Seven Stars, Seven Siblings, and One White Tree: Recent Episodes
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Seven Lord of the Rings loving siblings discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's famous book series and all other things Tolkien.
The Wheeler sisters review Episode 5 of Season 2 of Rings of Power.
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All seven of us make (at least brief) appearences in this episode where we review Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 4. Grab your sheep, hug a tree, and enjoy!
Like Sauron, Halbrand, Annatar, or Zambat... we always come back!
And we're back again with a SUPERSIZED Episode! Six of the siblings are here to give their thoughts on the first three episodes of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Season 2. Buckle in, because they have a LOT of thoughts!
(Apologies if this episode is a little rough around the edges...)
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Are you excited? WE'RE EXCITED!! Recently a few of the Seven Siblings had the chance to see "The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale" at The Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and they're here today to tell you all about the awesomeness that they experienced! You do not want to miss this episode!!
Link to the production: https://www.chicagoshakes.com/productions/the-lord-of-the-rings/
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Quincy gives a short review of the sixth episode of Rings of Power - Season 2
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Quincy gives a short review of the fifth episode of Rings of Power - Season 2
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Quincy gives a short review of the fourth episode of Rings of Power - Season 2
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Quincy gives a short review of the Third Episode of Rings of Power - Season 2
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Quincy gives a short review of the Second Episode of Rings of Power - Season 2
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Quincy gives a short review of the First Episode of Rings of Power - Season 2
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Five of the 7 Siblings have fallen into Darkness, and only 2 remain... just kidding, the others were just busy. On today's Episode Quincy and Elizabeth break down the recent Rings of Power Season 2 Trailer and speculate on what might coming to your TV screens in just a few short days!
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The Siblings are back to catch up on all the Tolkien, Rings of Power and Lord of the Rings News.
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Ring, Ring
Who's there?
Destiny??
I've been expecting your call....
We're back from another Unexpected Hiatus Party to break down the new Rings of Power Season Two teaser. Spoilers ahead!
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Today we're playing with a full deck as all Seven Siblings are here for your entertainment! And we're branching out a bit! We're not only talking Tolkien (of course) but also Doctor Who (yay!) and the similarities between the two...
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This one's on the editor.
Happy Spooky Season to all! On this late episode, some of the Siblings talk about all the creepy crawly spooky parts in The Lord of the Rings... if they were horror movies, how would you survive?
Basically... don't be Pippin.
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Did you miss us? The 7 stars of the podcast are back after an unannounced summer hiatus with a new episode where we discuss the recent performance of the Lord of the Rings Musical at the Watermill Theater in Berkshire in England. We live vicariously through the lucky online people who got to experience the stage show in person!
Plus there's hold music.
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If you're listening to this, you've no doubt seen, or at least heard of the Ralph Bakshi animated Lord of the Ring film....
... don't worry, we're not talking about that... this time! But on this Summer Shortened Episode we consider, we muse, on what animated character we might transplant into the role of the Ring-bearer if we were to play almighty Tolkien.
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Surprised it's taken this long for the Seven Siblings to talk about Siblings in Tolkien's work?
Yeah, so are we.
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Ever gone chasing after Orcs for 45 leagues? Met a singing yellow-booted singer in a wooded glade? Gone over a waterfall in a funeral boat? (No...wait...) On today's episode, four of the siblings - doing double duty for the missing members of the Fellowship - talk about some of the Real Life adventure's they've been on that have reminded them of the adventures taken by the characters in Tolkien's works.
It also gets weird towards the end. That's what happens when three of us take the day off.
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"I hear they're thinking of making another one..."
As we speak, thousands of people are hard at work creating Season Two of this Podcast's favorite show: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power! One today's show, the Siblings talk about what they would like to see in the new season:
Wall-to-wall Waldreg was the consensus, I believe... followed by more musical numbers.
Or maybe not! You'll have to listen to the episode and hear for yourself!
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Welcome to the inagural Fellowship Draft! Three teams: The Middle Childs, The B Team, and The Oldest + Youngest - all draft their own Fellowship, charged with destroying the One Ring.
Will anyone draft Fatty Bolger, or will he be left on the bench again? Maybe Saruman didn't REALLY want the ring, and it was all just an act? Perhaps Denethor seems up for a brisk jog to Mordor? Or maybe Celeborn should get off his tree stump and actually do something for a change! Who's with me?!
Find out on this episode of Seven Stars, Seven Siblings, and One White Tree.
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Happy Holidays from your friends at Seven Stars, Seven Siblings, and One White Tree! On today's episode we discuss different passages from Tolkien that remind us of Christmas. Just in time for getting nestled all snug in your Hobbit sized bed, and waiting for the visions of Lembas Bread to dance in your heads!
