The ONE Lord of the Rings Episode to RULE Them All! w/ Ben Reinhard |
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https://hallow.com/matt https://stpaulcenter.com/matt FUS Tolkien Conference: https://franciscan.edu/tolkien-conference/ On Crisis Magazine: https://crisismagazine.com/author/ben-reinhard Chapters: 00:00 Intro 1:09 Introduction to Tolkien 5:20 The Unknown Tolkien 8:20 Inspiration for LOTR 17:50 Invented Languages 22:57 Elves and Orcs Origins 25:12 The Silmarillion 27:10 What if Gandalf Took the Ring? 29:09 Wisdom from Gandalf 32:50 What Does the Ring Represent? 35:30 Smart Phone Dangers 40:41 Resisting Technology’s Influence 45:02 Colonizing Our Humanity 48:40 Which Character Wrote LOTR? 50:10 WhY eAgLe No FlY?!?! 51:46 What is Gandalf? 54:30 Facing Death 59:40 Gandalf vs Sauron 1:05:22 Practical Despair 1:06:41 All’s Well that Ends Better 1:07:44 Lust for Power 1:11:24 Bilbo’s Pity of Gollum 1:13:30 Allure of Sin 1:19:22 Thursday Likes Chesterton 1:21:27 Who is THE Hero of LOTR? 1:26:22 Ireland Hates Fireplaces 1:28:45 Advice for First-time LOTR Readers 1:31:42 Worst Change in the Movies 1:34:22 Dislike for George MacDonald 1:35:15 Tolkien Conference and Party 1:36:32 Separation of Church and State 1:40:32 Favorite Tolkien Language 1:41:13 Silly Questions 1:42:40 Tolkien’s Relationship w/ Lewis 1:48:25 Favorite Book About Tolkien 1:50:00 Can LOTR Continue? 1:51:45 Rings of Power Series 1:52:54 Leaf by Niggle 1:55:39 Changed Characters in Films 1:56:39 Tom Bombadil 2:01:15 Favorite Class to Teach 2:02:50 Galadriel in Rings of Power 2:04:54 SciFi vs Fantasy 2:08:27 Why did Tolkien Not Like Dune? 2:09:58 Magic: The Gathering is Irrelevant 2:10:12 Redemption of Boromir 2:15:25 Blurring Lines of Good and Evil 2:18:27 Elvish Morality w/ Iluvatar 2:21:03 Canonization of Tolkien 2:22:30 Parting Thoughts |