Podcasts about Bombadil

Unable to meet this week, the Pugcast decided to share an episode from the 2019 archives. Tune in for this blast from the past! Perhaps the most controversial character in all of Tolkien's writing is Tom Bombadil. People seem to either love him or hate him. But regardless how you feel about him, most people can't figure out why he's even in the Lord of the Rings. What's the point of the man in the blue jacket and the yellow boots? Certainly Peter Jackson thought he was expendable. He isn't even in the film version of the story. Was he inserted to make Tolkien's children happy? Was Tolkien providing a little filler to buy time because he was still working out the plot? Chris thinks that Tolkien was up to far more than people give him credit for when it comes to Bombadil. Chris actually thinks that you don't really understand Tolkien, or the Lord of the Rings, until you receive Bombadil into your heart. Listen in as Chris, Tom, and Glenn discuss the meaning of the mysterious Tom Bombadil! Order In the House of Tom Bombadil by CR Wiley, released 2021: https://canonpress.com/products/in-the-house-of-tom-bombadil?srsltid=AfmBOooq7248sFOcSr4AN7DXIDcAH0efflvAA8EcY6WSJcm3K-Ulg-zG Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

Unable to meet this week, the Pugcast decided to share an episode from the 2019 archives. Tune in for this blast from the past!Perhaps the most controversial character in all of Tolkien's writing is Tom Bombadil. People seem to either love him or hate him.  But regardless how you feel about him, most people can't figure out why he's even in the Lord of the Rings. What's the point of the man in the blue jacket and the yellow boots? Certainly Peter Jackson thought he was expendable. He isn't even in the film version of the story. Was he inserted to make Tolkien's children happy? Was Tolkien providing a little filler to buy time because he was still working out the plot? Chris thinks that Tolkien was up to far more than people give him credit for when it comes to Bombadil. Chris actually thinks that you don't really understand Tolkien, or the Lord of the Rings, until you receive Bombadil into your heart. Listen in as Chris, Tom, and Glenn discuss the meaning of the mysterious Tom Bombadil!Order In the House of Tom Bombadil by CR Wiley, released 2021: https://canonpress.com/products/in-the-house-of-tom-bombadil?srsltid=AfmBOooq7248sFOcSr4AN7DXIDcAH0efflvAA8EcY6WSJcm3K-Ulg-zGSupport the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

Unable to meet this week, the Pugcast decided to share an episode from the 2019 archives. Tune in for this blast from the past! Perhaps the most controversial character in all of Tolkien's writing is Tom Bombadil. People seem to either love him or hate him. But regardless how you feel about him, most people can't figure out why he's even in the Lord of the Rings. What's the point of the man in the blue jacket and the yellow boots? Certainly Peter Jackson thought he was expendable. He isn't even in the film version of the story. Was he inserted to make Tolkien's children happy? Was Tolkien providing a little filler to buy time because he was still working out the plot? Chris thinks that Tolkien was up to far more than people give him credit for when it comes to Bombadil. Chris actually thinks that you don't really understand Tolkien, or the Lord of the Rings, until you receive Bombadil into your heart. Listen in as Chris, Tom, and Glenn discuss the meaning of the mysterious Tom Bombadil! Order In the House of Tom Bombadil by CR Wiley, released 2021: https://canonpress.com/products/in-the-house-of-tom-bombadil?srsltid=AfmBOooq7248sFOcSr4AN7DXIDcAH0efflvAA8EcY6WSJcm3K-Ulg-zG Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

Unable to meet this week, the Pugcast decided to share an episode from the 2019 archives. Tune in for this blast from the past! Perhaps the most controversial character in all of Tolkien's writing is Tom Bombadil. People seem to either love him or hate him. But regardless how you feel about him, most people can't figure out why he's even in the Lord of the Rings. What's the point of the man in the blue jacket and the yellow boots? Certainly Peter Jackson thought he was expendable. He isn't even in the film version of the story. Was he inserted to make Tolkien's children happy? Was Tolkien providing a little filler to buy time because he was still working out the plot? Chris thinks that Tolkien was up to far more than people give him credit for when it comes to Bombadil. Chris actually thinks that you don't really understand Tolkien, or the Lord of the Rings, until you receive Bombadil into your heart. Listen in as Chris, Tom, and Glenn discuss the meaning of the mysterious Tom Bombadil! Order In the House of Tom Bombadil by CR Wiley, released 2021: https://canonpress.com/products/in-the-house-of-tom-bombadil?srsltid=AfmBOooq7248sFOcSr4AN7DXIDcAH0efflvAA8EcY6WSJcm3K-Ulg-zG Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

Our hosts try (unsuccessfully) to unravel the mystery of Tom Bombadil. What sort of being is he? We'd love to hear your thoughts!

In our podcast this week we start by offering a few apologies to Jackson Ford and 'Chico' Geraldes. After going deeper than usual into some mindfulness we update Steven Adams' NBA season with Houston Rockets. Then we dive into a change of ownership for NZ Breakers and kiwi basketballers who they can sign, or in the case of Carlin Davison have already snapped up. We touch on the latest round of Plunket Shield and the Rhys Mariu kerfuffle before balancing how older players improve in Blackcaps with the exciting youngsters on the rise like Muhammad Abbas. NZ Warriors had a gritty win vs Wests Tigers and are leading the NRL in a few funky stats, plus there are lots of younger players chiming in for a good NSW Cup team. After dropping NZ Kiwis thoughts on the fullback position we roll into A-League football where Auckland FC had a win and Wellington Phoenix men offered an encouraging performance in their draw. Moses Dyer scored a lovely goal in Ireland as well.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/elnichecacheNewsletter: https://thenichecache.substack.comHook us up with a brew: https://buymeacoffee.com/thenichecacheSay kia ora: thenichecache@gmail.comwww.theniche-cache.com(00:00) Intro & Some Apologies(13:47) Mindfulness(26:37) Steven Adams(31:36) Breakers & NBL(44:19) Plunket Shield(53:44) Blackcaps vs Pakistan(01:11:42) Warriors vs Tigers(01:42:15) A-League & Flying Kiwis

