There And Back Again

This week, we meet out hero, our wizard, and many, many dwarves. Welcome to the first chapter of The Hobbit! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, Bilbo reaches Rivendell and delves beneath the Misty Mountains in the third and fourth chapters of The Hobbit! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! On Fairy Stories, JRR Tolkien If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this week’s session, we discuss hope and despair, the siege of Gondor, and the clash of Gandalf and the Witch-King of Angmar. Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: See the slides for this session There And Back Again: Production Schedule Support Point North on Patreon! Keep Point North caffeinated by buying me a coffee! Pledge your support directly via PayPal! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this session, we conclude The Fellowship of the Ring and witness the end of the Fellowship in chapters 9 & 10 of Book 2 of The Lord Of The Rings. For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this week’s session, we discuss hope and despair at Denethor’s pyre, and then bring athelas to the Houses of Healing. Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: See the slides for this session There And Back Again: Production Schedule Support Point North on Patreon! Keep Point North caffeinated by buying me a coffee! Pledge your support directly via PayPal! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, we begin The Fellowship Of The Ring, and discuss hobbit culture, the influence of the ring, and how much Gandalf really knows. For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this session, we discuss the importance of blue jackets and yellow boots, and journey with the hobbits through the Barrow-Downs! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, Bilbo ventures into Mirkwood and becomes a hero in the eighth chapter of The Hobbit! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! On Fairy Stories, JRR Tolkien If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, Bilbo emerges from the Misty Mountain and moves into the Wild in the sixth chapter of The Hobbit! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! On Fairy Stories, JRR Tolkien If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this session, we complete our discussion of the Council of Elrond in Book 2, Chapter 2 of The Lord of the Rings! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this session, we arrive in Bree, spend some time at the Prancing Pony, and meet the man they call Strider! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, Bilbo meets Beorn in the seventh chapter of The Hobbit! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! On Fairy Stories, JRR Tolkien If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this session, we delve deep into the final temptation of Boromir, and discuss Frodo’s choice at the end of the Fellowship of the Ring. For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this week’s session, we discuss the new The Fall Of Gondolin book, the muster of the Rohirrim, and the beginning of the Siege of Gondor. Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: See the slides for this session There And Back Again: Production Schedule Support Point North on Patreon! Keep Point North caffeinated by buying me a coffee! Pledge your support directly via PayPal! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this session, we make a valiant effort to leave Rivendell and make it to Caradhras in Book 2, Chapter 3 of The Lord of the Rings! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this session, we share the tale of the entwives and are reunited with Gandalf in book three, chapters four and five of The Lord Of The Rings! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! Lord of the Rings: How To Read J.R.R. Tolkien (Michael D. C. Drout) If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, we cover the first half of the second chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, and discuss what Gandalf knew and when, the history of the ring, and the darkening world. For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

In this week’s session, we conclude the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and discuss eucatastrophe, magical winds, and try not to weep openly. Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: See the slides for this session There And Back Again: Production Schedule Support Point North on Patreon! Keep Point North caffeinated by buying me a coffee! Pledge your support directly via PayPal! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, Bilbo rescues the dwarves from the halls of the Wood Elf King, and the company arrives in Laketown in the ninth and tenth chapters of The Hobbit! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! On Fairy Stories, JRR Tolkien If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

This week, we cover chapter three of The Fellowship of the Ring, and discuss hobbit-style urgency, leaving Bag End, encounters with Black Riders, and elves, sir! Elves! For the slides which accompany this lecture, click here; for the complete series schedule, click here! Download the mp3 here, subscribe on iTunes, on YouTube or via RSS! Show notes: Support Point North on Patreon! If you have thoughts on this episode, get in touch! Follow Point North on Twitter, like on Facebook, or send email to pointnorthmedia@gmail.com. There And Back Again is a Point North Media production by Alastair Stephens, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.