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 69: Tolkien Chat 7: Tara Holste II
A conversation with Tara Holste, a Washington College alum, about Tolkien's thoughts about and depictions of government.
Episode 68: Q&A Session 3
Discussing the Nazgul's flying mount, the Ring's conferring of invisibility, and the theology of Middle-Earth. Students present: Allison Fischbach, Tessa Fox, and Trevor Williams.
Episode 67: Kalamazoo 2010
A recording of the two papers on Tolkien I read at the Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo in May 2010: The Poetry of the Hobbit and Tolkien's Typology
Episode 66: Q&A Session 2
Discussing Aragorn's prophecies, Goldberry, and Glorfindel's identity. Students present: Rachel Field, Tessa Fox, and Trevor Williams.
Episode 65: Call-In Office Hours 3
The third Tolkien Professor open Skype Session, recorded on June 3, 2010. Topics discussed include recording my class, goblins and orcs, Bilbo's luck, and Frodo's experiences in Mordor.
Episode 64: Tolkien Chat 6: Scott Holbrook-Foust and Eric Singletary
A conversation with listeners Scott Holbrook-Foust and Eric Singletary, priamrily on written and oral cultures in Middle-Earth.
Episode 63: Call-In Office Hours 2
The second Tolkien Professor open Skype Session, recorded on May 20, 2010. Topics discussed include Eowyn's career as a healer, the creation of the world in the Ainulindale, Arwen's jewel, Aragorn's…
Episode 62: Q&A Session 1
Discussing orcs v. goblins, the Watcher in the Water's targeting of Frodo, the lands east of Mordor, the possibility of Gandalf's torturing of Gollum, what happens to Frodo across the Sea, and the ab…
Episode 61: Tolkien Chat 5: KMO
A conversation with KMO, host of the C-Realm Podcast, on the Silmarillion and Tolkien's mythology.
Episode 60: Tolkien Chat 4: Professor Michael Drout
A chat with Professor Michael Drout, editor of Tolkien Studies, about Tolkien's metafiction and the study of philology.
Episode 59: Tolkien Chat 3: Elizabeth Bateman
A chat with Liz Bateman, Washington College Class of '09, about the power of tragedy in Tolkien's world.
Episode 58: WC Tolkien Course 40 - Return Part VI
The ROTK: Book VI.9. Recorded 4/28/10.
Episode 57: WC Tolkien Course 39 - Return Part V
The ROTK: Book VI.6-8. Recorded 4/26/10.
Episode 56: WC Tolkien Course 38 - Return Part IV
The ROTK: Book VI.2-5. Recorded 4/23/10.
Episode 55: WC Tolkien Course 37 - Return Part III
The ROTK: Book V.8-10, VI.1. Recorded 4/21/10.
Episode 54: WC Tolkien Course 36 - Return Part II
The ROTK: Book V.4-7. Recorded 4/19/10.
Episode 53: WC Tolkien Course 35 - Return Part I
The ROTK: Book V.1-3. Recorded 4/16/10. Special Guest: Michael Drout!
Episode 52: Michael Drout Lecture: Whole Worlds Out of Single Words, Tolkien and Language
TP Bonus Content: Michael Drout Lecture: "Whole Worlds Out of Single Words: Tolkien and Language." Recorded 4/15/10
Episode 51: WC Tolkien Course 34 - Two Towers Part VI
The TT: Book IV.6-10. Recorded 4/14/10.
Episode 50: WC Tolkien Course 33 - Two Towers Part V
The TT: Book IV.2-5. Recorded 4/12/10.