Athrabeth Podcast
@podcast.athrabeth.com
A Tolkien podcast exploring the lesser-trod paths of the Professor's legendarium. New episodes monthly!
Hosted by Jude - @jude.athrabeth.com and Stef - @stef.athrabeth.com
https://linktr.ee/athrabeth
Hosted by Jude - @jude.athrabeth.com and Stef - @stef.athrabeth.com
https://linktr.ee/athrabeth
Happy birthday to the podcast host with the most, @jude.athrabeth.com! Or should I say, happy bird-day! 🦅
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy birthday to the podcast host with the most, @jude.athrabeth.com! Or should I say, happy bird-day! 🦅
This month, we interview #Tolkien educator Don Marshall about his new book, “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” being published on November 25, by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster! Thanks for joining us, @donmarshall72.bsky.social!
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November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This month, we interview #Tolkien educator Don Marshall about his new book, “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” being published on November 25, by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster! Thanks for joining us, @donmarshall72.bsky.social!
www.athrabethnetwork.com/athrabethepi...
www.athrabethnetwork.com/athrabethepi...
With the thinning of the veil comes our annual autumnal offering! Just when you thought you were safe from repulsive repast, pilfered plates, and things that slither in the night- Hobbitween 6 has arrived!
Happy Hobbitween!
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#hobbitween
Happy Hobbitween!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/hob...
#hobbitween
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
With the thinning of the veil comes our annual autumnal offering! Just when you thought you were safe from repulsive repast, pilfered plates, and things that slither in the night- Hobbitween 6 has arrived!
Happy Hobbitween!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/hob...
#hobbitween
Happy Hobbitween!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/hob...
#hobbitween
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes!
Check back here tomorrow for a little Halloween treato from your pals at Athrabeth! 🎃👻💀
Check back here tomorrow for a little Halloween treato from your pals at Athrabeth! 🎃👻💀
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes!
Check back here tomorrow for a little Halloween treato from your pals at Athrabeth! 🎃👻💀
Check back here tomorrow for a little Halloween treato from your pals at Athrabeth! 🎃👻💀
Wishing our favorite podcast producer and Lore Master @james.athrabeth.com a very happy birthday!
We hope your birthday is filled with honey-cakes of the Beornings, we hear those are pretty tasty! 🎂
We hope your birthday is filled with honey-cakes of the Beornings, we hear those are pretty tasty! 🎂
October 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Wishing our favorite podcast producer and Lore Master @james.athrabeth.com a very happy birthday!
We hope your birthday is filled with honey-cakes of the Beornings, we hear those are pretty tasty! 🎂
We hope your birthday is filled with honey-cakes of the Beornings, we hear those are pretty tasty! 🎂
This month we discuss Oxonmoot and our session “Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with Dr. Kristine Larsen and @aranelparmadil.bsky.social. Thank you Kris and Sara for joining us!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
October 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This month we discuss Oxonmoot and our session “Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with Dr. Kristine Larsen and @aranelparmadil.bsky.social. Thank you Kris and Sara for joining us!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
It was so fun! Thank you to our guests @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social, you were both spectacular and hilarious!
Thank you to the @tolkiensociety.org for having us back! 💚
Thank you to all the wonderful folks who came and tuned in online! We appreciate you!
#oxonmoot
Thank you to the @tolkiensociety.org for having us back! 💚
Thank you to all the wonderful folks who came and tuned in online! We appreciate you!
#oxonmoot
September 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It was so fun! Thank you to our guests @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social, you were both spectacular and hilarious!
Thank you to the @tolkiensociety.org for having us back! 💚
Thank you to all the wonderful folks who came and tuned in online! We appreciate you!
#oxonmoot
Thank you to the @tolkiensociety.org for having us back! 💚
Thank you to all the wonderful folks who came and tuned in online! We appreciate you!
#oxonmoot
Today is the day!
Folks attending #Oxonmoot in person or online, come join us at 11:00 am BST for “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien's Try-hard Troublemakers” with the extremely cool @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social!
See you soon @tolkiensociety.org!
Folks attending #Oxonmoot in person or online, come join us at 11:00 am BST for “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien's Try-hard Troublemakers” with the extremely cool @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social!
