20 Best Tolkien Podcasts (J. R. R. Tolkien)

1. The Prancing Pony Podcast

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The Prancing Pony Podcast is a weekly show about the Middle-earth legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien, hosted - for six seasons - by Alan Sisto and Shawn E. Marchese. As the show returns for its seventh season, Alan welcomes an all-star cast of co-hosts to join him as he explores the first part of The Return of the King!Alan and all his co-hosts are passionate Tolkien enthusiasts, and they invite listeners to enjoy their detailed exploration of Tolkien's work, with smart but straightforward discussion and a healthy dose of self-effacing humor, pop-culture references, and bad puns...MORE Hosts Alan Sisto, Shawn E. Marchese
Producer/Network The Prancing Pony Podcast
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2. Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings

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Join The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen, on a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story, and explore Middle-earth through the magical game-world of Lord of the Rings Online.MORE Host Corey Olsen
Producer/Network Mythgard Institute
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 5.8KTwitter 4.5KInstagram 1.5K Avg Length 109 min Since Jan 2017 Get Email Contact

3. An Unexpected Podcast

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Welcome to An Unexpected Podcast: Talkin' Tolkien. We invite you to join us in an adventure as Ezra and Lane delve deep into Middle Earth. Each fortnight we will gather for a book re-read, show speculation, and much more! So grab your book, a highlighter, cup of coffee, and keep a pocket-handkerchief close at hand.MORE Hosts Ezra Kirk, Lane Smith
Producer/Network Lord of the Rings
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 420Instagram 1.6K Avg Length 78 min Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

4. That's What I'm Tolkien About

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Join Mary Clay Watt on her first journey through Lord of the Rings. Each episode is a chapter discussion of the books with fans, featuring mispronounced names, outlandish theories, and praise (or criticism!) for JRR Tolkien.MORE Host Mary Clay Watt
Producer/Network WBNE
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Twitter 1.5KInstagram 22.1K Avg Length 69 min Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

5. P&C's Talking Tolkien Book Club

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Patrick and Clifford set out to bring you a Tolkien podcast for Middle Earth fans of ALL levels to enjoy!
Producer/Network P&C's Talking Tolkien Book Club
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 54Twitter 182 Avg Length 88 min Since Nov 2018 Get Email Contact

6. Athrabeth

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Athrabeth is a monthly podcast that invites you down the lesser trod paths of Tolkien's Legendarium. Each episode we pick a single chapter, essay, fragment, or topic, and do a deep dive, exploring it as both fans and scholars.MORE Hosts Jude Vais, Stef Midlock
Producer/Network Jude Vais & Stef Midlock
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 888 Avg Length 60 min Since Sep 2018 Get Email Contact

7. The Tolkien Professor

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The Tolkien Professor podcast is a series of lectures, discussions, and seminars on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Corey Olsen, President of Signum University. All are welcome to enter even those without any party business!MORE Host Corey Olsen
Producer/Network The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Twitter 32.5K Avg Length 103 min Since Jun 2009 Get Email Contact

8. The Red Book

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The Red Book is a podcast dedicated to analysing J.R.R. Tolkien's works and offering my thoughts and interpretations of his created Legendarium. I look at all of his material - from Letters to the History of Middle-earth. Content will vary and include answers to common and less common questions, analysis of characters, events, and themes, as well as influences, changes to the stories over time, and my subjective opinion on what I enjoy about Tolkien.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 2KTwitter 827 Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact

9. By-The-Bywater: A Tolkien Podcast

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All things J. R. R. Tolkien: his work, his inspirations, and impact, creative interpretations in other media, languages, lore, rip-offs, parodies, anything we think is interesting!
Hosts Ned Raggett, Oriana Schwindt, Jared Pechaček.
Producer/Network Megaphonic
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 128Instagram 59 Avg Length 61 min Since Feb 2019 Get Email Contact

10. Teens Talk Tolkien

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A podcast where teens talk about Tolkien.
Producer/Network Teens Talk Tolkien
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 48 min Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

11. Tolkien Truth

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A podcast about finding truth and pathways to good through the pages of The Lord of the Rings.
Producer/Network Caitlin Myler
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 28 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

12. The Tolkien Experience Podcast

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Since 2018, the Tolkien Experience Project has been collecting stories from Tolkien scholars and fans around the world. Now, we have partnered with The Prancing Pony Podcast and Dr. Sara Brown to create the Tolkien Experience Podcast an attempt to bring the fan and scholarly communities together around our shared passion: the works of J.R.R. Tolkien!MORE Producer/Network Sara Brown and Luke Shelton
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 1KTwitter 3.1K Avg Length 54 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

13. Tea with Tolkien

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Join us for a cup of tea as we grow together in Hobbitness and Holiness, inspired by the faith and philosophy of JRR Tolkien.
Producer/Network Kaitlyn Facista
Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 52.2K Get Email Contact

14. Secrets of Middle Earth

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Discover the secrets of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, through the books, movies, streaming shows, and games that explore his world.
Producer/Network StarQuest Media
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 3.5KTwitter 3.2KInstagram 486 Avg Length 75 min Since Jul 2010 Get Email Contact

15. The Last Alliance

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Weekly discussions on the many and varied works of J.R.R. Tolkien by The Last Alliance: University of Alberta Tolkien Society.
Producer/Network The Last Alliance: University of Alberta Tolkien Society
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Apple Rating 5/5 Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

16. The Tolkien Road

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A long walk through Middle-earth! Join co-hosts John & Greta as they go chapter-by-chapter through The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and all of Tolkien's other works.
Hosts John Carswell, Greta Carswell
Producer/Network The Tolkien Road
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Twitter 5 Avg Length 46 min Since Feb 2015 Get Email Contact

17. The Extra Curricular

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Three friends get together each week and start talking Tolkien. Tolkien Expert Katie Sabo, casual fan Jon Cox, and newbie Chase Smith spend each week talking through these books chapter by chapter. A great book club experience, this show offers a conversational and fun way to read along!MORE Producer/Network Katie Sabo, Chase Smith, and Juliana Antoninus
Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 64 min Get Email Contact

18. Tolkien About It

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A Father/Daughter team doing a deep dive into the world of Tolkien with some fun stuff and interesting guests along the way.
Producer/Network Evelyn Lewis
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 73Twitter 32 Avg Length 49 min Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

19. So, You Want to Read Tolkien

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Have you ever wanted to know what the history of Middle Earth is, but have no desire to read the Silmarillion? Do you wonder about the most likely dark lord to rise after Sauron's downfall at the end of the Lord of the Rings? Do you just want to listen to some drunk friends dunk on the Hobbit movies? So, You Want to Read Tolkien brings you all of these things and so much more. Please join us in a discussion of history, literature, the absence of women, and why Frodo is the best. Also incest and rap battles.MORE Producer/Network So, You Want to Read Tolkien
Apple Rating 4/5 Avg Length 48 min Get Email Contact

20. The Music of Middle-Earth

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Take a deep dive into Howard Shore's Score for Peter Jackson's adaptation of Lord of The Rings! We explore Tolkien's writing, history, and composition!
Producer/Network Jordan Rannells
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 719 Avg Length 31 min Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact