The Hobbit: Q&A episode

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Once again, it’s time to answer your questions! So join us as we discuss Tolkien’s many choices, some differences between this book and the main trilogy, his various influences, teaching it, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.5	I'm Heidi White.
0:04.9	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.5	And you are listening to Closer reads a podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are discussing the Hobbit.
0:14.0	J.R. J.R.R.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. We're discussing your questions about the Hobbit.
0:20.5	It's another Q&A episode.
0:22.8	Today's also Tax Day, though, so I thought maybe we'd do 30 minutes on tax questions. How did you guys feel about that?
0:28.6	Yeah. I know a lot about taxes. So 1099s, W-2s. Tax credits and insurance, something or others, and yeah, investments, there's stuff about investments in taxes.
0:42.9	Hey, speaking to which, what do you think the tax implications were of Bilbo coming home with all that treasure?
0:50.5	I think he was cagey on that.
0:52.2	About how much he had so that he wouldn't have to pay any sort of taxes.
0:55.8	Obviously, the Shire doesn't have taxes.
0:57.3	That's why they ostracic.
0:58.8	You don't think so?
0:59.3	No, the Shire's a perfect place.
1:01.7	That's directly addressed in the harrowing of the Shire.
1:05.6	Oh, that's true.
1:07.4	Yep.
1:07.9	You put up ugly brick buildings and you start charging taxes, and that's when you know that the bad guys move in.
1:11.9	That's when you know that you've been taken over by demonic oppression.
1:18.4	So, okay, so we, there's no taxes at this point.
1:21.6	Biller did I get taxed on treasure?
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