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The Nerd of the Rings

The official podcast of the Nerd of the Rings YouTube channel, featuring Tolkien-related news and interviews with those who live, breathe, and work in Middle-earth!

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Maxim Baldry, Isildur - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Maxim Baldry, Isildur - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

We chat with Maxim Baldry about Isildur in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, including diving into the text, a ... Read more

4 Oct 2022

29mins

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Wayne Yip, Director - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Wayne Yip, Director - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

We chat with Wayne Yip about his directing work on episodes 3, 4, & 5 on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

1 Oct 2022

34mins

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John Rhys-Davies talks Gimli, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, and more!

John Rhys-Davies talks Gimli, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, and more!

The one and only John Rhys-Davies talks about his experience as Gimli and Sallah, his library, and reads a fan-favorite ... Read more

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Sir Richard Taylor, WETA Workshop

WETA Workshop Co-Founder and Creative Director Sir Richard Taylor joins us to talk about his time in Middle-earth!  We'l... Read more

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Carl Hostetter, editor, The Nature of Middle-earth

Carl Hostetter, editor, The Nature of Middle-earth

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2 Sep 2021

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Billy Boyd & Dominic Monaghan, The Friendship Onion & The Lord of the Rings

Billy Boyd & Dominic Monaghan, The Friendship Onion & The Lord of the Rings

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Stephen Hunter, Bombur - The Hobbit Trilogy (Recorded December 2020)

Stephen Hunter, Bombur - The Hobbit Trilogy (Recorded December 2020)

In this interview (recorded in Dec '20), we chat with actor Stephen Hunter, who portrayed Bombur in The Hobbit Trilogy! ... Read more

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Brian Sibley, writer, BBC's The Lord of the Rings (1981)

Brian Sibley, writer, BBC's The Lord of the Rings (1981)

Today, we welcome the writer of one of my absolute favorite Tolkien adaptations - the 1981 BBC Radio Dramatization of Th... Read more

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Ian Nathan, author, "Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth"

Ian Nathan, author, "Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth"

We talk about Peter Jackson and how the Middle-earth films came together with someone who spent time behind the scenes o... Read more

23 Mar 2021

2hr 9mins

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