TTR 314 - Alan Sisto, Kelly Orazi, and ExLibrisMir Miranda

It's Time to Talk Tolkien!  I've been wanting to do some Tolkien-inspired episodes as I am a huge fan of Professor Tolkien's writings and the Lord of the Rings movies (with a big old soft spot for the Rankin-Bass animated specials way back in the day!)...and I finally got my chance! 

Alan Sisto, of the amazing Prancing Pony Podcast has a new book out, "Why We Love Middle Earth: An Enthusiast’s Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth & the LOTR Fandom." It's co-written by the original co-host of the PPP, Shawn Marchese.  Alan came to the fantastic San Diego bookstore, Mysterious Galaxy, to do a presentation on the book, moderated by one of the great Instagram/Tik Tok Tolkien content creators/experts, Kelly Orazi, AKA @themiddlepage.   It was a huge honor and pleasure to chat with the two of them about Alan's book and the Tolkien legendarium as a whole.

And in a suprise nearly as good as Bilbo putting on the One Ring and disappearing at his Eleventy-First Birthday Party, yet another brilliant Instagram Tolkien content creator, the great mind behind "Tolkien Tuesdays" and "Faramir Fridays," Miranda AKA @exlibrismir was in attendance at the presentation and honored me with an interview about her own journey into and through Middle Earth!  

I was as pleased as a Hobbit discovering there's a THIRD Breakfast to chat with all these wonderful people and deeply nerd-out into the world of Tolkien!  And be sure to check out the Prancing Pony Podcast for the deepest of dives into the Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings...and follow @themiddlepage and @exlibrismir for most excellent Tolkien-related content where you will learn something every day!