Tucker Carlson used Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as an example of how concentration of power is portrayed as evil, reflecting Catholic social teaching.
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Read someone like Tolkien or Lewis in the 20th century and you'll find echoes of that sort of sensibility. Look at it in The Lord of the Rings, you know, when power gets concentrated, it's always some...
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Episode: Bishop Barron on the New Pope, the Foolishness of...
Tucker Carlson used Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as an example of how concentration of power is portrayed as evil, reflecting Catholic social teaching.
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Read someone like Tolkien or Lewis in the 20th century and you'll find echoes of that sort of sensibility. Look at it in The Lord of the Rings, you know, when power gets concentrated, it's always something bad.
Stephen Colbert discussed his love for the series and showed off his collection of Tolkien commentary and memorabilia, including a prop sword from the Peter Jackson film adaptation.
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This is the Red Book of Westmarch edition of The Lord of the Rings.
— Episode: "Stephen Colbert"
Episode: "Stephen Colbert"
Stephen Colbert discussed his love for the series and showed off his collection of Tolkien commentary and memorabilia, including a prop sword from the Peter Jackson film adaptation.
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This is the Red Book of Westmarch edition of The Lord of the Rings.
All of this behind me on this shelf is Tolkien commentary or the unfinished tales, like, you know, The Fall of Gondolin or The Children of Ur-in.
Over here is more Lord of the Rings commentary. That's Smeagol. That's Gollum right here. What's this? It's Sting.
This is one of the fucking swords that was used in the movies.
This is actually one of the stings from The Lord of the Rings.
Episode: "Stephen Colbert"
The hosts praised the trilogy as a perfect series, noting its exceptional execution and lasting impact.
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Lord of the Rings. That trilogy is generally considered among the cognanti in this world to be the only, the only perfect trilogy.
I love the movies. I've seen them many times. ... I love Peter Jackson and Philippa and Philippa Boynes and Fran Walsh.
The host compared the power dynamics of the shooting story to the Lord of the Rings narrative, saying Charlie was like the one who could hold the ring without seeking unlimited power, while Erica was portrayed as a queen emerging from the dark lord's role.
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Lord of the Rings and like all of the people fighting for power for Charlie, it's like Charlie was the only one who could actually hold the ring and not want unlimited power and then they were like, E...
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Episode: September 10th: The OTHER Shooting That The Media...
The host compared the power dynamics of the shooting story to the Lord of the Rings narrative, saying Charlie was like the one who could hold the ring without seeking unlimited power, while Erica was portrayed as a queen emerging from the dark lord's role.
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Lord of the Rings and like all of the people fighting for power for Charlie, it's like Charlie was the only one who could actually hold the ring and not want unlimited power and then they were like, Erica comes out of nowhere and just tastes the power and becomes that queen ... In place of a dark lord, you would have a queen. Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as a lord that trusses the sea.
They compared a misleading influence to the "worm tongue" from Lord of the Rings, noting how it whispers falsehoods to the king.
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worm tongue from lord of the rings uh where he would just sort of like whisper these you know terrible things to the king so the king would believe these things that weren't true
— Episode: #2404 - Elon Musk
Episode: #2404 - Elon Musk
They compared a misleading influence to the "worm tongue" from Lord of the Rings, noting how it whispers falsehoods to the king.
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worm tongue from lord of the rings uh where he would just sort of like whisper these you know terrible things to the king so the king would believe these things that weren't true
The hosts remarked that the differing definitions of good parenting might make one party feel like they were reading the Hobbit, implying a whimsical or exaggerated comparison.
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our definitions of good parenting and bad kid are so vastly different that one of us might be reading the freaking Hobbit because like, what do you mean?
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The hosts remarked that the differing definitions of good parenting might make one party feel like they were reading the Hobbit, implying a whimsical or exaggerated comparison.
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our definitions of good parenting and bad kid are so vastly different that one of us might be reading the freaking Hobbit because like, what do you mean?
Rachel Maddow wrongly claimed that the Lord of the Rings is a favorite among the far right, specifically mentioning J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel. The podcast host disagreed, highlighting the beauty and impact of Tolkien's work and its Christian roots.
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Lord of the Rings is a sort of favorite cosmos for naming things and cultural references for a lot of far right and alt right figures, both in Europe and the United States.
