# Tom Shippey
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Thomas Alan Shippey (born 9 September 1943) is a British scholar and retired professor of Middle and Old English literature, as well as medievalism and modern fantasy and science fiction. In particular he is widely considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers.
== Life ==
=== Youth ===
Shippey was born in 1943 in Calcutta, British India, where he also spent the first years of his life.
Through Fire and Shadow: The Hero’s Journey for Men of Action
Hop in the truck, gents! We're going on a journey - the Hero's Journey.
In this episode, we break down Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and explore how this mythic roadmap still shapes the challenges we face today — from fear and failure to growth and mastery. Using legendary figures from myth and…
The Mismeasure of Orcs (w/ Robert Tally)
In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam talk to Professor Robert Tally about his new book The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien's Demonized Creatures, out now from McFarland Books.
Robert Tally is a Professor of English at Texas State University. He's written extensively about Tolkien …
The Hobbit 5: Down Down To Goblin Town
This week, we face the greatest danger in the Misty Mountains in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. What are the qualities of the border between the West and the Wild? Why do the goblins sing? Are the giants real, really real, or just metaphorically real?
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hi…
391 – By Grabthar’s Hammer, What a Book!
Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan for a very special conversation with Dr. Michael D.C. Drout, author of The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Creation, the new must-read book about Tolkien’s legendarium. Professor Drout builds the best dark towers ever, confesses his man-cr…
London Revisited: Roman Beginnings
The year London was founded will always be disputed, but the most recent archaeological evidence suggests the Romans had created the first settlement on the north bank of the Thames by 48 AD, five years after their invasion. That early military encampment expanded to become a busy, cosmopolitan sup…
Roman Beginnings
The year London was founded will always be disputed, but the most recent archaeological evidence suggests the Romans had created the first settlement on the north bank of the Thames by 48 AD, five years after their invasion. That early military encampment expanded to become a busy, cosmopolitan sup…
London Revisited: The Medieval Capital
When the Angles, Saxons and Jutes began settling across England in the wake of the Roman retreat in the early fifth century, the city they found on the north bank of the Thames was hardly a city at all. Within its walls were the great abandoned ruins of antiquity, ‘the works of giants’ as one Anglo…
The Medieval Capital
When the Angles, Saxons and Jutes began settling across England in the wake of the Roman retreat in the early fifth century, the city they found on the north bank of the Thames was hardly a city at all. Within its walls were the great abandoned ruins of antiquity, ‘the works of giants’ as one Anglo…
177. A Final Earthly Bone (and a tale of flying soft serves)
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The Warrior Ethos: the Path of the Dangerous Man
Most people think warrior ethos is just a code of conduct for soldiers. But what if those virtues reflected something deeper about human nature - even the world itself? In this episode, we trace the warrior ethos from the battlefields of the past to the myths of the ancient world, and explore how i…
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