The Silmarillion: Valaquenta: Of the Valar and Maiar
An Unexpected Podcast: Talkin' Tolkien
Lord of the Rings
4.7 • 651 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 139 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we explore the Valaquenta, and get to the know the Valar and Maiar a little better! But it's October 31st, so we've dressed for the occasion ... and Mor-goth has made an unexpected apperance to play a GAME with Blue Suit Andy Serkis ... Join us as we journey chapter by chapter through The Silmarillion—unraveling Tolkien’s myths, symbols, and hidden connections to The Lord of the Rings.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of an unexpected podcast is brought to you by and dedicated to Amanda Pollack, |
| 0:04.5 | a friend, brave and true, they are through and through. |
| 0:07.6 | Also, a very happy birthday to Goldberry, Sarah Smith, turning 35 on November 3rd. |
| 0:13.0 | Love you, baby. Hello, friends, and welcome to an unexpected podcast. I'm Ez. |
| 0:32.2 | And I'm Lane. |
| 0:33.3 | And we're talking Tolkien. |
| 0:35.4 | We're coming to you from the Shire of America in the beautiful state of Ohio from both the north farthing studios of Mount Vernon and the bag end of a little village called Amanda. |
| 0:46.2 | This episode, we're meeting the Mighty Ones, the Valar, the Maiar, the fallen ones from Monway to Melkor. |
| 0:51.2 | We'll get to know a whole slew of characters as we dive into the Valacuinta. |
| 0:57.6 | Vala Quinta, baby. |
| 0:59.6 | Come on now. |
| 1:01.0 | I just dropped the ball, dude. |
| 1:02.9 | Did you really? |
| 1:03.8 | Been dropping balls all night. |
| 1:05.2 | Hey, happy Halloween, dog. |
| 1:07.4 | First of all, I don't think we've ever recorded on all Hallows Eve. No. I don't think we've ever recorded in costumes. You were looking more gotthy than I've ever seen you look before. I just blew myself for tonight. And I'm feeling excited. We had a great Discord hangout before the episode started. We had a good old |
| 1:28.7 | fashion technical difficulty before we got got on the air. Yes, we did. Flannel Wizard was |
| 1:33.5 | in there. He was crossing wires and like the sparks were flying and I'm sitting here and |
| 1:38.7 | I'm sitting here helpless. I'm just like, why did I have this idea? This is so dumb. But it's a great |
| 1:43.1 | night. We're back, baby. |
| 1:45.0 | This is, |
| 1:46.6 | dude, |
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