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Episode: Bongino Report Early Edition w/ Evita: Rachel Madd...
Rachel Maddow wrongly claimed that the Lord of the Rings is a favorite among the far right, specifically mentioning J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel. The podcast host disagreed, highlighting the beauty and impact of Tolkien's work and its Christian roots.
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Lord of the Rings is a sort of favorite cosmos for naming things and cultural references for a lot of far right and alt right figures, both in Europe and the United States.
He called it Naria and they are why a which you can remember because it's Aryan, but you move the end to the front. Apparently, that word has something to do with elves and rings from the Lord of the Rings series.
I first read the books when I was in college because I wanted to take a class on them by one of my favorite professors, Rachel Fulton Brown. But I wasn't just encapsulated by that. I thought they were amazing. I had never read anything like The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings trilogy. They were truly beautiful, creative works.
it's rooted in Christianity, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien was a devout Catholic. This was a uniquely Christian work.
And it feels like the left hates everything good and beautiful in the world. Why else would you have a vendetta against the Lord of the Rings, which is one of the most beautiful, one of the most impactful stories on Western Civ in in modern history?
Episode: Bongino Report Early Edition w/ Evita: Rachel Madd...
Rachel Maddow claimed that the series is a favorite among the far right, specifically mentioning J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel's connections to it. The podcast host countered this, highlighting the books' beauty and impact on Western civilization, noting Tolkien's devout Catholicism and the left's seeming aversion to works rooted in Christianity.
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Lord of the Rings is a sort of favorite cosmos for naming things and cultural references for a lot of far right and alt right figures, both in Europe and the United States.
He called it Naria and they are why a which you can remember because it's Aryan, but you move the end to the front. Apparently, that word has something to do with elves and rings from the Lord of the Rings series.
I had never read anything like The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings trilogy. They were truly beautiful, creative works.
Why else would you have a vendetta against the Lord of the Rings, which is one of the most beautiful, one of the most impactful stories on Western Civ in in modern history?
J.R.R. Tolkien was a devout Catholic. This was a uniquely Christian work.
Episode: A Shocking TV Appearance By A Dem Senator (Ep 1788...
The podcast host mentioned J.R.R. Tolkien's book, The Hobbit, in relation to a Wall Street Journal op-ed discussing Tolkien's portrayal of evil and its relevance to current events. The host connected Tolkien's fictional world to the ongoing political battles and the presence of evil in the world.
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This Wall Street Journal op ed about J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series. And it's called J.R.R. Tolkien's lessons about evil in our time.
He's talking about how he used fiction. This obviously created fairy tale, the Shire and the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbits.
And he talks about how he used all these to speak to larger human narratives about evil and how he wrote them around the time with the with the growth of fascism through Nazi Germany.
As Gandalf the wizard from Tolkien's obviously series explains to Frodo Baggins, the Hobbit there.
Don't be the Hobbit. Don't be Frodo Baggins. Oh, we're safe here in the shire. You're not safe in the shire. There's a world outside the shire.
Episode: Yes, It Is Happening (Ep. 2477)
He said he had read The Hobbit in ninth grade and thought the movies were fine.
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Great books. I read The Hobbit and, you know, whatever, ninth grade. But the movies, they're fine.
The story was widely interpreted post-9/11 as an epic battle between good and evil, fitting the geopolitical climate of the time, though earlier readings focused on the cost and trauma of war. Some figures on the political right later claimed the book, but speakers argued they missed Tolkien's central message rejecting the will to power.
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A young hobbit embarks on a journey through a magical but dangerous world in The Lord of the Rings, one of six holiday movies we'll review this week.
— Episode: What the right gets wrong about Tolkien
Episode: What the right gets wrong about Tolkien
The story was widely interpreted post-9/11 as an epic battle between good and evil, fitting the geopolitical climate of the time, though earlier readings focused on the cost and trauma of war. Some figures on the political right later claimed the book, but speakers argued they missed Tolkien's central message rejecting the will to power.
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A young hobbit embarks on a journey through a magical but dangerous world in The Lord of the Rings, one of six holiday movies we'll review this week.
Tolkien's tale of good people who band together against the Dark Lord and his minions has never been more timely than in our troubled age.