It's time to come into the Common Room with The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we answer listener questions again in our 30th Questions After Nightfall! From the necessity of real-world physics to whose brooch did Bombadil find; from Fëanor's favorite games to Thingol's quite-appropriate guilt, our listeners always bring their A game… or would that be their Q game? Alan is confusticated and bebothered, and Sara reminds us all of how Tolkien could do all that he did. Also, never disrespect librarians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All quotes, unless otherwise marked, are Tolkien's words as printed in The Letters of J.R.R.Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition. All emphases mine. Machinery is Power is EvilWriting to his son Michael in the RAF:[here is] the tragedy and despair of all machinery laid bare. Unlike art which is content to create a new secondary world in the mind, it attempts to actualize desire, and so to create power in this World; and that cannot really be done with any real satisfaction. Labour-saving machinery only creates endless and worse labour. And in addition to this fundamental disability of a creature, is added the Fall, which makes our devices not only fail of their desire but turn to new and horrible evil. So we come inevitably from Daedalus and Icarus to the Giant Bomber. It is not an advance in wisdom! This terrible truth, glimpsed long ago by Sam [...] ---Outline:(00:17) Machinery is Power is Evil(03:45) On Atomic Bombs(04:17) On Magic and Machines(07:06) Speed as the root of evil(08:11) Altruism as the root of evil(09:13) Sauron as metaphor for the evil of reformers and science(10:32) On Language(12:04) The straightjacket of Modern English(15:56) Argent and Silver(16:32) A Fallen World(21:35) All stories are about the Fall(22:08) On his mother(22:50) Love, Marriage, and Sexuality(24:42) Courtly Love(27:00) Womens exceptional attunement(28:27) Men are polygamous; Christian marriage is self-denial(31:19) Sex as source of disorder(32:02) Honesty is best(33:02) On the Second World War(33:06) On Hitler(34:04) On aerial bombardment(34:46) On British communist-sympathizers, and the U.S.A as Saruman(35:52) Why he wrote the Legendarium(35:56) To express his feelings about the first World War(36:39) Because nobody else was writing the kinds of stories he wanted to read(38:23) To give England an epic of its own(39:51) To share a feeling of eucatastrophe(41:46) Against IQ tests(42:50) On Religion(43:30) Two interpretations of Tom Bombadil(43:35) Bombadil as Pacifist(45:13) Bombadil as Scientist(46:02) On Hobbies(46:27) On Journeys(48:02) On Torture(48:59) Against Communism(50:36) Against America(51:11) Against Democracy(51:35) On Money, Art, and Duty(54:03) On Death(55:02) On Childrens Literature(55:55) In Reluctant Support of Universities(56:46) Against being Photographed--- First published: November 25th, 2024 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jJ2p3E2qkXGRBbvnp/passages-i-highlighted-in-the-letters-of-j-r-r-tolkien --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

The Rings of Power's elves are simple imbeciles, the Númenoreans now decide rulers based on what big animals do, an Tom Bombadil inverts one of Tolkien's most important lines.

Not sure how this Tom Bombadil came into existence--but he's definitely incredibly different from Tolkien's Bombadil.

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Gordon interviews Durham, North Carolina's Bombadil, a folk rock/Americana act who headline night two of Carolina Indie Fest at Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown Sanford on Saturday, September 21.

Welcome to the thirty-sixth episode of The Daily Rings of Power Podcast! We're back with a mega recap of all the news and updates that have come out since the teaser trailer was released! A wild Tom Bombadil appears, the new Adar speaks, Bronwyn departs, Isildur's future wife arrives, and so much more news to cover! I'm joined once again by Anna (@MyElessar) to discuss all these new insights into Season 2, resulting in yet another of our marathon length episodes. Grab a drink, find a comfortable seat, sit back and enjoy our latest discussion of all things Rings of Power! Timestamps: Introduction & Reading: 00:10 Anna joins the show: 06:14 Season 2's Marketing: 09:34 Tom Bombadil Strikes Back: 18:32 Bye Bye Bronwyn: 53:26 Adar Speaks: 01:00:05 Estrid, Isildur & Arondir: 01:33:50 Rant about Estrid Theories: 01:39:09 Southland Trio Continued: 01:45:33 Empire Magazine Feature: 01:58:54 Annatar & Celebrimbor: 02:01:46 Sauron & the Dwarves: 02:27:50 Galadriel, Elrond & Círdan's Map: 02:49:41 Barrow wights: 03:05:00 Big Boy Damrod: 03:19:08 Númenor: 03:24:06 Final Listener Questions: 03:32:52 Outro: 03:49:29   Follow us on Twitter for more Rings of Power content: @DailyRoP Follow Anna on Twitter: @MyElessar And subscribe to the podcast on your favourite app: https://linktr.ee/dailyrop Intro & Outro Music : She Moved Through the Fair by Sláinte | https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Slinte  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Vanity Fair released an exclusive first look at Tom Bombadil in TROP Season 2. What do our hosts think about the news? What can we glean from the (few) still shots that were released? Join in for our discussion and then share your thoughts!

