The Tolkien Experience
The Tolkien Experience is a two-fold project by Luke Shelton, that encompases the Tolkien Experience Project and Podcast, both focused on collecting the experiences by fans and scholars.
Tolkien Experience Project[edit | edit source]
"It is an attempt to catalogue the experience of different Tolkien fans and share them in a public forum to grow community around Tolkien's work!"[1]
Fans who wish to participate must answer five questions:
- How were you introduced to Tolkien's work?
- What is your favorite part of Tolkien's work?
- What is your fondest experience of Tolkien's work?
- Has the way you approach Tolkien's work changed over time?
- Would you ever recommend Tolkien's work? Why/Why not?
Tolkien Experience Podcast[edit | edit source]
Hosted by Luke Shelton, Sara Brown and Sarah Westvik. "The TEP is an attempt to bring the fan and scholarly communities together around our shared passion: the works of J.R.R. Tolkien! Each episode features a notable scholar or member of the fan community sharing their responses to the original Tolkien Experience Project questions".[2]
The guests are asked the same five questions from the Project, with an added sixth question:
- 6. What Tolkien work, project, or community are you currently working on that we should know about?
In 2021, the podcast received the Tolkien Society Award for best online content.[3]
Episode list[edit | edit source]
- Dimitra Fimi
- Janet Brennan Croft
- Andrew Higgins
- James Tauber
- Shaun Gunner
- Corey Olsen (part 1)
- Corey Olsen (part 2)
- Mina Lukic
- Dawn Walls-Thuma
- Margaret Killjoy
- Una McCormack
- John Garth
- Cliff Broadway
- Jeremy Edmonds
- Mary Clay Watt
- William Fliss
- Myla Malinalda
- Maria Alberto
- Elvella
- Amy H. Sturgis
- Anke Eißmann
- Megan Fontenot
- Season 1 Finale
- Marcel Bülles
- Diverse Tolkien
- Bruce Hopkins
- Molly Ostertag
- Chris Vaccaro
- Willie 'Knewbettadobetta' Jenkins
- Jenny Dolfen
- Verlyn Flieger
- Ralph Bakshi
- Putri Prihatini
- Kristine Larsen
- Erik Mueller-Harder
- Joel Merriner
- Mariana Rios Maldonado
- Anna Smol
- Elizabeth King
- Aurélie Brémont
- Matt from "The Nerd of the Rings"
- Season 2 Finale
- Season 2 Bonus Episode
- Ted Nasmith
- Brian D. Egede-Pedersen
- Sonali Chunodkar
- Alicia Fox-Lenz
- Panel on the Music of The Rings of Power
- [note 1]
- Panel on Tolkien, Adaptation, and The Rings of Power
- Brian Sibley
- Laura Martin-Gomez
- Donato Giancola
Note[edit | edit source]
- ↑ There is an inconsistency in the numbering. Episodes listed as 50 and 51 on the podcast website are listed as 49 and 50 on YouTube and Spotify. This mistake was presumably noticed and the numbering was continued with episode 52 (thus skipping 49 on the website and 51 on YouTube and Spotify).
External links[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ Luke Shelton, "Tolkien Experience Project", luke-shelton.com (accessed 18 May 2023)
- ↑ Luke Shelton, "Tolkien Experience Podcast", luke-shelton.com (accessed 18 May 2023)
- ↑ Shaun Gunner, "Winners of The Tolkien Society Awards 2021 announced", The Tolkien Society (accessed 11 July 2023)