See you soon @tolkiensociety.org!
September 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today is the day!
Folks attending #Oxonmoot in person or online, come join us at 11:00 am BST for “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien's Try-hard Troublemakers” with the extremely cool @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social!
See you soon @tolkiensociety.org!
Folks attending #Oxonmoot in person or online, come join us at 11:00 am BST for “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien's Try-hard Troublemakers” with the extremely cool @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social!
See you soon @tolkiensociety.org!
Hey folks attending #oxonmoot in person- we have a special Athrabeth sticker and badge for the event!
Jude and Stef would love to give you one, so please come find us!
Design is by the amazing Shawn Decker!
(For those coming to our panel on Saturday, there is a sparkly one!)
#athrabethpodcast
Jude and Stef would love to give you one, so please come find us!
Design is by the amazing Shawn Decker!
(For those coming to our panel on Saturday, there is a sparkly one!)
#athrabethpodcast
September 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hey folks attending #oxonmoot in person- we have a special Athrabeth sticker and badge for the event!
Jude and Stef would love to give you one, so please come find us!
Design is by the amazing Shawn Decker!
(For those coming to our panel on Saturday, there is a sparkly one!)
#athrabethpodcast
Jude and Stef would love to give you one, so please come find us!
Design is by the amazing Shawn Decker!
(For those coming to our panel on Saturday, there is a sparkly one!)
#athrabethpodcast
The band is back together! We are in Oxford and we’re ready to MOOT!
See you tomorrow @tolkiensociety.org!
#oxonmoot #athrabethpodcast
See you tomorrow @tolkiensociety.org!
#oxonmoot #athrabethpodcast
September 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The band is back together! We are in Oxford and we’re ready to MOOT!
See you tomorrow @tolkiensociety.org!
#oxonmoot #athrabethpodcast
See you tomorrow @tolkiensociety.org!
#oxonmoot #athrabethpodcast
When you first read the LotR, which character did you most relate to?
This month, Dr. Luke Shelton @lukebshelton.bsky.social explores reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism.
Thanks, Luke!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
This month, Dr. Luke Shelton @lukebshelton.bsky.social explores reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism.
Thanks, Luke!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
September 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
When you first read the LotR, which character did you most relate to?
This month, Dr. Luke Shelton @lukebshelton.bsky.social explores reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism.
Thanks, Luke!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
This month, Dr. Luke Shelton @lukebshelton.bsky.social explores reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism.
Thanks, Luke!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
This month in our HoMe series, Jude and Stef discuss The War of the Ring, volume 8. We chat about the development of Tolkien fan favorites Faramir, Éowyn, and the Witch King. Episode 85 is available now!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
August 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This month in our HoMe series, Jude and Stef discuss The War of the Ring, volume 8. We chat about the development of Tolkien fan favorites Faramir, Éowyn, and the Witch King. Episode 85 is available now!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
It’s time for the Online MidSummer Seminar 2025 “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy” from the Mythopoeic Society @mythsoc.bsky.social!
Éowyn and I are SO excited!!!
www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm
#oms4
Éowyn and I are SO excited!!!
www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm
#oms4
August 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s time for the Online MidSummer Seminar 2025 “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy” from the Mythopoeic Society @mythsoc.bsky.social!
Éowyn and I are SO excited!!!
www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm
#oms4
Éowyn and I are SO excited!!!
www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm
#oms4
Our Lesser-Trod Histories series continues this month with The Treason of Isengard. We focus our discussion on chapters 12 and 13, Lothlórien and Galadriel, exploring the evolution of the three elven rings. Doesn’t that have a nice…ring…to it?
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our Lesser-Trod Histories series continues this month with The Treason of Isengard. We focus our discussion on chapters 12 and 13, Lothlórien and Galadriel, exploring the evolution of the three elven rings. Doesn’t that have a nice…ring…to it?