They're about these peaceful towns that are being menaced by this faceless, almost animalistic other.
Earlier interpretations of The Lord of the Rings had really been focused on the idea that these are books about the cost of war. They're focused so heavily on the trauma of war.
But then when you read deeper and deeper and you really begin to understand the underlying ethos of the work, you see that, yes, it is a tale of good versus evil, but it's also a tale of how corruptible good can be. Good gets corrupted when it adopts evil's tools to defeat evil.
The hosts referenced the title while discussing epic storytelling, likening it to Homer's Iliad and calling it a great work. They used the comparison to illustrate the timeless nature of grand narratives, indicating strong appreciation for the book. The overall sentiment was positive, treating it as a benchmark for epic literature.
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Episode: 602. Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1)
They compared Homer's Iliad to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, calling both great books.
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the Iliad is like, I think, the Lord of the Rings.
Episode: 602. Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1)
The hosts likened Homer's Iliad to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, using it as a point of comparison for epic storytelling.
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The Iliad is like, I think, the Lord of the Rings. And Hesiod's Theogony is like the Silmarillion.
Episode: 598. The First World War: The Eastern Front Explod...
Dominic introduced Tolkien's fantasy classic, noting its themes of adventure, comfort, and the contrast between early 20thcentury optimism and the looming war.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic, The Hobbit.
Episode: 548. The Road to 1066: Anglo-Saxon Apocalypse (Par...
The hosts explained that Tolkien wanted to write "The Lord of the Rings" to restore English mythology lost after the Norman Conquest, describing it as the greatest tragedy in English history for him.
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And unsurprisingly, because for Tolkien, the Norman Conquest was the greatest tragedy in the history of England. Yeah. And he wanted to write Lord of the Rings to give the English back the mythology that he thought they had lost as a result of the conquest.
Episode: 461. Dragons
The hosts explained that Tolkien began writing The Hobbit in the early 1920s and described its plot involving Bilbo Baggins confronting the dragon Smaug.
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they're only in children's literature aren't they really after the hobbit? Yeah so the hobbit is famously Tolkien starts writing it in the early 1920s when he's marking school certificate papers after he's come home from the first world war
Episode: 432. Titanic: The Survivors (Part 6)
They mentioned the Lord of the Rings trilogy as the film that now tops the list of biggest-grossing movies, noting you have to combine the three parts to reach that point.
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the film that replaces it in that list is the Lord of the Rings trilogy but you have to combine them to get to that point
Episode: 263: USA vs England: The 200-Year Rivalry
They referenced Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as an example of a work that was allegedly ripped off.
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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, that was ripped off and wasn't it?
Episode: 225. J.R.R. Tolkien
The hosts recalled reading The Hobbit as children, describing it as the first Tolkien book they encountered and a cherished comfort read.
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I went on a quest... to visit the grave of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
presumably you read him as a boy. Yes, the Hobbit first.
Episode: 225. J.R.R. Tolkien
The hosts said they first encountered The Hobbit as children, recalling it as a sentimental favourite and describing it as the book that made them fall in love with Tolkien.
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author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
I read the Hobbit, and then I read the Lord of the Rings.
It became enshrined right away in my mind as the best book.
Episode: 213. London: Moments (Part 5)
The hosts compared the pastoral vision of Metroland to the countryside depicted in The Hobbit.
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the same Arcadia that you see in The Hobbit and then later The Lord of the Rings.
Episode: 12 Days: Martin Luther and J.R.R. Tolkien
The hosts discussed how reading the novel revealed its antiurban themes and its status as a bestselling, Christianleaning work that reflects 20thcentury concerns.
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when I read Lord of the Rings as a you know when I was young, all of, none of this, I missed it all. but now you read it and you completely see that it's one of the great novels, you know it's one of the great antiurban novels.
Lord of the Rings is the bestselling novel of the 20th century. I would argue that one of the key reasons for its popularity is that it gives people suspicious of Christian orthodoxy a chance to experience what Christianity has made so successful.
Lord of the Rings far more than 1984 actually is the great novel written about the horrors of the 20th century.
Lord of the Rings is not an allegory, but it mirrors concerns of the 20th century, with themes of industrialisation, mercy, and Christian grace.
