Other Minds and Hands, Episode 92

Corey Olsen and Maggie Parke are joined today by Daniel Falconer, to discuss his work with Weta Workshop on several Tolkien adaptations.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 92,
recorded on January 6, 2025.

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Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
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Dr. Maggie Parke
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Episode guest:
Daniel Falconer, a Senior Designer on object and creature design for LotR & Hobbit films
His forthcoming book, out in February: The Art of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
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Rings and Realms:    / ringsandrealms  
Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab.
audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/

Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world?
Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
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More about the individual programs
Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/
Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/
The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.
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Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.


For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting.
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Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series.
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