The Tolkien Professor

Tonight the SilmFilm team moves on to Episode 9, "The Death of Laughter". Join us for the uplifting discussion! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8P Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menu

Join the SilmFilm team for a discussion of the script for Episode 10 of Season 7. It's time for everyone to say goodbye! And fight dragons. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8P Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menu

Corey and Maggie turn to Narnia! Anticipating a new adaptation, we look at the earlier adaptations of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menu Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 95, recorded on February 17, 2025. Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • Signum University Annual Fundraising ... 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://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribe Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/people/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/people/maggie-parke/ Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://x.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://x.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://x.com/mythgardian Rings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/ Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/ We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Today Maggie and Corey are joined by Signum SPACE Preceptor Anni Fosberg to discuss anime conventions and the War of the Rohirrim.Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuOther Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 94, recorded on February 3, 2025.Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8PJoin 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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Episode guest: Anni Foasberg, SPACE (Adult Continuing Education) preceptor at Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/people/anni-foasberg/ Check out her upcoming SPACE modules https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/preceptor/85/ About Signum SPACE program https://signumuniversity.org/non-degree-programs/adult-continuing-education/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation Maggie and Corey pop in for a brief update from Principal Photography on the next Rings & Realms project! Thank you for your support for our project. We reached the goal! Join the fun while you can. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menu Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 93, recorded on January 13, 2025. Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8P

Corey Olsen and the SilmFilm writers' team discuss the episode outline of Episode 8, in which we return to Ulfang and the armies of the Emperor of Bree. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Signum Studios just launched another Kickstarter for a new project: Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menu Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8P

Corey Olsen and Maggie Parke are joined today by Daniel Falconer, to discuss his work with Weta Workshop on several Tolkien adaptations.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 92, recorded on January 6, 2025.Signum Studios just launched another Kickstarter for a new project: Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuThank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8PJoin 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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Episode guest: Daniel Falconer, a Sinior Designer on object and creature design for LotR & Hobbit films His forthcoming book: The Art of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-art-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-daniel-falconer?variant=42858453598242Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Tonight, Corey and Marie and Nick discuss episode 6 of season 7: the first episode of the Union of Maedhros summit meeting. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Nick and Marie join Corey to discuss Episode 7 of Season 7 -- the second half of the Union of Maedhros summit meeting. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Annual Fundraising Campaign started. https://youtube.com/live/6F9RlxP9ljQ

It's Christmas week, and Maggie and Corey return to the Christmas Carol for some close analysis of parallel scenes: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 90, recorded on December 23, 2024.Signum Studios just launched another Kickstarter for a new project: Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuAnnual Fundraising Campaign started. Please consider supporting Signum University. https://youtube.com/live/6F9RlxP9ljQJoin 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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Corey Olsen and Maggie Parke turn at last to a detailed discussion of The War of the Rohirrim!Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 91, recorded on December 30, 2024.Signum Studios just launched another Kickstarter for a new project: Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuThank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8PJoin 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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

SilmFilm is back, and tonight we discuss Episode 5, in which Galadriel does diplomacy with the Emperor of Bree. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Maggie returns from her whirlwind experience on the red carpet in London to discuss the War of the Rohirrim premiere with Corey.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 89, recorded on December 9, 2024.Annual Fundraising Campaign started. https://youtube.com/live/6F9RlxP9ljQJoin 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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Corey and Maggie are joined today by special guest Leith McPherson, dialect coach for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (and the Hobbit films!).Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 88, recorded on December 2, 2024.We are sorry for the audio issues for this episode.Annual Fundraising Campaign started. https://youtube.com/live/6F9RlxP9ljQJoin 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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Episode guest: Leith McPherson, dialect coach for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (and the Hobbit films!)Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Corey and Maggie return to War of the Rohirrim, looking through a couple recent promo videos for the upcoming adaptation.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 87, recorded on November 18, 2024.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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Corey and Maggie return to the War of the Rohirrim Tapestry.Thank you for all your help in funding Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 85, recorded on November 4, 2024.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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Corey and Maggie are delighted to have Jordan Rannells back to talk about his new adaptation project: the Hobbit Soundscape.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 86, recorded on November 11, 2024.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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Episode guest: Jordan Rannells Website: https://jordanrannells.com/ Discount code: SIGNUM25Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Maggie and Corey are joined by Kirsten Cairns, greendragon from The One Ring dot Net, to discuss the War of the Rohirrim tapestry.Thank you for all your help in funding Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 84, recorded on October 28, 2024.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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Episode guest: Kirsten Cairns, greendragon from The One Ring dot Net https://www.theonering.net/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Maggie and Corey are back from Rings & Realms land, and ready to do some discussion and debrief from the Season 2 RoP experience!Thank you for all your help in funding Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 83, recorded on October 21, 2024.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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Tonight we are joined by our Australian contingent to discuss more original compositions for Season 6! Please help us reach our goal to fund Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2 Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

It's time for Episode 4 of Season 7. Unions will be forged! Trauma, revisited! Please help us reach our goal to fund Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2 Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

In the last week before Maggie and Corey disappear into the studio for Rings & Realms production, they will discuss the War of the Rohirrim trailer!Please help us reach our goal to fund Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 82, recorded on August 26, 2024.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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

The new and Official trailer of Rings of Power Season 2 has dropped -- and the Tom Bombadil song! Let's discuss. Please help us reach our goal to fund Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2 Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 81, recorded on August 19, 2024.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/subscribeHosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule

