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The Entmoot Podcast

The Entmoot Podcast

By: Kenny Talarico & Sam Lieberman
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 Co-hosts Kenny Talarico and Sam Lieberman discuss the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and what they tell us about politics, philosophy, religion, and life.

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  • Eöl The Pale

    Eöl The Pale
    May 18 2025

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss chapters 15 and 16 of the Quenta Silmarillion, including the founding of Gondolin, Thingol's abolition of Quenya, and the tragic tale of Eöl, Beleriand's palest and weirdest elf.


    Primary sources:

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


    Also mentioned:

    The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin

    The Summer Book - Tove Jansson

    Butcher's Crossing - John Williams

    Alchemy is real

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    1 hr
  • Femme Fandoms (w/ Robin Anne Reid)

    Femme Fandoms (w/ Robin Anne Reid)
    Apr 25 2025
    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam talk to Professor Robin Reid about feminist and queer Tolkien scholarship and fandom.Robin Reid is a Tolkien scholar who was a professor of English at Texas A&M University until her retirement in 2020. She is currently working on a book that will be a feminist reception study of women and non-binary readers of Tolkien, with updates posted on her Substack here.More Robin:Women & Tolkien: Amazons, Valkyries, Feminists, and SlashersJ.R.R. Tolkien, Culture WarriorThrusts in the Dark: Slashers' Queer PracticesSources/mentions:Brown - “Éowyn it was, and Dernhelm also”Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A BiographyCraig - Queer Lodgings: Gender and Sexuality in The Lord of the RingsCrowe - Power in Arda: Sources, Uses, and MisusesDonovan - The Valkyrie Reflex in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the RingsFimi - Tolkien, Folklore, and Foxes (YouTube)Kisor/Vaccaro (ed) - Tolkien and AlterityMerrick - The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction FeminismsQueripel - The Mariner (and his wife): Rethinking Aldarion's (A)sexualityRateliff - The Missing Women: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lifelong Support for Women's Higher EducationSmith - At Home and Abroad: Éowyn's Two-fold Figuring as War Bride in The Lord of the RingsTimmons - Hobbit Sex and SensualityVaccaro - “Dyrne Langað”: Secret Longing and Homo-amory in Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the RingsWalls-Thumma - The Inequality Prototype: Gender, Inequality, and the Valar in Tolkien’s SilmarillionEmail us at entmootpod@gmail.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Caranthir Always Takes His Cut

    Caranthir Always Takes His Cut
    Apr 10 2025

    In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss chapters 13 and 14 of the Quenta Silmarillion, including the death of Feanor, the reuniting of the Noldor, and a very long description of a map. To make "Of Beleriand and Its Realms" a bit easier to digest, here are a couple maps: this one by Tolkien himself, this "cleaner" one by Sirelle on DeviantArt, and this political map by u/tolkien_erklaert on Reddit.


    Primary sources:

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


    Also mentioned:

    Atlas of Middle-Earth - Karen Wynn Fonstad

    The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien - John Garth

    The Verge - Patrick Wyman

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    59 mins

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