why is he excited about languages? Me: Because Chris is an amateur philologist.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just started from the beginning cuz of how good this shit is, I just like how your wahmen sounds exactly like the Scottish wife of neckbeardia
I do rather like your discussion of the dangers of sorcery in Tolkien's world. You are accurate in relating that sorcery, necromancy and the like are seen as very dangerous things in Catholicism, and that Tolkien's faith informed his writings in this way. That being said, Tolkien also reflects the other side of the idea of "magic" in Catholicism. Wondrous things that are good are often like the "magic of the common every day sort" we find in hobbits, for example. I didn't realize this as a young guy, but came to learn eventually that in Catholicism, the wondrous is seen in that every day magic inherent in God's creation and God's plan. So, when looking at Tolkien's writing, the special, wondrous things are also often very down to earth: mercy, for example, courage, sacrifice, and generosity weigh in much more significantly than blades from Gondolin (though those are pretty cool, too). The idea is that we protagonists of our own stories, just like the peoples of Middle Earth, are quite remarkable in and of ourselves, especially when we choose to walk with Iluvatar. Also, in regards to musicals and horror, a few years back a high school in New Jersey, USA, turned Alien into a musical. I heard it was great. Maybe we'll see it again
You could have just said my lore reason for killing Tauriel was for not existing in the books lol@
Chris is right, your voices and accents are pretty baller.
As yousguys were talking about how much you wouldn't want to be in the action of the story, I was reminded of when Frodo was like, "I wish the ring had never come to me" and Gandalf's grandfather energy response. Frodo and Gandalf would get your desire to not be an interesting part of the story. czcams.com/video/GqxcoIByjCo/video.html
Literally 42 seconds in, I liked subbed and had to comment, love it and definitely wanting more vids! Thank you! ✔️💚
Awesome. Glad you enjoyed!
lol Noldor = "is it me? am I the drama" made me laugh for a good 15 seconds
Are you binging all these episodes 🤣
Yes, a lot of the older toilets in America are shorter and less long. Also, the big gaps are an unfortunate reality. There are businesses that I have to admit the proper doors and walls in the bathroom makes a difference. Like Buccees. Which is unique for other reasons as well.
That was hilarious
I did not know the istari might have been sent to watch over the quendi, neat!
In talking about the favorite race of Tolkien. He wrote a lot about the history of the elves, but as far as daily lifestyle, the hobbits had more written about them than the other races imo.
Which begs the question, how did elves fill their time? (Probably humping)
I also did not realize how big Thorondor was!
Andy Serkis didn't play Smaug, It was Benadryl Cabbagepatch from Sherlock.
Whoops. There comes the drunk talk
Neat!
My pet peeve with the movies is the reversal of the argument about Rohan going to Helms Deep between the fellowship and Theoden
Do you think that the swords that Eol the elfsmith made were anathema to evil? Also, were there any evil elves?
Arguably Fëanor, his sons, Eol and Maeglin were evil depending on who you asked lol. The swords made by Eol were full of malice themselves so i think they just wanted blood...
What do you think was the ent version of the toilet roll that ran out and made the ents notice the missing entwives?
"hey whoa I'm sure there used to be a garden here"
Haha this is a great new channel to find !
He's a mad bastad ❤🤣🤣🤣
😂 omg so good
Would the other elven people have stayed in Valinor if the Noldor hadn't left when they did? Imagine Feanor staying with all that hate and anger and resentment staying in a realm that's meant to be the perfect place to live in. How long will it be before he drove the other elven people away to sail to Middle Earth? In fact, how long will it have before he's banished again and sent to Middle Earth as a punishment because he's causing too much trouble? As a writer and studier of human behaviour because of said writing, I think it was ultimately always destined for the elves, whether be just the Noldor or a mixture of many others, because of Feanor's attitude. He is a person that people wouldn't like to be around because of his attitude towards the Vala that would have grown to being extreme if he had stayed in Valinor, (and I do think the Vala aren't as great as the other eleven people think they are, other than Ulmo who saw the darkness Melkor had.) When it comes to it, elves were always going to return to Middle Earth because of Feanor as a person. He could Have stayed and been sent back as a result of being rebanished, and since he's a charmer, I think he would have drawn more elves to his ideas and go with him to Middle Earth, seeing the Vala being unjust. Feanor would have still been wrong in many ways, but so would others. Feanor and Galadriel are also my two favourite elves.
Interesting writeup. Elves were always meant for Middle-earth. Eru got a bit annoyed with the Valar and gave Manwe a talking to about it when they discussed the authority of the Valar. It's in the converse of Eru and Manwe in nature of Middle-earth. But ultimately you're correct, the elves would have ended up back in Middle-earth somehow, perhaps Fëanor was the catalyst that eru designed to cause this.
Came for the Witch-King, subscribed before the 5-minute mark.
That's great to hear. Thank you!
Do yousguys think a Tolkien orc can be good?
My opinion is that they can be redeemed by eru after death
So was this the first recorded episode?
Yep! Very rough as you can tell hahaha
Great episode! I liked the quiz, sorry Rebecca
Awesome!
The idea of a Silmarillion but from the dwarves perspective would be dope!!
Tell me about it :(
A good quote about Utumno is from Lost Tales 1: "Then the chain is smithied to each of these and Melko borne thus helpless away, while Tulkas and Ulmo break the gates of Utumna and pile hills of stone upon them. And the saps and cavernous places beneath the surface of the earth are full yet of the dark spirits that were prisoned that day when Melko was taken, and yet many are the ways whereby they find the outer world from time to time -- from fissures where they shriek with the voices of the tide on rocky coasts, down dark water-ways that wind unseen for many leagues, or out of the blue arches where the glaciers of Melko find their end." And that something still escapes "from time to time".
Holy moly that's amazing. Thank you for sharing that passage! I'll definitely give it a look.
I love the juxtaposition of romantic ideals exposed when yousguys talked about manwe and varda being cheerleaders for eachother, and Rebecca talked about how it would suck if they wanted to grow up. I bet Tolkien never considered the idea of his ideal couples splitting up. Neat stuff. Great content, thanks for doing this.
You guys are great. Just found you and you have a new fan. Keep it up. p.s. obsessed fan since my father (RIP) handed me the hobbit in 1979. Much love. 16:08
Thats great to hear you enjoy the content. Ahhh is there anything better than fond memories of your parents combined with Tolkien? It's so common and wholesome it's amazing
I should point out that Eönwë was not necessarily the strongest Maia, he was simply described as the "greatest of arms in Arda," meaning he was unmatched where weapons were concerned.
Good point. The same difference between melkor and Tulkas I suppose!
OMG how am i just now finding this?! Gotta start at episode 1. Love it!
CZcams accepting RSS feeds for podcasts has been a blessing for a lot of shows I think
My first time listening. I consider my own knowledge of the legendarium to be nearly encyclopedic. I left subscribed and impressed. Cheers.
Woa
hahahha
"Hey look, doc, we really need to get this kid a referral to be diagnosed. We think it might be cancer." If this lady was the doctor:
His mouth isn't mouthing😂
Brudda English do you speak it 😂
He really is like a young black biden with a trim.
False idols, golden cow. God is watching you.
Mood
P r o m o S M 😝
First
So true
Thanks for making this bit of comedy gold for the 1% of people who get it 😂
I will always have the back of people who know the Silm