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
Episode 209: Riddles in the Dark 2.06: Vengeance for My Dolly!
Prof Corey Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert talk Dale politics and consider how the enigmatic Bard will be portrayed in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaugh
Episode 208: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.03: Black Spiders and White Harts
Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review reader's comments and analyst opinions on Riddle 2.03 dealing with the elves of Mirkwood and their defences against the evil encroaching on their land.
Episode 207: Riddles in the Dark 2.05: In Thranduil's Hall
Prof Corey Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert enter the Hall of the Elven King to consider how events will unfold there in "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug."
Episode 206: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.02: Thrain in Vain
Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review reader's comments and analyst opinions on Riddle 2.02 dealing with the fate of Thrain, Thorin's father.
Episode 205: Silmarillion Seminar 33: Akallabeth, Part 3
The thirty-third session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering the Allkalabeth, Part 3
Episode 204: Silmarillion Seminar 32: Akallabeth, Part 2
The thirty-second session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering the Allkalabeth, Part 2
Episode 203: Riddles in the Dark 24: The Long-Expected Podcast
At long last, the much anticipated, recording-breaking 3-hour RITD Christmas Special! The trio fully debriefs The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the results of our RITD game. Featuring bizarre bac…
Episode 202: Riddles in the Dark Digest 2.01: Flogging a Dead Beorn
Trish Lambert and Laura Berkholtz review reader's comments and analyst opinions on Riddle 2.01 dealing with Beorn's relationship to the goblins.
Episode 201: Riddles in the Dark 2.04: Attercop and Tomnoddy
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert tap into their spidey senses to consider Mirkwood's arachnids in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaugh.
Episode 200: Riddles in the Dark 2.03: Into the Woods
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert stroke imaginary beards over how Mirkwood will be portrayed in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, and how the Elves will relate to the forest.
Episode 199: Silmarillion Seminar 31: Akallabeth, Part 1
The thirty-first session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering the Allkalabeth, Part 1
Episode 198: Silmarillion Seminar 30: Quenta Chapter 24
The thirtieth session of the Silmarillion Seminar, covering Chapter 24 of the Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath, Part 2"
Episode 197: Riddles in the Dark 2.02: Where's Poppa?
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert wonder what happened to Thrain and what we will learn about him in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desoloation of Smaug.
Episode 196: Riddles in the Dark 2.01: Ursa Major or Ursa Minor
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert consider Beorn, his place in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and his possilbe role in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desoloation of Smaug.
Episode 195: Tolkien Chat 12: Adaptation and The Hobbit Movies
Prof Cory Olsen offers his thoughts on Peter Jackson's first Hobbit film and its adaptation from J.R.R. Tolkien's book. Major themes and minor questions are all considered, and offer the listener an …
Episode 194: Riddles in the Dark 23: Riddle Me Not
Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert review a year's worth of riddles for Movie 1.
Episode 193: Riddles in the Dark 22: The White Council
Prof Cory Olsen and Dave Kale respond to the listeners by discussing the winning topic: The White Council. Which inevitably leads to talk of Saruman.
Episode 192: WC Faerie Course, Session 40
Conclusion - Recorded 05/04/11.
Episode 191: WC Faerie Course, Session 39
Garth Nix, "Sabriel", Chapter 24 - Epilogue Recorded 05/02/11.
Episode 190: Riddles in the Dark 21: Songs and Poems
In this musical version of Riddles in the Dark, Prof Cory Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert get down and get funky talking about the songs and poems in The Hobbit: book, animated feature, and upcom…