# Peter Owen

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The Rise of the Kingdom’s of Men and God | Unscripted!

Audio File to come... In this Unscripted! conversation, John Billington and Peter Owen discuss current events related to Israel, the Middle East peace process, and the implications of rising anti-Semitism. They reflect on historical lessons from the Holocaust, the prophecies regarding the Jewish re…

The Rise of the Kingdoms of Men and God | Unscripted!

In this Unscripted! conversation, John Billington and Peter Owen discuss current events related to Israel, the Middle East peace process, and the implications of rising anti-Semitism. They reflect on historical lessons from the Holocaust, the prophecies regarding the Jewish return to Israel, and th…

Things You Can Do Mailbag #1: Frankenstein, Time, Swears, Chickens

A dive into the listener mailbag! THis episode deals with: - Is it wrong to bring the dead back to life? - Is it possible to go backwards, or only go the other way? - Why are swear words bad? - *muffled chicken queries* 00:00 “Diego Rivera Rondo” by Peter Owens 00:30 Labastida, Jaime (1993). Encuen…

Is There Free Will in Middle Earth?

When you think about it, the entire story of The Lord of the Rings seems like one long string of extremely unlikely events. Is this all just a big coincidence, or is Eru Ilúvatar sticking his finger on the scale to make things all shake out the way he wants? We discuss Divine Intervention, Fate, an…

What is the History of Númenor? Part I: The Beginning of the Downfall

It is the Atlantis of Arda, the famed lost island that vanished beneath the waves. Númenor, the most advanced Human civilization to ever exist in Middle Earth, where Aragorn's ancestors came from before they founded the Kingdom of Gondor. But what is its history, and what did the Númenoreans do to …

What is the History of Númenor? Part II: The Downfall

On this week's episode we conclude the story of Númenor, as its people turn to cruelty and tyranny, and Ar-Pharazon decides to make war with the Valar, as Sauron pulls the strings! To submit a question to the show and to find all of my Social Media go to lotramapod.com Check out Peter Owens' podca…

What's the Deal with Dragons?

Smaug, Glaurung, Ancalagon the Black: Names that strike fear throughout the history of Middle Earth. The Dragons were the bane of Elves, Men, and Dwarves from the their first appearances in Beleriand to the Northern Wastes of the Third Age. But what are Dragons? Where do they come from? And are the…

Things You Can Do and The Lord of the Rings AMA Podcast Present: The Hunt for Gollum's Conscience

In today's episode, Peter Owens from the Things You Can Do and I talk about Gollum. What motivates him? What's wrong with him? Should we pity him or fear him? Or something else? Come along for a journey into the ethics of Middle Earth where we'll discuss good and evil, pain and addiction, love and …

Brendan O'Neill and Gabriel Gbadamosi

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former editor of Spiked, Brendan O'Neill, and writer Gabriel Gbadamosi - discuss their favourite books by Graham Greene, Tarjei Vesaas and Michael Dibdin. Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene Publisher: Vintage The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas Publisher: Peter Owen…

Rerun - The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

Returning to a show we made in 2022. The Ice Palace or Is-slottet by Tarjei Vesaas is a 20th century classic by one of Norway’s greatest modern writers. First published by Gyldendal in 1963, it went on to win the Nordic Council Literary Prize in 1964. In 1966, it was published in Elizabeth Rokkan’s…