Episode 87 of #ByTheBywater is live! So @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and I talked about one of the more relatively obscure works by #Tolkien -- his translation of the Middle English poem "Pearl," written by the author of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Come for the crushing grief, stay for the pedagogy. Art by Jared as ever! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/87

Episode 86 of #ByTheBywater is live on #megaphonicfm and this time around @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and I talked about some key figures for the entire legendarium #Tolkien created — namely, Fëanor and his jerk sons. (We used somewhat more pungent language, granted.) Art by Jared as ever! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/86

Episode 84 of #ByTheBywater is up at #MegaphonicFM so come listen to @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and I talk about one of the...odder things #Tolkien got directly involved in with regard to his legendarium. On _The Road Goes Ever On_, in all its tune-filled ways. https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/84

Episode 83 of #ByTheBywater is live! This time around we talk about warriors in #Tolkien and his legendarium, and how he writes about them and war in ways that don't always meet with expectations. Art by #JaredPechacek as always! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/83

Episode 82 of #ByTheBywater is live! @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and myself talk about the newly released short #Tolkien book #TheBovadiumFragments and, building off its themes, the question of what it means to say that Tolkien is an environmentalist. Hosted on #MegaphonicFM as always, art by Jared as ever! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/82

Episode 81 of #ByTheBywater and our final episode for 2025 is live! This time around @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and I talked about how the journey functions in #Tolkien -- what it means to go on one and what expectations seem to changed for what a journey can mean in many senses of the word. Art by Jared as ever! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/81

Episode 80 of #ByTheBywater is live! This time @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and I talked about what #Tolkien viewed as one of his core 'Great Tales' and the one with the most personal resonance, Beren and Lúthien. Plus, cats. Really big cats. Episode art by Jared as ever! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/80

Anyway, the latest episode of #ByTheBywater is live! This time around it's marriage as portrayed in the words of #Tolkien which is far less straightforward than it might seem. Art as ever by #JaredPechacek here showcasing Galadriel's travails with the Purse, so come listen to him and @schwindter and I talk about things... https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/79

The latest episode of #ByTheBywater is live on #MegaphonicFM -- this time out, @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and I talked about dragons in #Tolkien since there are a clutch of them indeed. Art by Jared as ever! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/77

Episode 76 of #ByTheBywater is live on #MegaphonicFM -- listen to @schwindter and #JaredPechacek and I talk about Arnor and Angmar, two realms of Middle-earth #Tolkien created but never really talked much about. Art by Jared as always! https://megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/76