The White City

The Worldview of the Rankin/Bass Animated Hobbit

Philip brings back Ben Avery from the Stangers and Aliens podcast to discuss the Rankin/Bass animation, “The Hobbit”. The conversation revolves around the four pillars of Tolkien's worldview, a major focus of The White City Podcast: divine intervention, universal morality, temptation, and good vs evil. Divine intervention appears during any lucky circumstance such as Bilbo finding The One Ring, the host and guest argue. Universal morality plays out when Bilbo has to make a decision to join Thorin and company during the Battle of Five Armies. Gollum is tempted by the ring. Through the animation style it is clear who is evil and who is good. -- Ben Avery * Strangers and Aliens YouTube Channel [https://youtube.com/strangersandaliens] * Website [https://benavery.com/] -- THE WHITE CITY Facebook: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/TheWhiteCityPodcast/] LinkedIn: Business Page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-white-city/?viewAsMember=true] Instagram: @the-white-city-podcast [https://www.instagram.com/the_white_city_podcast/] Spotify: Podcast Page [https://open.spotify.com/show/62juC39LIgEBfo6nbuEgfU?si=942ee216adb7466b] YouTube Channel: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://youtube.com/@thewhitecitypodcast] -- 00:00 Introduction 05:46 Divine Intervention in the Rankin/Bass Hobbit 18:47 Universal Morality in the Rankin/Bass Hobbit 25:56 Temptation in the Rankin/Bass Hobbit 31:11 Good vs Evil in the Rankin/Bass Hobbit 43:54 Ending Thoughts 51:24 Conclusion

The Languages of Middle-earth Part 2

Philip brings back Anthony Lee Phillips to continue their discussion on the languages of middle-earth; more specifically the pronunciations, the consonants, the vowels, and the languages of different races such as the Ents. Anthony talks about his experience with languages and how Shakespeare was paramount to formalizing the English language. Philip talks about the vision and mission of The White City podcast. -- Author Anthony Lee Phillips * Website: ⁠anthonyleephillips.com⁠ [https://anthonyleephillips.com] * YouTube: ⁠@anthonywritesfantasy [https://www.youtube.com/@anthonywritesfantasy]⁠ * Facebook: ⁠@anotherinsectkingdom⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/anotherinsectkingdom] -- Facebook: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/TheWhiteCityPodcast/] LinkedIn: Business Page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-white-city/?viewAsMember=true] Instagram: @the-white-city-podcast [https://www.instagram.com/the_white_city_podcast/] Spotify: Podcast Page [https://open.spotify.com/show/62juC39LIgEBfo6nbuEgfU?si=942ee216adb7466b] YouTube Channel: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://youtube.com/@thewhitecitypodcast] -- 00:00 Introduction 04:04 Appendix E Pronunciation Key 19:26 Appendix F Languages of the Races 28:05 Anthony's Experience with Languages and Shakespeare 35:46 Start with Appendices E and F 48:42 Conclusion -- #tolkien #jrrtolkien #middleearth #lordoftherings #lotr #thelordoftherings #elvish #dwarvish #entish #hobbit#hobbitnames #thereturnoftheking #thefellowshipofthering #thetwotowers #middleearthlanguages #tolkienlanguages #westron #returnofthekingappendices #appendixe #appendixf

The Languages of Middle-earth Part 1

Philip brings on author Anthony Lee Phillips to discuss Tolkien's Languages. Anthony makes a connection between Tolkien's poetry and what he thought of languages. The discussion moves to the background of the Middle-earth languages and how they are the center of the story for Tolkien. -- Author Anthony Lee Phillips * Website: anthonyleephillips.com [https://anthonyleephillips.com] * YouTube: @anthonywritesfantasy [https://www.youtube.com/@anthonywritesfantasy] * Facebook: @anotherinsectkingdom [https://www.facebook.com/anotherinsectkingdom] -- Facebook: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/TheWhiteCityPodcast/] LinkedIn: BusinessPage [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-white-city/?viewAsMember=true] Instagram: @the-white-city-podcast [https://www.instagram.com/the_white_city_podcast/] Spotify: PodcastPage [https://open.spotify.com/show/62juC39LIgEBfo6nbuEgfU?si=942ee216adb7466b] YouTube Channel: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://youtube.com/@thewhitecitypodcast] -- 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Anthony's Journey into Tolkien's World 04:08 Diving into Appendix F 12:58 Philip's Knowledge of Languages 16:06 The Significance of Appendix E and F for Tolkien 23:39 Poetry and Language Mesh for Tolkien 30:41 Fleshing Out the Languages 39:27 Conclusion

Illuvatar's Hand in Middle-earth: Divine Intervention

Philip brings on David Greene to discuss divine intervention, the second of the 4 pillars of tolkien's worldview (Temptation, Divine Intervention, Universal Morality, and Good vs Evil). The key topics they touch on are free will and providence, and coincidence versus providence. Examples of divine intervention that the host and guest talk about are Bilbo finding The One Ring, Frodo and Sam seeing Earendil’s star in Mordor, and Gollum’s fall into Mount Doom. -- Find David Green Here: * Website [www.davidgreenwriter.com] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/davidgreenwriter.bsky.social] * Instagram [instagram.com/@davidgreenwriter] -- Facebook: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/TheWhiteCityPodcast/] LinkedIn: Business Page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-white-city/?viewAsMember=true] Instagram: @the-white-city-podcast [https://www.instagram.com/the_white_city_podcast/] Spotify: Podcast Page [https://open.spotify.com/show/62juC39LIgEBfo6nbuEgfU?si=942ee216adb7466b] YouTube Channel: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://youtube.com/@thewhitecitypodcast] -- 00:00 Introduction 02:46 Daid Green's Journey Into Tolkien's World 07:52 Who is Illuvatar? 10:44 Divine Intervention Have to be Earned 18:57 Free Will Inside Illuvatar's Plan 23:20 Instances of Divine Intervention 28:07 Intentionally Christian in The Revisions 43:00 Coincidence vs Providence (Bonus Content) 01:03:54 Where to learn more about Tolkien's Worldview 01:11:51 Conclusion

A Bent Middle-earth: A World in Spritual Decay

Philip brings on Ashlyn Ohm to discuss a bent Middle-earth, which means that Middle-earth is fallen or corrupted in some way. The two main points of discussion are the downfall ofNumenor (Numenorians turn away from Illuvatar to Sauron) and Morgoth’s rebellion against Illuvatar at the beginning of the world. Learn how Middle-earth is in a spiritual decay. -- Find Ashlyn Here - Website: http://ashlynmckaylaohm.com/ - Substack: https://wildgoosewords.substack.com/ -- Facebook: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/TheWhiteCityPodcast/] LinkedIn: Business Page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-white-city/?viewAsMember=true] Instagram: @the-white-city-podcast [https://www.instagram.com/the_white_city_podcast/] Spotify: Podcast Page [https://open.spotify.com/show/62juC39LIgEBfo6nbuEgfU?si=942ee216adb7466b] YouTube Channel: @thewhitecitypodcast [https://youtube.com/@thewhitecitypodcast] -- 00:00 Introduction 02:03 Ashlyn Ohm's Journey Into Tolkien's World 05:27 What is a Bent Middle-earth? 13:13 A Bent/Fallen Middle-earth Outside of Numenor 20:50 Morgoth's Rebellion Leads to All Corruption 26:29 The Hope in Light of a Bent Middle-earth 31:04 Conclusion