By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien
66 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAll things J.R.R. Tolkien: his work, his inspirations and impact, creative interpretations in other media, languages, lore, ripoffs, parodies, anything we think is interesting!
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Episodes
64. I’m Not Even in Japan, I’m in a Different Country Entirely!
July 01, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes - 49.1 MBOn resisting Tolkien.
63. Once Upon a Time There Was a Little Bunny.
June 03, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes - 54.7 MBOn allegory and applicability.
61. What Is It with Straight Men and Red Hair?
April 01, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes - 55.2 MBOn Terry Brooks’s novel The Sword of Shannara.
60. Tolkien Dropping Bars.
March 04, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBOn Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf.
59. I Physically Recoiled from the Book at That Point.
February 05, 2024 19:00 - 54 minutes - 51 MBSilicon Valley's misinterpretations of Tolkien.
58. What an Absolute Nightmare This Man Would Have Been to Work With.
January 08, 2024 19:00 - 58 minutes - 55.2 MBThe Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
57. There’s No Rule That Says a Girl Can’t Kill the Witch-king!
December 04, 2023 21:04 - 1 hour - 103 MBPeter Jackson’s version of The Return of the King.
56. The Long Defeat Is Maybe Going on a Little Too Long.
November 07, 2023 06:10 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBAll about the Noldor.
55. There Was a Lot to Remember Here and I Don’t Remember Most of It.
October 02, 2023 18:04 - 56 minutes - 53 MBTolkien's unfinished novel The Notion Club Papers.
54. The Pleasures of the Robot Dancehall.
September 04, 2023 10:39 - 55 minutes - 52.4 MBTolkien's story The Lost Road.
52. This Weird Paranoia Paradise Vibe.
July 03, 2023 18:00 - 58 minutes - 55.2 MBTolkien’s posthumous collection The Fall of Númenor.
51. Looking Kinda Gross.
June 05, 2023 17:00 - 52 minutes - 49.5 MBTolkien’s translation of Sir Orfeo.
50. LaCroix Wormtongue.
May 01, 2023 18:59 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBPeter Jackson's Hobbit movies. (Live!)
49. Some Kind of Horrible Subpar D&D Fop Who Just Shows Up.
April 03, 2023 17:25 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBThe Rankin-Bass adaptation of The Return of the King.
48. It’s Important to Get Really into Jewelry.
March 13, 2023 17:17 - 59 minutes - 55.8 MBOn worldbuilding and Tolkien.
46. Bad Performance Review as an Actual Plot Point.
January 16, 2023 20:06 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBTolkien’s short children’s works, Roverandom and Mr. Bliss.
44. (Various Sighs and Groans.)
November 01, 2022 16:43 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, season 1.
41. The Jock Who Joins the Glee Club.
August 01, 2022 19:34 - 55 minutes - 51.8 MBAll about Legolas Greenleaf.
40. Dude, Just Make a Language!
July 05, 2022 20:45 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBOn Tolkien’s essay A Secret Vice and constructed languages.
39. These Aren’t My Questions, I Translated Them.
June 06, 2022 16:08 - 55 minutes - 51.9 MBOn the Red Book of Westmarch.
37. They’re Just Some Solarized Dudes.
April 04, 2022 16:51 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBRalph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings.
34. I Ain’t No Big City Philologist!
January 18, 2022 17:02 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBTolkien’s collection Tree and Leaf.
33. Perry and Mippin.
December 17, 2021 19:19 - 1 hour - 110 MBPeter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring.
32. He's Being Ganged Up On By These Mean Little Jerks!
November 01, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 70 MBAll about Sam Gamgee.
31. There Was So Much Math!
October 04, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 64 BytesA new Tolkien book, The Nature of Middle-earth.
30. The Family That Fights Together Stays Alive Together.
September 07, 2021 19:20 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MBTolkien's tale The Fall of Gondolin.
29. Always Around to Do the Bare Minimum.
July 30, 2021 18:09 - 48 minutes - 70 BytesAll about the eagles.
28. Is He Hot Or Is He Tall?
July 02, 2021 18:48 - 1 hour - 110 BytesTolkien's posthumously published book The Children of Húrin.
26. The Work of Repair After the Storm.
May 04, 2021 18:00 - 58 minutes - 81.6 MBThe Scouring of the Shire.
25. You Can Have Well-Written Music in a Kid’s Movie!
April 05, 2021 19:11 - 1 hour - 140 BytesThe 1977 Rankin-Bass version of The Hobbit.
24. Radagast is Scrappy-Doo!
March 15, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 95 BytesAll about The Istari (a.k.a. the Five Wizards, a.k.a. Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast, and those other two).
23. Hella Problematic in So Many Ways.
February 08, 2021 21:20 - 56 minutes - 81 BytesAll about orcs.
22. Not Just Because I Like Cooking and Eating!
January 12, 2021 20:20 - 1 hour - 87 BytesTolkien's short story, Smith of Wootton Major.
21. The Princess Bride But with Santa.
December 05, 2020 02:30 - 1 hour - 93 BytesTolkien’s Father Christmas Letters.
19. A More Robust Line of Succession.
October 12, 2020 21:31 - 1 hour - 90 BytesAll about Boromir, Faramir, and Denethor.
17. A Bad Thing That Bad People Do.
August 10, 2020 19:11 - 1 hour - 89 BytesTolkien and imperialism.
16. Turn Off the Dark Lord.
July 09, 2020 19:59 - 1 hour - 117 MBThe Lord of the Rings musical. (No, really.)
15. A Weird Faerie Sex Game.
June 12, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBTolkien’s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.