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, President of Signum University. All are welcome to enter – even those without any party business!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 98 minutes
- Episodes
- 629
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
449: SilmFilm 5-37: Episode 11 - The Athrabeth and Fingolfin's Big Push
Tonight, the heart of Season 5: the Athrabethof Finrod and Andreth! This is awesome stuff.
448: SilmFilm 5-36: Sets, Locations, and Props
Silm Film 5-36 (08/12/21) Sets, Locations, and Props
Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Marie Prosser for a post-production session to discuss the possible Locations, Set Design choices, and Pro…
447: SilmFilm 5-35: Season 5 Episode 10 Continued - Fingolfin's Vision
Silm Film 5-35 (07/29/21)
Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Nick Palazzo to continue discussing Episode 10. While the story of Aredhel's death is told in detail by Tolkien, the topic of this s…
446: A Special Emergency "The Trees are in the Amazon Show!?" Livestream
SilmarillionOnPrime? Really? Let's talk about this!
445: SilmFilm 5-34: Season 5 Episode 10
Silm Film 5-34 (7/8/21)
Season 5 Episode 10: Bound Together
Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Marie Prosser to discuss the final episode for Aredhel as she returns to Gondolin with her son Maeg…
444: SilmFilm 5-33: Season 5 Casting
Silm Film 5-33 (7/1/21)
Season 5 Casting Session
Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by special guest Håkan Walles to discuss the results of the casting poll and determine the actors who will repres…
443: SilmFilm 5-32: Season 5 Episode 9
Silm Film 5-32 (6/10/21)
Season 5 Episode 9: A Brief Flame
Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Nick Palazzo to discuss Episode 9 of Season 5, in which Andreth and Aegnor fall in love, but the rom…
441: SilmFilm 5-30: Season 5 Episode 7
Silm Film Session 5-30: Episode 7 - The Council of Estolad
The Silmarillion Film Project is a theoretical adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion into a long-running television show. Season…
442: SilmFilm 5-31: Season 5 Episode 8
Silm Film 5-31 (5/20/2021)
Season 5 Episode 8: To the Horizon
Corey Olsen, joined by Dave Kale, Nick Palazzo, and Marie Prosser, discusses the Aredhel subplot from S05Ep07 as well as the first draft …
440: SilmFilm 5-29: Culture of the Edain
Silm Film 5-29 (4/22/2021)
Season 5 Culture of the Edain
Corey Olsen discusses the culture of the Edain in Season 5, joined by Nick Palazzo and Marie Prosser. The Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador m…
439: SilmFIlm 5-28: Season 5 Episode 6
Silm Film 5-28 (4/8/2021)
Season 5 Episode 6: Freedom
Corey Olsen discusses Season 5 Episode 6, the action-packed escape from Angband! He is joined by Nick Palazzo, Script Editor. Rhogrin and Annae…
438: SilmFilm 5-27: Season 5 Episode 5 (cont'd), Elves vs Men (cont'd)
In which we discuss Haleth among the giant spiders, Gandalf in Harad, and more about the differences between Elves and Men.
437: SilmFilm 5-26: Season 5 Episode 5
Episode 5 tonight -- Let's talk about the unfriendship of the Green Elves (not to mention the Grey!).
436: SilmFilm 5-25: HARAD - Culture and Frame Story
Tonight: Harad! Let's do some world-building and figuring out what Harad is like (or one corner of it, anyway).
435: SilmFilm 5-24: Season 5, Episode 4
Tonight we discuss the script for Episode 4: the battle at the Stockade, and the emergence of Haleth!
434: SilmFilm 5-23: Casting Criteria
Tonight we discuss the criteria for casting the new characters for Season 5. What are we looking for in Humans?
433: SilmFilm 5-22: Season 5, Episode 2
Join us tonight as return to discussing our Episode Outlines. We will discuss the B plot of Episode 2 and then Episode 3, which will deal centrally with the Elves' discovery of the Gift of Men.
432: The Mythgard Amazon Synopsis Stream with the Tolkien Professor and Dr. Maggie Parke
431: SilmFilm 5-21: Creative Commissions
Tonight we resume our SilmFilm discussions discussing what creative works we would like to commission in conjunction with this season, with a heavy focus on the musical score.