As Maggie and Corey continue to prepare for Season 2 of the Rings of Power (Rings & Realms planning continues!), they will discuss today the latest BTS video. Please help us reach our goal to fund Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2 Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 80, recorded on August 12, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Maggie and Corey return to the new Rings of Power trailer and BTS video! Please help us reach our goal to fund Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2 Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 79, recorded on August 5, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Corey is back from SDCC, and the new Rings of Power trailer has dropped! Let's discuss what we've learned. Please help us reach our goal to fund Rings and Realms Season Two. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/rings-and-realms-season-2 Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 78, recorded on July 29, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

It’s time to discuss the script for Episode 2 of Season 7! Hurin and Huor return, Maedhros plans, and Galadriel departs. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight the SilmFilm team discusses Episode 3 of Season 7, which gives us an important battlefield death. Not for the last time! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Corey and Maggie return for some discussion of recent Tolkien Adaptation news! Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 77, recorded on July 8, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

This evening on SilmFilm we discuss the Osanwe-kenta -- that is, telepathy -- and how we plan to handle it in SilmFilm. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Today Maggie and Corey go back to the Rings of Power Season 2 BTS video to do some more analysis! Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 76, recorded on June 17, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Today we get the opportunity to discuss the adaptation of Tolkien into opera! We are joined by Paul Corfield Godfrey and Simon Buttle to discuss upcoming Tolkien opera! Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 75, recorded on June 3, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Episode guests: Composer Paul Godfrey and singer Simon Buttle discussing their officially licensed operatic adaptations of Tolkien's works. https://www.paulcorfieldgodfrey.co.uk/ Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Tonight we discuss the script of Episode 1! Join us in Gondolin for the first episode of the season. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

It is time to discuss music! Tonight we meet with Phillip Menzies, the SilmFilm composer, to discuss the commissioning of music for Season 7. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Finally, actual Season 2 Rings of Power stuff has dropped -- the first teaser trailer and some BTS footage. Join Maggie and Corey for some in-depth discussion! Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 74, recorded on May 20, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Today, Maggie and Corey return for further discussion with Jordan Rannells, talking about soundtracks and audio as a medium of story adaptation. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 73, recorded on May 13, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Episode guest: Jordan Rannells of the Long Expected Soundscape https://jordanrannells.com/ https://jordanrannells.com/shop/p/a-l... Fans of Other Minds and Hands can get 25% off their purchase with code Signum25 Also, check out Jordan's YouTube channel: / @alongexpectedsoundscape Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Tonight the SilmFilm team prepares the casting call for the new Season 7 characters! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

The SilmFilm team plans out the Frame story for Season 7. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Tonight Corey and Maggie return to the Cracks of Doom! Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 71, recorded on April 29, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Today Maggie and Corey are joined by Jordan Rannells of the Long Expected Soundscape, to discuss audio and musical adaptation. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 72, recorded on May 6, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Episode guest: Jordan Rannells of the Long Expected Soundscape https://jordanrannells.com/ https://jordanrannells.com/shop/p/a-l... Fans of Other Minds and Hands can get 25% off their purchase with code Signum25 Also, check out Jordan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFaNlFJAU0Z1oyWsn6sAwWg Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Having planned the outline of Season 7, it is now time to think in a little more detail about the last quarter of the season: the Battle itself. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

Today Maggie and Corey return to Tolkien in order to begin looking more carefully at the act of translation being done in the process of the conversion from book to film. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 70, recorded on April 8, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Maggie and Corey make a brief return to Arrakis this evening, joined once more by our resident Dune experts, Dom Nardi and Trevor Brierly Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 69, recorded on April 1, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Episode guest: Dom Nardi Trevor Brierly / dunescholars Discovering Dune https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/di... / 61896505 Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Happy Gondorian New Year! Corey and Maggie celebrate the day with a discussion of their discussion of the adaptation of the Prologue to the Lord of the Rings. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 68, recorded on March 25, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Episode guest: Ben Davis, from Studio Lab Studio Lab / studiolabnh Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Maggie and Corey turn from Arrakis and return to their Children's Lit Adaptation sub-theme with Peter Pan. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 67, recorded on March 18 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

It's time to outline Season 7! Let's make a plan.

Corey and Maggie head to the Hundred Acre Wood for an Openings discussion about a Bear of Very Little Brain. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 65, recorded on March 4, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu Check the schedule here. / schedule For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Fr... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Now that RoP Season 1 has ended, here are some fun suggestions for you, whether you are new to Tolkien's world or a long-time reader/fan. For those who want to review and reflect on the show. Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces: Corey and Maggie hosted Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces on Fridays at 12:00 PM ET. You might still find the recordings on Corey's Twitter account. / tolkienprof Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor / tolkienprof Signum University / signumu Mythgard Institute / mythgardian Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. / schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Tonight we finish the general plot discussions with a consideration of the dwarf and villain plot lines in Season 7. Next stop, episode outline!

Join Maggie and Corey for analysis of the recently released Dune 2, one of the most remarkable adaptations in years. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 66, recorded on March 11, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive... 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=PLa... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAv Now that RoP Season 1 has ended, here are some fun suggestions for you, whether you are new to Tolkien's world or a long-time reader/fan. For those who want to review and reflect on the show. Rings and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/ Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces: Corey and Maggie hosted Official Prime Video Aftershow on Twitter Spaces on Fridays at 12:00 PM ET. You might still find the recordings on Corey's Twitter account. https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Follow our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardian Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/ And here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures... Want more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and... We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space

Tonight the SilmFilm Team tackles various minor characters and subplots, ironing out the final details of the Season 7 story.