Athrabeth Podcast

Where would we be without @james.athrabeth.com ?! (Not adventuring in Middle-earth) Happy birthday James!

Happy birthday to the best Producer and Lore Master in Arda, James!!! Thanks for editing all the silliness over the years! You’re the best @james.athrabeth.com!

Tracy is fantastic to work with and is an amazing audio editor! Check them out for your next project! 💚🎙️

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of @tolkienguide.com, Stef and Jude will join the @prancingponypod.bsky.social at 4PM Eastern tomorrow, along with @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social, and @queerlodgings.bsky.social to chat about Tolkien and New Media. We hope you can join us! www.tolkienguide.com/TG20

We are so glad to be part of this amazing event! See you all tomorrow!

I'd love to fill in some gaps with more work! I'm especially interested in games editing right now. If you need: - Games editing - Podcast editing/production - Writing Please let me know! DMs are open and email is in the bio! Thanks!

To our incredible cast: Loremaster/Producer @james.athrabeth.com Hildigard @stef.athrabeth.com Nionwe @jude.athrabeth.com Cael @tenetke.bsky.social Moranor @velvetthedragon.bsky.social Elerina @itstoriello.bsky.social and editor @theothertracy.bsky.social art by kyerta_ on IG

Happy second birthday to our sister show, @athraplay.athrabeth.com! They are telling some wonderful stories over there, go check them out! Cheers to two years and counting! 💚 linktr.ee/athraplay

The Carrock Smial meets tonight! All are welcome to join the meeting on Zoom at 8 PM pacific! See you there!

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

Join us for a special minisode with guest Jeremy Edmonds about the @tolkienguide.com’s 20th anniversary livestream on October 3-4! Athrabeth will be joining this epic 20-hour event! Find out all about it here! Thanks @uruloke.tolkienguide.com! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/edm...

We had so much fun in our Athrabeth live show yesterday at #Oxonmoot! Thank you to the ever amazing @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and Kristine Larsen for joining us, and thank you all for coming in-person and online! If anyone took any photos, can you please send us one? These are all we got! 😂

It was so cool to see Jude amongst such a fantastic group of Tolkien scholars at #oxonmoot! Stef and Producer James were SO PROUD watching him! It was such a thought provoking debate! Thanks @erikjampa.bsky.social for organizing it!

Tomorrow at #Oxonmoot! We have the honor of presenting “Odious Oaths, Pernicious Promises, and Vicious Vows: Athrabeth Podcast Live!” with special guests Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen! We’re in-person at 10:50 AM on Saturday in Oxford, and online! We hope to see you there!

Athrabeth is in Oxford! Wooo! See you soon @tolkiensociety.org and #Oxonmoot! Jude is happy to be here, even if his face says otherwise! 😂

Join us for the final volume in our Lesser-trod Histories series, HoMe vol 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth. We look at Tolkien's unfinished story, Tal-Elmar, and reflect on our journey through the Histories.  Tal-Elmar, not to be confused with Tall Elmer. athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

Tom, you deserve to be #1 always! 🤩 If you’d like to hear Tom on our show talking about his fantastic book, check out his episode here: athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

With #Oxonmoot fast approaching, we would like to share our special Athrabeth Oxonmoot 2026 design! We have pins and stickers to give away at Oxonmoot, so come find Jude and Stef to get yours! See you soon @tolkiensociety.org! Design by the amazing Shawn Decker! www.designedbydecker.com

Tonight! Come to the Carrock to share your favorite vicious villain from Tolkien’s legendarium! They meet on Zoom from 8-9 PM pacific! Everyone is welcome to join! Here is their Discord: discord.gg/8DxzAhvPVn

Such a lovely person is our pal, @davidthengoldo.bsky.social! Thanks again for coming on Athrabeth, David!

Join us this episode with David the Ñoldo to discuss Tolkien's dwarves! Through a lens of source criticism of secondary world authorship, David explores who is writing about the dwarves, their sources, and their biases. Thanks, @davidthengoldo.bsky.social! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

Come join The Carrock Northern California Smial on Tuesday August 18 to discuss the villains of Tolkien's legendarium! link in bio for info on our mailing list and Discord

Our dear pal Velvet’s stream starts tonight! Come join and support Velvet (Moranor on @athraplay.athrabeth.com)!

There is a new episode of our sister podcast, @athraplay.athrabeth.com, out today! They’re doing the unthinkable- splitting the party. Good luck loremaster @james.athrabeth.com! ✨ athraplay.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

Go play some games with Velvet! 5/5 stars, highly recommend. :)

What colors are your annals? Ours are grey.  Join Jude and Stef in episode 96 for a discussion of History of Middle-earth volume 11, The War of the Jewels, with special focus on our favorite parts of the Grey Annals! Out now! ✨ athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

Could I ask you for a favour? Please share this newsletter so more people can find out about it and register - for free! steady.page/en/thetolkie...

The Carrock Smial meets tonight and you are all welcome to join! Bring your favorite Tolkien treasure to share in Show-and-Tell! 8-9 PM pacific, tonight on Zoom!

Tolkien Society friends- Due to some technical difficulties, Clare let us know that The Big Read is not happening tonight as planned. Please spread the word! See you next time! 💚

In episode 95, we celebrate #Westmoot, with our live show, “Disasters, Downfalls, and Dives” with special guests Clare Moore and Tori Owens! Thanks for joining us @clarelmoore.bsky.social and @itstoriello.bsky.social! Thanks for having us, @westmoot.org! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

The gangs all here and we'll be LIVE at @westmoot.org !! Find us Saturday, May 23rd at 1:30pm in the Minas Tirith room (Main 2) for a live actual play of The One Ring TTRPG by Free League Publishing . Hope to see you there! #westmoot26

Coming to Westmoot? Join us for Disasters, Downfalls and Dives: Athrabeth Podcast Live! With special guests Clare Moore and Tori Owens. Saturday, May 23, 10:15–11:15 AM, Edoras /Main 1. #westmoot #westmoot26 #intothewest

Westmoot attendees! Come find Jude and Stef all weekend to grab your free Athra-swag and rep your fourth favorite podcast, Athrabeth! Yay for the first day of @westmoot.org! #westmoot #Westmoot26 #intothewest Art and design by the fantastic Shawn Decker

Yesssss come please! We’d love to have you! 💚

The Carrock Smial meets tonight! All are welcome so please join if you are interested! 8-9 PM pacific on Zoom! ✨

Oh dang, three of our favorite people, @tenetke.bsky.social, @jankybarns.bsky.social and @james.athrabeth.com are running introductory ttrpg games at #Westmoot! Folks attending @westmoot.org, don’t sleep on this chance to play with these amazing Loremasters! Next Sunday morning!

This month, we chat with Kelly from themiddlepage about her exciting Year of Tolkien Book Club! We hear how she makes Tolkien’s complex themes accessible by deeply exploring his essays, poetry and medieval literature. 💚 Thanks, @themiddlepage.bsky.social! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

Congratulations to all the winners! You are all fantastic! Congrats @teawithtolkien.com for Best Online Content! ✨💚✨