At the end of the book Frodo does not destroy the ring, he claims it for his own; he is weak, human, and fallible, and Tolkien's letters speak of divine grace and mercy to Gollum.
Episode: 631. Wagner: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
They explored whether Tolkien was influenced by Wagner's Ring Cycle, noting that Tolkien denied any connection but acknowledging notable similarities between the works.
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I guess the question for me and for a lot of people is, how much was Tolkien with, say the Lord of the Rings, how much was he influenced by Wagner? Because Tolkien always denied it, didn't he? He said, oh, I have nothing to do with Wagner.
That is something that obviously would be very familiar to readers of The Lord of the Rings.
The hosts briefly brought up the title as a popular fantasy series, asking listeners if they enjoyed it. A guest later mentioned listening to the audiobook and wanting to experience the whole story, while the hosts pointed out that Tolkien did not narrate it because of its length. The discussion was light‑hearted and did not include a strong recommendation.
Episode: The Magic Man w/ Sebastian Maniscalco
The guest mentioned listening to the audiobook, expressing a desire to experience the entire story. The hosts noted that Tolkien did not narrate it due to its length.
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Lord of the Rings, I did because I wanted to get all of them. I wanted to get all of it.
J.R.R. Tolkien. He didn't narrate it because it was too long.
Episode: Eskimo Kiss Thanksgiving
The hosts briefly asked if the listeners likedLordoftheRings, referencing the famous fantasy series.
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You like Lord of the Rings? You like Lord of the Rings? You can get that.
Episode: We Go To Flavortown w/ Guy Fieri
The hosts mentioned the series while discussing nerdy tattoos and trivia, asking questions about characters like Aragorn and noting its popularity among their guests.
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They had some Lord of the Rings tattoos on their bodies, which is nerdy.
I gave them some trivia questions. About Lord of the Rings.
The first question I asked was, what was... I can't even talk right now because of the Shrek thing. I asked about Aragorn's street name and where he lives, mentioning Gondor and the castle.
They answered them quickly. The first question I asked was, what was... I can't even talk right now because of the Shrek thing. I asked about Aragorn's street name and where he lives, mentioning Gondor and the castle.
Episode: Where Is Waldo Bobby?
The hosts referenced The Hobbit several times as a wellknown fantasy novel, noting it as an example while discussing movies and storytelling.
The hosts referenced the series as a "tear maker" and noted the audience's positive reaction to the "Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power" emotional bits.
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No, but Jessica's got a Lord of the Rings tear maker.
Episode: Postgame Show: Amin's Completely Original and Not...
The hosts referenced the series as a "tear maker" and noted the audience's positive reaction to the "Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power" emotional bits.
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No, but Jessica's got a Lord of the Rings tear maker.
The feedback from the Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power tears was, I just want to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who listened commented.
Episode: Hour 1: The Chick-Fil-A Of The NBA
They bingewatched the second season of the Amazon adaptation, saying it completely consumed them for several days and made it hard to think about sports.
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I haven't watched any starting five because I spent my whole week binge watching the second season of the Amazon Lord of the Rings show.
And to be honest, coming into work today, because I just finished it last night, it's been a little hard to think about sports because that really consumed me for the last four days.
Episode: Hour 2: Daddy Issues
The hosts remarked that the series was very gory and they loved that Aomer from The Lord of the Rings was referenced in the conversation.
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It's so gory, and I love that Aomer from The Lord of the Rings is in it.
Episode: Hour 2: Heavy Tongue's Got Bad Judgement (feat. Ja...
The hosts mentioned using the title as a reference when creating a tiermaker video, comparing it to a similar effort with Sex and the City characters.
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Taylor and I have been trying to put together a video where we put all the Sex and the City characters into the tier maker, like we did for The Lord of the Rings, just for no reason, just because...
Episode: The Big Suey: Mike's Chocolate Friends (feat. Jess...
They noted that the director's cut of the Lord of the Rings was better than the studio version and mentioned its length, saying it ran four and a half hours with The Return of the King being especially long.
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That's Lord of the Rings. The director's cut's better and the studio was right.
Lord of the Rings, you know the Lord of the Rings director's cut? It's four and a half hours long. Oh my God. It's so long. The Return of the King is so long.
