Peter Jackson cut 6 chapters from the Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf told Frodo to meet him at the Prancing Pony!

Is Bilbo's party true to how Tolkien wrote it? And what happened to those 17 years Tolkien talked about?

Starting in 1920, JRR Tolkien wrote letters from Father Christmas to his children--and continued doing that for 24 more years!

Was Gandalf's head bump in character? And was it a good idea to start the film with Frodo's and Gandalf's relationship?

In 1936, Tolkien wrote a poem published in an obscure school magazine--and it was only found again 10 years ago!

Michael and Jonathan found out someone's been copying our look at the changes PJ made to the books--and then applying that to The Rings of Power?! We happily point out their failure.

Did you know that--according to Tolkien--Isildur didn't actually kill Sauron? Seems kinda clear from the text!

The Middle-earth Mixer joins us this week to look at why Peter Jackson made some pretty big changes to 3 central characters: Sauron, Elrond, and Saruman.

Peter Jackson brought most of the comic relief for The Lord of the Rings via Gimli--which, based on his character in the books, is definitely off character.

Young Hobbits, dark Aragorn, and remaking a character to be a reluctant king.