In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam talk to Professor Cami Agan about the 2018 volume Beren and Luthien and about the textual history of the tale. This episode is a companion piece to our previous episode on chapter 19 of The Silmarillion, which you can find here.

Cami Agan is the Distinguished Professor of Language and Literature at Oklahoma Christian University and a prominent scholar of Tolkien's First Age.

More Cami:

Lúthien Tinúviel and Bodily Desire in the Lay of Leithian

Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth

Hearkening to the Other: A Certeauvian Reading of the Ainulindale

Also mentioned:

Moore - A Song of Greater Power: Tolkien's Construction of Lúthien Tinúviel

Whitaker - Corrupting Beauty: Rape Narrative in The Silmarillion

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss chapter 19 of the Quenta Silmarillion, the incredible story of Beren and Luthien. Included is also a discussion of current events affecting Sam as a resident of Washington DC -- listeners with an allergy to that sort of thing can skip to 17:25 to get to "the good stuff."

Primary sources:

The Silmarillion | The Lord of the Rings | Beren and Luthien | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam talk to Professor Bret Devereaux about the Siege of Gondor and the Battle of Helm's Deep, including discussions of pre-modern logistics, cavalry charges, flails, command structures, battle speeches, and much more.

Bret Devereaux is an ancient and military historian who currently teaches as a Teaching Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. You can find him on Twitter and Bluesky, or at his blog A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry.

More Bret:

Blog series on Siege of Gondor

Blog series on Helm's Deep

Blog series on logistics

Interview with Patrick Wyman on the Punic Wars

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