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Athrabeth

Jude Vais & Stef Midlock

Athrabeth is a monthly podcast that invites you down the lesser trod paths of Tolkien's Legendarium. Each episode we pick a single chapter, essay, fragment, or topic, and do a deep dive, exploring it as both fans and scholars.

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123 episodes

  1. Episode 100: Athrabeth Revisited 59:14
  2. Hobbitween 2026 1:44:51
  3. Episode 99: Live from Oxonmoot 2026: Odious Oaths, Pernicious Promises, and Vicious Vows 1:21:41
  4. Minisode: TolkienGuide.com at 20 with Jeremy Edmonds 17:06
  5. Episode 98: Lesser-trod Histories 14: The Peoples of Middle-earth 1:14:48
  6. Episode 97: Lesser-trod Paths with David the Ñoldo 1:40:06
  7. Episode 96: Lesser-trod Histories 13: War of the Jewels 55:08
  8. Episode 95: Disasters, Downfalls, and Dives - Live from Westmoot 2026 1:14:30
  9. Episode 94: Interview with Kelly from themiddlepage 1:15:46
  10. Episode 93: Lesser-trod Histories 12: Morgoth’s Ring 58:35
  11. Episode 92: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Kristine Larsen 1:10:31
  12. Episode 91: Seize the date: Elvish Calendars with Wizard Way Kris 1:20:45
  13. Episode 90: Lesser-trod Histories 11: Sauron Defeated 1:07:55
  14. Episode 89: Interview with Tom Racine - “Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Death in Tolkien” 1:09:33
  15. Episode 88: Interview with Don Marshall - "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” 1:01:11
  16. Hobbitween 2025 2:09:42
  17. Episode 87: Live from Oxonmoot 2025: Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers 1:16:43
  18. Episode 86: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Luke Shelton 1:26:51
  19. Episode 85: Lesser-Trod Histories 11: The War of the Ring 53:38
  20. Episode 84: Lesser-Trod Histories 10: The Treason of Isengard 53:37
  21. Episode 83: Live from Westmoot 2025: “The Unsung Underachievers of Tolkien’s Legendarium” with Knewbettadobetta 1:18:27
  22. Episode 82: Lesser-trod Histories 9 - The Return of the Shadow: We love a party 53:05
  23. Episode 81: Lesser-trod Histories 8 - The Lost Road and Other Writings 57:14
  24. Episode 80: Lesser-trod Histories 7 - The Shaping of Middle-earth 58:05
  25. Episode 79: Lesser-trod Paths with Dr. Sara Brown 1:28:07
  26. Episode 78: Lesser-trod Paths with Cameron Bourquein 1:36:14
  27. AthraChats: War of the Rohirrim 39:29
  28. Episode 77: Interview with Andrew “Trotter” Ferguson 1:16:01
  29. Episode 76: Interview with Shaun Gunner 1:10:36
  30. Hobbitween 2024 1:53:30
  31. AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 8 42:53
  32. Episode 75: Sauron’s Magic 52:00
  33. AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 7 33:51
  34. AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 6 42:58
  35. AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 5 42:28
  36. AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 4 29:58
  37. Episode 74: The One Ring RPG and Interview with Francesco Nepitello 1:55:10
  38. AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episodes 2 & 3 42:16
  39. AthraChats: Rings of Power S2 - Episode 1 26:32
  40. Episode 73: Lesser-trod Histories 6 - The Lays of Beleriand 57:58
  41. Episode 72: Lesser-trod Histories 5 - The Tale of Eärendel 49:35
  42. Episode 71: Lesser-trod Histories 4 - Ælfwine 56:25
  43. Episode 70: Lesser-trod Histories 3 - The Music of the Ainur 50:37
  44. Episode 69: A Lesser-Trod Interview with Fornad of ArdaCraft 1:11:21
  45. Episode 68: Lesser-trod Histories 2 - The Cottage of Lost Play 46:56
  46. Episode 67: Lesser-trod Histories 1 54:17
  47. Episode 66: Tolkien and New Media - Live from Oxonmoot 50 1:59:18
  48. Episode 65: Interview with Thomas P. Hillman 1:08:16
  49. Episode 64: A-door-able Doors 1:09:57
  50. Hobbitween 2023 2:30:46