The Legendarium

We are joined by clinical psychologist and Professor Matt Woolley to discuss original fairy tales and their darker pieces. We cover the importance of these stories for children and adults and we walk through Hansel and Gretel's story. All while Ryan gets a chance at a small therapy session.

Hobbit News. Guardians of the Galaxy review. A bit of Star Wars news. And we make announcements about some future episodes. Unfortunately, we talk about Craig's sweaty back at the same time.

Book 6, Chapters 4-9. This is it! Our final episode in the LotR series is a doozy, with Larry D Curtis from theonering.net joining us as we discuss the good, the great, and the tear-jerking in the last few chapters. Ryan loves the Scouring of the Shire, Craig thinks that rock he just passed might be an old elf-lord, and Larry thinks the Ring looks decidedly cross-shaped toward the end of the story.

Craig and Ryan wax nostalgic (a whole 2 weeks later) about the inaugural FantasyCon in Salt Lake City. If you were there, come relive it. If you weren't, consider this the first step to getting psyched about next year! A huge thanks to FantasyCon for an awesome weekend.

Book 6, Chapters 1-3Ryan and Craig explore the...excellent?...disappointing?...something...death of the Ring of Power. This episode features Ryan at his most referential and bizarre. And maybe his most awesome.

Book 5, Chapters 6-10: Special guest: Nick Jeter. Ryan and Nick have to endure Craig's lessons on the history and family trees of the Numenoreans, their ancestors, and their descendents. Denethor's despair is deemed decidedly damaging. How does Witch-king die? Well, we're not quite sure, but then Ryan gets it with the help of the All-Powerful Internets.

Book 5, Ch 1-5: Lots of lots of lots of details provided by Tolkien. Any writing is better when you say "ye" instead of "you". The Witch King doesn't know any multi-syllabic words.

Ryan and Craig discuss a few recent Star Wars developments--and nerd out excessively--with returning guest Todd Wente, and newcomer Kenn Johnson.

FantasyCon is on! 4th of July weekend, SLC will play host to what we think sounds like the coolest convention ever. Our guests are Larry D. Curtis and Ashley Turner, both organizers for FantasyCon. They'll tell us all about the panels, celebrities, sword fighting, and world's-largest-dragons that we can expect.

The Legendarium exists primarily as a book club for fantasy and sci-fi, both the classics and the new classics. Authors discussed have included Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, David Eddings, Ernest Cline, Robert Heinlein, Michael Crichton, and more. You'll also get the occasional movie review or Star Wars discussion. (Anything in the realm of the fantastic is fair game!) Check out past episodes and other content at thelegendariumpodcast.com.

The Legendarium exists primarily as a book club for fantasy and sci-fi, both the classics and the new classics. Authors discussed have included Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, David Eddings, Ernest Cline, Robert Heinlein, Michael Crichton, and more. You'll also get the occasional movie review or Star Wars discussion. (Anything in the realm of the fantastic is fair game!) Check out past episodes and other content at thelegendariumpodcast.com.

Book 4, Chapters 1-3Special guest: Jeff Hewitt, a fantasy author from Georgia. Craig and Ryan celebrate their birthdays hobbit-style. Ryan finally identifies with a Middle-earth activity: rock climbing. Craig thinks Sam is getting a bit orcish in his behavior. Ryan identifies Tolkien's greatest life lesson so far: get out and serve someone else, you selfish jackass.

Book 4, Chapters 1-3 Special guest: Jeff Hewitt, a fantasy author from Georgia. Craig and Ryan celebrate their birthdays hobbit-style. Ryan finally identifies with a Middle-earth activity: rock climbing. Craig thinks Sam is getting a bit orcish in his behavior. Ryan identifies Tolkien's greatest life lesson so far: get out and serve someone else, you selfish jackass.