On this episode of Off the Record, we're hearing from Bombadil, a folk band from Durham, NC. We talked about their favorite cuisine, algorithms in music, the making of their new album "In Color," and much more!

Three normal topics from the three most normal people ever to exist.

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After 18 years as a band AND business, Bombadil is still going strong. In this "Artist Spotlight" episode of the DIY Musician Podcast, Cristina and Chris interview James Phillips of the independent indie-folk group about their long journey as a recording and touring act, the challenges they faced along the way, and how the keys to their longevity are creative respect, daily habits of collaboration and communication, and treating every aspect of their music like a business. -- Check out Bombadil's music and tour dates. Follow their touring and recording adventures. -- Distribute your music with no annal fees. Plan your successful release with a customized timeline.  Learn how to grow your audience, boost your streams, and build a sustainable music career on your own terms. 

Clare and Hannah share some more of the songs that rocked their worlds. Turns out they both really love heavy metal. Who knew?Clare's songs: "I See Fire" -- metal version! Performed by Malinda and Violet Orlandi"Clean Up Your Room" by Akira the Don featuring Jordan Peterson"What Faith Can Do" by KutlessHannah's songs:"A Question" by Bombadil "Hamburg Song" by Keane"Between the Stars" by Canyon City"Rain" by The Seatbelts. Vocals by Tom Conte"Wax and Wane" by Alana HendersonSupport the show

Welcome and thanks for stopping by the Being All of Us podcast! I'm really excited to share your stories of self discovery, self growth and a bit of inspiration. In today's episode of Being All of Us, Jean Young Choi and I chat about the story of her name, growing up in the US as a Korean American and moving to Spain, family relationships, asking for help, the complexity of the “US experiment”, rekindling a childhood passion and much more. I hope you enjoy Jean's story, and discover something more about yourself along the way. The journey to being all of us begins with you... Come join us! Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town." Connect with Jean: LinkedIn Your support matters, thanks for helping out: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

In this episode, I'm joined by C.R. Wiley to discuss his book, In the House of Tom Bombadil. While we primarily focused on Bombadil as he appears in The Lord of the Rings, this connects to our current series on The Tales from the Perilous Realm, which includes the poetic "Adventures of Tom Bombadil." We'll get to these specific tales another time, but I found this to be a worthwhile, more general conversation about this fascinating character.Support my work and gain access to exclusive, early, and ad-free content at patreon.com/mythicmind.Keep up with me on twitter @andrewnsnyder

Welcome and thanks for stopping by the Being All of Us podcast! I'm really excited to share your stories of self discovery, self growth and a bit of inspiration. In today's episode of Being All of Us, I chat with Annabelle “Bee” Baumann about her amazing journey. She tells us about her many paths, the search for opportunity, discovering her creative side and her voice, vulnerability, being a mid-life beginner, her book “Gurrl, You Ain't Crazy”, learning about who we are, her HIVE Communication framework, and much more. I hope you enjoy Bee's story, and discover something more about yourself along the way. The journey to being all of us begins with you... Come join us! Connect with Bee: LinkedIn  Facebook  Instagram Linktree Your support matters, thanks for helping out: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Welcome to Being All of Us! I am excited to share your stories about self discovery, self growth and inspiration!  This episode features Vicky Au Yong. Vicky has led a brave journey, one that has involved recognizing her own patterns, facing darker times, and learning how to be kind to herself so that she can unwrap her gift: becoming the greatest expression of who she is in this world. Are you ready to discover and unleash the agent of change in your own life? The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! We Talk About: 1:30 minute mark – Vicky's background and growing up with a strict upbringing 7:00 – Finding spirituality through religion 15:30 – Losing a sense of love and finding it again 19:30 – Understanding your patterns 23:30 – A self-realization in her 30s 29:30 – Handling the darker moments – classic methods 34:30 – Aging healthily and managing the mirror 41:00 – Being ready for new lessons when the time comes, and avoiding comparisons 44:00 – Manifesting gratitude and kindness Challenge: At night when you go to bed, write or think of 5 things you are grateful for from the day. While doing this, be aware of how you are treating yourself and be kind. Your support matters, thanks for helping out! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge Connect with Vicky: LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/vickyauyong Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

In today's episodes, our hosts discuss a recent rumor that Tom Bombadil will make an appearance in the Rings of Power? Who is Tom Bombadil? How do we feel about his exclusion from the movies? How might he be used in TRoP?

Happy Honda Days! Welcome to Tom Bombadil part 2, Electric Boogaloo. We talk way too long about soup and Hondas and then we dive back into who really is this Tom guy...Is he a god? Is he a spirit? All we know for sure is he is a wife guy. Featuring a special guest, Tori's wife-guy, Steph! Welcome to The Sillymarillion! Where Paul (the forever fan) teaches Tori (the newcomer) all about J.R.R. Tolkien's tales and stories. Join us on twitter and give us your thoughts on Mr. Bombadil. Follow Steph! Twitter: @MySquidwardLife & Insta: @Stephienarns Twitter & Insta: @sillymarillions Patreon: https://patreon.com/thesillymarillion for bonus content Email: thesillymarillion@gmail.com for inquiries Heartfelt thank you to Evelyn @wow__then for our Season 3 podcast art! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thesillymarillion/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thesillymarillion/support

