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066 - A Slaying Song Tonight: An Interview with Michael Drout
066 - A Slaying Song Tonight: An Interview with Michael Drout
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Length:
88 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Alan and Shawn are delighted to welcome Michael Drout to The Prancing Pony Podcast! As co-founder and co-editor of the journal Tolkien Studies and multiple books on the Professor, Drout is one of the most prolific Tolkien scholars in the field today. We talk to him about his personal discovery of Tolkien, the future of Tolkien studies and fandom, and Beowulf. Plus, we discuss the very highest quality of The Lord of the Rings Online players, and how to write a new Old English poem more well-known than some of the originals.
Released:
Jan 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
001 - In Defense of Fantasy: In the first episode, get to know your hosts, Alan and Shawn, and learn about why we started The Prancing Pony Podcast. We also discuss favorite moments from the life of J.R.R. Tolkien as told in Humphrey Carpenter's biography, and introduce... by The Prancing Pony Podcast