You can find Daily Rings of Power: Twitter
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Hey... do you have a Harfoot shaped hole in your life? Are you feeling more like a shapeless, formless disembodied spirit instead of a fair form ready to decieve elves and men alike? Are your Friday nights now dull and colorless? Do you feel you too might fade away without the help of a strange added plot point involving precious metals? Do all your days feel like Wandering Days since mid October?
In short... are you missing Rings of Power? Then, fear not! We are here to give you some ideas of other Tolkien things to help tide you over until the new season (or other Tolkien content) comes out! I mean... Power Metal and Baseball! What could be better??
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All Seven of the Siblings are back for this special SPOILER FILLED espisode where they recap all their thoughts on all the various storylines in Season One of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings Of Power. Come ponder questions like: Has Sadoc Burrows read the Silmarillion? Which professional boxing star is actually Sauron? Is Celeborn a himbo? Or maybe he's Lemony Snicket?
All that... and more!
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With only two more episodes remaining in the first season of Rings Of Power, we thought we'd take a second to give some of our thoughts. But more importantly we're here to get to the bottom of one of the show's big mysteries: Who is that red-eyed, evil-loving, jewelry enthusiast who wants nothing more than to cover all the lands in a second darkness - Sauron!
SPOILER ALERT for Rings of Power Episodes 1-6
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SPOILER WARNING This show contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Rings of Power. Listen at your own spoilery risk.
It has arrived! Amazon's new Lord of the Rings show "Rings of Power" is out now! On today's show we're joined by Harry from the Daily Rings Of Power Twitter and Podcast. He and the Siblings give their thoughts of the first three episodes of the show, address some questions people have, and give you all the reasons why Celeborn is The Worst.
You can find Harry on twitter at @DailyRoP
You can find his podcast "Daily Rings Of Power" wherever fine podcasts are downloaded.
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SPOILER WARNING This show contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Rings of Power. Listen at your own spoilery risk.
It has arrived! Amazon's new Lord of the Rings show "Rings of Power" is out now! On today's show we're joined by Harry from the Daily Rings Of Power Twitter and Podcast. He and the Siblings give their thoughts of the first three episodes of the show, address some questions people have, and give you all the reasons why Celeborn is The Worst.
You can find Harry on twitter at @DailyRoP
You can find his podcast "Daily Rings Of Power" wherever fine podcasts are downloaded.
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We're days away from the premiere of the first two episodes of Amazon's new Tolkien series "Rings of Power" and we have thoughts! (How much Tom Bombadil will there be? Too much? Not enough? Surely not enough...)
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On today's podcast, the Wheeler Siblings pose various "Imagine If..." questions where they ask what each person would be in Tolkien's World... things like: where would they live... which one of the multitude of dwarves would they be? Do you have "Imagine If" questions of your own? Let us know!
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On a very special episode of Seven Stars, Seven Siblings and One White Tree, we get the chance to interview Kaitlyn Facista, better known on the internet as "Tea With Tolkien". Kaitlyn shares some insight on reading Tolkien's works from a Catholic perspective, gives some helpful tips for understanding The Silmarillion, chat about the upcoming Amazon series: "Rings of Power", and MUCH, MUCH more! You do not want to miss this amazing episode!
You can find Kaitlyn at:
https://www.teawithtolkien.com/
Links to her social media can also be found on her website.
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Would Your Rather listen to another Podcast?... wait, don't answer that! Instead listen to this month's episode where we ask Would You Rather Questions related to Tolkien's works. Tourism, baby names, sight-seeing, being eaten by monsters, and more!
What If Elves could fly over moutains and bring the sun? What If the other hobbits hadn't wanted any more mushrooms? What If Denethor took some parenting classes?
...We don't discuss any of these questions on today's show, but we do ask a lot of other important What If questions about the Lord of the Rings. And bring many obscure movie and literature quotes along for the ride.
On this episode we celebrate Tolkien Reading Day on March 25th with a few of the 7 stars of our show. We discuss catastrophes, happy endings, spicy dinners, Steven Moffat, Pedro Pascal, and Jeeves! PLUS... much more.
Forget the Super Bowl, the very first The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer dropped this month! The Wheeler siblings are here to break it down for you and give their thoughts on what's to come. Also they get a little nostalgic and talk about watching the first trailers for the Lord of the Rings movies back in the Elder Days of dial-up internet.
Like to read? Of course you do! This episode we suggest some other books that we've enjoyed that remind us of the Lord of the Rings.
Sadly, Goodnight Moon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar do not make the list.
Happy Christmas from the 7 Stars and the 7 Siblings! (The One White Tree is feeling a little Scrooge-ish) And if you're still looking for that one perfect gift for the Tolkien lover in your life, look no further! On today's episode we give you the goods on all the best Lord of the Rings gifts for everyone in your fellowship. Could it be as simple as pulling out a few hairs? Listen and find out!
