A Drunk History Of Middle-earth

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This episode, Chris goes solo, and down a huge rabbit hole. Seriously, it's got more depth than Khazad-dûm.

The ENTIRE history of Gondor. From its founding by Isildur and Anarion, to Eldarion, Aragorn's son. We cover the geography, the etymology, the population centres, the kings, the stewards, the wars, the enemies, the plagues, etc. EVERYTHING.

This is the most taxing episode to date, and Chris regrets nothing.

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Oh boy. This is a big one. Join Chris and Becca as they cover the entire history of the kingdom of Arnor. The north kingdom of middle-earth.

This mega-episode traces from Elendil to Aragorn, from Elendil landing like Noah after the flood, to its slow, humiliating collapse into three squabbling successor states, and the nine hundred years of decline after that. We cover the Witch-king of Angmar's centuries-long campaign to grind the North-kingdom into dust, the fall of Fornost, and how a nearly-extinct royal line spent a millennium as rangers before producing the King of Gondor.

I recommend you do this one in chunks, fam.

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Chris pops in to discuss the nature of evil in Middle-earth. He looks at whether Morgoth was really as chaotic as he seemed. Maybe he was a tool used by Eru to further his ultimate plan.

The ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi is discussed. The art of making something more beautiful because of its flaws.

Ain't no sunshine without rain, is what he's saying.

Come discuss fate, free will, paradise and whether humans 'earned' Numenor.

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After a long break, Chris and Becca are back to discuss the enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a blue coat and yellow boots, Tom Bombadil.

They discuss the jolly fella, as well as a LOT of other stuff, including the history of Buckland, the origin of the name Tom, life in general, charity work, Tom as Eru's playable character in Middle-earth and uncountable other things.

We reach levels of philology we didn't think possible.
This is a new format for the show. Much deeper and much more conversational. Expect longer episodes going forward.