The Lorehounds: The Second Age - Chapter 5: The Last Alliance

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🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

David and John discuss Tolkien’s experience in World War I before looking into the War of the Last Alliance of Men and Elves. 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 Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. 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 Númenor (Jul 18, 2022) Ch. 2: History of film, tv, and radio adaptations and the fall of Númenor (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	Yes, love in the chills.
0:05.5	Hope you're enjoying your throwback to the 92, a time of great music, very suspect fashion
0:11.1	and when McDonald's first started using 100% British and Irish beef in all our burgers
0:15.8	from Big Max to quarter powders.
0:18.3	It's just one of the little changes McDonald's have been constantly making to the way we
0:22.0	saw some British out food over the years.
0:24.6	McDonald's, change a little, change a lot.
0:30.0	Welcome to the Second Age Podcast, where the lore hounds your guides to Tolkien's
0:54.6	world of Middle-earth.
0:56.2	I'm David.
0:57.2	I'm John and this is Chapter 5, The Last Alliance.
1:00.8	In this episode, we've got three segments, a discussion of Tolkien's wartime experience,
1:06.4	some discussion of the themes of the weakness of the will of men and the loss of loved ones,
1:12.8	and then we're going to deep dive into the war against Sauron.
1:17.6	Before we get started, here's a quick reminder that you can send feedback to Second Age
1:20.9	at baldmove.com and we'll get to those questions on the final episode, which will be a Q&A.
1:25.7	If you want to talk Tolkien's sooner with us, join us over on the baldmove discord.
1:31.1	There's a link in the show notes below and on baldmove.com.
1:36.2	And be sure to get all the baldmove and lore hounds coverage of rings of power by subscribing
1:40.2	to the Doug 2 Deep Podcast feed.
1:43.6	We're going to be releasing exclusive content on this feed so you don't want to miss out.
1:47.8	Click on the link in the show notes or search for Doug 2 Deep in your podcast application
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