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On this episode of Seven stars, Seven Siblings and One White Tree it's just the One Quincy here to interview, friend of the podcast, Bev Nash. They have a fascinating conversation on several far reaching topics.
Then Quincy brings Christmas to Middle-Earth early! I hope you set out your Lembas Bread and Green Dragon Ale for Santa!
Transcript for this episode can be found: here
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On today's podcast we have the ultimate bad guy showdown! We have created a Bracket Of Badness and the seven of us debate the merits... or demerits of each villainous character from the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Who will be the big winner, er, loser?? Listen and see!
And also we might discuss the somewhat complicated question of how Orcs are brought into this world... maybe.
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Happy Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday! On today's show we put all of the parties listed in Tolkien's works to the test and rank them to find the ULITIMATE TOLKIEN PARTY! Is it the death party? The awkward wedding? The Political rally? TOMATOES??
Then we play a little "Who's Elvish Is It Anyway?". Yes. We do.
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This week we take a trip to ages past... or rather to the past year or so to bring you a "Best Of" Episode featuring selections from previous podcast episodes. (Your usual 7 congenial hosts had 7 busy schedules and couldn't record something new) Also Quincy has some thoughts on the first official photo from Amazon's upcoming Middle-Earth series.
Regular episodes will return next month.
Transcript for this episode
On today's show we discuss humor is Professor Tolkien's work, including some of our very favorite funny parts from the books and movies. Many important things are discussed. Do dwarves make good footballs? Can Hobbits fly? Why do we have to apologize to Hugo Weaving again? Find out all that and more!
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In this episode we talk about what every other Tolkien fan has been talking about and discuss at length our thoughts and hopes for the two new Tolkien visual adaptations coming: The War of the Rohirrim Anime and the new Amazon LotR Prequel. And Noelle talks at length about her love of Hot Dwarves. Also is the Mouth of Sauron actually Alice from the Brady Bunch?... Maybe?
Today the 7 Wheeler siblings decide who they would be if they were Lord of the Rings characters. (Spoilers: Surprisingly no one chose Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.) We also discuss if the Gaffer could just walk into Mordor or not. (Spoilers: He can.)
Also Mom picks a character to be her child, and Dad and Quincy discuss the times when you have to make difficult decisions in life.
It's a jumbo-sized episode today as the Wheeler Siblings discuss what actors they would cast in the Lord of the Rings films, if there was an alternate-universe of films. Only one rule! No repeating actors from the original films. Come along with us as we consider the best of the best of screen and stage.
And Nicolas Cage.
Happy Gondorian New Year! In honor of March 25th the seven siblings present various creative projects to celebrate the downfall of Sauron. We're excited for you to hear what we have in store! Oliphaunts! Trees! Poetry! Cyndi Lauper! Sports!
Also Mom give motherly advice to a certain someone, and Dad gives a stirring reading.
This episode features our very first (non-family) guest! Lord of the Rings fan Kenny Dykes joins us to talk about what it's like to first discover Tolkien's world through the film versions, and then to later read the books. We also discuss Aragorn's pants (or lack thereof). Then Mom and Dad put in their own two cents about the LOTR films. But really this episode is about Aragorn's pants.
On this first episode of the new year, the Wheeler siblings are back to discuss the different times the theme of Hope is found in the Lord of the Rings... in case you needed some after 2020! Also, the Mom and Dad segments are back! Mom talks about some unique names she likes, and Dad tries to remember a unique name!
On the last episode of this year, the Wheeler siblings talk about all the food and drinks from Tolkien's book, and about some of their own favorites too. And they discuss the all important question: How do you like your dirt?
Today we celebrate the (belated) birthday of our dad who was the one to first introduce us to the Lord of the Rings and all things Tolkien. He discusses how he first came to read the books, and the impact they had on his life. Then we have an interview with Uncle Charles, our Dad's older brother. Not to be missed!
The crew celebrates Bilbo and Frodo's Birthdays in style today with a Hobbit Party Podcast!
In this extra-packed episode, Quincy, Noelle, Nadia, Machia, Elizabeth, Sonora, and Eden discuss their favorite chapters from the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit. A pattern emerges as to their favorite book too! Also, what makes a good friend? Find out here! Then, Dad answers a trivia question about a song for the fallen dead, and Mom picks a favorite Hobbit (But not a favorite child!)
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In the very first episode of "Seven Stars, Seven Siblings, and One White Tree: A Tolkien Podcast", the Wheeler siblings (Quincy, Noelle, Nadia, Machia, Elizabeth, Sonora and Eden) introduce themselves and give a little of their background with the Lord of the Rings books. (Including getting paid to read them?) They also pay tribute to the late Sir Ian Holm, the actor who portrayed Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings films, and Frodo Baggins in the BBC Radio Production. Finally they play their first round of Tolkien Trivia with Dad, and Mom gives some good motherly advice to Gollum.