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Books by J.R.R. Tolkien mentioned on podcasts
J.R.R. Tolkien's legendary fantasy works, particularly The Lord of the Rings and The Fellowship of the Ring, were discussed across several podcast episodes, including The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the Lex Fridman Podcast, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, and Behind the Bastards. Jordan Peterson frequently referenced The Lord of the Rings to illustrate abstract concepts, arguing that the one evil ring serves as a powerful mythological symbol for the unifying yet corrupting nature of power, while also using the narrative to differentiate storytelling from scientific hypotheses. Marc Andreessen and Lex Fridman discussed the trilogy on the Lex Fridman Podcast when exploring the thematic resonance of the ring of power and drawing parallels to hobbits. On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the hosts clarified narrative details involving the spider Shelob across Tolkien's corpus, specifically distinguishing between events in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Finally, behind-the-scenes humor on Behind the Bastards playfully suggested that feeding the epic trilogy into an artificial intelligence tool could hypothetically enable anyone to produce a novel.
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“No, I actually, I read the books for the first time this year. So I actually rewatched it and like, no, it's, it's not gay. I reject your interpretation.”
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Discussed“I mean you know there are so many stories in literature and movies obviously that have had dragons throughout the years. Certainly Tolkien in the mid 1930s when he wrote The Hobbit this was a really evil dragon.”
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion by J.R.R.
Discussed“There's lots in the book about healing from narcissistic relationships while you are still in them or when you're just trying to separate from them a little bit.”
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