In this episode, we discuss one of The Hobbits quieter chapters, where Bilbo and the dwarves finally reach Erebors hidden entrance.

As Thorin and company finally reach the Lonely Mountain, reality sets inand it doesnt smell so pleasant.

Tolkien makes it pretty clear what he thinks about politicians in this chapter.

Bilbo and the barrel-sealed dwarves make it to Laketown--with most of them barely alive!

In this very special episode, we reveal the exact barrel music sung in Thranduil's halls as the dwarves were tossed into the river!

Bilbo fully embraces his role as hero and finds a way to save the dwarves.

Bilbo is the only one left to save the dwarves--and to his own surprise, he's up to the task!

Here is an approximation of Tolkien's voice reading Ainulindal from The Silmarillion that we put together including some of his idiosyncratic pauses and speech patterns.

In this first half of chapter 8 of the hobbit--Flies and Spiders--Jonathan and Michael discuss the evil enchantment of Mirkwood, and if the elves might have a small part in it.

With talking animals, animals serving food and dancing bears, this may just be the oddest chapter in all of Middle-earth!