201: The FotR 7: Frodo & Gandalf Discuss The Ring
Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Why did Bilbo tell two different versions of how he acquired the Ring? Gandalf becomes suspicious and we learn more about how Frodo is more similar to Bilbo than we thought.
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| 0:45.8 | the show that explores the background of Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. |
| 0:59.2 | Yeah. from the very beginning. So we're reaching the end of the first chapter of the Fellowship of the Ring, |
| 1:03.4 | and we're finally at a point where Frodo and Gandalf are having a conversation, |
| 1:08.7 | specifically about the ring. |
| 1:12.1 | Now, this is an important moment, not only for the future of this story, but for the perspective |
| 1:18.6 | of readers. |
| 1:20.0 | Specifically, there's a difference here between those people who had read the very first |
| 1:27.0 | version of The Hobbit and everyone else. |
| 1:30.1 | Because as we know, Tolkien went back and revised the Hobbit and very specific scenes in the Hobbit, |
| 1:37.3 | like the Riddle game, in order to make the ring more dangerous, in line with what we know |
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