196: The Fellowship of The Ring 1: The Long-Expected Party
Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained
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🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We begin the Lord of the Rings extreme close reading with a very different first chapter than what we got with The Hobbit. The tone is different and the world feels more real than it did previously.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, the show that explores the background of |
| 0:11.0 | Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. So it begins. |
| 0:25.6 | The close reading of the Lord of the Ring, starting with, of course, the fellowship of the |
| 0:30.3 | ring, begins here in this episode. |
| 0:33.1 | And although most of you have been with me since we've discussed the Silmarillion and a number |
| 0:37.9 | of other topics and eventually we did and just wrapped up our close reading of the Hobbit |
| 0:42.3 | after a year and a half to go through that one novel, we are beginning a new journey. |
| 0:49.1 | Just like Bilbo, we're going back out into the wilderness in order to have one more adventure. And you might be new to the |
| 0:55.9 | show. This might be your first episode that you've tuned into because you found the Lord of the Rings |
| 1:00.6 | lore cast and you wanted to see what I might have to say about the Lord of the Rings. So, |
| 1:05.3 | allow me a moment to explain exactly what the show is and why it's different from every other |
| 1:10.1 | Lord of the Rings podcast |
| 1:11.5 | or video that you might find and why this show has sustained for several years now and people |
| 1:18.1 | seem to keep tuning in. |
| 1:19.3 | I'm your host, Tom, or Robots, and I not only do this show, but I do a number of other |
| 1:24.1 | lore cast shows, including Fallout and Elder Scrolls. |
| 1:28.3 | And I also run the Robots Radio Podcast Network. |
| 1:31.3 | Now, if you didn't check out the Hobbit yet, I recommend you go back and check that out. |
| 1:35.3 | And if you haven't listened through the Silmarillion and some of the other content that I've done, |
| 1:39.3 | I also recommend you go check that out as well. |
| 1:42.3 | But you might just want to check this out and see what's going on here. |
| 1:46.0 | And what exactly a close read is or an extremely close read? |
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