In this interview with Chris Wiley, we explore the strategy of contextualization. Church planters and Christians in the 20th and 21st centuries have been thinking about contextualization and attempting to use it as a means to reach people with the gospel. It is the normative approach to being “missional” in the American context. While the church has always been a people of mission, carrying God's gospel message to the ends of the earth, in the mid-20th century many Christian thinkers began to reconsider older approaches to Christian mission. Wiley casts doubt on the usefulness and fruitfulness of this endeavor particularly as it relates to a post-Christian culture of death. He ties contextualization to ideological movements in the 19th Century. Bio from crwiley.com: “C. R. Wiley's childhood was like something out of a story by Roald Dahl.It was full of vacancies. He was a ward of the state for a time. (Imagine living at the DMV and you have a sense of what that was like.) And he hated the 8th grade so much that he took it twice.Fortunately his imagination filled in what life left out. He drew a lot and actually got pretty good at it.Besides writing for magazines and publishing books he has been a pastor (still is!), a college professor, a commercial real estate investor, a landlord (still that, too!), and a building contractor.He has been happily married for over 30 years and he has three grown children. He resides in the state of Washington.He has written for Touchstone Magazine, Modern Reformation, Sacred Architecture, The Imaginative Conservative, Front Porch Republic, National Review Online, and First Things, among others. His most recent book is, In the House of Tom Bombadil (2021). He is also the author of, The Household and the War for the Cosmos published by Canon Press (2019). His short fiction has appeared in The Mythic Circle (published by the Mythopoeic Society) and elsewhere, and the first book in his young adult fantasy series, The Purloined Boy was published by Canonball Books (2017). He is a board member of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters, as well as New Saint Andrews College.”Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/chasedavishttps://crwiley.com/Theology Pugcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-theology-pugcast/id1452933071?ign-mpt=uo%3D4&mt=2“In the House of Tom Bombadil” - https://amzn.to/3S7o95JSupport the showSign up for the Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/chasedavisFollow Full Proof Theology on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fullprooftheology/Follow Full Proof Theology on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fullprooftheology/

Welcome and thanks for stopping by the Being All of Us podcast! I am excited to share more of your stories of self discovery, self growth and a bit of inspiration!  In this episode I chat with teacher and author Anita Haas about her first children's book, “Chato the Puppy-Cat,” her experience living with achromatopsia, her family's migration story to Canada and her own life journey migrating to Madrid, Spain. We talk about the challenges that come with trying to fit in, and the importance of learning to speak up for ourselves and communicate our needs.   I hope you enjoy Anita's story and discover something new about yourself along the way. The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! Connect with Anita: Chato the Puppy-Cat presentation in Madrid (5 October 2022): https://thesecretkingdoms.com/events/anita-haas-the-puppy-cat/ Anthologies including Anita's short stories: https://www.amazon.es/Artificial-Divide-Robert-Kingett/dp/199008608X https://caitgordon.com/nothing-without-us-too/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-haas-b619976/ Your support matters, thanks for helping out! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

In this episode we discuss: Progression of tone in the Peter Jackson trilogy & HOW it tells the story Editing Characters adjustments & adaptations Tolkien Black Girls is brought to you by Black Nerds Create, a collective providing content through the lens of critical and creative fandom. www.blacknerdscreate.com Twitter: @blknerdscreate, @yanawroteit, @deliaistyping, @ConStar24 Instagram: @blacknerdscreate SUPPORT: Become a BNC Baddie Tip Us on Patreon Tip Us on Cash App Treat Yourself PRODUCTION: Hosts: Bayana Davis, Delia Gallegos, Constance Gibbs Editors: Donnalie Jamnah, Bayana Davis Intro/Outro Music: Basi Midroll Music: Andreas Zoeller Graphics: Delia Gallegos Socials: Nicole Hill BNC Presents: Tolkien Black Girls is the first of our Limited Podcast Series where some combination of the BNC team nerd out and critically discuss a piece of work. For this series, join Bayana, Connie, and Delia as we discuss The Lord of the Rings! We'll discuss worldbuilding, adaptations, important themes, and generally nerding out. Episodes drop on Thursdays.

The more northerly member of the Beastmaker duo sifts through his thoughts on his greatest bouldering addition, the mega-highball 8B+, Bombadil. Also much crack about the Prow at Kyloe-in-the-Woods.

Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow! He may not have made it into the films, but he sure made it into our podcast. But what is he? Hobbit saviour Tom Bombadil takes centre stage for this week's episode of in-depth Lord of the Rings character guide Not Another F**king Elf. Every week, Paul Ridd and Catherine Bray look at a character's place in Tolkien's mythos, their place in pop culture, literature and adaptations. We look at Peter Jackson's adaptations, Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings (1978), the 1979 Mind's Eye radio adaptation, Return of the King (1980) from Rankin-Bass, the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation, and the 1990 Rob Inglis and 2020 Andy Serkis audiobooks.

I have my problems with Peter Jackson, but on this decision he made the right call. Not because Tom Bombadil is a bad character, but because in the medium PJ was working in, he no longer serves the same purpose. For my videos on some of the issues raised here regarding Bombadil and the slow progression of danger as Frodo leaves the Shire, check the following: The Old Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ODkwQ-lnY In the House of Tom Bombadil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKfG0vP_INs Fog on the Barrow Downs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmY2ah1s2yo The significance of these three chapters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIu8TAYBu7E Frodo leaving the Shire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jTXY8I5wAY Other Links: Rumble at https://rumble.com/c/c-355195 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@TolkienLore:f Twitter: https://twitter.com/jrrtlore Patreon: www.patreon.com/tolkiengeek

