The Hobbit – Part 1

Shelved By Genre

Ranged Touch

Books, Education, Arts

4.9 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 172 minutes

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We read chapters I – IV of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read chapters V – IX. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.

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0:13.0	Oh Oh Welcome to Shelf by genre, a show about types of literature in the worlds they imagine.
0:35.3	We are beginning our unit,
0:38.7	our J.R. Tolkien,
0:40.5	with The Hobbit.
0:45.1	And today, we are reading the first four chapters of The Hobbit.
0:50.3	I'm Cameron, and with me here are two rude wizards, Michael and Austin.
0:54.8	I'm blowing smoke in your face and making it different colors.
0:59.0	I'm arranging a house party here.
1:01.6	We got a band coming in from Ohio.
1:05.5	Some guys are really good, really cross-punks.
1:14.9	I have drawn a sigil hidden to all eyes except those who are the rudest in the land and it says this guy sucks we'll pay you in pizza and beer this guy will do robbing's for you hey Hey, you guys got any seed cakes?
1:29.8	Are there going to be seed cakes at the venue?
1:34.9	Gandalf, the like promoter, like the venue promoter, the venue promoter, the venue owner is very funny.
1:42.1	Yeah.
1:43.4	A man, notorious around town for tricking people. Yeah, totally. Into using their venue. Yeah. It's going to be like 15 people tops, man. It's fine. Don't worry about it. We'll do a trade. We'll do a trade. Yeah. What are you trading me? We'll do a trade. I'll book a show here. you can book a shop at one of my places. You don't own anything. You don't have in the future, in the future, in the future.
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