Last Homely House Podcast

24/03/2025

The Last Homely House : Middle-Earth Madness: Humans, Elves, and Short-Folk

See our pinned post for a blank bracket if you want to play along!

To kick off our fourth season, we have our own little March Madness tournament in Middle-Earth, except the winner of our competition gets the honor of joining the Fellowship after the fall of Gandalf. Who will it be? (If you want to play along, grab a bracket from our page!)

24/03/2025

In case any of you want to play along, today's episode will kick off our FOUTH season with a fun bit of March Madness (or Middle-Earth Madness). Here's the story: Gandalf falls in Moria. The Fellowship needs to fill his spot? Who do we pick to join up? (Ignore the fact that many of these people aren't around in the 3rd age; also for the sake of the game, we assumed all of them were in their prime.)

Play along, and let us know who won YOUR bracket!

17/03/2025

The Last Homely House : Resting Places in Middle-Earth: Part 2

Our hosts continue their discussion about places of rest in Middle Earth, picking up from the Prancing Pony and making it (mostly unscathed) through the Two Towers.

10/03/2025

The Last Homely House : Resting Places in Middle-Earth: Part 1

Our hosts try to recover from time-change weekend by reflecting on places of rest in Tolkien's stories. They start with the the Hobbit and end within sight of the Prancing Pony.

03/03/2025

The Last Homely House : Catching Ron Up (and talking LotR Oscars)

We find out how Jasmine and Jon did answering last week's questions for Ron. And we also revisit the Lord of the Rings trilogy's Oscar success (since the Academy Awards were last night).

24/02/2025

The Last Homely House : Meet the Hosts (Again)

It's been a few years since our hosts have "introduced themselves" by answering questions about Middle-Earth and Tolkien. So listen in, get to know our hosts, see how well Jon and Jasmine know Ron, and answer the questions yourself!

17/02/2025

The Last Homely House : Love Stinks (Yeah yeah): Unrequited Love in Middle Earth

It's not always "love at first sight" in Middle-Earth. Sometimes things go off the rails when "he loves her" and "she loves somebody else" (and vice versa).

10/02/2025

The Last Homely House : Love at First Sight: A Valentines Day Special

Our hosts celebrate the upcoming holiday by talking about the idea of "Love at First Sight" in Tolkien's works.

03/02/2025

The Last Homely House : The Return of Jasmine and the Hunt for Her Opinions on Gollum

Our Fellowship is whole again and Jasmine joins the conversation to add her thoughts on Gollum.

27/01/2025

The Last Homely House : Gollum's Two Personalities and Tolkien's Stories of Redemption

Ron and Jon continue discussing Gollum's character (and come up with a GREAT idea for a scene in Hunt for Gollum)!

20/01/2025

The Last Homely House : On Smeagol and Gollum and the Effects of the Ring

Our hosts spend some time talking about the evolution of the Gollum character, why he became a Hobbit, and why that might be significant.

13/01/2025

The Last Homely House : Our Hunt for a Young Aragorn (and other movie predictions)

With War of the Rohirrim (and the appendices) behind us, it's time to start thinking about the next Tolkien adaptation bound for the big screen: the Hunt for Gollum (expected in 2026). What (and more importantly, WHO) do we expect to see when it comes out?

06/01/2025

The Last Homely House : Even MORE movies from the appendices?!

Jasmine has returned and she has more GREAT ideas to bring the appendices to the screen.

30/12/2024

The Last Homely House : More Movies from the Appendices?

With the success of War of the Rohirrim, Jon and Ron talk about what other stories from the Appendices they would like to see animated.

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Last Homely House!

23/12/2024

The Last Homely House : Reviewing War of the Rohirrim: Part 2

Last week we heard about the setup for the story and met some of the main characters. This week we get into the meat of the action. Let us know what you thought: what were your favorite parts of the film?

16/12/2024

The Last Homely House : Reviewing War of the Rohirrim: Part 1

Our hosts got out on openning weekend to watch the new LotR film, War of the Rohirrim. Tune in to hear their first impressions (and share your own in the comments)!

09/12/2024

The Last Homely House : Anticipating the War of the Rohirrim

We haven't talked about it much but that doesn't mean we've forgotten about it! The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is set to hit theaters this week! Join our hosts as they talk about where this story comes from and what they are looking forward to in the film.