Welcome back to Being All of Us! I am excited to share more of your stories about self discovery, self growth and inspiration!  In this episode I chat with David Gandelman about his journey from being a goofy teen in New Jersey, to studying eastern spiritual traditions in the Himalayas, to directing an intuitive development school in Hawaii, to teaching meditation and now authoring his first book "The 7 Energies of the Soul". And still being goofy, even though he's not a teen anymore.  Are you ready to discover something new about yourself? The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! Your support matters, thanks for helping out! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge Connect with David: Website: https://www.meditationschool.us/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/david_gandelman/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GroundedMind Meditation School Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Meditation-School-106485151200134 Author Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/David-Gandelman-111398640991842 Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

A pleroma is upon us. The Nexus between God and man! Check out the completion of this four part Atomic series! ATOMIC SERIES PH10 58. ATOMIC LOCUS - EDENLAND Probation Hosea Gomer from probation to everlasting covenant Prophet Preterist View PH10 59. ATOMIC MANUS - POLIS Conferral Jacob Name Change Face of God restored image. A Tom McManus also known as Bombadil. It's only by beholding His face that our Hand (Manus) can be truly affective and effective Priest A-Millennial View PH10 60. ATOMIC CONUS - MEGAPOLIS Confirmation…Continental United States and continents. National/International land seed right unto harvest. Judge Post-Millennial View PH10 61. ATOMIC NEXUS - TEVAPOLIS Nexus for bonding of God and Man Consummation Pleroma Theanthropic principle glorification King Pre-Millennial View Daniel 9 Tevapolis Micro-narrative of 70 Weeks 1. Installation of a New Covenant king, royal family & nation see 2 Samuel 5:6-12 2. Reversing the curse on person(s)(Judah & Remnant Israel) and place (Asheville Capitol/Jerusalem) 3. From the issuing of the command to begin at YMI 20 September 2020 4. 62 weeks leading up to 28 November 2021 5. Before the collapse of the typal kingdom, the foundations of the enduring messianic kingdom would be laid. Kline, Meredith. “Har Magedon in the Messianic Finale.” Essay. In God, Heaven and Har Magedon: A Covenantal Tale of Cosmos and Telos, 149. Eugene, Or.: Wipf & Stock, 2006. 6. 69 weeks 20 September 2020 - 22 January 2022 7. 70th week will complete from 23-29 January 2022 8. 2222 Royal Jubilee 500th day 2 February 2022 Decrease time over target: PayPal.me/mzhop or Venmo @clastronaut

The fault line the foundation of the Nation was finally exposed and deposed and a new one laid in York! I'll tell this story Sunday on the earthquake from the fire department that cracked the Washington Monument capstone and knocked a spire off the National Cathedral after Jeff Manning said, “The fault line has been exposed!” ATOMIC SERIES PH10 58. ATOMIC LOCUS - EDENLAND Probation Hosea Gomer from probation to everlasting covenant Prophet Preterist View PH10 59. ATOMIC MANUS - POLIS Conferral Jacob Name Change Face of God restored image. A Tom McManus also known as Bombadil. It's only by beholding His face that our Hand (Manus) can be truly affective and effective Priest A-Millennial View PH10 60. ATOMIC CONUS - MEGAPOLIS Confirmation…Continental United States and continents. National/International land seed right unto harvest. Judge Post-Millennial View PH10 61. ATOMIC NEXUS - TEVAPOLIS Nexus for bonding of God and Man Consummation Pleroma Theanthropic principle glorification King Pre-Millennial View Decrease time over target: PayPal.me/mzhop or Venmo @clastronaut

Tom Bombadil is an enigma in Middle-earth; we do not know what he is and his origin is never revealed. Tolkien did state in one of his letters that Tom had been created long before he thought about writing the Lord of the Rings and he put him in because he wanted an adventure for the hobbits along the way to Rivendell. For all that, Tolkien did use Tom to make a statement about the nature of power and domination. Tom is supposed to represent an existence whose key desire is in understanding ONLY. He is not concerned in using this understanding for any purpose. As such power and domination are completely useless to him and have no meaning or effect upon him. "He is master in a peculiar way: he has no fear, and no desire of possession or domination at all. He merely knows and understands about such things as concern him in his natural little realm. [He represents] the spirit that desires knowledge of other things, their history and nature... and entirely unconcerned with 'doing' anything with the knowledge..." [The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien #153] “Could we not still send messages to him and obtain his help? asked Erestor. It seems that he has a power even over the Ring. No, I should not put it so, said Gandalf. Say rather that the Ring has no power over him. He is his own master. But he cannot alter the Ring itself, nor break its power over others..." [The Fellowship of the Ring] The Ring cannot effect Tom Bombadil because he is outside the whole issue of Power and Domination; Tolkien uses Tom as an allegory that even this intense struggle between "good and evil" is only part of the whole picture of existence. Gestalt interpretation of the upcoming York PA train passage. What about this concerning eschatological views: ATOMIC SERIES PH10 58. ATOMIC LOCUS - EDENLAND Probation Hosea Gomer from probation to everlasting covenant Prophet Preterist View PH10 59. ATOMIC MANUS - POLIS Conferral Jacob Name Change Face of God restored image. A Tom McManus also known as Bombadil. It's only by beholding His face that our Hand (Manus) can be truly affective and effective Priest A-Millennial View PH10 60. ATOMIC CONUS - MEGAPOLIS Confirmation…Continental United States and continents. National/International land seed right unto harvest. Judge Post-Millennial View PH10 61. ATOMIC NEXUS - TEVAPOLIS Nexus for bonding of God and Man Consummation Pleroma Theanthropic principle glorification King Pre-Millennial View Decrease time over target: PayPal.me/mzhop or Venmo @clastronaut

