The Returned King

This week, the Aragorn, son of Arathorn. How was Aragorn first envisioned in the text? Why is he so influential as a character? Would he be even cooler with big wooden shoes?

Show Notes

• The Peoples of Middle-earth (Christopher Tolkien)
• The Seventh Doctor
• Severance
• Fringe
• "No One Listens to Melian: When Women Speak and Men Ignore Them in Middle-earth" (Sara Brown)

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Music by Corvus from Pixabay. 

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Shire Reckoning is a twice-weekly podcast dedicated to the work of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. Join Alastair Stephens every Sunday for the latest from the Shire, and accompany our Fellowship every Tuesday evening as we study Tolkien's work in a welcoming, unhurried journey through the most influential fantasy stories of all time.