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Maggie and Corey return for another production meeting, planning Episode 1 of our forthcoming Austen analysis!Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 104, recorded on June 9, 2025.For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.org/ [https://studios.signumuniversity.org/] Signum Collaboratory https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/Join [https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/Join] us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity [https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity] and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu] Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ [https://mythgard.org/miscellany/] You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY] https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts: [https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts:] Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/] Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join] us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFor [https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFor] more information about Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/ [https://signumuniversity.org/] Support The Tolkien Professor [https://signumuniversity.org/fund/donate/]

Maggie and Corey return, to invite their viewer to join them in a production meeting for the proposed new Pride and Prejudice pilot.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 103, recorded on June 2, 2025.For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.org/ [https://studios.signumuniversity.org/] Signum Collaboratory https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/Join [https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/Join] us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity [https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity] and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu] Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ [https://mythgard.org/miscellany/] You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY] https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts: [https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts:] Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/] Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join] us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFor [https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFor] more information about Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/ [https://signumuniversity.org/] Support The Tolkien Professor [https://signumuniversity.org/fund/donate/]

Corey and Maggie, excited by their first experiment, are trying another FanTracks recording, watching Andor, s1e1 together.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 102, recorded on May 12, 2025.For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.org/ [https://studios.signumuniversity.org/] Signum Collaboratory https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/Join [https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/Join] us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity [https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity] and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu] Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ [https://mythgard.org/miscellany/] You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY] https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts: [https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts:] Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/] Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join] us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow [https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow] our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof [https://twitter.com/tolkienprof] Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU [https://twitter.com/SignumU] Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings [https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings] and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms [https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms] Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want [https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want] to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ [https://mythgard.org/] You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html] ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ [https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/] Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ [https://mythgard.org/academy/] The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ [https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/] Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ [https://mythgard.org/listen/] Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey] walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And [https://mythgard.org/academy/And] here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/] https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/] https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want] more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We [https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We] also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ [https://signumuniversity.org/] About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ [https://signumuniversity.org/about/] Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ [https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/] SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space [https://signumuniversity.org/space] Support The Tolkien Professor [https://signumuniversity.org/fund/donate/]

Welcome behind the scenes, as Corey and Maggie record a FanTrack commentary on Rings of Power Season 2, Ep 2.Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuOther [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuOther] Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 101, recorded on May 5, 2025. Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8PJoin [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8PJoin] us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity [https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity] and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu] Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ [https://mythgard.org/miscellany/] You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY] https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts: [https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts:] Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/] Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join] us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow [https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow] our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof [https://twitter.com/tolkienprof] Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU [https://twitter.com/SignumU] Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings [https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings] and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms [https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms] Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want [https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want] to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ [https://mythgard.org/] You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html] ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ [https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/] Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ [https://mythgard.org/academy/] The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ [https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/] Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ [https://mythgard.org/listen/] Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey] walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And [https://mythgard.org/academy/And] here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/] https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/] https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want] more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We [https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We] also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ [https://signumuniversity.org/] About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ [https://signumuniversity.org/about/] Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ [https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/] SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space [https://signumuniversity.org/space] Support The Tolkien Professor [https://signumuniversity.org/fund/donate/]

In their centennial episode, Maggie and Corey talk about some future plans and discuss adaptation analysis possibilities with the attendees.Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuOther [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuOther] Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 100, recorded on April 21, 2025.Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8PJoin [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIW4X_6biE7MLLGssLtApH8PJoin] us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity [https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUniversity] and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu] Check the schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ [https://mythgard.org/miscellany/] You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasMbZ4s5vIV0nHc_Ji8CLs1C-a6iuXMY] https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts: [https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subscribeHosts:] Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/ [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/corey-olsen/] Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join [https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/Join] us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow [https://discord.gg/szXMFAvFollow] our Twitter accounts for updates: Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor https://twitter.com/tolkienprof [https://twitter.com/tolkienprof] Signum University https://twitter.com/SignumU [https://twitter.com/SignumU] Mythgard Institute https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings [https://twitter.com/mythgardianRings] and Realms: https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms [https://www.youtube.com/c/RingsandRealms] Corey and Maggie's weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab. audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want [https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/Want] to dive deeper into Tolkien's world? Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ [https://mythgard.org/] You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule [https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule] More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/magazine/stephen-colbert-politics-religion.html] ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ [https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/] Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ [https://mythgard.org/academy/] The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ [https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/] Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ [https://mythgard.org/listen/] Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/silmarillion-seminar/Corey] walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series. https://mythgard.org/academy/And [https://mythgard.org/academy/And] here are more links if you dare. https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/ [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/the-undergraduate-tolkien-survey/] https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/ [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/faerie-and-fantasy/] https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want [https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures/courses/Want] more fan/fun gatherings? Check our news and events page for moots (in-person and virtual) and online events. https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We [https://signumuniversity.org/news-and-events/We] also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ [https://signumuniversity.org/] About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ [https://signumuniversity.org/about/] Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/ [https://signumuniversity.org/admissions/grad-program/] SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space [https://signumuniversity.org/space] Support The Tolkien Professor [https://signumuniversity.org/fund/donate/]