Atomic Locus Q is +- U+ > U++ > U+ I didn't create U to be Q if U were Q then Q would be U and because U know U can't be Q then Q cant be U. U is the symbol of Uranium If you shoot a neutron at 1 kg of Uranium you get 3 million times more energy than the output of burning 1 kg of coal. A Uranium fission trigger is used to create fusion…3 billion times more powerful than the energy output of 1kg coal. מלכי Dwelling Place completed to install כבוד https://www.thetorah.com/article/in-the-presence-of-god The word Shekinah is not used in the Bible. Here's what the Jewish Encyclopedia says, “The majestic presence or manifestation of God which has descended to "dwell" among men. Like Memra(= "word"; "logos") and "Yeḳara" (i.e., "Kabod" = "glory"), the term was used by the Rabbis in place of "God" where the anthropomorphic expressions of the Bible were no longer regarded as proper (see Anthropomorphism).” Kavod or Kabod literally means glory or abundance but like Shekinah was used as a substitute for the name of God. House of God God of the house of God Face of God “After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west. I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭13:14-15‬ ‭ “So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭32:30‬ ‭ “But he added, “You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”” Exodus‬ ‭33:20‬ ‭ “With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”” Numbers‬ ‭12:8‬ “No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭34:10‬ ‭ “He got up on the bed and spread his body out over the boy; he put his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes over the boy's eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy's palms. He bent down over him, and the boy's skin grew warm.” ‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭4:34‬ ‭ “I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭42:5‬ “The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭11:4‬ “I have asked the Lord for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭27:4‬ ‭ “The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭33:13‬ ‭ “So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.” John‬ ‭5:19‬ ‭ What about this concerning eschatological views: ATOMIC SERIES PH10 58. ATOMIC LOCUS - EDENLAND Probation Hosea Gomer from probation to everlasting covenant Prophet Preterist View PH10 59. ATOMIC MANUS - POLIS Conferral Jacob Name Change Face of God restored image. A Tom McManus also known as Bombadil. It's only by beholding His face that our Hand (Manus) can be truly affective and effective Priest A-Millennial View PH10 60. ATOMIC CONUS - MEGAPOLIS Confirmation…Continental United States and continents. National/International land seed right unto harvest. Judge Post-Millennial View PH10 61. ATOMIC NEXUS - TEVAPOLIS Nexus for bonding of God and Man Consummation Pleroma Theanthropic principle glorification King Pre-Millennial View Decrease time over target: PayPal.me/mzhop or Venmo @clastronaut

No matter how far you go in life, you'll never be able to get away from one person: you! Instead, moving through life and through the world is one of the ways we find ourselves, as many of the guests on Being All of Us's first season have done. And part of the journey is finding how we can belong in the world and leave it better than we found it. This week's guest is Almendra Staffa-Healey, who was born into movement and bravery. The child of an artist, she talks about growing up in Spain and in the United States. That in-between feeling led her to find belonging and understand loneliness and how she (and we) need to open our heart to connect with one another. She also shares the power of anger and the natural presence of sexual energy, and how important it is for us to embrace differences in ourselves and the world. And as different as you may be, I believe you will find a part of yourself to embrace in our conversation. The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! We Talk About: 2:00 minute mark – A child of bravery and movement 6:30 – Third culture kids… 10:30 – And finding belonging 15:00 – Growing through loneliness and sharing a collective story 21:45 – Addressing Privilege 30:00 – Using guilt for good 34:30 – Embracing emotions 41:30 – Where do we want to grow – full recognition and embracing differences 50:00 – How and when sexual energy manifests 55:30 – Seeking out the divine in us all Challenge of the Week: Look for the divine spark in everyone you see and meet, try to see that part of you that connects you to everyone else. Your support matters, thanks for helping out if you can: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge Connect with Almendra: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/almendra-staffa-healey/ Intercultural Understanding: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercultural-understanding-s-l-/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/interculturalunderstanding.eu/ Website: https://interculturalunderstanding.eu/ Email: almendra@interculturalunderstanding.eu Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Happiness is something that just comes to us when it comes, right? Or maybe we find it and then try to keep it. Or perhaps it is a destination, an end to our journey? My guest this week is Thibaut Ottomer, a happiness coach. We talk about happiness, vulnerability and a lot more. He sees happiness as something we can seek out and work towards, and also something that requires working on even when we find it. And a lot of finding happiness is finding the power inside of us and tapping into what makes us who we are. I hope our conversation inspires you to tap into more of what makes you unique and empowers you to increase your own happiness. The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! We Talk About: 2:00 minute mark – Thibaut's inner journey to find himself and happiness 7:15 – The pandemic pause and opportunity 9:15 – A “normal life” and being oneself 15:15 – The power of patience and living in the flow 19:15 – Techniques to cultivate inner peace and the importance of getting help 25:45 – Putting vulnerability into practice and the power that comes from that practice 32:15 – Tapping into our unique potential and shedding ‘normality' 35:15 – Sources of inspiration and inspiring others 40:00 – Accepting and overcoming challenges 46:15 – The list of happiness Challenge of the Week: Make a list of 25 things that make you happy, and when you need some inspiration, go to your list and do something on it. Connect with Thibaut: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liberty_coaching/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/libertycoaching.online LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thibautottomer/ Website: https://www.libertycoaching.eu/  email: thibaut@libertycoaching.eu    Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."  