Episode: The Future Sports Hierarchy (with Ethan Strauss) +...
The host likened the 80s90s Knicks to radioactive green ghost soldiers in Lord of the Rings, saying they needed to join something good before their curse could be lifted.
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Ewing and all the other 80s and 90s Knicks are like those radioactive green ghost soldiers in Lord of the Rings who needed to be a part of something good before their curse could be lifted.
The book was referenced in passing during a casual conversation about podcasts and media the judges were listening to, with no specific endorsement or critique. It was mentioned simply as part of the broader discussion.
Episode: 868: The Hand That Rocks The Gavel
The book was mentioned in passing as part of a casual conversation about podcasts and media the judges were listening to.
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and the press and the lawyers are just standing around chit-chatting about the podcast they listen to or Lord of the Rings.
The speakers said they were a huge fan of the original books and expressed frustration with the recent Rings of Power series, criticizing its quality and noting the abundance of negative online commentary.
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Bros was this romcom, but Amazon did this with Lord of the Rings, the Rings of Power. They frontran the fact that it was a very diverse cast.
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The speakers said they were a huge fan of the original books and expressed frustration with the recent Rings of Power series, criticizing its quality and noting the abundance of negative online commentary.
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Bros was this romcom, but Amazon did this with Lord of the Rings, the Rings of Power. They frontran the fact that it was a very diverse cast.
There's a lot of problems with the most recent Lord of the Rings, which it's like a dunk fest if you just search Lord of the Rings online.
I think I've been saying this all over the place, but my first biggest frustration with Rings of Power is Galadriel.
I am a really big Lord of the Rings fan, just huge Lord of the Rings fan.
You have the comparison between Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones.
It was mentioned how Frodo, Bilbo, Aragorn and Gandalf are Christ figures in the Lord of the Rings, who all sacrifice themselves, and in different ways, die.
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And overcomes evil through self-sacrifice. Those two books are probably the two most popular books in the English language today. And Tolkien in a more subtle way is saying the same thing because the...
— Episode: 291. How to Combat Hedonism | Dr. Peter...
Episode: 291. How to Combat Hedonism | Dr. Peter Kreeft
It was mentioned how Frodo, Bilbo, Aragorn and Gandalf are Christ figures in the Lord of the Rings, who all sacrifice themselves, and in different ways, die.
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And overcomes evil through self-sacrifice. Those two books are probably the two most popular books in the English language today. And Tolkien in a more subtle way is saying the same thing because the three Christ figures there are Frodo and Aragorn and Gandalf, all of whom sacrifice themselves, all of whom in different ways die. And Frodo can't live in the Shire anymore. He's he can only be healed in the other place and Gandalf actually dies in Rizorex and Aragorn goes through the paths of the dead which no other man can do. So there's profoundly Christian imagery of sacrifice there.
Episode: 254. The Adventures of Pinocchio and Free Speech P...
It was mentioned as an example of a less sophisticated book, in contrast to more adult novels, in terms of its simplistic portrayal of good and evil.
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Let's take Tolkien for instance, good people look good, bad people look bad, they look like orcs, they're ugly, and there are villains, and then there are heroes, and they are good, there isn't complexity.
Episode: 524. Why Russell Brand Abandoned Hedonism
Jordan referenced *The Lord of the Rings*, saying the Ring of Power unites the rings as an illustration of power as a unifying force.
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That's why in the Lord of the Rings, it's the ring of power that unites all the rings.
The venture capital firm that Vance joined was named after something from the book. The author would be unhappy with the firm's use of the name because he was a Catholic monarchist. The firm also invested in Palantir, which is also named after something from the book, and is used by an evil wizard.
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Fucking a jr R Tolkien bullshit He would be so unhappy with this
— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 143
Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 143
The venture capital firm that Vance joined was named after something from the book. The author would be unhappy with the firm's use of the name because he was a Catholic monarchist. The firm also invested in Palantir, which is also named after something from the book, and is used by an evil wizard.
