Episode 68: Lesser-trod Histories 2 - The Cottage of Lost Play
Citations:
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.
Episode 36: Tolkien and Diversity Recap
en-usJuly 07, 2021
What was the main topic of the podcast episode?
Summarise the key points discussed in the episode?
Were there any notable quotes or insights from the speakers?
Which popular books were mentioned in this episode?
Were there any points particularly controversial or thought-provoking discussed in the episode?
Were any current events or trending topics addressed in the episode?
About this Episode
Athrabeth is produced by James Pierson. James can be found on twitter @jpierson
The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-summer-seminar/
Citations
Books:
Oluo, Ijeoma. 2019. So You Want to Talk about Race. Seattle, WA: Seal Press.
Websites:
The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone
Accessed June 30, 2021
Michigan State University, Native American Institute, “Guide to Land Acknowledgements”
https://www.canr.msu.edu/nai/about/land-acknowledgements
Accessed June 30, 2021
Native Governance Center, “A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement”
https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/
Accessed June 30, 2021
Native Land Digital
Accessed June 30, 2021
Mills, Selena, “What are land acknowledgements and why do they matter?
Posted on Local Love on March 18, 2019
https://locallove.ca/issues/what-are-land-acknowledgements-and-why-do-they-matter/#.YN4CHW5lCis
Accessed July 1, 2021
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Accessed June 30, 2021
The Tolkien Society
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/
Accessed July 4, 2021
Socials: @TolkienSociety
The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2021
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2021/
Accessed July 5, 2021
Tolkien Society Summer Seminar 2021
Presentations discussed in this episode:
Saturday, July 3, 2021 (listed in order of appearance)
Gondor in Transition: A Brief Introduction to Transgender Realities in The Lord of the Rings
By Cordeliah Logsdon
Twitter: @cordeliah_g
00:15:45
The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in the Fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien
By Clare Moore
Twitter: @claremoore914
00:17:26
“The Burnt Hand Teaches Most About Fire”: Applying Traumatic Stress and Ecological Frameworks to Narratives of Displacement and Resettlement Across Cultures in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
By V. Elizabeth King
Twitter: @VElizabeth_King
00:20:48
The Invisible Other: Tolkien’s Dwarf-Women and the ‘Feminine Lack’
By Dr. Sara Brown
Twitter: @AranelParmadil
00:25:52
Projecting Indian Myths, Culture and History onto Tolkien’s Worlds
By Sultana Raza
Website: https://sultanaraza.wordpress.com
00:29:22
The Lossoth: Indigeneity, Identity, and Antiracism
By Nicholas Birns
Twitter: @nicholasbirns
00:31:28
The Problematic Perimeters of Elrond Half-elven and Ronald English-Catholic
By Kristine Larsen
Website: https://kristinelarsen.academia.edu
00:33:48
Hearkening to the Other: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
By Cami Agan
Website: https://www.oc.edu/directory/cami-agan-ph-d
00:37:05
Sunday, July 4, 2021 (listed in order of appearance)
Pardoning Saruman?: The Queer in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
By Christopher Vaccaro
Website: https://www.uvm.edu/cas/english/profiles/chris\_vaccaro
00:39:43
Desire of the Ring: An Indian Academic’s Adventures in her Quest for the Perilous Realm
By Sonali Chunodkar
00:42:16
Queer Atheists, Agnostics, and Animists, Oh, My!
By Robin Reid
00:44:38
Hidden Visions: Iconographies of Alterity in Soviet Bloc Illustrations for The Lord of the Rings
By Joel Merriner
Twitter: @JoelMerriner
00:46:50
Questions of Caste in The Lord of the Rings and its Multiple Chinese Translations
By Eric Reinders
Website: http://religion.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/reinders-eric.html
00:50:48
Stars Less Strange: An Analysis of Fanfiction and Representation within the Tolkien Fan Community
By Dawn Walls-Thumma
Twitter: @DawnFelagund
Website: http://dawnfelagund.com
00:53:01
“Something Mighty Queer”: Destabilizing Cishetero Amatonormativity in the Works of Tolkien
By Danna Petersen-Deeprose
00:56:24
Translation as a means of representation and diversity in Tolkien’s scholarship and fandom
By Martha Celis-Menzoda
1:00:00
Recent Episodes from Athrabeth
Episode 67: Lesser-trod Histories 1
Citations:
Berridge, Elizabeth. “Recent Fiction”. The Daily Telegraph. Friday, 2 December, 1983, Page 21.
Accessed through Newspapers.com on January 27, 2024.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.
TolkienBooks.net “An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography”
https://tolkienbooks.net/php/home-contents.php#i (Accessed 2/6/24)
Athrabeth
en-usFebruary 07, 2024
Episode 66: Tolkien and New Media - Live from Oxonmoot 50
Citations:
Thank you to the panelists of the “Tolkien and New Media” panel at Oxonmoot 50, September 2, 2023:
Marcel R. Bülles, a.k.a. The Tolkienist: Tolkien scholar and founder of the German Tolkien Society. @The_Tolkienist, @thetolkienist.com, https://thetolkienist.com/
Mercury Natis, Queer historian and Tolkien scholar. @Mercuryreads, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, https://lushthemagicdragon.carrd.co/
S.R. Westvik, Tolkien scholar, writer and researcher. @srwestvik, @srwestvik.bsky.social, https://srwestvik.com/
Tolkien Experience Podcast episode 18 with Luke Shelton and Maria Alberto:
https://luke-shelton.com/2020/08/28/tep-18-maria-alberto/
Tim Scholz : Tim’s Tolkien Tempel website
https://www.tims-tolkien-tempel.de/
Poem “Why Bother?” by Sean Thomas Dougherty
From his book The Second O of Sorrow.
https://www.boaeditions.org/blogs/main/poem-of-the-week-august-27-2018
Jude mentioned the artist Elmenel
Website: https://www.parmaeldalieva.com/
Patreon:
Athrabeth
en-usJanuary 03, 2024
Episode 65: Interview with Thomas P. Hillman
Citations:
Thank you to Thomas P. Hillman for joining us on Athrabeth!