Tolkien's mythology is full of strange creatures beyond count, and here are some of the more interesting ones. For some more detail on some of these topics, see these other videos: "Deleted Scene": Tom Bombadil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKfG0vP_INs Middle Earth Mysteries (including more on Bombadil): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE3a9hiEKY8 Creatures of Middle Earth: Elves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiBiNWAtsXo Creation of Arda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je67LfK98vg And here's the book I referenced: https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tolkiens-World-David-Day/dp/1571458786/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1516582137&sr=8-3&keywords=guide+to+tolkien%27s+world Intro and outro music from "Many Meetings," LOTR Trilogy Soundtrack, copyright New Line Productions and Reprise Records.

One thing that has become blatantly clear in the 2020s is the way we are all connected to one another. Equally so is the importance of self care and self reflection; we need to understand and take care of ourselves so we can understand and take care of each other. Shiva Roofeh joins us this week on Being All Of Us to share her story. She talks about the many moves she made as a child and then an adult, and the challenges she faced in feeling at home and understanding her full identity. We discuss how who we are goes beyond the usual categories, the blessing and curse of greater self awareness, and how to better serve others, or to put it in Shiva's words, "how to be less of an a**hole." She is both spicy and sweet, and brings out the best in others. I think she'll bring out the best in you too! The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! We Talk About: 1:30 minute mark – Finding and then losing a welcome in the U.S. 6:45 – Feeling at home and answering the where are you from question 11:00 – The challenges and joys and hangovers of a life abroad 19:30 – Straddling being Muslim and Jewish 25:30 – Expressing a multifaceted identity 29:30 – Less heralded forms of identity 36:00 – Living in and out of whiteness and privilege 44:00 – How to address inequalities, and calling things out vs. people in 50:00 – Recognizing how we affect one another, and our part in effecting a better world 54:30 – Personal and societal change Challenge of the Week: Ask yourself what's the biggest thing keeping you from becoming a better person and think of one way, it can be small or big, you can use your power to improve the world's unjust systems. Connect with Shiva: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivaroofeh/ https://www.instagram.com/shivaroofeh/ Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Wherever you go, there you are. We've all heard it, we know the theory, and it's still something life invites us to learn time and again. Daniel Dos Santos is this week's guest on Being All of Us, and he talks about how his story of living in different countries - from his native Brazil to the United States to Portugal to Spain - and the people he met along the way, have helped him appreciate living with fewer things and more connections, immerse himself fully in life, find community wherever he goes and discover more about himself. I hope you discover a bit of yourself in his story! The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! We Talk About: 2:00 minute mark – Daniel's story 6:00 – Starting a path of immersion 10:00 – Finding a foothold abroad – the U.S. and then Portugal 19:00 – Discovering minimalism 24:00 – Meeting someone and learning about oneself 29:30 – How other cultures opened up new discoveries 35:30 – New ways of connecting, and leaving fake happiness behind 39:00 – Encounters with spirituality growing up in Brazil 43:00 – Finding community through CrossFit 52:00 – Catching your breath and experimenting with less Challenge of the Week: If you want to connect with yourself or are experiencing stress, take a moment to just stop what you're doing and breathe; be with yourself. BONUS minimalist challenge – Take an object that you love and put it in a box for: 1 hour, 1 week, 6 months, etc., whatever time you establish. How does it feel when you take it out of the box? Connect with Daniel: https://www.instagram.com/dankriok/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldosantos/ Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

I've done three videos on the Old Forest, Tom Bombadil, and the Barrow Downs. But why bother talking about chapters that don't move the plot forward in any significant way? Well.... Video on the Old Forest is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ODkwQ-lnY Video on Tom Bombadil is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKfG0vP_INs Video on the Barrow Downs is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmY2ah1s2yo

Some people have a hunger to get away from where they're from, to leave their world behind and see something new. And when they do that, they find out a ton about themselves and that world, as well as about the rest of the world. This week's guest on Being All Of Us is Ariadne M. Ferro. She talks about her quest to see a different world, and how that helped her understand the luck and privilege she was born with, the identities we can contain within ourselves, and how to bring more and more people together and inside the tent so we can belong together. The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us! We Talk About: 2:00 minute mark – Ariadne's vision quest out of her bubbles 10:30 – “Luck” vs. privilege 18:00 – Addressing an identity crisis and our ever-complex identities 27:00 – Opening up “DEI” – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 35:00 – Living more inclusively and doing the work over generations 43:00 – Celebrating differences rather than fearing them 48:00 – Building a world around that celebration Challenge of the Week Step out of your comfort zone, here are a couple ideas: Practice having a brave, compassionate conversation about an uncomfortable topic with someone close to you. The more you practice, the better you get. Cultivate a relationship with someone who is radically different from you, knowing you might get it wrong. If you do, it's a lesson learned, so be kind to yourself. Connect with Ariadne Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aferro-teaching-interculturality/ LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/captainempress/ Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

The journey of life can bring us to many unexpected places and often has a surprising impact on the people around us, whether we know it or not. In this week's episode of Being All of Us, I speak with my friend John C. Dudley about his journey from Newport News to Lesotho, the impact he has had in different places and on different people throughout his life, and how it brought him closer to home. John is a fun person to talk to, and I think his reflections about the good or bad impacts we have on the people around us takes us to some deep and interesting places. I think you'll have fun listening to our conversation. The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!   We Talk About: 1:00 minute mark - John's story and quest kicking off 4:15 - The move to Africa 8:30 – Living vs. touring vs. traveling 10:45 – Standing out in Africa 15:45 – Witnessing someone's growth 24:45 – The importance of belief in a person 32:45 – Influence that goes beyond what you know or who you know and the importance of doing your best to make that a positive influence 41:45 – Where those moments of influence might come in or might have been missed 50:45 – Understanding our impact Challenge of the Week: As you go out into the world today, notice the people who are “on your team” - the cashier, the uber driver - everybody you interact with is a member of your team. You would not be where you are right now if it weren't for them. Pay attention to them. Connect with John: https://www.industrialimagination.com/john Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."    