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Fucking a jr R Tolkien bullshit He would be so unhappy with this
So the two young men that teal adopts that he makes what are called generational bets in Is blake masters and JD vance and his bet is that if I really bankroll and back these guys They are going to be major figures in US politics, right for decades to come
Because Tolkin was also a Catholic monarchist but in a very different way in a super different way Yes
This is another Lord of the Rings reference Narja is one of the rings of power which The rings of power are bad very famously they're part of a con an evil monster creates them to enslave you If you are wearing a one of the rings of power you have been enslaved By by saran That's the point
They're very famously bad Yeah
Of course one of the major investments Narja capital makes is into palantir which is also named Also famously used by the evil wizard Yes famously used by the evil wizard
Episode: Part Two: Oskar Dirlwanger: The Worst Nazi
It was mentioned as a contrast to the atrocities discussed, highlighting how one person could grapple with trauma through creative writing about fantastical worlds and characters, unlike Oskar Dirlewanger.
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J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about hobbits afterwards. The motherfucker wrote about hobbits.
What if there's these cute little Irish kids and all they do is smoke weed and find rings of power?
Episode: Part One: Jeff Bezos and the Birth of Amazon
It was mentioned that Jeff Bezos, at age 12, was reading it and extolling its virtues to his peers, demonstrating his intellectual prowess even at a young age.
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He was not particularly gifted in leadership, according to his teachers, but he moved confidently among his peers and articulately extolled the virtues of the novel he was reading at the time, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Episode: Part One: Jeff Bezos and the Birth of Amazon
It was mentioned that Jeff Bezos, at the age of 12, was reading "The Hobbit" and eloquently discussed its virtues with his peers, showing his early intellectual development.
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He was not particularly gifted in leadership, according to his teachers, but he moved confidently among his peers and articulately extolled the virtues of the novel he was reading at the time, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Episode: Robert and Cody Read Ben Shapiro's New Book
They discussed Tolkien's epic fantasy, noting its World War influences and suggesting he would reject Shapiro's political analogies.
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And I do tend to be in the camp of, like, well, obviously they were kind of both World War I and World War II influenced what you were writing about. Like, I'm sorry, JR. Your experiences have influenced your art.
Episode: Part One: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Build the Mod...
The hosts compared the children's hockey movies The Mighty Ducks to The Lord of the Rings, calling the former the hockey equivalent of the classic fantasy series.
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The Mighty Ducks' premise was strong enough to sustain a trilogy, which no critics consider to be basically the children's hockey equivalent to The Lord of the Rings.
In the episode, the hosts noted that they had never watched the film adaptation of the series and described it as a red flag, despite its popularity. They referenced the title in passing while discussing their own viewing experiences, without evaluating the illustrated boxed set. The overall tone was neutral, merely acknowledging the work rather than recommending it.
Episode: Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card IX
The speakers mentioned that they had never seen the film adaptation and referred to it as a red flag, noting its popularity and that someone had watched it together.
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we watch The Lord of the Rings because I had never seen it.
The Lord of the Rings for me was the first red flag.
He has seen Lord of the Rings. He parkours off of this boulder to hopefully propel himself further up the mountain.
Do you like Lord of the Rings? You know what? I've never seen it. Is that not wild? I haven't seen it either.
Episode: Armchair Anonymous: Babysitting II
The speaker compared the suspect's appearance to a creature from The Lord of the Rings during a description of the attacker.
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He looks like a creature from Lord of the Rings, if I'm being honest.
Episode: Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card IX
The hosts mentioned watching The Lord of the Rings as a first-time experience and later noted that a guest had seen all of the Lord of the Rings movies.
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We decided to hang out at his house, which was on the complete opposite side of campus from me and watch The Lord of the Rings because I had never seen it.
He has seen all the Lord of the Rings.
Episode: Armchair Anonymous: Convenience Store
The hosts mentioned the series while admiring a backdrop, saying it felt like they were in a Lord of the Rings scene and expressing their love for the books.
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You know what's fun about your background is I feel like I'm talking to someone in Lord of the Rings. And I love that series so much.
Episode: Flightless Bird: Lord of the Rings
The host recalled reading the book in seventh grade and described it as one of the first books he truly loved, noting it as the prequel to the film series.
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In like seventh grade I read the Hobbit and that was one of the first books that I really loved.
And the Hobbit is the prequel.
Peter Jackson, who's obviously an incredibly talented man, he loved that universe so much he went and made another trilogy called The Hobbit.
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