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
Join us and our guest @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social for “Athrabeth Podcast Live: The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” from #Westmoot 2025! Thanks @westmoot.org for having us and thank you Knewbetta for joining us! Episode 83 is available now!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
June 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Join us and our guest @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social for “Athrabeth Podcast Live: The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” from #Westmoot 2025! Thanks @westmoot.org for having us and thank you Knewbetta for joining us! Episode 83 is available now!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
We did a thing! Thank you so much to @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social for joining us! You are such an engaging scholar and a wonderful person! It was a privilege! 💚
Thank you to everyone who came to our podcast show at #westmoot25, and thank you to @westmoot.org for having us! It was a blast!
Thank you to everyone who came to our podcast show at #westmoot25, and thank you to @westmoot.org for having us! It was a blast!
May 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We did a thing! Thank you so much to @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social for joining us! You are such an engaging scholar and a wonderful person! It was a privilege! 💚
Thank you to everyone who came to our podcast show at #westmoot25, and thank you to @westmoot.org for having us! It was a blast!
Thank you to everyone who came to our podcast show at #westmoot25, and thank you to @westmoot.org for having us! It was a blast!
Tomorrow Jude and Stef will be joined by Tolkien scholar and the Number-1-Gondolin-Fan @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social at Westmoot for our panel, “The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium”- join us in the auditorium at 9:30 AM for a fun time!
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
May 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tomorrow Jude and Stef will be joined by Tolkien scholar and the Number-1-Gondolin-Fan @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social at Westmoot for our panel, “The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium”- join us in the auditorium at 9:30 AM for a fun time!
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
#westmoot #westmoot25 #intothewest
May 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Cool to hear about the history of @tolkiensociety.org here at #westmoot from @shaungunner.bsky.social and @willsherwood.bsky.social!
#westmoot25
#westmoot25
May 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Cool to hear about the history of @tolkiensociety.org here at #westmoot from @shaungunner.bsky.social and @willsherwood.bsky.social!
#westmoot25
#westmoot25
A warm welcome from @lady-of-andunie.bsky.social and @lukebshelton.bsky.social, leaders of the #Westmoot subcommittee, and the fantastic @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social, our host for the night! #westmoot25
May 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A warm welcome from @lady-of-andunie.bsky.social and @lukebshelton.bsky.social, leaders of the #Westmoot subcommittee, and the fantastic @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social, our host for the night! #westmoot25
The evening opened with the beautiful and haunting song about Aiglos, the spear of Gil-galad by John Di Bartolo of The Lonely Mountain Band. #Westmoot25
May 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The evening opened with the beautiful and haunting song about Aiglos, the spear of Gil-galad by John Di Bartolo of The Lonely Mountain Band. #Westmoot25
Feeling the love from the amazing @teawithtolkien.bsky.social! Thank you so much for the beautiful stickers at #westmoot! Missing you! 💖
May 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Feeling the love from the amazing @teawithtolkien.bsky.social! Thank you so much for the beautiful stickers at #westmoot! Missing you! 💖
AthraPlay cast in the house! Watch out #Westmoot, @athraplay.athrabeth.com is here! 🗡️👁️
May 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AthraPlay cast in the house! Watch out #Westmoot, @athraplay.athrabeth.com is here! 🗡️👁️
We are a bit star struck after this phenomenal book panel at #westmoot25!
Luke Shelton with authors of three recent #tolkien books, @alas-not-me.bsky.social, Cami D. Agan, and @nicholasbirns.bsky.social? Yes, please!
Loved hearing about the processes and pitfalls of writing a book! 📕
Luke Shelton with authors of three recent #tolkien books, @alas-not-me.bsky.social, Cami D. Agan, and @nicholasbirns.bsky.social? Yes, please!
Loved hearing about the processes and pitfalls of writing a book! 📕
May 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We are a bit star struck after this phenomenal book panel at #westmoot25!
Luke Shelton with authors of three recent #tolkien books, @alas-not-me.bsky.social, Cami D. Agan, and @nicholasbirns.bsky.social? Yes, please!
Loved hearing about the processes and pitfalls of writing a book! 📕
Luke Shelton with authors of three recent #tolkien books, @alas-not-me.bsky.social, Cami D. Agan, and @nicholasbirns.bsky.social? Yes, please!
Loved hearing about the processes and pitfalls of writing a book! 📕