We often think of life as a journey and as one that we can trace a path for. That we can always find and know the way. Or maybe the journey is more about getting lost, about surrendering? This week's Being All of Us guest is my friend and brother from another mother, Antoine Passerat. He tells me about his journey in the physical sense, living in three countries and traveling in many more; in the professional sense, moving from a career in marketing to one in photography; and in a spiritual and emotional sense, as he has sought to connect with his own feelings and sense of self. He explains the difference between window photographers and mirror photographers, and we talk about seeing pieces of ourselves in everyone around us. I think you'll hear a piece of yourself in this conversation as well. We Talk About: 1:00 minute mark - Antoine's journey – from Lyon to New York to Barcelona, and from yogurt to photography 5:15 – Approaching photography and a new lens on the world 9:15 – Love of being lost and finding new paths 12:45 – Taking journeys without really going anywhere 19:15 – Drawing inspiration from the people around you 22:45 – Finding our connections with others and ourselves, and windows vs. mirrors 27:15 – Understanding what we can learn from water 36:45 – Finding and expressing an inner faith or feeling 43:45 – Creating a space for trust and surrender Challenge of the Week: Go swimming outside of your comfort zone and inside yourself, either literally - in open water such as a sea, river, lake, creek, ocean - or symbolically, in a bathtub or even a meditation practice. Connect with Antoine: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antoinepasserat/ Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

This week's guest on Being All of Us, Jade Cintrón Báez, embodies a lot of what we try to do on this podcast as she embraces all sides of who she is. She tells me how she grew into her full identity as an "Americubaricuan", how she started her Youtube show, ¡Looking Bilingüe!, what it was like to be a Latina in Spain, and how she learned to trust herself and take control of her script and her story. We Talk About: 1:00 minute mark - Expanding Jade's identity and American identity 9:00 - ¡Looking Bilingüe! and the evolution of languages 17:00 - How ¡Looking Bilingüe! started 22:00 - How it feels to share and hear stories and struggles 28:30 - How Jade ended up in Spain 33:30 - The reasons for wanting more and forging one's own path 39:00 - Lighting your own fire 43:00 - Listening to and trusting yourself and your internal conversations 46:50 - Writing your own story or script 50:00 - Taking control of your own script – find your goal and the go-to people to get you there Challenge of the Week: In order to move toward your dreams, here are three questions to answer:  What are you reaching for? (the dream)  What's in your tool box? (your talents) Who can inspire you & help you move forward? (your team, your people) Connect with Jade: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/looking.bilingue/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@looking.bilingue  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erijade/  Email: lookingbilingue@gmail.com Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

This week's episode of Being All of Us is special for me (they're all special, but you know what I mean!). I catch up with a high school friend, Ceniya Palmer-Baumann, to hear about her story and where the world has taken her since our time together in Newport News, Virginia. But we also spend a lot of time talking about her upbringing and childhood in a military family and a biracial, multiethnic family, and how it's important to see one another for who we are and understand we can't just gloss over differences. I hope you'll find this to be a special episode too. We talk about: 3:45 minute mark – Ceniya's journey 11:30 – The importance of family ties 17:00 – The transiency of military towns and families and moving around as a child 24:00 – Growing up in the south as a lonely child 29:00 – Leaving a name behind and growing into an old name 38:00 – Seeking a fit and being an oddball, and finding a place between different groups and identities 58:00 – The limits of “colorblindness” Challenge of the Week: Listen to or find out someone's story (especially someone you don't like). Connect with Ceniya: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niyapb31/ Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."  

This week's episode of Being All of Us features the unstoppable Hamna Tariq, a vibrant and inspiring woman. She tells me how her upbringing in a more conservative, restricted world taught her to stop worrying and seek freedom however she could get it as an adult, as well as some of the challenges and new feelings she learned along the way. I believe our conversation will motivate you to go out into the world and shine brighter! We talk about: 1:30 minute mark - How Hamna started her life on the move 8:00 – The liberating feeling of being on the move 11:00 – Shedding fear and expectations 16:00 – Discovering and overcoming the meaning of a name 21:00 – Sources of inspiration and different examples to follow (or not) 25:30 – Going back home 28:00 – Carving out a space and setting an example 32:00 – Being oneself and letting the world catch up 36:30 – The value of processing sadness 40:00 – The outsider's perspective 44:00 – Solitude vs. Loneliness 48:30 – This week's challenge – dining out alone Challenge of the Week: Go to a restaurant alone, take yourself out for a meal. And while you're at it, try a cuisine you've never had before. Connect with Hamna: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamnatariq97/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hamnatariq97 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamnatariq97/  Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Welcome to Hard Choices, a podcast appearing approximately whenever the mood strikes and guaranteed to explore new vistas of horniness! In this episode, Miles Schneiderman, Kit Mulkerin, MeganBob, and special guest Katrina Ehrnman-Newton rank the fuckability of 21 notable Lord of the Rings characters in an attempt to uncover who is the median most fuckable character in the LOTR universe. Turn down the torchlight, stuff your pipe with the finest weed in the Southfarthing, and get ready for some big feelings (the ones that really matter) in this sensual journey that Tolkien would absolutely never have approved of. Music and sound credit to: "Long Road Ahead", "Light Sting", "Der Kleber Sting," "Hero Theme," "In The West" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license