Show overview
The Tolkien Professor has been publishing since 2009, and across the 17 years since has built a catalogue of 671 episodes. That works out to over 1000 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 8th season.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 9m and 2h 7m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2012, with 64 episodes published. Published by The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen).
From the publisher
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!
Latest Episodes
View all 671 episodes673: SilmFilm 8-17: Season 8, Episode 1
672: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 135
671: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 134
669: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 133
670: SilmFilm 8-16: Music Commissioning
667: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 132
666: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 131
668: SilmFilm 8-15: Casting Criteria
665: SilmFilm 8-14: The Frame Story
663: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 130
664: SilmFilm 8-13: The Season Outline
662: SilmFilm 8-12: The Season Outline
661: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 129
660: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 128
659: SilmFilm 8-11: The Villains
658: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 127
657: SilmFilm 8-10: Galadriel
656: SilmFilm 8-09: The Havens
Ep 655655: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 126
After touching on some news updates, Maggie and Corey continue with their Pride and Prejudice discussion, focusing on their analysis of Lydia's introduction. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 126, recorded on March 31, 2026. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAv Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribe Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/ For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.org/ Signum Collaboratory https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/ For more information about Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/
Ep 654654: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 125
Maggie and Corey are back and returning to Pride and Prejudice and Adaptation! Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 125, recorded on March 23, 2026. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAv Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribe Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/ For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.org/ Signum Collaboratory https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/ For more information about Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/