426 – Tiny Dancer

Alan Sisto (0:00)

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Good evening, Little Masters, and welcome to episode 426, where, while we might have been a little optimistic a couple of weeks ago, like Carcharoth, we might have bitten off more than we could chew.

Shawn E. Marchese (3:02)

No, no, no, Alan.

SPEAKER_3 (3:04)

No, no, no.

Shawn E. Marchese (3:05)

That was terrible.

Alan Sisto (3:07)

That was terrible.

Shawn E. Marchese (3:08)

Oh, my goodness.

Alan Sisto (3:08)

That was terrible. What else would you expect?

Shawn E. Marchese (3:12)

Nothing.

Anyway, grab a drink and pull up a bench in the Common Room, folks. It's time to talk Tolkien. I'm Sara, The Shieldmaiden of Rohan, and I'm here with The Man of the West, whose story only exists in the ghostly form of a manuscript in pencil. Alan Sisto.

Alan Sisto (3:28)

One that I all but entirely erased because really nobody can read my handwriting anyway. Folks, join us as we discover that shortcuts make for long delays as we continue diving into the story that Christopher Tolkien explains was such a deeply rooted presence in his father's life. That is, of course, the story of Beren and Lúthien.

Shawn E. Marchese (3:46)

Yes, indeed. Now, these days, folks are coming to Middle Earth in so many different ways, from the Peter Jackson films to the Amazon TV show, from YouTube lore videos and from video game adaptations like Loutro. And of course, there's always the books. However, you came here, we want to welcome each of you to our common room.

Alan Sisto (4:05)

We do indeed. Now, The Prancing Pony Podcast is in our eleventh season of reading and talking our way through Middle Earth with, we hope, plenty of insight and deep lore dives along with the usual digressions and speculations. And if we keep true to form, plenty of bad jokes and a few high-quality puns from time to time, maybe. But our purpose here is to help you explore it.