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The Lorehounds: The Second Age - Chapter 3: The Elves

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🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

David and John discuss Tolkien’s academic career and obsession with language before breaking down the origin story and political factions of the Elves of Middle-earth. Join us to continue our deep dive into the lore behind Amazon’s upcoming series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Questions? Comments? Wild speculation? Send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll get back to you on our Epilogue podcast, which will air on August 29, 2022. Ad free versions of this and all other Bald Move podcasts can be yours by going to patreon.com/baldmove Find us on twitter @thelorehounds or join us for further discussion of all things Tolkien over on the Bald Move Discord server: https://discord.gg/baldmove Sources: (1) J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter; (2) The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien; (3) The Nature of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien Download John’s custom flowchart showing the different groups of Elves during the Second Age: Elves_Chart.png Second Age Upcoming Topics and Release Schedule Prologue: Tolkien the man and the lands and people of Middle Earth (Jul 11, 2022) Ch. 1: History of Tolkien’s writings and the rise of NĂşmenor (Jul 18, 2022) Ch. 2: History of film, tv, and radio adaptations and the fall of NĂşmenor (Jul 25, 2022) Ch. 3: Tolkien’s academic career and a breakdown of the Elves (Aug 1, 2022) Ch. 4: Tolkien’s influence on modern fantasy and the creation of the Rings (Aug 8, 2022) Ch. 5: Tolkien’s wartime experience and The Last Alliance of Men and Elves (Aug 15, 2022) Ch. 6: Christopher Tolkien and the Aftermath of the war with Sauron (Aug 22, 2022) Epilogue: Listener Q&A - email us and/or post in the discord (Aug 29, 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Music

0:19.0

Welcome to the Second Age Podcast.

0:21.0

We are the Lorehounds, your guides to Tolkien's world of Middle Earth.

0:25.0

I'm David.

0:26.0

And I'm John.

0:27.0

And this is Chapter 3, The Elves.

0:29.0

In this episode, we have three segments, a discussion of Tolkien's academic career,

0:36.0

a brief overview of some literary themes and then a deep dive into El Floor.

0:42.0

Before we get started, here's a quick reminder that you can send feedback to Second Age at BaldMove.com,

0:47.0

and we'll get to those questions on the final episode, which will be a Q&A.

0:51.0

And if you want to talk Tolkien with us sooner, join us on the BaldMove Discord server.

0:56.0

There's a link in the show description, and you can also get that at BaldMove.com.

1:01.0

And be sure to get all the BaldMove and Lorehounds coverage of Rings of Power

1:05.0

by subscribing to the Doug Too Deep Podcast feed.

1:09.0

We're going to be releasing exclusive content on this feed so you don't want to miss out.

1:13.0

Click on the link in the show notes or search for Doug Too Deep in your podcast application of choice.

1:20.0

So, let's get started with a discussion of Philalogy.

1:26.0

Philalogy, I'm just trying to say Philalogy.

1:28.0

Philalogy, Silmarillion, Philalogy.

1:31.0

I know we got busted for saying it wrong, so I'm trying to practice.

1:36.0

Silmarillion, yes.

1:38.0

All right, so John, what is Philalogy?

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