Exploring Tolkien
Exploring Tolkien is a weekly show that dives deep into JRR Tolkien and all the ages of Middle-earth. Jonathan Watson and Michael Grumbine are your hosts as they read through Tolkien’s works, interview other Tolkien enthusiasts and authors, and critically examine how Tolkien’s world is being treated by mega-corporations like Amazon.com and Warner Bros.
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As Thorin and company finally reach the Lonely Mountain, reality sets in—and it doesn’t smell so pleasant.
Tolkien makes it pretty clear what he thinks about politicians in this chapter.
Bilbo and the barrel-sealed dwarves make it to Laketown--with most of them barely alive!
In this very special episode, we reveal the exact barrel music sung in Thranduil's halls as the dwarves were tossed into the river!
Bilbo fully embraces his role as hero and finds a way to save the dwarves.
Bilbo is the only one left to save the dwarves--and to his own surprise, he's up to the task!
