The Hobbit: Chapters 7-13

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Bilbo, Thorin, and co. are well on their way, but are they actually good at their jobs? We discuss. Plus: Beowulf, The Hobbit and the question of heroism. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:04.1	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.4	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.7	And you are listening to Close Reads,
0:08.0	the podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are discussing J.R.
0:12.8	Tolkien's The Hobbit.
0:13.9	We are discussing chapter 7 through 13 in particular,
0:16.8	which means we are discussing the middle of the book.
0:20.4	Before we do that, though, how's it going?
0:22.6	Heidi, how are you?
0:23.7	I'm in Scottsdale. It's 82 degrees right now.
0:28.9	I am living the dream.
0:31.5	You are living a different sort of dream than Bilbo is in this part of the book.
0:35.5	That is very true.
0:36.6	That's true.
0:37.4	And it is nice to read The Hobbit laying by the pool for so many reasons.
0:41.9	You're living what he was dreaming about while being soaking trying to help those dwarves escape.
0:49.8	Yeah, that's right.
0:50.6	The iced tea kettle boiling on the...
0:52.2	Somebody has to live in Rivendell.
0:54.2	That is how I...
0:55.5	That's a lot of the city upon which I build my life.
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