Tom’s book: “Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many” is being published on December 19, 2023 by The Kent State University Press
https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/pity-power-and-tolkiens-ring/?highlight=Pity%20Power
Tom’s blog: Alas, not me
https://alasnotme.blogspot.com/
Tom’s YouTube channel: @tomhillman9519
https://www.youtube.com/@tomhillman9519
Tom’s social media:
Twitter: @alas_not_me
Bsky: @alas-not-me.bsky.social
Instagram: @alas_not_me
You also find him on Facebook!
The book Tom mentioned is: “Pagan Saints in Middle-earth” by Claudio A. Testi
Our pal Dr. Luke Shelton can be found on Twitter @LukeBShelton
Athrabeth
en-usDecember 06, 2023
Episode 64: A-door-able Doors
Citations:
The Book of Lost Tales, part 1
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed 10/26/23)
Histories Volume 4
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Shaping of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 4. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1986.
The Hobbit
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)
The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)
The Silmarillion
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)
Tolkien Gateway entry for Back Door
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Back_Door (Accessed 10/26/23)
Tolkien Gateway entry for Doors of Durin
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Doors_of_Durin (Accessed 10/26/23)
Tolkien Gateway entry for Door of Night
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Door_of_Night (Accessed 10/26/23)
Tolkien Gateway entry for Fen Hollen
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Fen_Hollen (Accessed 10/26/23)
Tolkien Gateway entry for Paths of the Dead
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Paths_of_the_Dead (Accessed 10/26/23)
Jude’s other podcast: The Babylon Podject, https://babylonpod.page/, @babylonpodject
In this episode Jude plugged DIE by Kieron Gillen:
Hobbitween 2023
Citations:
The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/
Cast:
Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpierson
Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez
Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease, @greenvillearms
Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude
Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour
Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5
Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com
Additional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com
Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn!
Episode 63: Interview with Jordan Rannells
Citations (episode notes)
Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us!
Jordan’s website: https://jordanrannells.com/
Kickstarter:
An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of Eä
Kickstarer link: http://kck.st/46khBIp
Ends in the morning on Friday, October 13!
Athrabeth listeners can use promo code LOTR25 to get 25% off the entire collection of A Long Expected Soundscape on Jordan’s webshop: https://jordanrannells.com/shop
Join Jordan’s Discord: https://discord.gg/kWqw8SXtj
Jordan’s Social Media:
YouTube: @alongexpectedsoundscape514
Instagram: @jordanellisrannells
Twitter: @LOTRSoundscape
Jordan's Music of Middle-earth podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-music-of-middle-earth/id1498646998
A Long-Expected Soundscape Full Sample on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/1Mjxw_x6Th0?si=AjnOV3Ql6SGRJS4a
Sample tracks heard in today’s episode:
Sample 1: Treebeard
Sample 2: Black Gate
Sample 3: Sam finds Frodo
(All used with permission from the artist)
Folks Jordan mentioned:
Victor Wooten (Bassist and music educator): https://www.victorwooten.com/, @VictorWooten
Bret Devereaux (Military historian): https://acoup.blog/, @BretDevereaux
Thank you again, Jordan!
Episode 62: Bodacious Balrogs pt 2
Citations
The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs
(Accessed July 7, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin
(Accessed July 30, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog)
(Accessed July 30, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ud%C3%BBn_(disambiguation)
(Accessed July 19, 2023)
Allan, Jim. “A Flying Balrog”. Mallorn, issue 54, Spring 2013. pp. 43-44
Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”
Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek website
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-1950-movie-you-never-saw/ (Accessed July 23, 2023)
Tierney, Alan. “Balrogs: Being and Becoming”. Mallorn, issue 49, Spring 2010. pp. 31-37
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall of Gondolin. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 2018. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 25, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3. HarperCollins, London, 1985.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
SAG-AFTRA Strike FAQS for Podcasts
https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)
Episode 61: Bodacious Balrogs pt 1
Citations
The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs
(Accessed July 7, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin
(Accessed July 30, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog)
(Accessed July 30, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)”
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ud%C3%BBn_(disambiguation)
(Accessed July 19, 2023)
Allan, Jim. “A Flying Balrog”. Mallorn, issue 54, Spring 2013. pp. 43-44
Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”
Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek website
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-1950-movie-you-never-saw/ (Accessed July 23, 2023)
Tierney, Alan. “Balrogs: Being and Becoming”. Mallorn, issue 49, Spring 2010. pp. 31-37
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall of Gondolin. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 2018. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 25, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3. HarperCollins, London, 1985.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07. (Accessed June 24, 2023)
SAG-AFTRA Strike FAQS for Podcasts
https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)
Athrabeth
en-usAugust 02, 2023
Episode 60: Who's your party elf dad
Citations
The Tolkien Society- Summer Seminar, “Númenor, the Mighty and Frail”: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)
The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)
Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for Thranduil
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thranduil (Accessed June 20, 2023)
Tolkien Gateway entry for Oropher
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oropher (Accessed June 20, 2023)
Google Image Search for “Sexy Lee Pace Thranduil”
https://images.google.com/ (Accessed June 20, 2023)